Who am I ?
My journey
Kathak virtuoso and choreographer, I was born in Fribourg, Switzerland.
I am honored to have already been awarded several times by Swaranjali and Pracheen Kala Kendra Chandigard in India as well as by the Indian Ambassador to Switzerland for my dedication and kathak career, as well as for my investment and contribution to the promotion of Indian culture.
My artistic studies began in Monaco in 1997, at the Conservatoire de Musique and the “Danse Plus” school.
In 2006, I was spotted in Geneva and invited by Pt Ravi Shankar Mishra to Benares, where I received my stage name “Gauri”. I obtained a junior, senior and Prabhakar diploma in kathak from the Prayag Sangeet Samiti academy in Allahabad after many years of study.
I take advantage of living in India to train in yoga therapy, tabla and Indian rhythm, as well as in Hindustani singing with Pt Ritesh Mishra (Benares Gharana).
Since 2010, I’ve been performing and representing the Benares style internationally. I collaborate with Les ballets de Monte Carlo – La Landwehr – Le cirque liquide, Nuithonie… and have performed on prestigious stages in India, including the legendary Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh in Benares.
In January 2014, I founded my association Sangeet Swiss to promote Indian classical arts.
In 2020, I was awarded a mobility grant from the cultural department of the canton of Fribourg, for artistic research in dance.
In 2021, I received two awards from Swaranjali Delhi and Kala Kendra Chandigard for my dedication and involvement in Indian classical arts.
In 2023, I’m honored by the Indian Embassy at the UN in Geneva for my contribution to the promotion of Indian culture, as well as for my career as a dancer.
My artistic journey led me to a yoga school in New Delhi, India, in 2011, where I discovered the depth of this age-old science. I am certified by Yoga Alliance International.
My training and experience :
- 2011 Master’s degree in yoga therapy and meditation from the Sri Ma School in New Delhi.
- 2011 TT of 200h ashtanga yoga in Florence Italy with Donovan Hicks disciple of Larry Schulz, the founder of his method Yoga ashtanga Rocket yoga Vinyasa.
- January 2016, 50h Intense Yin Yoga meditation and anatomy training in Aarau
- 2018 FEEL YOUR ASANA -Methodology founded by Priscilla Brülhart
- 2019 (2014 – 2019) 500 h MÉTHODE ROCKET YOGA – RÉADAPTATION – FACILITATION Certificat – Donovan F Hicks
- 2021 Neuro Yoga 30 hours – Initiation
- 2021 Registration and presentation of my REHAB-YOGA-BILITY® methodology
Methodology Rehab-yoga-bility®
Yoga is an incredibly versatile and effective tool. My aim was to make it accessible to everyone, without any religious or dogmatic connotations.
I’d like to make it clear that yoga in its origins is not attached to any religion, but is a non-ritualistic path to self-expansion. I wanted to help people understand their bodies in their entirety – physical, vital, mental and emotional – without limiting them to lotus sitting meditation sessions or complex postures.
In the West, yoga is often misunderstood, reduced to esoteric clichés or unattainable postures.
My aim is to help people from all walks of life through a demystified practice of yoga and the tools it employs.
In my personal practice, I then explored what could improve my well-being, reduce inflammation, promote recovery and, above all, make me feel better in body and mind. I realized that yoga had benefits far beyond the physical, affecting my whole being. Combining my dance training with yoga, over the years I’ve developed an individualized training, recovery and physical preparation methodology that I’ve named REHAB-YOGA-BILITY.
This methodology is based on a unique blend of movement visualization techniques (proprioception), yoga postures, breathing and meditation, all at the service of your well-being and pain management. It’s a neuro-physique practice and therapeutic tool.