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Julia Grässer

Julia Grässer is an E-RYT 500 yoga teacher, Holistic Yoga Therapist and breathwork facilitator in Copenhagen. She founded Warrior Princess Yoga in 2017 and teaches private yoga, corporate yoga and yoga teacher trainings, in English or German.

Why practise with Julia

Authentic and holistic yoga with down to earth teaching, an open heart and good vibes – this is Warrior Princess Yoga. Julia founded Warrior Princess Yoga in 2017. She is working with dedication and love on helping you to find peace of mind and feel great in your bodies (physical, emotional, mental and spiritual).

“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” – Buddha

Reasons to practice yoga with Julia

E-RYT500, YACEP and Lead Teacher Trainer

In 2015, Julia started practicing yoga from a sole physical point of view. But soon she discovered that it does so much more to her than just improving her cycling performance. Hence, she wanted to go deeper, to unlock the mental and spiritual benefits and daily life guidance of yoga. Two years later she changed her work life from being a career oriented and successful IT-sales person and business consultant to teaching yoga full-time. Since her first yoga teacher training in Thailand in 2017, she graduated from five yoga teacher training programs and multiple continued education courses with 1,700+hr combined certification in yoga and yoga therapy as well as one 200hr breathwork facilitator certificate, all from well-known and established yoga schools around the world. She further studied in depth pranayama (breathing) with Mark Stephens and Functional Yin Yoga with Paul Grilley.

Julia is registered as an E-RYT 500 (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher 500) by Yoga Alliance with more than 3,050hr of teaching experience. Further, Julia is an official Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP).

Today, Julia mainly teaches private and corporate yoga classes, offers yoga therapy and breathwork sessions, and educates future yoga teachers in her high quality yoga teacher trainings in wonderful locations around the world.

Julia creates a safe and welcoming space in her classes where you can explore what yoga is for you, physically as well as spiritually, and offers guidance on this journey of personal development. Julia helps you to find out what works for you and she believes she has done her work well, when you know what to do when life gets challenging and she is not around.

Read more about her journey into the world of yoga.

Julia’s story

From too stiff for yoga to yoga teacher

“Sometimes life goes unexpected ways…

If you would have asked me four years ago, if I would ever do yoga, I probably have given you a strange look. I liked running. I can’t sit still and make a knot in arms and legs. Until today I cannot touch my feet when I bend over. But it took me some time to understand that this does not matter and that yoga is so much more than challenging body poses.

So how did I find my way, you may ask. It actually started with a running injury. Multiple shin splints and a problematic knee made my life as a runner difficult. I decided to look out for a new sport. I always liked the solo sports. The peace and quietness and of course the independence of solo training is very appealing to me. So I got a bike.

You say, that’s not yoga yet, you are right. During this time I was living in Frankfurt. In the basement of the house was a physiotherapist praxis. I cannot remember what it was, but I asked him to help me with something. So we started to work on my stiff body. And then he said it: “If you want to become a good cyclist you need more muscles.” Sure, makes sense. And he added: “Those muscles have to be long to give you the strength you need. You are way too short everywhere. Do some yoga that will help.” I looked at him, yoga? But well, I wanted to be strong, so why not give it a try. Next thing I remember that my mentee Alex (spoiler alert, she is a teacher herself now) took me to her yoga teacher Stephan Suh in Frankfurt. And I liked it. Unfortunately, that was just before I left Germany to move to Copenhagen. The summer was full of sunshine and bike rides and there was no yoga on my mind. But when autumn came, the mood changed. Life moves inside and the sky turns grey and dark. I thought I could do some yoga to get my muscles nice and long for the next cycling season. I found a great studio around where I used to live. I made it my dedicated me-time throughout the winter. I left my phone home and walked to the 1.5h long practice. Twice a week. I don’t want to sound over dramatic, but that saved my life during my first winter in Denmark. And I kept the routine. And I changed not only how my body feels, I also got way more relaxed for the daily challenges we all face.

I thought, why not inspire others, those who always thought they could never do yoga, like me, and remember I am still stiff as a stick. I said to myself, if I really keep up that routine for at least a year, I will do a teacher training next year. First to understand the principles of yoga further to improve my own practice and later to also help others to find their way.

This article starts with the lines: Sometimes life goes unexpected ways… And that is what just happened August 2017. For the first time in my life I lost my job. A great time to rethink what I want in life, to challenge routines. I do believe, that everything happens for a reason. So I thought maybe it is already now to take the teacher training. Why wait until next year? It happened that I had planned a trip to Thailand in October, and on the very day when I booked my return flight a yoga teacher training on Ko Phangan starts, focusing on my favorite styles Hatha and Yin. I juggled around my money and rebooked my flight. Now I am a teacher and this job is all I ever wanted to do. Glad you are here with me.

I wrote those lines two years ago. Now Warrior Princess Yoga is a yoga school, that is specialized in making yoga accessible for everyone, as there IS a practice that fits every lifestyle, all needs and all physical bodies. Traditional yoga with a modern twist, down-to-earth teachings of an ancient science, laughter and sometimes tears of relief, full of love and passion to help you help yourself, that is what Warrior Princess Yoga stands for.”

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