Why we started Om Yoga Studios
Om Yoga began from a simple conviction: that yoga, practised sincerely and taught with care, is one of the most valuable ways a person can spend their time. We wanted to offer it in Amsterdam the way it is meant to be practised, patiently, in a bright and quiet space, as a lifelong study.
We think of the studio as a shala, a place to be honoured. You arrive, set the day down, and give your attention to the practice. Our classes are rooted in traditional Haṭha yoga and grounded in its philosophy, so that what you meet on the mat keeps unfolding long after class ends.
We built Om Yoga for anyone ready to meet the practice as it is, whether you are completely new, returning after time away, or have practised for years.
Giuditta Paci-Fortune, Co-Founder · Practice & Tradition
Giuditta carries the practice and the tradition. A Haṭha yoga teacher with twelve years of experience, she is also an Āyurvedic Yoga Specialist, Nāda music therapist and Āyurveda practitioner, and the founder of the Amogha Ayurveda Institute.
Her teaching draws from the principles of Haṭha yoga, using the body as the entry point to cultivate awareness, informed by yoga philosophy, Āyurveda, and the many teachers who have shaped her path. She invites students to explore yoga as a lifelong practice of self-study.
Lingaraj, Co-Founder · The Studio
Lingaraj grew up with yoga as part of everyday life in India, a cultural inheritance more than a discipline he chose. A software engineer, photographer and founder of Panther Studios, he looks after everything that lets the studio exist and be found: the space, the operations, the design, and the way people discover us.
He likes the idea of using modern tools to protect something ancient, and a bright, open room where people can simply set the day down.
Between us, one tends the practice and the other tends the place it happens. What we share is the wish to offer Amsterdam something sincere, and to see people leave a little lighter, a little clearer, and slightly better acquainted with themselves.