Mimi Visser

Mimi completed the Teacher Training program led by James Murphy and has been teaching Iyengar yoga since 2011. Her main teachers are John Schumacher and Firooza Razvi, and she has been to Pune, India four times to study at “the source”. She plans to return regularly. In addition to her regular classes, Mimi spends two days a week teaching the inmates of Rikers Island, who give her fresh insights into the meaning of yoga.

Mimi grew up in The Netherlands, where she studied Philosophy and Musicology at the University of Amsterdam and Piano at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. She still plays and teaches piano, comprehending more and more the famous words of violinist Yehudi Menuhin, “B.K.S. Iyengar is my best violin teacher!” She has two young adult children: Jonas and Sofia. 

To Mimi, the most important result of a good yoga practice is to find deep connections between body, mind and breath. It’s the experience of these connections that makes one feel more whole as a human being and more connected to other human beings. “If I can guide my students to connect to this harmony within themselves (as my teachers have done for me), I am happy.”