ISLA Yoga & Ayurveda

22/08/2025

Home is more than four walls—it’s energy.

After 20 days of traveling by plane, train, and bus through the gorgeous Austrian Alps and Switzerland, I am so grateful to be back home.

My home is my sanctuary—a space where I can dream big, heal, create, and stay connected with nature. For me, it’s all deeply intertwined.

What does home represent for you?

In Ayurveda, there is a fascinating science called Vastu Shastra—similar to Feng Shui, yet with its own unique wisdom. It’s the knowledge of how design, architecture, and health are connected. The way you arrange and create your space can have a profound impact on your wellbeing.

On my own healing journey, I discovered this science and it has supported us tremendously in shaping our living space with more awareness and harmony.

13/08/2025

Im Ayurveda gilt Ojas als die feinste, lebensspendende Essenz unseres Körpers und Geistes – wie der kostbare Honig, den wir aus allem, was uns nährt, gewinnen. Es ist unser innerer Energievorrat, verbunden mit hormoneller Balance, Immunstärke und emotionaler Resilienz. Je mehr Ojas wir haben, desto gelassener, widerstandsfähiger und zufriedener fühlen wir uns.

Ojas entsteht durch ausgewogene Ernährung, eine gesunde Verdauung, genügend Ruhe und Selbstfürsorge. Stress, Überarbeitung und Reizüberflutung hingegen lassen es schwinden. Wer sein Ojas pflegt, stärkt nicht nur sein Immunsystem, sondern auch seine Lebensfreude und Ausstrahlung - ein Leben lang.

Wie du deine Ojas stärkst und pflegst – mit Ayurveda, Yoga und du dabei tiefe Regeneration erleben kannst– zeige ich dir im Weekend Retreat mit: „Ojas – Nektar deiner Kraft“ in Vitznau/Luzern.

Du findest alle Infos in der Link in Bio oder bei direkt auf der Webseite.

Eine Kollaboration mit und .ch

Fotos: .schreibt

12/08/2025

We are off in the mountains.

Classes & Ayurveda consultations will resume till September. Book your spots now, to be ready for early fall;) Link in bio (yes make the effort, organize 🧶)

Mondays: PRANAYAMA & MEDITATION
07:00-08:00, online

Tuesdays: KATHOAH YOGA
18:00-19:00h, online

Saturdays: KATONAH YOGA
9-10:15h, in person .seashell.shala

Also watch out for upcoming workshops and retreats in Mallorca & Switzerland

08/08/2025

Did you know? Your clothes can heal you!

In Ayurveda, Ayurvastra—literally “health cloth”—is the art of dyeing natural fabrics with medicinal herbs: sandalwood, neem, saffron, indigo, moringa. Each herb has a medicinal purpose.

Synthetic dyes, on the other hand, carry chemicals proven to disrupt our hormones. Which can lead to different illnesses of the female body.

As these fabrics touch the skin—our largest organ—they deliver subtle doses of plant medicine, absorbed through every pore. I think of my skin as a living, breathing layer, annamayakosha. I want to wrap it in life: cotton, linen, h**p, silk.

In Ayurveda even the colors itself can heal—or unbalance—depending on your dosha type.

In my latest journal entry, “Dressed to Heal,” I explore which colors support your constitution, plus more on this ancient textile wisdom.

Link in bio.

Can your clothes support your health? Explore how Ayurvedic fashion, Ayurvastra, and plant-dyed textiles promote healing by balancing your doshas also through the right choice of colors.

23/05/2025

Discover a different kind of practice—one that’s intelligent, transformative, and deeply personal.

Katonah Yoga® is a synthesis of classical Hatha yoga, Taoist theory, and sacred geometry. It’s not about stretching your muscles—it’s about organizing your joints, breathing consciously, and moving with clarity and structure.

In my classes, you’ll experience:
▪️ Deep joint work instead of muscular effort
▪️ Intelligent sequencing that re-patterns the body
▪️ The use of props as tools for precision and support
▪️ Personal hands-on adjustments
▪️ Integrated Meridian Yoga to harmonize energy flow

🌀Whether you’re new to yoga or have years of experience, this practice will meet you where you are and offer you a fresh perspective on your body and mind.
🌀Weekly group classes in Campos
🌀Private sessions also available for tailored support and deep transformation

➡️ LINK IN BIO to join or book your private session
Let’s move, breathe, and reframe—together.

18/05/2025

Each Monday I teach a classic Pranayama & Meditation class 7-8 AM. It sets the tone for the week and sends you off for a good start. Mindful, gentle and yet activating!

