Alejandra (200h training participant)
“It has been a revelation to be present with my self in all forms, a piece of thread woven into the textured of these women – warriors – healers – shape shifting alchemist
to be raw with the rape of my ancestors, to feel the pain of the clotting of my blood, the jelly lava like of my bone marrow, and the stories in the bones of my sacrum, pelvis, vertebra by vertebra to the skull holding my heavy brain, coming back to my reptilian self, the embryo I was in my mother’s womb, the double helix spiral of the black whole and galaxy that I am. God the process is still happening, I am still spiralling but I am not in fear any longer. I felt the pull to not work against the odds, but to make the impossible possible without any doubt in my cells and soul of what I was being called upon to experience, to be part of, learn and feel. Authentic flow helps me release so that I am like hone pouring into the pool and unity of consciousness. Thank you Satu for creating the cocoon with your love and strength.”
Veronica
“The Alchemist training carried me into a deeper, grounded state of BEING over doing, where my soma-psyche danced between dual and non-dual states with surprising ease. Satu’s reverence for embodied practice, for Kali, for Durga, for women, for life, for the mystery… threaded through the space with a multidimensional quality.
We became Earth, bone creatures, ancestral warriors. We expanded into the primordial ocean of truth. My spine spiralled and wreathed like the Cosmic Serpent of the creation myths. Our sharing circles voyaged across jagged, yet tender landscapes, not shying away from the difficult questions and topics. The is a training that attracts grounded spirituality. I loved the women who filled the space by my side. Satu’s playlists are a journey in themselves and she shares them freely. The 4am prayer calls across rural Egypt and the rampant donkeys, along with the hot earth and smokey sky, kept Egypt viscerally present.
Having fallen out of many facets of Yoga, I feel ecstatic to have found a teacher who speaks my innate language; Soma-Soul-Psyche in a cyclical yoking. Reflections from our time together continue to reverberate through my days. Thank you for your guidance, Satu, and for showing up human and real. I can’t wait to join another training.”
“There is no bullshit here. This is the true practice of yoga.”
For many years I dreamt of doing a yoga teacher training but did not want to jump into one unless I fully believed it was right for me and shared the values I wanted to further as a teacher and movement practitioner.
When I found Satu’s training, I somehow intuitively and instinctively knew it was right for me. The combination and incorporation of somatic practices, authentic movement, embodiment and philosophy is something that drew me to sign up to the Authentic Flow teacher training. But oh my was the training so much more than just learning about these elements…
For me, teacher training was an incredibly intense and deeply cathartic experience. It emptied and opened my heart in so many ways. Through meditation, mantra, morning practice, conversation and lecture, we were guided to discover ourselves as teachers, as yoga and movement practitioners, as human beings, as consciousness trying to understand itself through us. It was amazing to experience and witness how the group became extremely connected already during the first week. In the training I felt and witnessed so many moments of magic, of being connected to something greater, to all that is.
We absorbed a huge amount of information and knowledge during a short period of time, however Satu and the rest of the team made us feel extremely supported and held through all of it. It felt less about learning asana (although we did learn that too), and more about finding our truest and most authentic voice as teachers in order to guide other people into finding their embodiment and their authentic selves through our classes.
Satu inspires me and many other yoga teachers and students with her intelligently and beautifully crafted classes and explorations that further embodiment and push us to find knowledge within ourselves. What she shares - her embodied knowledge, poetic language, extreme honesty, the way she holds space - guides us to become connected to our selves in every way. There is no bullshit here. This is the true practice of yoga. I would definitely recommend Satu’s workshops, trainings and classes to everyone. Thank you thank you thank you.
- Wilhelmina, Finland (from the 200h foundational teacher training)
“this new world is just an endless delight”
What Satu’s training offered me was a door. And the world that resides beyond that door was phenomenal. I was able to take my first steps under the guidance and comfort of the Satu, the shala, the authentic flow teachers, and my fellow students. And now, nearly 1 year after those first steps, this new world is just an endless delight, fuelled through the curiosity that resides within me.
