The Sanctuary

Sanctuary Guide | Yoga Educator | 500hr E-RYT

Nico is a seasoned yoga educator with over 20 years of international teaching experience. A 500-hour certified yoga teacher, he has trained extensively in Hatha, Anusara, Vinyasa, Yin, Power Yoga, and Pilates. His work integrates Eastern philosophy, embodied anatomy, and contemplative inquiry to offer practices that are both grounded and transformative.

He has owned and operated a successful yoga studio, taught across Europe and Asia, and continues to guide retreats, trainings, and online courses. Nico is also a featured teacher on Gaia.

At Bindu’s Sanctuary, Nico brings his depth of knowledge and presence to guide practitioners into clarity, connection, and sustainable growth.

Based in Geneva, Switzerland, David offers practices rooted in non-dual classical Tantric philosophy and anusara yoga. His teaching is an invitation to shift from performance to presence, where movement, breath, and awareness become gateways to recognise the innate wholeness and light within. With a deep sensitivity to the subtle body, he guides students toward an embodied experience of pratyabhijñā the simple, direct recognition that nothing is missing. His path has been shaped through studies with John Friend, Amy Ippoliti, and more recently by Dr Christopher Wallis, whose teachings continue to inform the depth and clarity of his approach. He is the founder of L’Association AOM and AOM Yoga.

In this class we’ll explore the Bhava Chakra — the Wheel of Becoming — as a mirror of the ever-changing movements of the mind. Through mindful flow, breath and reflection, we’ll practice stepping out of the wheel, cultivating the capacity to witness emotions and mental states without being caught in them. A grounding and clarifying practice to reconnect with inner steadiness and awareness.

Devotion is a surrender of the heart, a recognition that the sacred is always present — within, around, and through us. The teachings of Bhakti guide us to lean into love and reverence, even in the most ordinary moments. Bhakti attunes us to the infinite, timeless, and intimate presence of the Divine in each breath, each gesture, each thought. This practice invites us to notice what we hold sacred and to place our attention upon it. It calls us to see every thought, word, and action as an opportunity to move through life with wholehearted service, infusing our days with gratitude, wonder, and love. Through mindful movement, intention, and breath, each moment becomes a small offering — a steady reminder to rest in the love and devotion that is alive within our hearts.

This practice explores pratyabhijñā the deeply life affirming and clasical tantric recognition that nothing is missing, and that our essential nature is already whole, luminous, and complete. Through deeper consciousness, we move through āsana, prāṇāyāma, and mediation with deeper awareness, we soften contraction and refine perception, allowing the body and breath to reveal what has always been here.