The following 4 classes will be centred on Vagus nerve stimulation and resetting your nervous system.

The nerve travels widely throughout the body, affecting several organ systems and regions of the body, such as the tongue, pharynx, heart, and gastrointestinal system.

This is key if you‘ve been trying to loose weight or get rid of hot flashes. When your nervous system is regulated, your body is able to trust and let go.

I would also suggest to omit coffee for all this classes or go with an alternative.

🌬️You can sign up through the link in bio.


Photo: .wencker

17/05/2025

Wild Grace Yoga & Ayurveda Retreat
– Replenish with Your Divine Feminine Essence 🐚

Step into a sacred space where time slows, the noise softens, and you reconnect with the quiet power within.

Join us for a transformative retreat, where the wild meets the graceful, and you are invited to soften, replenish, and awaken to your fullest expression.

Imagine mornings with guided Ayurveda morning pcleanses followd by gentle movement and breath, afternoons of soulful connection, hand‘s on workshops, and evenings of deep rest, all wrapped in the warm embrace of Mallorca’s natural beauty of the Southeast.

Let yourself be held. Let yourself unfurl. Let yourself return to your feminine. Wild, free unaplogetic!

Tap into your wild grace.

🐚Dates: October, 24-28 2025
🐚Mallorca, Spain
🐚Comment WILD to get the PDF or 🔗
https://www.isla.yoga/mallorca-yoga-retreat-2025

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Would you like me to polish this based on your specific style, or maybe add a bit more poetic language to capture the essence of the retreat even more? Just let me know the mood you’re going for, and I can refine it further! 😊

11/05/2025

Mothers day: I honor my mother and the lineage of women in my family from Mauritius.

Their teachings – to stand tall, take pride even though you’re hurting is in my roots, work hard, love deeply, dance freely, and embrace the sensuality and feminine essence of Creole women – are woven into my being.

I today also honor my grandmother, who passed last year, and the motherland of Ile Maurice – my ancestral home, the pulse in my veins. Though I did not grow up there, it has always been my imprint, shaping my path to yoga, spirituality, rituals, and the food traditions that defined my childhood- the taste of home and mothering.

Thank you for teaching me, supporting me, loving me.

Thank you, motherland, for making me who I am today, for reminding me, always, of where I come from.

„Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey
Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey
I can’t forget my history, it’s her-story
Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me“
Beyonce Giselle Knowles

29/04/2025

Spring is the season of renewal.

A time to shed heaviness, reset the body, and awaken clarity. And to bloom again. Let’s do it together to find our joy🌞and deep connectedness within.

Bloom is a 4-week guided immersion to help align with nature’s rhythm through the lens of Ayurveda.

It’s a return — to inner rhythm, seasonal nourishment, and conscious daily rituals.

You’ll receive a personal consultation, a live cooking class + recording, and a beautiful E-booklet with all the tipps & recipes.

This immersion offers both structure and soul.

Bonus: Includes my gentle 10-day Spring Cleanse programme to go at your own pace.

Nourish. Rebalance. Realign.

If you want to bloom again, join me this Spring, comment BLOOM to get all the details of the programme as a personal message.

🌸🌸🌸

28/04/2025

Note from yesterdays teaching: Call in the herbs, learn from the ones that look simple and are hiding in plain sight, the ones that are growing in the nook and corners of a sideway, the ones you encounter everyday. That‘s the one that has a teaching for you. Herbs they meet us where we are and want to bring the remedy we truly crave. Healing is subtle, it is delicate, it is silent, it is sometimes also very simple.

20/04/2025

The topic of feminine essence keeps coming back to me, and above all, the question of how I can nurture it in my clients and in myself. In a world often dominated by hardness and masculine qualities, there’s little space for the sensitive, soft, playful, and circular aspects that define our feminine nature. It’s almost as if we should be ashamed of these qualities. But this Lemony Saffron Risotto is designed to do just that—nourish your femininity and allow you to embrace all your yin aspects. Laugh loudly, dance, sing, be non-efficient, and feel your emotions without shame. This rice stew will act like a healing „Kitchari“. Read more on my food blog.

⇨Or comment SAFRAN, to receive the recipe in your DM’s.

Happy Ostara may we all have a fertil ground to bloom this season.

09/04/2025

Lemony Safran Risotto

Lemony Safran Risotto WinterHerbst Apr 9 Written By Isabelle Stüssi   Es kommt immer wieder zu mir das Thema der weiblichen Essenz. Und vor allem die Frage, wie ich es bei meinen Kundinnen und ja auch bei mir nähren kann. Ein Thema, dass mich seit Jahren begleitet, in einer Welt, die von Härte u...