Sattva Yoga Chamonix’s classes are given in french and/or in english according to the students needs.
Hubert de Tourris (Hamsa)
Hubert de Tourris (Hamsa)
Sattva Yoga Chamonix founder.
To learn Yoga and Ayurveda Hamsa traveled to India, Europe and America.
At a young age he was interested in Bagwan Shree Rajnesh Dynamic Meditation, and also Zen meditation. He was also practicing Do-in, Japanese postures and self-massage.
His first Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga teacher was Gustav Björkman, whom he met in Chamonix. Then he studied with Mark Darby for more than 12 years, as well as numerous courses with Matthew Sweeney, and Sheshadri (Mysore India). During thoses years he studied Ayurveda and massage.
After deepening his practice of Ashtanga Yoga, he became interested in Yin Yoga and Dharma Mittra Hatha Raja Vinyasa Yoga. Then he was initiated in Kriya Yoga of Babaji by Marshall Govindan who gave him his spiritual name, Hamsa. Since 2015 he follows the teachings of Shailendra Sharma Kriya Yoga guru.
– 500h “Ayurveda Massage” with Kiran Vyas with Tapovan, France
– 500h RYT Vinyasa “Ecole des Ailes du Yoga” with Caroline Boulinguez à Paris, France
– 500h RYT Ashtanga “Sattva Yoga Shala” with Mark and Joanne Darby in Montreal, Canada
– 100h RYT Yin Yoga with Biff Mitheofer, US
– Certified in Ashtanga “PAVY” Mysore with Sheshadri & Harish in Mysore, India
– 500h RYT Hatha “Dharma Yoga Center” with Dharma Mittra in New York City, US
– Babaji’s Kriya Yoga initiation with Marchall Govindan, Canada
– Babaji’s Kriya Yoga initiation with Shailendra Sharma in Govardhan, India
His vision allows him a comprehensive understanding in accordance with the fundamental principles of Yoga and Ayurveda. Simultaneous vision of the one and the many, it is in this unity that the spirit leaves the dichotomy pleasure/pain to enter inner peace. The yoga is the method to achieve the state of Yoga, the ultimate freedom in unity.
It is with passion and enthusiasm that he shares his knowledge and accompanies his students, with a mix of humor and discipline, on the path to Self-realization.
Some Hamsa postures : Yoga Asana
© Pascal Tournaire & Hubert de Tourris
Romain Castel
Romain Castel
Attracted to healing techniques and of holistic care, Romain approached fasciatherapy for himself in 2009, then at the same time, he began to practice the “5 Tibetan rites” for several years before discover Yoga. He practiced for 2 years in Normandy with a yoga teacher “Charline Blas” who teaches Hatha yoga and Yin. Liking to practice yoga and helping him in his daily life, he decided to deepen his practice and met Hamsa at Chamonix at the beginning of 2022. There he finds a certain framework and rigor that it was looking for. Then discovering the Ashtanga-Vinyasa, he decides to train in this practice and register for YTT. At the same time, he went to India, Rishikesh, at the Rishi Yoga Shala, for study ancient texts and Hatha yoga with “Pierre Bonnasse” and “Karine Barucha”. Since then, he has continued to practice and study in Chamonix at the shala of Hamsa.
– 200H YTT « Ashtanga Intensive » with Hamsa (Hubert De Tourris) and Shankara Darby, Chamonix, France.
– 200H YTT « Yoga Intégral » with Pierre Bonnasse and Karina Barucha, Rishikesh, Inde.
Megan Clayton
Megan Clayton
Megan Clayton, chiropractor, has been practicing yoga since 2004, and has been teaching yoga asana since 2012 when she obtained her first certification from Yoga Alliance in Manhattan, New York. Inspired by the specificity and complexity of the human body and its movement patterns, she decided first to deepen her knowledge for her own practice, and then later decided to dedicate her life to further understanding the human body and to helping others to pursue optimal health and to guide others in their personal paths of the practice by sharing her knowledge of the physical body.
Megan received her chiropractic diploma from the Institut Franco-Européen de Chiropraxie in Paris, and then decided to move to Chamonix to start her practice. Megan divides her time between her chiropractic office in Sallanches and a treatment room in Chamonix. Chiropractic is a health profession which treats and prevents neuro-musculo-skeletal problems, and which is regulated by the minister of health in France.
With more than 15 years of yoga experience, Megan teaches alignment-based vinyasa yoga, concentrating on the individualisation of the practice. Megan finds that her practices resonates at Sattva Yoga Studio and follows the spirit of the school by adapting each class to the students present in order to create an atmosphere of exchange and co-learning.
Rosie Kelly
Rosie Kelly
Rosie was then introduced to Sarah Harlow and Christopher Gladwell at Yogasara Bristol, and began her 250hr training in the Yogasara Method.
In 2019, Rosie moved to Chamonix to live a life closer to nature. She has a thriving mobile-massage practice in the valley; continues her yoga learning with Hubert at Sattva Yoga, along with maintaining a strong self-practice so she may reap the rewards of living a life more in-flow and teach from an embodied perspective.