About Suzanne Zuber, E-RYT 500

Suzanne is a European-American yogini and international yoga instructor and teacher trainer, studied classical asana and philosophy as well as cutting-edge anatomy and therapeutics with some of the world’s most skilled teachers, including Noah Mazé, Sianna Sherman and Douglas Brooks, and meditation teachers such as Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.

With Noah Mazé, she earned her 300-hour advanced teaching certificate during a year-long course of study in Berlin, focusing on Iyengar-based alignment Hatha and Vinyasa yoga with an emphasis in physiotherapy taught by Dr. Paula Gelbart. Before that, she completed her 200-hour Anusara-yoga teacher training with Siri Peterson, and has further studied with Sianna Sherman, Adam Ballenger and other Anusara Master teachers. Suzanne obtained the rigorous Anusara certification in 2018 under the new teacher-led school, Anusara School of Hatha Yoga.

“My passion for teaching smart, versatile yoga comes from direct experience: Yoga was the missing piece that freed my dancer-academic-self from chronic pain. The balance of effort and letting go turned my life around as I reconnected to my innate physical and mental freedom.”

Suzanne’s Yoga Journey

Her journey began over a decade ago as a stressed-out, pained young mother and museum professional, in a German Ashtanga studio. Here, she found the gracefulness she was missing from her years of dancing Ballet; yet what intrigued her most was the peace she experienced in the practice. In California, Suzanne encountered Anusara Yoga, whose alignment-based and heart-centered method helped her overcome chronic pain and reframe her approach to life’s ups and downs. 

From a young age, Suzanne understood the world around her through kinetic movement our body’s relationship with gravity, and through a keen visual sense of ‘line and color in space,’ Growing up, she spent week-ends immersed in the colorful worlds of Kandinsky, Monet, and other early modern artists in Munich’s art museums. These abstract works felt just as real as the vibrant landscapes of mountain, woods, water, and sky of the Bavarian alps that surrounded her every day. Later, she studied interior design, art, and architecture at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She brings this personal history of vivid, multisensory life into her yoga teaching - helping you design your experience in such a way that allows you to tap into the sweetness that comes with being in the moment, in your body, your breath, and your senses.

 

  • E-RYT 500 Yoga Alliance

    YACEP Licensed Cont. Education Provider

    Licensed Experienced Anusara® Teacher (CET)

    300 h.advanced TT with Noah Mazé

    200 h. TT, Yoga Kula

  • Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach - Meditation

    Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (Jon Kabat Zinn)

    Richard Rosen (Pranayama)

    Sianna Sherman (Upper and Lower Body Therapeutics)

    Douglas Brooks (Philosophy)

  • PhD work in Art History (New York University)

    BA in Art History (City University of New York)

    AAS in Interior Design (Fashion Institute of Technology)

    Abitur, Munich, Germany

  • Suzanne has taught at the following studios:

    Bay Area: Yoga Tree, Yogaworks, Nest Yoga (Oakland), Green Yogi, Yogakula, Claremont Club, Touchstone Climbing, HAUM San Francisco (Mission and Haight Studios)

    Stockholm: Urban Om

    Munich: Studio 12; Yoga Lounge; Sport & Health

    Berlin: Yogatribe Berlin

    Suzanne teaches as part of the Teacher Training staff at Yogakula (Berkeley) and Yogatribe (Berlin), and her offerings are featured at Yoga Easy Academy (Germany’s premier online platform for all things Yoga) and Yoga Vibes US.

“My passion for teaching smart, versatile yoga comes from direct experience: Yoga was the missing piece that freed my dancer-academic-self from chronic pain. The balance of effort and letting go turned my life around as I reconnected to my innate physical and mental freedom.”

- Suzanne Zuber, E-RYT 500