Intermediate Yoga Asana Class with Hermann Traitteur

We are delighted to welcome back Dr. Hermann Traitteur to Manchester, in person.

We had an enjoyable and educational time in Hermann’s extremely clear and organised workshops in 2025. We look forward to another weekend in May 2026.

We have asked Hermann to teach an intermediate class on Friday 2 – 5pm. This is for all students of yoga who, in their normal practice, would do sirsasana/sarvangasana, with or without the use of a wall. Please note this is for non teaching students as well.

This is a separate event to the Yoga Asana Physiology which can be booked here

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn and apply your knowledge to the practical elements of Iyengar Yoga practice from Hermann.

About Herman:

Dr. Hermann Traitteur grew up in the southern German town of Munich, where in the late 1980s, he first came into contact with Iyengar Yoga. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, he moved to Berlin in 1990, where he studied medicine and began his medical career in an orthopaedic clinic. When he was studying medicine in Berlin, he also participated in a Teacher Training Program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco.

Following his certification with the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States (IYNAUS), he has furthered his education through annual stays at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) in Pune, India.

Since the end of the 1990s, he has been a lecturer and assessor within the nascent Iyengar Yoga teacher training programs throughout

Germany.  His dissertation, published in 2012, is a study of the effects of Iyengar Yoga on chronic neck pain.

At the end of the 1990s, Hermann Traitteur began to instruct anatomy and physiology within the nascent German teacher training of Iyengar Yoga. During this time, he developed handouts for the courses as he found the majority of anatomy textbooks too complicated for the purposes of Iyengar Yoga and too difficult to understand for those without a background in medicine.
From this “reader” emerged the German book “Yoga Asana Anatomy” first published in 2016. It took three more years to realize the English translation, which has gained greater depth and scope due to useful contributions made by Lois Steinberg and others. Geeta S. Iyengar kindly contributed a beautifully written foreword.

Booking Help

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If you have not booked online but want to check whether you can come on the day, please call Debbie Bartholomew on 07954236918

Payment is required in advance.  You can pay with cash or a card on the door (if there are places available); but you will not be able to attend the class without payment.  If you do need to pay on the door, please arrive at least 10 minutes before the published event start time, to minimise disruption during the class.

We will close the building 20 mins after the event finishes.

We will not tolerate behaviour that our members or volunteers find intimidating or inappropriate, including refusing to leave when asked.  We reserve the right to remove membership and/or refuse future entry in the event of such behaviour.

Booking and cancellation policy

MDIY members will take priority over non-members. MDIY will refund the cost of tickets (less a £5 administration charge) if notice of cancellation is received more than 7 days before the event. Cancellations received less than 7 days before the event will not be refunded.

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