I entered Satu’s training to learn more about myself and the universe I live in, with no intention of ever teaching yoga. A few months after I left, armed with an array of new tools, I began fusing with my existing profession as a research and development engineer with yogic philosophy. Now I design spaces that optimise human comfort and wellbeing. And as I type this I smile, as I am teaching a yoga class tomorrow.
- PJ Jayathissa, New Zealand ( from 200hTeacher training)
“… gently, lovingly, and fiercely..”
True Yoga points us towards a wordless, embodied and body-ful experience of our Selves, an experience of our own essense nature, of our connection with all that is, an experience which is ultimately named Love. True words of wise yogis have paradoxically pointed us towards this wordless Yoga, towards this practice, towards this Love, for thousands of years. Meet one of the world’s latest yogic magicians, Satu Tuomela.
In her teachings, Satu bridges these two truths seemingly effortlessly, gently, lovingly, and fiercely, using words which are somehow also wordless, sounds which are somehow also soundless and and time as though it were timeless ; her cadence, her intonation, her questions, her gestures emanate into the room, somehow weaving themselves together to then land gently in our Bodies, to guide us into a fully embodied experience of our Selves, to our own great Heart, a Heart which lives in and speaks to us from every cell of our bodies and in every breath we take, and is connected to every thing.
She is an alchemist, living in and speaking from her own deeply felt connection to the great ocean of consciousness, the Heart, the Center Center, she transmutes seemingly mundane energy, space and time into a sacred, healing vibration within the body, warmly and compellingly inviting you to explore and experience the profound flow of life, of energy, of Qi, streaming through you, as you, in every moment of the practice, and beyond.
She is a shaman, using her harmonium, her voice, her touch, her poetic language and her music to transport you into a deeper layer of your Self, your embodied Self, where you can tap into your own healing energies.
She is a virtuoso, her classes intuively and intelligently curated from a deep well of insight, wisdom and creativity, offering an integrated experience between body, mind and spirt.
For anyone seeking a true practice of yoga, she is the real deal. Period. What a gift to all beings. Om.
- Katherine Perkins, US
“It was such an intense and beautiful journey”
I attended the course with excitement and was curious to learn about yin and the philosophy behind it. It didnt take longer than the first morning class with mantra singing, meditation and practise, before my body and mind already started to feel at home.The days went on with chinese medicine, music, somatic “dance”, and exploration into our organs and the concepts of yin yoga, chinese medicine combined with yoga philosophy.
It was such an intense and beautiful journey, which today still is manifested into a cellular level. The teachings of Satu and Lina was so deep and profound in a very pure and magically way, which i havent found many places during my many years of traveling and exploring. Satu and her crew are very professional, knowledgeable and fun. I felt safe all the way through and a feeling of, we were in this together. If you wanna try something beautiful and authentic and life changing or maybe more the feeling of finding back to you - then i will 100 % recommend doing this course
- Louise, Denmark (from the Embodied Yin teacher training)
“This was pure healing all the way and we all felt it!”
In the weeks up to the Vessel training, I became nervous about my abilities and whether or not I had developed them enough, since my training in Bali. I imagined hours upon hours, learning about anatomy, which I hadn’t read enough about and what if I had to teach! In short this training was nothing like, what I’d expected and it BLEW ME AWAY!!!
From the moment I met the group magic happened. My boundaries melted away immediately and I felt at home yet again, this time surrounded by 13 other sisters, who held me, like I held them, during a week where each day was like a month and also like a second. Time went by way too fast, each moment being so incredibly touching and deep.
This was pure healing all the way and we all felt it!
So much happened during this week! I went to bed in my enormous tent each night, arms and legs spread and with a giant grin on my face. Floating away, over the valley, walking among the stars, dreaming big dreams, inviting my child to come into this realm. I felt a major shift happening in me. A new, and still very careful, trust to the universe began to bloom in me. This was exactly what I needed! Everyone at the course are now in my heart and are giving me strength.
Satu, I’m eternally grateful for all the tools and inspiration you are sharing and the space you are holding (and have held for a loooong time!), but most of all I’m grateful that you see me. Through transmitting what you see so clearly, you are supporting me in my journey towards sharing and healing.
Thank you!
With love, gratitude and support always
Helene, Denmark/ Portugal (From VESSEL teacher training)