Our team members have all gone through their own training path to become who they are today, but the goal has always been a healthy balance between body, mind and spirit.
They continue to pursue this goal for themselves and for the people who entrust themselves to them.
Susan founded Serrat(u)s studio in 2002, expanding into one of Zurich’s hottest tips for yoga and bodywork. She realised her dream of creating an oasis for body and mind with charisma, dedication and discipline. After studying modern dance, Susan trained as a Gyrotonic® instructor in the 90s, while also studying dynamic yoga and Esalen massage. Susan’s urban-shamanic wisdom is shared with love in rituals such as sweat lodges in the
Eleonora studied contemporary dance, before her training as a yoga teacher and Swiss-certified instructor in 2008. She also competed a yoga course for pregnant and postnatal women, while also studying Thai-yoga massage. She has been joyfully She has been teaching her unique Hatha Yoga flow with great joy for over 17 years. Ongoing further training in meditation, Ayurveda, Tantra, Nada Yoga, Chi Gong, Yoga Nidra, pregnancy and postnatal yoga as
Brett Porzio was a student of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, R. Sharath Jois and Eddie Stern from 2000 and learned Ashtanga Yoga in New York. After years of dedicated practice and teaching, including long stays in Mysore, South India, Brett received permission to teach from Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in 2006. He spent the following years in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America, settling in Zurich in 2019. Brett travels
Kamil is a sociologist by education and by heart, always deeply interested in people and their inner worlds. He is an Ashtanga Yoga and meditation practitioner, and together with Brett Porzio, he co-founded Patanjali Yoga Shala — a daily Mysore-style Ashtanga Yoga program based at Serratus studio in Zürich. The program follows the traditional teachings of Paramaguru R. Sharath Jois, offering a personalized approach that supports each student’s unique path.
Rafael is the founder of the Breath Fast Club. His passion lies in conscious breathing—as a gateway to self-awareness, a way to cultivate presence, release stress, and access inner calm and clarity. What defines his work is a grounded, clear presence and a unique ability to make even complex ideas feel simple and accessible. Trained as a yoga teacher and freediver, he combines solid knowledge with an open, practical approach—rooted
Asanas and the breath are the gateway and the key to our mind. Calming the breath allows us to get in touch with our consciousness and energy system. In my classes, which are accessible to beginners, I support you on your path to find clarity, strengthen your system and release physical or mental blockages. Finally, meditation exercises lead us into silence. Through the constant practice of yoga, an ever finer
Matís d’Arc discovered his passion for the Japanese rope bondage Shibari 2011 at Schwelle 7 in Berlin. He took lessons and inspiration from Akira Naka, Dasnyia Sommer, Felix Ruckert, Hajime Kinoko, Nicolas Yoroï, Pilar Aldea, Ren Yagami and Tifereth Kinbaku, among others. With the label luhmen d’arc, he dedicates himself with his team and guests in workshops, performances, jams and sessions as well as lectures, talks and texts to experimental
Vanessa’s focus lays on harmonizing through sound, cacao ceremonies as well as intuitive oil massages. Vanessa learned how to use the pervasive power of sound in India and regularly applies her experience in workshops, festivals, retreats and private sessions. The multifaceted effect of Nada Yoga (Nada = sound) is refined by her own voice, as well as other instruments with shamanistic origins. At Serratus, her well-attended sound meditations are always
Mahara McKay has been dedicated to healing and self-healing since 2004, using skills and tools from the tantric and shamanic arts. Mahara has acquired her broad knowledge of meditation, pranayama, breathwork, mindfulness, tantra, dance and shamanic arts through extensive travels in New Zealand, India and New York. She regularly teaches at international festivals and offers Tantric meditations and private classes.
The Serratus Bodywork Zurich Studio is located between Helvetiaplatz and Europaallee. Easily accessible by bus 31/32 to the corner of Militärstrasse and Langstrasse or about 10 minutes on foot from Zurich main station.
Serratus
Zürcher Kantonalbank
8010 Zürich
Clearing-Nr. 700
BIC (SWIFT) ZKBKCHZZ80A
Konto Nr. 1100-0652.980
IBAN CH73 0070 0110 0006 5298 0
