Team & friends
Daniela Gerdes
With my husband Haiko, our four children, and our dog, I have found my greatest happiness.
Power Yoga — which I had the opportunity to discover 25 years ago with Bryan Kest — as well as health and the harmony of body and mind are my true passions.
Organizing retreats brings together everything that fulfills me: yoga, health, travel, and inspiring encounters.
My heartfelt goal is to create unforgettable experiences for you — full of lightness, depth, and magic.
I believe in a future of travel that not only inspires, but also heals.
A future in which tourism becomes a space for genuine wellbeing, inner growth, and healthy longevity — for people and organizations alike.
Haiko Gerdes
Through Daniela, I discovered Power Yoga and retreats and quickly realized how beneficial both are for me.
As the owner of a travel tech company, I have a demanding job and am very grateful that, through our focus on health and yoga, I am able to manage my daily life with more energy and ease.
Through our shared retreats, Daniela and I have not only been able to recharge again and again, but have also formed many meaningful friendships.
Romana Lorenz-Zapf
Together with her husband Holger Zapf, Romana founded UNIT Yoga and teaches various yoga classes with passion and joy.
She is an E-RYT 500 and has completed more than 2,000 hours of yoga training.
As Director of Teacher Training, she leads and designs yoga teacher education programs and works nationwide in Germany as a lecturer and presenter.
Holger Zapf
Together with his wife Romana, Holger Zapf founded UNIT Yoga and leads the sports science division at UNIT Yoga.
As a certified sports scientist and yoga teacher, he teaches a dynamic yet therapeutic yoga style, placing great emphasis on anatomically correct alignment. He is an E-RYT 500, has completed numerous yoga teacher training programs, and — together with his wife — trains yoga teachers throughout Germany.
Bryan Kest
Bryan Kest praktiziert Yoga seit seinem 14. Lebensjahr. Seine Ausbildung begann in Hawaii bei David Williams, dem ersten, der Ashtanga Yoga nach Amerika brachte, und führte ihn nach Indien zu K. Pattabhi Jois, dem führenden Lehrer dieser Tradition. Seit 1985 unterrichtet er das von ihm entwickelte Power Yoga mit dem Ziel, Körper, Geist und Seele in Einklang zu bringen und Menschen zu einem gesünderen, bewussteren Leben zu inspirieren.
Gerhild Margreiter
More than 20 years ago, Gerhild discovered yoga while traveling — and it has stayed with her ever since.
On her yoga path, she had the opportunity to learn from some of the best teachers, including Bryan Kest, Suzanne Freiherz, Travis Eliot, Lauren Eckstrom, and Markus H. Giess.
For the past eight years, she has been teaching yoga with great joy in Graz, Austria, online, and at retreats.
Open Your Heart Yoga Retreat
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Romana Lorenz-Zapf and Holger Zapf from Unit Yoga Wiesbaden are looking forward to welcoming you in Sardinia in October.
