Manuela Ukowitz

Manuela Ukowitz, who goes by Manu, is a yoga teacher and the founder of mayogi, based in Graz, Austria. She has taught yoga for over 10 years and has completed more than 900 hours of training and further education. She is a certified yoga teacher (RYT 500) with specialisations in relaxation techniques and accessibility, including Accessible Chair Yoga. Her training includes Satyananda Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga and anatomy, Purna Yoga Sadhana and Asana Exakt.

Her own path began with hesitation. She describes herself as having been anxious about movement and far from sporty before she found yoga. Yoga gave her a new relationship with her body and her life, and more self-confidence, strength and joy. She wants to share that experience, especially with people who still hesitate to take the first step.

Her teaching is calm and clear. She explains complex exercises simply, so that people feel at ease whatever their flexibility or fitness, beginners and experienced practitioners alike. She offers variations so everyone can take part. Her classes combine movement with mantras, breathwork and long relaxation phases, up to 30 minutes in a 90-minute session. Health is her central value, approached gently and without pressure to achieve anything.

Through mayogi she works in two areas. She offers tailored business yoga for companies, and she leads yoga retreats that give people room to slow down, with yoga, meditation and breath practice in small groups.