corazón de luna
Rooted in tradition, taught one-on-one. Disover private online hatha yoga or find your community, following the authentic 8-limb path. Just you, me, and the rhythm of breath
Now in Lyon!
Join corazón de luna in Lyon, come join our clubs and connect with a yoga community in english and español! all levels welcome...
english/français
Lyon Yoga Club
Are you an english or french speaker looking for a yoga club in Lyon? Meet weekly to discover hatha together and connect with a community.
Weekly group sessions
Open to all levels
Español
Club de Yoga Lyon
Un espacio para hispanohablantes en Lyon interesad@s en descubrir el Hatha yoga. Nos reunimos para practicar hatha juntos y cultivar una comunidad enraizada en la presencia.
Sesiones semanales
Para todos los niveles!
en Lyon, Bellecour
Un espacio tranquilo y lleno de luz en plena Rue de la République. Ventanas amplias, una vista hermosa y todo lo necesario para instalarte: mats, mantas y calma. 15 € , RSVP en el grupo WhatsApp Sábados a las 15:00
Still the mind. Let me guide you to your own knowing.
Here are some moments of reconnection shared by students who found their way back to themselves.
As a student in Valentina's classes you can always feel how much joy Yoga brings her and how she tries to share it with you. Also no matter what surroundings (next to an orchestra practice or even on a mountain) she manages to transform them into a comfortable and safe environment where you can relax. She's also always trying to better herself and actively seeks feedback from the students. I can only recommend!!!
Viviana Caluori
student in Geneva
Valentina has such a calming voice and she explains everything so nicely. I was a total beginner in yoga but I never felt judged for not knowing anything. I also really like how Valentina explains why we do what we do in the class so we get a good understanding of yoga. I always come out of Valentina‘s yoga class with a clear mind and a relaxed body.🧘♀️❤️
Sophia Schimidli
student in Geneva
The effort she puts in truly amazes me every time. She is always so well prepared and doesn’t just give the session because she has done it before, but because she is commited to her passion.
Gian P
Student in Geneva,
Les explications de Valentina sont claires et permettent de réaliser les enchaînements et postures simplement. Elle prend aussi le temps de corriger la posture pour chaque personne qui le souhaite. Merci Valentina !
Charline J
student in Geneva
J’ai adoré les cours de Valentina, pleins de bienveillance, stimulants et relaxants. Elle a toujours su me guider et m’apaiser avec des cours variés !
Ambre Vernhes
student in Geneva
During her yoga classes, Valentina always takes the students’ different individual needs and levels into account. I always feel relaxed, well guided, and I really enjoy the classes.
Linda H.
student in Geneva
my journey...
Valentina Spendlingwimmer Quesada
rooted in nature's movement
I was born and raised in Costa Rica, and before I embarked on a journey to find my place as a dancer in the world, I lived encompassed by nature. I grew up surfing, riding horses, dancing on the seashore, doing Wai Lana yoga, and journaling at the top of the trees. A fairytale-like childhood in the paradise of Nosara is the basis for the person that I am today. So, from a young age, the understanding of the intrinsic connection between nature, spirit, body, and mind came naturally. Now, after having experienced a very different reality in the city and met a lot of wonderful people from everywhere, a view on life rooted in presence is what allows me to bring my own holistic understanding of yogic philosophy into practice.
my dance journey
After spending most of my childhood dancing on the shores of Playa Pelada, I moved abroad at a very young age to train at Canada's National Ballet School. After four years of very hard work, I graduated in 2025 and began a new adventure dancing with a youth company in Switzerland. My dance journey has been my greatest teacher. Leaving home at fourteen meant making a dream come true, but it also meant sacrificing all the other things that I loved: my family, my home, my country, my language, nature, and basically swapping normal teenage experiences for intense training six days a week. It was an experience that brought many moments of joy and gratitude, but also challenges that made me deeply question who I am, which is where yoga comes in.
