Alysa Yoga, Hunnenweg 4, Maastricht (2026)

29/12/2025

The last class is tonight. Time is getting closer to wrapping up, closing this door, closing this chapter, and ending an era.

Wow, what an era it has been. I feel like I’ve been so many different versions of myself in this space.

What have I learned as a yoga teacher? I’m sure many new teachers experience this: the more I taught, the more confident I became in what I was sharing. Somewhere along the way, I stopped teaching “FOR” my students and instead, I began teaching from my heart.

Finding my voice as a yoga teacher has been a journey that still continues. And I don’t mean the sound of my voice, but the teachings that come through me.

There are many yoga studios and teachers in this city, but I truly believe that whoever was meant to find me and my classes did so. I can’t please every student, and that’s okay. There is a natural alignment, a quiet selection of people who find my classes exactly when they needed them.

The more I taught from my authentic energy and stopped trying to be something else, the more my aligned community found its way to me.

Creating a safe space where people feel welcome and open to practice has always been essential. I speak about alignment and technique, but even more importantly, the practice has to feel good, supportive of where each student is on that particular day.

Even within Ashtanga, with all its “rules,” I’m pretty sure the Ashtanga police wouldn’t approve of everything I do, and I’m grateful for that. I’m grateful that I found an authentic voice as an Ashtanga teacher, one that invited so many people to try the practice and fall in love with it in their own way.

So if I had to distill my learnings into a message, it would be this:
Be as authentic as you are. Be your wild, passionate self, however that looks. Make mistakes. Laugh. Trust yourself and what you share. Teach what you practice and truly believe in.

Allow your students to practice what feels aligned for them. Support them, but give them space, this is their practice, and they are showing up for themselves.

And lastly: Have fun. Laugh often.

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas 🎄✨

In Finland, we celebrate Christmas on the 24th Christmas Eve. Santa Claus (or the Christmas Goat, as we call him in Finnish) flies from home to home with his reindeer and comes in through the chimney. You’d better leave him some cookies and milk so he can make it through the night 😉

✨ Last class in this space: December 29th, now bookable
🌿 Goodbye gathering: December 27th, come by, say goodbye, and maybe take a plant home with you

Hope to see you soon ♥️🎀

22/12/2025

What has my yoga journey been like?

I could name so many things I’ve learned, but I’ll say this: for me, it started as something very physical, moving my body and learning about body awareness. From there, it became about learning cool tricks and poses, becoming stronger, and gaining flexibility.

I was especially drawn to power yoga , something fast-paced and strong. Ashtanga felt like a very natural choice: a powerful, challenging practice. In many ways it suited me well, although the consistency and repetition went against my nature. Still, it was beautiful to learn about routine and discipline.

At first, I was deeply focused on learning new poses, getting stronger, and improving myself physically. I was constantly competing with myself, pushing harder and harder, sometimes far beyond my own boundaries. If yoga could be turned into a competition, the younger version of me definitely did that.

What truly taught me how to slow down, be present, and unconditionally accept the moment were injuries. At one point, I seemed to move from one injury to the next, along with struggles with gut health and low energy.

This forced me to slow down and simplify my physical practice, while also allowing myself to feel what was present and sit with my emotions. That’s when I feel the true essence of yoga really began to reveal its benefits to me.

It’s been a journey of ups and downs. Live and learn, right? These days, my practice is gentler. I listen to my body and its needs. Sometimes the flow is soft and slow; other times it’s more dynamic. My practice is no longer about physical pushing, but about what is needed in the moment, what truly nurtures my body and soul. What once felt like obsession softened into a practice that nourished me.

21/12/2025

As promised, my sentimental reflections will continue over the next few days, so bear with me.

Why did I become a yoga teacher? To be honest, it all started with an injury. When I was younger, I was always on the move, perhaps running away from the present moment. I didn’t really know how to be still. Then I injured my ankle and had to walk on crutches for a while.

