We are Amwo and Lot, brother and sister, with almost a decade of experience in teaching and hosting yoga retreats. We have been practicing yoga and meditation, studying and exploring various wisdom teachings of the world for over 20 years. From that experience we teach and share the most meaningful and life transforming yogic teachings, with our students. We are on an ongoing journey through the mind, heart, body and soul.
We invite you to our small-scale sanctuary of yoga, mindfulness meditation, breath work, healing, and not to forget, our delicious plant-based meals that nourish your body and soul. Within a small group, everything is in place for you to retreat inward. We gently guide you on your own personal journey to explore, discover, or deepen the inner peace that already lives within you.
Amwo Wolfs
Chef | Ashtanga | Yin | Yin Yang | Yang | Mindfulness | Nidra Yoga | Sound Healing | Nada Yoga
1987 | Practicing sinds 2006
Experienced Registered Yoga Alliance teacher
E-RYT® 200
Amwo learned to recover from severe sports injuries through yoga and meditation. During years of traveling he connected with different wisdom traditions of, yoga methods, meditation, solitude, shamanism and sound.
Amwo teaches with a calm and centered energy. He lets you experience and explore the different aspects of yoga to help you find more union between body, mind and heart.
With many years of experience in yoga practice, Amwo had the opportunity and honor to practice with great teachers of the Ashtanga lineage such as David Swenson, Kino Macgregor, David Garrigues, Clayton Horton, Ken the Rolfer, Govinda Kai, Shirley Woods, Claudia Pradella, Eva Ugolini, Katiza Satya, Kevin Sahaj, and a long bearded skinny yogi in India.
After many years of practice and courses, Amwo graduated from the one year Sva Dharma Yoga teacher program at Delight Yoga Academy in Amsterdam in 2015. In 2016 he founded Wolfs Yoga Retreats in Spain and moved to Portugal in 2017.
Founder of WOLFS YOGA since 2016
Certifications
2015
Sva Dharma Yoga Teacher Training
200-RYT – Basis Training based on the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga system. The year long program included hatha, yoga, healing yoga, pranayama, kriya yoga, basic ayurveda and meditation.
With Katiza Satya, Kevin Sahaj, Shirley Woods, Claudia Pradella & Eva Ugolini // Delight Academy, Amsterdam
2014
Sva Dharma Yoga Teacher Training
50-RYT – Pre-Teacher Training
With Claudia Pradella & Eva Ugolini // Delight Academy, Amsterdam
Experience/ Trainings
Wolfs Yoga Retreats Portugal
Karma Yogi, Chef Cook, Yoga Teacher
± 14 retreat weeks per year
2016 ~ ongoing
2016
Yoga Retreats Spain
Karma Yogi, Chef Cook, Yoga Teacher
10 Retreat weeks
Vipassana
100+hrs – Vipassana Meditation Foundations
Pokhara, Nepal
Pranic Healing
With Deborah Quibell & Hector Ramos // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
2015
Intensive Ashtanga & Anatomy week
With Ken the Rolfer // Netherlands
Intensive Ashtanga Week
With David Swenson // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
Tibetan Healing Yoga & Meditation
With Tulku Lobsang // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
Intensive Ashtanga, Shamanism & Beyond
With Danny Paradise // Amsterdam
Foundation of Ayurveda
With Tory Hyndman // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
Primary Series & Mysore Week
With Clayton Horton // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
Lectures on Yoga
With A.G. Mohan // Amsterdam
The Iceman Training Weekend
With Wim Hofman // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
Primary Series & Lectures Weekend
With Govinda Kai // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
Foundation of Yin Yoga
With Skadi van Paasschen // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
Intensive Ashtanga Intermediate Series
With Kino Macgregor // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
Brain Waves Research Program
Practitioner // UV Amsterdam
Intensive Tummo & Nidra Yoga Week
With Dr. Nida // Amsterdam
Primary Series & Mysore Week
With Clayton Horton // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
Pranayama, Breathing Ecstasy Workshops
With Arno Nistal Ten Veen // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
2014
Intensive Anatomy & Mysore Week
With Ken the Rolfer // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
Intensive Ashtanga Foundations Week
With David Garrigues // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
And more Workshops, Lectures, Meditation and Foundational Practices
2008
Ashtanga Vinyasa Foundations in Mysore
Mysore, India
Anja Vohwinkel
Hatha Yoga / Yin Yoga / Mindfulness
1982 | Practicing sinds 2006
E-RYT® 200
In her mid-twenties, Anja followed her doctor’s advice and attended yoga classes at university to cure her stress-related panic attacks. She found her medicine and met her teacher. After practicing for many years with him, she attended his YTT course with 360+ hours (RYS 200) .
