TEACHERS
Our teacher-team for Acro-Sense Autumn 2025 is growing! Check here who is already confirmed. More to come!
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Mati & Coni (acro.conciencia)
They are bringing Acroyoga from Chile to the World! We are Coni and Mati, two movement enthusiasts with more than eight years of experience in acroyoga. We love to explore softness and height in movements, paying special attention to whipops and icarians, which have become our specialty. We are also fascinated by finding ways to try and link these movements in a safe and fun way. In addition to acroyoga, we are moved by the desire to travel and see the world, and if it is by practicing and sharing this discipline, even better! It fills us with joy to be able to connect with new communities and share our knowledge, creating spaces for learning, play and trust.
Nicole & Julio (Switzerland & Brazil)
Nicole Kälin from Switzerland and Júlio César de Rezende Barillari Alcantarilla – let’s just say Acrojulio, cause that’s his name on Insta – from Brazil will teach together at Acro-Sense-Festival. They both love and are highly experienced in standing acro, icarians and whipops. As a former gymnast with over ten years of experience and a background in CrossFit for five years, Nicole brings the perfect foundation of strength, control, and body awareness into the world of acrobatics. Movement has always been a core part of her life, driven by motivation, a strong will, and a deep enthusiasm for growth. Highly ambitious and always ready to push her own limits, she thrives on challenges and is constantly seeking new ones, especially in the form of complex acrobatic skills that test both body and mind. For her, acro is not just about movement, it’s about connection. The beauty of acrobatics lies in teamwork, in trust, and in the shared experience of creating something that’s only possible together. Julio has always been curious about learning and practicing different sports. He graduated in Sports Science with emphasis in ”high performance athlete training“. This knowledge he brings into his acro classes and it helps him to make people fly higher in his own practice. Julio is teaching acro professionally in Brazil. His life’s philosophy is, that he can only control his own actions as well as “The plan is, there is no plan.“ Which allows him to live day by day in synchronicity with the universe. In their acro classes Nicole and Julio are creating a space where participants can explore their potential, challenge themselves, and experience the joy of true collaboration. Expect some joyful workshops in a safe environment. And you probably get a hug from Julio, cause this is his way of expressing his affection to all the beautiful people who come along his way.
Monika Kolb
Monika is a performer and circus teacher. She lives a colorful life in between gyms and on stage around the world, where she travels with her son. She loves to share her knowledge of circus- and movement arts. Monika is also the co founder of the Bangkok Acro Convention. At Acro-Sense Festival she will teach some tricky same size Acro Workshops together with Erica, focussed on technical details and packed with lots of fun and motivation. We are also super happy, that she will bring her Hula Hoop magic in.
Erica Montes
Erica Montes (SYT) first worked with the body through performance art, acrobatics and theatre. She encountered Yoga and meditation as a teenager and, after some years working as an actor, found a common ground between her intensely disciplined theatre work and Eastern practices that promote mindfulness through physical motion. Erica completed her 200 hour Yoga certification with Elena Voyce and her 500 hour certification with the renowned Edward Clark's Tripsichore Yoga. She took part in the very first European AcroYoga Teacher Training in 2008 with co-founders Jason Nemer & Jenny Sauer-Klein. Her level II training was in 2012, after which she became actively involved in AcroYoga International’s Immersions Programme, teaching dozens of 30 hour intensives, reaching students in the thousands. Originally from Brazil, Erica lives in London and teaches internationally.
Sabine Winkler
You could say, she was an Acroyogi before Acroyoga even was known. Long before the connection of Acrobatics and Yoga became famous as Acroyoga, Sabine was practicing both passionately in her daily life besides her former work as theatre and event-engineer. Since seven years now she is passing on her experiences in a fulltime job. Sabines acro-crush has held up for 23 years now, a long time to learn many moves and tricks. That's why she has so many little details up her sleeve for every trick. Handstands are her favourites, but of course there is a lot more she loves to pass on to her students. In spite of her size, she loves basing and samesize acro and of course – always and a lot – H2H, wether as a flyer or base. Based in Nürnberg she is teaching Yoga, Handstands and Acroyoga, organizing her own events and retreats, like now she is co-organizing the Acro-Sense-Festival. Her teaching skills include one secret: Sabine never stopped being a student herself. After her Yoga education and Acro Yoga International teacher training, she is building up her knowledge about movement and alignment in many further educations like sound-therapy, meditation, thaimassage or Acroyoga for social inclusion, just to name a few. And if she is not teaching or learning, you may see her playing around – Acro of course – or dragonstaff, which she also loves to put on fire.