During that time, I couldn’t ride horses or do my usual sports, so I turned to yoga. I began learning about body awareness and breathing. Eventually, my ankle healed, and I got back into the saddle. That’s when I realized something surprising: my riding had improved, even though I hadn’t been riding. It was an eye-opener to see how yoga, body awareness, and breath could be so helpful.

That was when the seed was planted. I wanted to help horse riders discover this amazing connection.

I started dreaming about becoming a yoga teacher for horse riders, but I wasn’t ready yet. I continued my own yoga practice and deepened my exploration of body awareness. Over time, I finally found the courage to join a yoga teacher training.

As I progressed through the training, my dreams expanded. Not only did I want to teach yoga to horse riders, I wanted to share the message of yoga and body awareness with everyone.

Since then, I’ve had the joy of teaching yoga to horse riders and inspiring many others to begin their own yoga journeys. This path has also completely changed how I view horse training and how I ride today… but more on that another time.

It’s funny how a single planted seed can grow into the beautiful garden that life creates.

20/12/2025

Alright, I’m going to get a little sentimental as we move through the last days of this year and the last days of Alysa Yoga in this beautiful location.

The name Alysa Yoga comes from my second name, and it actually means joy. The message “practice with joy” has followed me throughout my yoga journey.

What has been most important to me about this space is that it has welcomed everyone in their authentic energy. At the same time, it has allowed me to show up authentically and teach straight from my heart.

It has never been polished or perfect, but it has held space for all emotions and experiences.

This studio came into existence almost “accidentally.” In 2021, I was simply looking for a space to rent a few nights a week. When I stumbled upon this place, I said to myself, “I guess it’s time to dream bigger and make it happen.” And that’s how Alysa Yoga got started.

Through Corona regulations, lockdowns, somel injuries, an multiple hair colours later the space slowly turned into a living room for many students and facilitators. Because of this place, I gained new friends and deep connections, met so many beautiful souls, and dove even deeper into the flow of life.

And some of you might already know, I even met Benji for the very first time in this building. Can you imagine how much love this space has brought into my life and into our Yoga community?

19/12/2025

Here we go the cat is out of the bag!!! 🐱 Live turned into a Reel, all we can do is follow the flow of life 🌊

08/10/2025

✨ Awaken Your Inner Confidence

🕊️ A 2-Hour Journey into Embodiment & Self-Expression
November 8th | 11:00–13:00
Co-hosted by Saara & Dondeyne

Confidence isn’t something you have to earn — it already lives within you.
Yet at times, it can feel hard to access or fully embody.

In this 2-hour workshop, we’ll explore five embodied archetypes through movement, dance, music, mindfulness, and playful expression — helping you reconnect with your confidence and what feels most alive within you.

Come as you are — leave more grounded, open, and deeply connected to yourself. 🌿

Early 🦢 price till 15th October €33.

More info and booking:
Comment ♥️ and I’ll send you the link.
Link also in bio.

Love,
Dondeyne & Saara

24/09/2025

🍂 Welcome to the Autumn Ashtanga Full Primary Led Class 🧘‍♀️

In this special class, we’ll move together through the full Ashtanga Primary Series in a guided 1h 45min practice.

You are warmly welcome to join — even if you’ve never practiced the full sequence before. Come with curiosity and enjoy the flow!

I’m excited to see you there and to share the beauty of the Ashtanga practice with you. ✨

24/09/2025

Hey loves ✨

Here’s a little update on our yoga class schedule.
Can’t wait to flow with you on the mat this autumn 🍂

28/08/2025

Awaken Your Inner Confidence 🕊️ 2-Hour Journey into Embodiment & Self-Expression
 September 27th | 11:00–13:00
 Co-hosted with my dear friend

🕊️Early bird till 7th of September €35
🍂Regular price €45

✨Confidence isn’t something you have to earn, it already lives within you.

In this powerful 2-hour workshop, we’ll explore five embodied archetypes through movement, dance, music, mindfulness practices, and playful expression. These archetypes exist in all of us, waiting to be awakened.

