Raka M. Hirning has been teaching original Hatha Yoga for 17 years, mainly in yoga teacher training and further education courses. He incorporates his in-depth anatomical knowledge as an experienced osteopath and his insights from many years of traditional yoga practice into his teaching. Raka’s multifaceted expertise makes him an exceptional figure in the world of yoga.

Qualifications

• Intensive sadhana during several extended stays in India.
• Postgraduate course: The spine in osteopathy – minimal levers; Daryl Herbert D.O. (UK), Mülheim a. d. R.
• Full-time study of osteopathy (4 years, B.Sc.); Osteopathie Schule Deutschland, Berlin
• Thesis: Local, regional and global effects of the suboccipital muscle inhibition technique
• Yoga therapy M1; Dr. med. Günter Niessen, Berlin
• Trauma-sensitive body therapy; Holistic Bodywork, Clenze
• Yoga teacher training 300 units; Shri Kali Kaula Tantra Yoga, India
• Yoga teacher training 400 units; Yoga Vidya, Germany
• Various further training courses, including in Marma therapy
• Biology studies (M.Sc.); Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg