{"id":470,"date":"2026-09-22T09:41:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danube-atelier.com\/?page_id=470"},"modified":"2026-10-02T16:38:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:38:58","slug":"yoga-in-the-wachau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/danube-atelier.com\/en\/yoga-in-the-wachau\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga in the Wachau \u2013 classes and teacher trainings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the house \u00b7 Matsya Yoga<\/p>\n

Yoga in the Wachau \u2013 in the house<\/h1>\n

Danube Atelier has its own yoga room. Guests staying in one of the apartments can simply join the running classes \u2014 no need to book ahead, just turn up.<\/p>\n

Visit Matsya Yoga<\/a> Classes and times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The studio in the house<\/p>\n

Kundalini and Hatha yoga<\/h2>\n

The yoga studio belongs to Matsya Yoga, the academy run by Clemens Biedrawa, and sits in the same building as the three apartments. What is taught is classical Hatha yoga and Kundalini yoga \u2014 two paths that historically belong together far more closely than today's class listings suggest.<\/p>\n

The classes are deliberately not fitness-shaped. They are about breath, attention and the finer layers of practice: bandha, mudra, pranayama, meditation. Someone who has never stood on a mat is as welcome as someone with twenty years behind them, and the teaching is pitched for both at once.<\/p>\n

The room is bright, looks onto the garden and holds everything you need \u2014 mats, bolsters, blankets, straps. Bring comfortable clothes and nothing else.<\/p>\n

Classes are taught in English and German, depending on who is in the room.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Joining in<\/p>\n

Wednesday to Friday<\/h3>\n

All levels \u00b7 mats and props provided<\/p>\n

House guests are welcome to simply join in. Current times are listed on the Matsya Yoga site.<\/p>\n

Classes and times<\/a> Ask us \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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No experience needed<\/h4>\n

Classes are meant for beginners and experienced practitioners alike, and the teaching addresses both.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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For house guests<\/h4>\n

Anyone staying in one of the three apartments is welcome to join. Just mention it when you check in.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Taught in English<\/h4>\n

Teaching runs in English and German, so international guests manage without any German.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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RYT 200 and RYT 300<\/p>\n

Yoga teacher trainings in the house<\/h2>\n

Matsya Yoga trains yoga teachers here in Rossatz \u2014 a 200-hour RYT and a building 300-hour RYT, both registered with Yoga Alliance and recognised internationally.<\/p>\n

The 200-hour training runs over 26 consecutive days, the 300-hour over 40. Teaching goes Wednesday to Sunday, with morning practice, theory blocks and an evening class. Anyone who cannot take a month off takes the modules spread across a year instead.<\/p>\n

The curriculum covers philosophy and history of yoga, yogic and western anatomy, chakras and koshas, class design and didactics, and bandha, mudra, pranayama and meditation. The source texts \u2014 Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Vijnana Bhairava Tantra and others \u2014 are included.<\/p>\n

The training can be booked with or without accommodation. Booked with accommodation, you stay in the apartments in the house and the stay is included in the training fee. Booked without, it is not included \u2014 you can then ask us for a room separately. Matsya Yoga holds \u00d6-Cert certification, which makes the trainings eligible for Austrian funding through WAFF, AMS and comparable bodies.<\/p>\n

Dates, fees and booking: RYT 200<\/a> \u00b7 RYT 300<\/a><\/p>\n

Accommodation for trainings \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The teachers<\/p>\n

Who teaches<\/h2>\n

Clemens Biedrawa founded Matsya Yoga and has led teacher trainings since 2017. He learned Kundalini yoga in the lineage of Dhirendra Brahmachari and studied with Swami Satyananda in India; his RYT 500 in Hatha and Kundalini yoga comes from Swami Vidyanand and Yogacharia Sanjeev Pandey. He is an E-RYT 500, a certified adult educator, and has written and illustrated several books on yoga.<\/p>\n

Anne Ristorcelli runs the studio in the Wachau. She is a professional musician, a Feldenkrais practitioner and a yoga teacher \u2014 more on the page Feldenkrais in the Wachau<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More about the academy: yogamatsya.com<\/a>
Questions about staying here: welcome@danube-atelier.com<\/a>, +43 699 17050606<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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