Cristi Istrate - head coach
With over 30 years of experience in sports, mainly football (multiple national competitions for
children and juniors), Karate (brown belt, Kumite national champion), Kickbox (3rd place German
Cup, amateurs), Muay Thai - "South Thailand Champion" professional belt challenger), Cristi dediced to train not only profesional athletes, but all those who want to transform sport in a powerful tool for own growth.
Beginning the Yoga practice hoping to heal some sports-related injuries and then through many
study trips in India, convinced by the profoundness of practice, Cristi attended courses and seminars
for professors/trainers such as Hatha Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Vinyasa Krama Krishnamacharya Tradition)
Ashtanga Yoga, Vipassana. (meditation course)
Gold medal „Daciada”(at the age of 12)
Illegal training in wrestling gym before 1989 (at the age of 14)
Camp for belt exam (at the age of 15)
Preparation for National Championship ( at the age of 19 )
Discovering the world of fitness in Switzerland
( at the age of 26 )
The victory euphoria after the first professional match of Muay Thai
Warming up before the title fight (at the age of 34)
Certificate of Muay Thai Institute (Bangkok) under the Ministry of Education (Thailand) and World Muay Thai Council
Yoga Acharya (RYT 200) certified by Yoga Vidya (India) (Professor Hatha Yoga, Yoga Philosophy, Ayurveda Basic, Anatomy & Philosophy of Hatha Yoga)
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga (RYT 200) certified by Yoga Alliance
IYENGAR YOGA MANDIR
VINYASA YOGA(Krishnamacharya Tradition)
