Mascha Artz was born and raised in Bochum, Germany. She is a professional photographer and English teacher and did ballet for many years when she was younger. Her love and passion for hardcore and punk rock music allowed her to travel and see the world. She spent years touring and working with bands. While taking photos for “VEGAN NY”, a photography project on veganism in New York in early 2009, she discovered Jivamukti Yoga. After many years of traveling to practice with her teachers in NYC and Berlin and an accident that changed her life completely, she finished her 300h Jivamukti Teacher Training in India in early 2019 and started her 800h Apprenticeship (JTAP) with her mentor HaChi Yu at LaLaLå! Jivamukti Yoga Los Angeles in the same year. Due to the pandemic she completed her JTAP at Jivamukti Yoga Collective NYC. She has been teaching yoga at various studios in Bochum, as well as at Jivamukti Yoga Düsseldorf and returns to New York regularly to continue to learn and practice with her mentor. Her classes are playful and dynamic. In them she integrates what she has learned from all the different parts of her life. You might see her love for dancing in her asana sequencing, or feel her passion for music in her playlists. She passes on her knowledge on how to deal with physical injuries of which she has had to endure many over the years, but also she shares the spirit of going through life with open eyes and an open heart. She is grateful to all her teachers, but especially to her mentor HaChi Yu who she will always be inspired by.