Spirit Yoga Berlin is a Registeres Yoga School (RYS) with Yoga Alliance, which designates this teacher training program as one which follows Yoga Alliance's standards. Students who complete an approved training with this school may be eleigible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYTs).

With nearly 130 yoga and Pilates classes,* Spirit Yoga is not only one of the largest schools in the German speaking yoga world. When Patricia Thielemann opened the first of what would grow to three studios in Berlin in 2004, she encountered a wholly different yoga culture. With her free-spirited, body conscious style, she ushered in a new era and is considered one of today’s foremost innovators of a modern, independent lifestyle which naturally includes yoga.

Spirit Yoga translates the tradition and wisdom of Indian philosophy into a contemporary form that empowers practitioners to meet the challenges of a modern Western lifestyle. The practice takes place in an elegantly stylish setting, which is a trademark of the Berlin studios and the licensee company in Aachen. The studio in Berlin-Charlottenburg also includes a fully equipped spa.

The flowing form of Spirit Yoga is influenced by the dynamic power and vinyasa flow yoga schools in the US, where Patricia Thielemann had lived for several years, and where she completed numerous yoga teacher trainings, taught classes, and developed her unique Spirit Yoga style.

The vast majority of teachers at Spirit Yoga have been personally trained by Patricia Thielemann. Her training and advanced training program (including the 200+ and 500+ certificates for the title RYT, Yoga Alliance) are among the most sought after in Germany. Her approach is open-minded and committed; the lessons follow a clear structure and transmit a positive attitude that helps practitioners tackle life’s challenges.

A special focus is given to pre- and postnatal yoga. The teachers continue their training on a regular basis—which includes workshops lead by internationally renowned guest teachers, who have made Spirit Yoga a recognized address for first-class events.

Spirit Yoga also is known for its fabulously luxurious yoga retreats and products that range from high-quality cosmetics to helpful yoga books and popular exercise CDs and DVDs, which have earned Patricia Thielemann renown as an author.