hatha yoga is more than poses - my philosophy
...in my last years training at NBS, I went through stages of burnout and injury that drastically impacted my mental health. I felt lost, disconnected, and scared because I felt that I was giving away my life for something that seemed to only bring me pain. After all, yogic wisdom is what has propelled me to move and evolve forward, still with dedication and resilience, but also with more self-compassion. Yoga has taught me the importance of detaching from self-imposed labels, which can cause a lot of suffering when things don't go as planned. It has taught me that it's more valuable to trust my body and my path in life than to try to force a specific door to open. It has taught me to observe my thoughts and emotions rather than let them control me. It has helped me question myself at the deepest levels, which constantly leads me to discover new parts of myself and slowly remember who I am at my core. Furthermore, I found a safe haven in yoga because I can just enjoy moving without performing, which was truly needed after years of constantly judging every inch of my body and what it did. I do not have "my own philosophy," as the real yoga is a wisdom that has been passed down for millennia. Yoga is an empirical practice based on a perennial philosophy that began in India, and though everyone, including myself, has a unique journey of self-discovery, I follow the books and texts of teaching passed down by the experience of generations of yogis. Like many things, yoga has been appropriated to fit Western ideas of "wellness," so I place a lot of value on giving my students the closest thing to a traditional practice, and continuing my own self-practice because the learning is endless. Plus, I have a genuine interest in yogic philosophy because it has genuinely changed my life and the way I live it, and I think that if more people were able to apply it to their daily lives, the world would be a much better place. I am a 200 hour Yoga Alliance Certified instructor and I specialize in hatha yoga: the uniting of opposite energies to bring harmony. Yoga, at its essence, means stilling the fluctuations of the mind to experience pure self-awareness. The map to inner peace is out there, and I'm simply here to facilitate that journey. Yoga is so much more than just physical postures, and it takes more than one asana class to truly understand that.
Corazón de Luna
“Sthira Sukham Asanam” ("postures should be steady and comfortable") — Patanjali Growing up enveloped in the jungle taught me that movement isn't something you perform; it's something you inhabit. Studying at a professional ballet school in the city from the age of fourteen taught me discipline and resilience, but also self-acceptance and compassion after learning hard lessons. Deepening my yoga practice showed me that harmony is found when these two realities learn to coexist: softness and firmness, receptivity and strength, playfulness and responsibility, dreams and action. This is yoga. And this is what I want to share with you.
A private lesson built around you
Your tailored sessions, your timings, in your preferred language. We'll create your safe space together online.
What does a private lesson cost?
Once the lesson has been booked, you will receive an email with a zoom link to your class and the payment request (payments can be done through PayPal or TWINT)
60 MINUTE Single lesson
One private hatha yoga session over zoom.
50 EUR
/lessonfully guided live 60-minute private session
Live zoom call
1 BONUS GIFT guided meditation
Personalized sequence and alignment guidance
Four-lesson bundle + BONUS GIFT
Four weekly sessions that build on each other, deepening your practice over a month.
180 EUR
200 EURFour 60-minute live hatha sessions
1 BONUS GIFT guided meditation per week
10 minute check-in period
Schedule your session at your convenience
Express Yoga Nidra
15 minutes of Nidra = 2 hours of sleep. A guided journey into deep and restorative rest, designed for when you're short on time but in need of real and beneficial break.
15 EUR
/lessonfully guided live 15-minute hatha session
2 BONUS GIFT guided meditations
Schedule your session at your convenience
Guided Moon Meditation
One live meditation class over zoom. Just as the moon moves through its phases, so does our mind. This practice is a conscious synchronization of the inner and outer worlds. We use traditional Yogic Meditation techniques to understand and embrace the current lunar influence rather than resist it.
25 EUR
/lessonfully guided live 30-minute meditation aligned with moon energy
1 BONUS GIFT guided nidra session
Schedule your session at your convenience