Matthias Nowak
Addicted – this is the right word to describe Matthias’ relationship to Acro. Since he fell in love with Acro, he doesn’t want to miss the practice anymore. It’s the connective and joyful moments, the creating and exploring together instead of moving on alone, what he enjoys the most. Matthias came a typical way with an untypical result: Like many of us he was – and still is – very active in the Yogascene before he discovered Acroyoga. Today, besides his favourite of lifting other people, he also loves to lift stones or even trees! How this happened? Practicing and teaching Yoga very seriously he stepped in one of Sabines Acroyoga classes in Nürnberg in 2016. Curious about different styles of Yoga, he was immediately fascinated by Acro. Over the years he became an expert in washingmachines and flows, which he loved to practice almost nonstop. Today he is more and more into Icarian and Whippops and also Standing Acro. And this is the reason why his training changed tremendously. To build up more strength and prevent injuries, he started cross fit and he also trains with strength athletes for the strong man camp. Since he stepped into his first Acroyoga class he gained ten kilos pure muscle weight. By the way this provides positive evidence again, that it is possible to build up muscles with a vegan diet. This understanding of movement with the combination of strength and technique is, what es he loves to pass on to his students today. In his workshops you can feel a special supportive atmosphere, which probably comes from his own attitude: „Everybody is individual and needs an individual support. But together we can do it!“.
Isabell Vogler
Standing still is literally not part of Isi's life: exercise, training and sport are a large and integral part of her life. Gymnastics was part of her program from an early age, which she incorporates into her teachings. After a long phase in semi-professional soccer and a few years of volleyball, she found the love for capoeira. The music and the powerful and elegant nature of the sport kept her there until 2017. In the same year this was replaced by yoga, acro yoga and partner acrobatics with Sabine. Since then, she never stopped to train and play. Over the years, various workshops, conventions and festivals have been added, both as a participant, part-time base and as a teacher. Isi's specialty is everything that happens on her hands or figures that make her fly through the air: L-Base/Standing H2H + high level skills and various Icarians. When it comes to training, conferences or snacks, she's there straight away – preferably with nice people, a lot of laughter and a good dose of adrenaline.
Bianca Löbbert
Hi, I am Bianca, organizing the Acro-Sense-Festival together with my orca-partner Sabine. Since 2017 Acro has been quite a journey for me. Playing with gymnastics and severals sports since I grew up, I was always amazed by circus and circus artists. Remembering that as a kid even tried to run away with the circus that came in town:) So it was surely a fortune, that almost 30 years later acro came into my life. As a certified Ashtanga Yoga teacher by the AYI Ulm, this opened a whole new world for me. For several years I traveled a lot worldwide, learnt from and got to know many great teachers and acroyogis. During the travel restriction-times the idea came up, to organize an own acro festival and to bring those teachers to Germany. I am so grateful that Acro-Sense is running now successfully since 2022 and that we can create this space for you. What I love about acro, is that it always brings something new into your life: new experiences, new people, new challenges, new visions of what you are capable of, new understanding of what feels good for you and what not. New ways of going into connection – and stand for your own. So for me acro is much more than just learning the next trick. Like Yoga can be a way to your inner self, I sense Acroyoga as a tool for the same journey. During the last years I am discovering more and more movement and contemporary dance for me, which feels like a natural development for a holistic way to keep mind and body healthy. That’s why we also love to offer movement and dance workshops at Acro-Sense-Festival. Cause at the end it’s not so important what you do, it’s more about how you do it, right?