Anja has been teaching and practicing yoga ever since. Over the years she has also intensively immersed herself in Mindfulness Meditation (MBSR), Yin Yoga, Buddhism, Acupressure, 5 Element Theory (TCM) and most recently discovered Qi Gong.
Her classes are classical Hatha Yoga with meditation, pranayama and asanas, which she ‘spices up’ with elements from her other practices. Anja encourages her students to get to know and befriend their body and mind in a playful and openly explorative way in a safe environment. She is convinced that yoga is a way to make deep friendship and peace with oneself and she wants to pass this on.
Certifications
2014
‘Creative Hatha Yoga’ Teacher Training Program
360+ Hours over the course of 13 months – The program included the study of classical Hatha Yoga: history, philosophy (Yoga Sutras), anatomy, meditation, pranayama, asana – with an emphasis on an undogmatic approach to preserve individual creativity in practice for students and teachers.
With Stephan Maey // Menschenreise.de, Cologne, Germany
2022
Yin Yoga Teacher Training
100+ Hours intensive training – The program covered the theory, practice and didactics of Yin Yoga with a deep understanding of the anatomy of the Fascial System. The training also covered the Daoist background of Yin & Yang and the 5 Element Theory to deepen the practice on the physical, mental and spiritual level.
With Susan Billington and Peter Askew // Evolutionary Yoga, Portugal
2023
“Gathering Earth” – Yin Yoga & Qi Cultivation Teacher Training
20+ Hours – Online training on the use of acupressure points in Yin Yoga postures to promote the flow of Qi (Energy) and to collect or direct it in a way that supports the body in its natural pursuit of energetic balance.
With Josh Summers // joshsummers.net
Experience/ Trainings
Teaching at Wolfs Yoga
2024 ~ ongoing
Teaching private Yoga groups in Portugal
2017 ~ ongoing
2024
8 days Silent Meditation Retreat (Zen)
With Maitri Retreats // Monchique, Portugal
Yin Rising: energy medicine for woman’s health (Qi Gong, Yin Yoga and Lectures)
3 weeks (online) // With Stephanie Nosco
2023
Acu Yin Yoga (Acupressure, massage, tapping in Yin Yoga Poses)
6 weeks (online) // With Martina Honecker
2022
MBCT-L Training (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy)
8 weeks with Elisabeth Tsienga // Algarve, Portugal
Vijnana Yoga Retreat (as Karma Yogi)
7 days with Diana Jost // Algarve, Portugal
2021
Vijnana Yoga Master Class
With Diana Jost // Algarve, Portugal
Positive Neuroplasticity Training (PNT) – Professional Course
With Rick Hanson (online)
Positive Neuroplasticity Training (PNT) – Basic Training
With Rick Hanson (online)
2020
MBSR Training (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction)
8 weeks with Elisabeth Tsienga // Algarve, Portugal
Hormon Yoga Course
With Katrin Wörner, Portugal
2017-2019
Chef for Yoga Retreats
Algarve Yoga, Portugal
2014 – 2017
Teaching Yoga classes in various institutions
Sports clubs, kindergartens and schools (for teachers), social institutions and private groups.
Cologne, Germany
Simone
One of the lovely Chefs at Wolfs Yoga
Simone is a passionate chef with a deep love for creating wholesome, nourishing food that brings people together. After studying at Hotelschool The Hague, she honed her culinary skills, learning essential techniques that laid the foundation for her career.
Simone’s culinary journey led her around the world from the age of 18, where she explored diverse flavors, cultures, and languages, all while practicing Ashtanga yoga and surfing. Her travels eventually took her to Cornwall, where she worked as a chef at the renowned Potager Café, specializing in vegetarian cuisine. It was during this time that Simone discovered her passion for cooking at yoga retreats—an experience that resonated with her on a deeper level.
When Simone relocated to Portugal and met Lot & Amwo, she instantly felt a connection to their philosophy of food and wellness. Their inspiring approach to sharing knowledge and creativity has fueled her passion for cooking even further. For Simone, healthy food and yoga are integral to maintaining balance in life, and her greatest joy lies in preparing nourishing meals that support both body and spirit.
Lot Wolfs
Chef | Yin | Yin Yang | Yang | Flow | Gentle Flow | Pranayama | Healing | Mindfulness Yoga | Ashtanga Vinyasa
1980 | Practicing sinds 1999
Experienced Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher
E-RYT® 200
RYT® 500
Lot is expecting a little baby girl this summer! She will be taking maternity leave from July 1st – December 1st.
Lot is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance, specialised in the traditional method of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, hands-on adjustments, Yin Yang and Mindfulness Yoga.
Lot studied at the Sva Dharma Yoga teacher training at the Delight Academy in Amsterdam and at the ‘Insight Yoga institute’ in the USA. She teaches in The Netherlands and at Wolfs Yoga Retreat Portugal.
