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Acro Yoga

Love Evolution

June 17-20 2021, Gitzenweiler-hof, Lindau on Constance Lake

JUNE 17-20 2021

THE IDEA

This festival is born from the desire of Ivana Silvestri and Salvatore Daniele (Salva) to gather a community of people who love what they do and love sharing it.
For us the word Yoga in AcroYoga is of paramount importance!

Yoga means Union and practicing AcroYoga we have the possibility to experience this Union as two bodies doing ONE practice, rather two practices put on top of each other.
We all know how it feels when your partner just moves with you and together you form an harmony and Union of movement that is blissful. When you reach this you get a glimpse of non-duality: you don't practice as two, you practice as ONE!

We would love to honour this feeling in any pose: it can be a bird, it can be a hand to hand or anything we will experience!

With love and care, we selected a teachers' board that lives in the truth of the value that AcroYoga has beyond the mere physical practice and appearance.

We did not choose LOVE EVOLUTION as title by chance: we mean it!

WHAT TO EXPECT

16 recognised, international teachers
around 30 workshops
everytime 4 parallel workshops, with an all-level one always available
led jams to connect with other participants and teachers
a beginner-track: two workshops with an intelligent progression designed for newbies
a wonderful community and a warm welcoming environment
staying in a campground in a wonderful natural setting
possibilities in staying in your own tent as well as renting a camper van
a large open air swimming pool at your disposal
animators for your kids
love, connection, playful time, support, family, challenges and much more!

OUR TEACHERS

Salva (Salvatore Daniele) Festival organiser

3 things you love in life:
Love, stillness, movement.

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
This question, my answer and the fact that I have formulated this interview

What is Acro to you?
It complements and deepens my other Yoga practices. I love reaching a deep understanding and connection with my partners.

What passionates you about teaching Acro?
To guide people in exploring their possibilities both on the mental and physical aspect.

3 Acro-skills you love:
Acro-contact, static and elegance, the skill of deep connection

Where can we find more about you?
bareful.ch

Ivana Silvestri. Festival organiser

3 things you love in life:
Loving, connecting and basing

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
Bad decisions, staying still and bad energy

What is Acro to you?
Acroyoga for me is a way of exploring and reaching always new goals.It gives me a way to Express myself.

What passionates you about teaching Acro?
For me teaching acroyoga is one of the most wonderful experience to see my students getting better every class by passing over the passion and love that i cary im my hart

3 Acro-skills you love:
All of the washing machines , stands

Where can we find more about you?
Facebook Ivana Silvestri and acroyoga lindau, @ivsilv78

Debbie Collis

3 things you love in life:
My friends. Traveling. Heart warming moments.

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
Getting hurt! Getting too old to do acro. Bad people.

What is Acro to you?
I have made acro my whole life. It is what I love doing with almost all of my time. It’s a far better way to express myself than I ever thought, far better than gymnastics. It will never get old to me because there is so much to learn and it seems never ending. It gives me self confidence, happiness, sheer excitement, and lots of love. I love the connection it brings to me and my partner. I love the community it builds. I love figuring out moves like puzzles. I love all the laughs and cuddles. I love being a kid and playing.

What passionates you about teaching Acro?
I love picking a favourite move and then breaking it down into learnable progressions that people walk away satisfied with. I love when people get that ah ha moment in figuring out something. I have great attention to detail and I’m patient and empathetic so I love to help people learn in whatever way best suits them.

3 Acro-skills you love:
Full twisting whip pop, Camel flip, Bicep pop to rev h2h

Where can we find more about you?
www.Jacobanddebbieacro.com IG @DebbieCollis https://www.facebook.com/debbiecollisacro

Jacob Brown

3 things you love in life:
Learning new things, Traveling, Teaching

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
Pointless conflict Holding still Staying the same

What is Acro to you?
In the same way that lost souls stumble into a new religion, acro found me, gave me a community, and gave me a purpose. Movement is written into my DNA but I didn’t know this until I was introduced to different forms of movement. I remember when my parents got me a trampoline when I was a kid. I jumped on it so much that I wondered what I ever did with my life before. I felt the same way when I started doing gymnastics first and then acro later. When new forms of movement came into my life they pushed out less wholesome activities. The never ending challenges attracted me to acro. I could do this for the rest of my life and still be met with new challenges. As an icing on the cake they are usually fun challenges with fun people. All of this close work with other people sanded down my rough edges, made me into a more sociable person, and made me more outgoing.

