Olive was born in Berne, Switzerland and emigrated to New York in 1992, in order to start her career as a professional dancer. 

In NYC, Olive worked for different dance companies as well as performing in TV, MTV Music Awards as a dancer. In 1995, Olive started taking Hatha Yoga classes for 2 years before starting to practice Vinyasa Ashtanga Yoga.

In order to further deepen her knowledge and practice, she attended teacher trainings and Workshops in New York and Los Angeles, by Bryan Kest, Vinnie Marino and Annie Carpenter (Smart Flow), which strongly influenced Olives teaching style. 

After ten years of living in America, Olive returned to Switzerland where she has taught yoga by Airyoga, Planetyoga and Arena 225 over 4 years and a reputation in the yoga community as an exceptional teacher. In 2008, Olive realized her dream of running her own yoga studio and opened Yogalives"enjoy the flow" In 2011 the yogalives teacher Trainings 200 hour & in 2013 the +300 advanced Trainings were born.