With almost 25 years of experience in yoga practice, Lot had the opportunity and honor to practice with great teachers of the Ashtanga lineage such as Eddie Stern, Petri Raisanen, David Swenson, Lino Miele, David Garrigues and Ken the Rolfer. She also studied in the Yin Yang & Mindfulness tradition with Sarah Powers, founder and lead teacher of the Insight Yoga Institute, Anat Geiger and Marcel van de Vis Heil.
She teaches from experience, creating a safe, challenging and peaceful environment, in a way that gives students space to explore and to be themselves.
Lot is registered as E-RYTS 200 and YACEP with the Yoga Alliance. She is certified to provide continuing education workshops to RYTs and lead trainer of a 200-hour teacher training.
My eternal gratitude goes to my main teachers throughout the years, those I practiced and studied with for years and had a profound impact on my practice and life : Claudia Pradella, Eva Ugolini, Katiza Satya, Kevin Sahaj, Shirley Woods and Sarah Powers.
Founder WOLFS YOGA
Founder Tree Yoga Amsterdam 2016 – 2018
Certifications
2022
TFY Teacher Training : Yin Yoga Intentive
50-hour | Yin Yoga, Anatomy & Functional Approach
With Anat Geiger & Marcel van de Vis-Heil // The Fat Yogis, Amsterdam & D’Alijo Retreat Portugal
2021
Advanced Yoga Studies : The Heart Training
100-hour | Sva Dharma Yoga Teacher Training
Meditation, Mindfulness, Healing Yoga, Pranayama, Tantra Yoga, Taoist chi-kung, shamanic healing and ‘living Philosophy’ (Buddhism & sacred text: Bhagavad Gita)
With Satya Katiza & Kevin Sahaj // Delight Academy, Amsterdam & D’Alijo Retreat Portugal
2021
Advanced Yoga Studies : The Mind Training
100-hour | Sva Dharma Yoga Teacher Training
Meditation, Mindfulness, Healing Yoga, Non-dual practices, Buddhism, and Tantra
With Satya Katiza & Kevin Sahaj // Delight Academy, Amsterdam
2017
Level 1 Insight Yoga Teacher Training Intensive
70-hour | Yin/Yang and Mindfulness Meditation
Integrating Yoga, Buddhism and Psychology
With Sarah Powers // Insight Yoga Institute
2016
Advanced Yoga Studies : The Path of Ashtanga Yoga
100-hour | An In-depth study of Primary Series in its traditional method as taught by Sri K Pattabhi Jois of Mysore. Including hands-on adjustment in the Mysore shala of Delight Yoga, assisting senior teachers.
With Claudia Pradella & Eva Ugolini // Delight Academy, Amsterdam
2015
Sva Dharma Yoga Teacher Training
200-hour | Foundation Training based on the Astanga Vinyasa Yoga system. The year long integration program included Ashtanga vinyasa yoga, hatha yoga, healing yoga, pranayama, kriya yoga, basic ayurveda and meditation.
With Katiza Satya, Kevin Sahaj, Shirley Woods, Claudia Pradella & Eva Ugolini // Delight Academy, Amsterdam
2014
Advanced Yoga Studies : Sva Dharma Yoga Teacher Training
60-hour | Mindfulness, Buddhism & Hatha Yoga
With Sandra Tideman // Delight Academy, Amsterdam
2014
Sva Dharma Yoga Teacher Training
50-hour | Pre-Teacher Training
With Claudia Pradella & Eva Ugolini // Delight Academy, Amsterdam
Experience/ Trainings
2019
Vipassana Retreat | As taught by S.N. Goenka, in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
100 hours | Vipassana Meditation | Dhamma Dipa, Herefordshire, UK.
2017
2016/2017
Assisting Program Ashtanga Mysore Program | Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
With Claudia Pradella & Eva Ugolini (weekly for 10 months)
Releasing the Psoas Workshop
With Liz Koch // De Nieuwe Yoga School Amsterdam
Yoga teacher training
Myofascial Release (MFR) for Ashtanga practitioners
With Ken the Rolfer // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
2016
Assisting Program Ashtanga Led Class | Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
With Eva Ugolini (weekly for 6 months)
Yoga teacher training week
Hands-on adjustments and energy healing / pranayama, meditation & philosophy
With Petri Raisanen // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series & Mysore Weekend
With Clayton Horton // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
2015
Ashtanga Yoga Mysore week
With David Swenson // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
Ashtanga Yoga Workshop weekend
With Eddie Stern // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series & Mysore Week
With Clayton Horton // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam
2013
Ashtanga Yoga Mysore intensive week
With David Garrigues // Delight Yoga, Amsterdam