Floga Academy

Our teachers

Every Floga course is taught by a working teacher, chosen for the subject they know best. Meet the people behind Floga Academy and the PlayPauseBe yoga decks.

Illona Tschopp

Illona Tschopp

Yoga teacher

600 hours of teacher training · more than 1,500 hours of teaching

Illona has completed 600 hours of teacher training and taught more than 1,500 hours of classes, and she has a gift for making the hardest pose sound simple.

She teaches the foundations of Floga Academy: every pose of the PlayPauseBe decks in Asana Academy, breathwork in PlayPauseBreathe, the way into headstand and handstand in Upside Down in 30 Days, and, with Tine, Yin Academy.

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Ann Schreppers

Ann Schreppers

Yoga teacher and bodyworker

More than 1,500 hours of certification in yoga and energy psychology

A lifelong ballerina and bodyworker, Ann holds more than 1,500 hours of certification in yoga and energy psychology.

She leads more Floga courses than anyone: mudras, restorative yoga, face yoga, the art of sequencing, Tarot Yoga Wisdom and, with Katie Rose, the Ayurveda Yoga Training.

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Tine Horn

Tine Horn

Yoga teacher

More than 20 years of practice · Ashtanga, Hatha, Vinyasa and Yin

A dancer first, Tine has practiced yoga for more than 20 years across Ashtanga, Hatha and Vinyasa, with a long devotion to Yin.

She teaches how to build a class that flows in Sequencing Academy, co-teaches Yin Academy with Illona, and is one of the authors of the Tarot Yoga Deck.

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Cynthia Reschke

Cynthia Reschke

Kundalini yoga teacher trainer

More than ten years leading Kundalini teacher trainings

Cynthia has led Kundalini yoga teacher trainings for more than a decade, drawing on Hatha, Tantra and restorative practice.

In Kundalini Academy she guides you through kriyas, breathwork, mantra and meditation.

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Grecia Gómez Jiménez

Grecia Gómez Jiménez

Yoga teacher, breathwork facilitator and somatic mentor

Grecia is a yoga teacher, breathwork facilitator and somatic mentor, focused on making the practice open to every body.

In Chair Yoga Academy she shows how to practice fully from a chair, at any age and any level of mobility.

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Katie Rose

Katie Rose

Yoga teacher, Ayurveda guide and author

More than 25 years in wellness · registered experienced teacher and teacher trainer with Yoga Alliance and Yoga Australia

Katie is a yoga teacher, Ayurveda guide, doula and author. She managed the TriYoga center in London before moving to Sydney, where she opened Samadhi Yoga in 2004 and then Jivamukti Yoga Sydney, which grew to four studios.

She founded the annual Bhakti Women Online Yoga Summit and has written several books, among them Mindful Living, The Yoga of Birth, Trust Life, Trust Yourself, Find Peace and the Amazon number one bestseller Yoni Codes. She lives in Sydney with her five children.

With Ann, she teaches the Ayurveda Yoga Training.

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200h teacher training faculty

Joke Van Den Plas

Joke Van Den Plas

Physiotherapist and anatomy teacher

Physiotherapist since 2020

Joke teaches anatomy that is both scientific and embodied, connecting form with function, so you understand what each pose does in the body.

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Karoline Haberl

Karoline Haberl

Mantra and sound teacher

A cellist from the age of five, Karoline went on to study voice and music therapy. She brings mantra chanting as a path to self-connection.

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Behind the decks

Giulia Rosa

Giulia Rosa

Illustrator of the PlayPauseBe decks

Giulia is a Milan-based illustrator who studied graphic design, cinematography, illustration and animation at the European Institute of Design (IED). Her style is distinctive and emotionally charged, shaped by themes of identity, existentialism and contemporary culture.

She has worked across publishing, editorial, music and advertising, with publishers including Rizzoli, Mondadori, Sperling & Kupfer, Einaudi, Giunti and De Agostini. She hand-draws every PlayPauseBe card and the covers of Floga Monthly.

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