In a world now full of commodified and westernized ‘yoga’, it’s difficult for a person to find or even understand real Yoga. Fortunately for the people of Switzerland and the world, Susanne Daeppen has for over twenty years been dedicated to the practices of Yoga that have come directly from the great tradition via the scholarship of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya and his brilliant son, T.K.V. Desikachar. Together with her partner Christoph, Susanne shares this ancient practice of real Yoga for real people. Yoga must be adapted to the individual’s needs, not the individual to Yoga. The fact that authentic Yoga is accessible and spreading in Switzerland, Iceland, Italy, Germany and beyond, is in no small part thanks to Susanne’s dedication to sharing this tradition for over 15 years. — Mark Whitwell

In this beautiful book, illustrated throughout with colour photographs of Yoga practiced in the wild nature of Iceland, Susanne shares her depth of experience as practitioner and teacher with accuracy and grace. Originally published in German, this book is now available in English to a broader audience. The essence of the heart of Yoga is that each person practices their own Yoga and their own life in the way that is right for them. No one has to be like anyone else. No one CAN be like anyone else. In the same way, each person expresses the ancient wisdom of Yoga in their own unique embodied way, not duplicating any cultural models. This book is just such an expression, a unique distillation of Yoga through Susanne.