🌿With each practice, you’ll explore real, alive connection with these parts of yourself. We’ll move, breathe, and feel deeply into the body, allowing your natural confidence to rise from within, not from who you think you should be, but from who you already are.

🌊 You’ll experience how movement shifts emotion, how awareness creates space, and how showing up fully in your truth is not only healing, but a gift to the world.

✨Showing up as your full self isn’t too much, it’s what the world needs. 
Come as you are. Leave more connected, alive, and grounded in your truth.  Love, Dondayne & Saara

About our Co-host:

Dondeyne is working as a psychiatrist and has a closet full of philosophy books and running shoes. She believes that we all have different parts or energy patterns in ourselves that become active due to certain circumstances and some patterns are serving ourselves here and now more than others.
If we can understand why these patterns are available to us we can be thankful for what they brought us up till now and choose more flexible how we want to act from now on.

13/08/2025

Bits and pieces, thoughts that I carry with me from my holiday.

While I was away, a few ideas kept circling in my mind. One of them was freedom, what is freedom, and how does it truly live inside me?

I realised I experienced a certain kind of freedom I hadn’t felt in a very long time. What surprised me was that I didn’t feel unfree before. But when I felt this new expansion of freedom, it struck me deeply.

So often, when we introduce ourselves, we lead with the work we do or the titles we hold. We become the “human doing.” In daily life, we wear our uniforms, carry our titles, and fit into boxes, roles we serve for the people around us.

During my holiday, I started letting go of those roles, slowly shedding the layers… even wrestling with releasing my “image.” And in doing so, I became free to be just Saara, and that was enough. Just Saara: the soul inside this human body, living the human experience.

Living as “just Saara” for a few weeks allowed me to truly be in the present moment, to connect authentically without purpose or role, just simply being.
It challenged me to live more through my body and less in my mind. That wasn’t always easy. Oh, how my old patterns and blueprints tried to creep back in. But that was the real practice: to keep following my heart and staying with the purity of the moment.

Welcoming this freedom into my life has only opened and expanded my heart even more. Now, I’m excited to explore how I can keep inviting that same freedom into my everyday life, even in the middle of the daily grind.

09/07/2025

I want to share something personal.

A few years ago, I had my heart broken. That breakup became one of the greatest turning points of my life. It marked the beginning of a journey back to myself.

At first, I held tightly to the story of being the victim in that relationship. I focused on how he had wronged me, how he was the villain in the story. But eventually, something shifted. I’m not here to justify his behavior, but to take responsibility for my own. It takes two to tango, and I see that now.

I used to wonder why I always got attached to emotionally avoidant people. What I’ve come to realize is that I was only capable of loving and connecting in ways that mirrored my own emotional patterns. I was abandoning myself. In doing so, I attracted intimacy that validated that inner experience. I was emotionally avoidant with both myself and others.

My nervous system didn’t know how to handle safe, nurturing love. It felt more at home in unsafe connections, because being on alert all the time was what I knew. So stay with me here: What if it was never really about him? What if he came into my life to show me the places where I was abandoning myself? Where I was avoiding true emotional connection?

It’s easy to look outside ourselves for answers, to slip into the role of the victim. The real challenge is to take responsibility for ourselves, our lives, and our happiness. To see our experiences as mirrors, and to remain open to growth.

I hope you don’t have to go through a painful heartbreak to learn these lessons. But years after mine, I can honestly say I’m grateful for him, the relationship, the heartbreak, and even the pain.

Because all of it gave me the spark I needed to begin the journey back to my own heart. To see where I had been shutting myself off from true connection, and to begin breaking down the walls I’d built around it.

Many of us have learned to survive by fighting, running, or hiding. Vulnerability and connection can feel terrifying when your nervous system isn’t used to them. But it’s worth it, to pause, take a deep breath, and let people in.

We’re here to love, to connect, and to enjoy life together.

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