What passionates you about teaching Acro?
I love seeing people fall in love with acro the same way I fell in love with it. I enjoy working difficult moves out for my students so that they learn things in hours which took me days. I feel that I have done and tried so many movements in acro that I am useful as a teacher in that I have tried everything and can lead students to the most rewarding types of acro. I am lucky to have found a job which combines everything I love: teaching, traveling, and movement.

3 Acro-skills you love:
Bow Spree , Gran Turino, Camel Flip

Where can we find more about you?
Instagram - @jacobbrownacro Website - www.jacobanddebbieacro.com Youtube - www.youtube.com/jacobbrownacro

Katharina Bauer Photography & Acroyoga

3 things you love in life:
nature / movement / connection

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
nothing ( I think all avoidable things are teachers) only exeption cancer

What is Acro to you?
AI love Acroyoga because it show me on a everyday basis new limits and possibilities. Its connects me with others and myself. And it's bringing my joy and movement.

What passionates you about teaching Acro?
I want to share my enthusiasm about acroyoga with a smile and want everyone to experience the feeling of lightness, movement and community. About tuning fully into the movement.

3 Acro-skills you love:
Handstand on bodyparts/ all montreal style and creative flows/ free reversestar (blindfolded)

Where can we find more about you?
www.katharinabauer.net @katharinabauerphoto.acroyoga

Francesco Semino aka @acroseeds

3 things you love in life:
Juggling, movement, photography.

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
regrets, skip meditation, work

What is Acro to you?
Connection, that's what I love the most! Gather person together in order to have fun, tale care of each other and have a personal growth

What passionates you about teaching Acro?
Mudita, the pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being. This is my main intention while teaching!

3 Acro-skills you love:
Standing, acrodance and floorwork

Where can we find more about you?
acroyoga.it, @acroseeds IG and GB

Monika Kolb

3 things you love in life:
my son, nature, circus

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
early mornings, combing my hair, raisins

What is Acro to you?
Acrobatics makes me feel alive and brings joy, connection and growth into my life.

What passionates you about teaching Acro?
I love sharing my knowledge of circus skills in a safe and joyful environment where every one feels welcome and included.

3 Acro-skills you love:
to hard to decide ... dance acro and all f2h

Where can we find more about you?
www.monikakolb.de, Insta: monikakolb.de Facebook page Monika Kolb

Kasper Nûna

3 things you love in life:
Walks at the sea, dancing with our daughter and gratefulness journaling!

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
Stress, taxes and people who don’t lift others up.

What is Acro to you?
Acroyoga is FUN! Acroyoga is connection and TRUST! We love seeing the smiles and laughs when people truly meet, play and explore.

What passionates you about teaching Acro?
For us it’s a mission to share what we love with passion. Acroyoga is an amazing tool for us to include everyone in an engaging and fun learning experience.

3 Acro-skills you love:
Dance-inspired movements and flows, slackro balancing and foot-to-hand games!

Where can we find more about you?
www.nuna.life, IG: nuna.life and fb: nuna.project

Raquel Nûna

Laura Vogel

3 things you love in life:
acro, dance, connection

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
lack of humour, manipulation, bad food

What is Acro to you?
Acrobatics have been part of my life almost as long as I can think - it's part of my body, my soul, my becoming. Focus your being in one moment - full concentration - full experience, never ending

What passionates you about teaching Acro?
Teaching acro is an ongoing evolution: as I experiment I learn from my students as they do from me. With humour, energy and a precise approach I like to focus on handstandbased figures in an intermediate level

3 Acro-skills you love:
love them all (-;

Where can we find more about you?
facebook, www.gfzgt.ch

Katia Gargiulo

3 things you love in life:
Friends, a warm home, a stronge body

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
Junk food, to lie, loose time

What is Acro to you?
The Acroyoga is a beautiful game that can be played anywhere and with anyone. I can practice for hours without getting tired or bored. It is a good test for both friendships and for couples because it can bring out the best part of yourself, but at the same time also the worst one. It can also be an important bet for those who already practice Yoga: you can really see if the peace you feel practicing Yoga alone on your mat, you can keep it and transmit it even when you try to create beautiful figures with another person. It's like in life, being happy alone or with another person is another story!

What passionates you about teaching Acro?
I love teaching Acro because I like to give the possibility to people to experiment and overcome their limits. My contribution is only to spur people and convince them that they can really do it!

