Barbara Grunewald

I’m a Yoga & Meditation Teacher, Breath Coach and Health & Wellness Coach. My teaching specialities include: yoga (vinyasa, hatha, slow-flow, yin, restorative, nidra), pranayama (breath work, somatic work), meditation (deep meditation, visualizations, body scans), healing sessions (chakra healing, sound baths sessions / sound therapy), health & wellness coaching (lifestyle changes, behavior changes). 

I have been practicing yoga for 15 years, and mediation for 10 years, first discovering the latter to calm my mind and my raving tinnitus after a dive accident in 2014. Yoga has been an important practice for me to move my body and maintain strength while focusing on mindfulness, balancing my nervous system and regulating my breath. During the pandemic in 2021, I decided to do my 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training, in order to gain in-depth knowledge about yoga asanas, pranayama and meditation, and also to learn more about the spiritual aspect of the practice. I started teaching yoga both online and in person in July 2021.

Over the past 4 years, I have been continuously broadening my knowledge by receiving certifications in a 25-hour Yoga Nidra Teacher Training, a 50-hour Meditation & Pranayama Teacher Training, a 50–hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Bernie Clark, and a 50-hour Restorative & Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Sam Bianchini. I have recently also completed a 15-hour Breath Coach certification with Lucas Rockwood from Yoga Body, a Level 1 Crystal Bowl and Sound Healing certification with Ellen Wier of Wellness Music Therapy, and a 6-week Lifestyle Medicine and Wellness Coach certification with Dr. Beth Frates at Harvard Medical School Executive Program. 

I am currently half way through my 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training with Christina Raskin from Asana at Home, to qualify as RYT-500, and have been working on qualifications / certifications in Trauma Informed Yoga, Ayurveda, Holistic Chakra Training, and Mat Pilates. 

In addition to working as a Yoga & Meditation Teacher, Breath Coach and Health & Wellness Coach, I manage my own business consultancy, focusing on women economic empowerment and mentoring women entrepreneurs. I work with women founders around the world supporting them in establishing, growing and scaling their business, and starting to do export activities into new markets when ready.

I am part of a number of networks such as women founders, women in trade, and business chambers, and I’m in the process of organizing a series of retreats for women founders that have a desire to step out of their hectic day-to-day activities to take a few days to focus on the creative part of their business, creating connection with other women founders, and integrating mindfulness and self-care through yoga & meditation, breathwork, and lifestyle changes.

I am originally from Switzerland, and currently live in Miami Beach. I speak 5 languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and French) and I travel frequently. I’m an avid diver as well as salsa dancer.