3 Acro-skills you love:
Cast way, whip pops, standing hand to hand

Where can we find more about you?
Website: www.jayoga.it Facebook: Jayoga Instagram: Jayoga_roma

Alessandro Amici

3 things you love in life:
Teaching, giving massage and play Acrobatics

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
take advantage of or hurt others, steal, working in an office

What is Acro to you?
Acro it's lots of fun and I love to making people fly

What passionates you about teaching Acro?
I really like to follow the students in their practice and I love to see them improving and have fun with it. Be able to find a specific solution for each of them is what makes me a good teacher.

3 Acro-skills you love:
Same size flows, Hand to Hand, pops

Where can we find more about you?
Website: www.jayoga.it Facebook: Jayoga Instagram: Jayoga_roma

Theresa Fornari

3 things you love in life:
Walking in Forest, Friends, Movement

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
Expectations, bad pizza, oppression of any kind

What is Acro to you?
I felt in love with acro as is the best self development tool i know! It makes me work on believing in myself, trusting and communicating with my partners honestly and respectfully. Through this practice I'm learning to become a better human, loving myself and the others.

What passionates you about teaching Acro?
I love sharing what acro brought to me, I focus on the process, rather than on the result. I suggest students to be conscious about the way they give each others feedback and communicate. Teaching Iyengar Yoga since 4 years showed me how consciousness on alignment and breath helps my acro students to get to the poses and flows being conscious on every part of their body.

3 Acro-skills you love:
Counterbalances, Long holds in star and reverse star, working classical transitions hands free

Where can we find more about you?
http://theresafornari.com, www.facebook.com/Theresayogaacroyogaaude/

Pow

3 things you love in life:
deep relations, lets call it love ;), movement in nature, being childish ;)

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
going to the dentist ;), hate aaaaaaand...having too much rubbish ;)

What is Acro to you?
Acro is fun, is pushing limits, communication, understanding, laughing, meeting people and friends - I love the playfullness while training my body also in a hard way ;)
What passionates you about teaching Acro?
I love to share what is important to me, let others see the joy acro can give, give them a hand to go further and push their limits, share what i have experienced and play together!

3 Acro-skills you love:
3? thats not enaugh, I love too many ;) throwings, bulk variations, h2h, f2h, catches and pitches, you see? I just started ;)

Where can we find more about you?
actually the best way is to meet ;) but some hints on mad-motions.com

Mäd

3 things you love in life:
Sports, hugging, laughing

3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
i think going through every shitty situation in life makes you stronger...also things that you may dislike can become your most favorite things...

What is Acro to you?
I like acro as way to express precession, power and an equilibrium between the needs of two people. The more i know the more i want to practice ;)
What passionates you about teaching Acro?
Teaching acro, or any other way of movement, gives me great joy because I can use my slightly over active body to give the joy of playing to others. I love to show that everybody is able to do more than he/she imagines. I want to light up that spark in you too.

3 Acro-skills you love:
Standing fun is fun, i love when people run on top of me. Stand on my head and jump from there into hand to hand or whatever comes to mind

Where can we find more about you?
meet me :) or maybe look at mad-motions.com...but come and play with me

Mito FlyingMonkey

3 things you love in life:
Sun, water, variety
3 things you’d rather avoid in life:
War, slavery, McDonalds

What is Acro to you?
Acro is my passion. A transformational path of movement and playful exploration to connection with the self, the body, a partner and the community.

What passionates you about teaching Acro?
When we enjoy what we are doing, we commit to it easily and effectively. I enjoy sharing my passion for acro, movement and embodiment. I aim to facilitate a safe, joyful and empowering space to move, explore, learn and connect.

3 Acro-skills you love:
Whips, pops and Icarian
Where can we find more about you?
www.FlyingMonkey.eu

We pay our teachers to acknowledge their presence and experience!

Too often we have heard of teachers not getting paid for one or another reason and of differences in compensation that are hardly justifiable by experience only.

While we are sure that other festivals and conventions do their best to value their teachers,

we proudly state that our teachers

are compensated with both a hourly rate and with a percentage of the total gains,

moreover their full expenses at the festival are also covered.

Every teacher is treated in the same way

because we value their presence as human beings and space holders!

(: we like to call it "teacher's sustainability" :)

Enjoy our teachers!

Applications for teachers are closed

We feel truly honoured that you are considering to teach with us!

Unfortunately, for this year we are receiving a lot of applications and our line up was already established in October.

Please consider us for 2021!

In Summer we will put out a call for teachers!

Thank you for your understanding!

Acro Yoga

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Love Evolution

June 17-20 2021, Gitzenweiler-hof, Lindau on Constance Lake

JUNE 17-20 2021

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