With Sébastien Dupont, director of Yoga Systema

Born in 1979, SÉBASTIEN DUPONT has been practicing yoga since the age of 16 and teaching it since the age of 28. At the age of 14, he discovered Zen meditation and at 16, Yoga, through the method developed by André Van Lysebeth. He continued his training in yoga with Joël Potheret (Iyengar approach), and Michel Alibert (teacher trainer at the French Viniyoga association, according to the Desikachar approach).
It was during his numerous stays in India that he discovered Yoga in its traditional aspect. He stayed there at the ashrams of Ramana Maharshi (Tiruvannamalai), Swami Ramdas (Kahangad), attended the Yogashala of Sri Patthabi Joys (Mysore) and the Sivanandashram (Rishikesh). In Haridwar (Himalayas), he stayed with Swami Vijayananda (one of the oldest disciples of Ma Anandamayi), and in Gangotri, at Krishnashram. He also regularly stays at Amma’s ashram (Ma Amritanandamayi), in Amritapuri (Kerala).
In parallel with Yoga, he has studied classical music at the highest level since the age of 7 (violin) and in 2007 obtained a first prize from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon (France) in composition. He teaches yoga to student musicians and dancers at the conservatory.
His approach combines the rigor of “Iyengar yoga,” with the dynamics of the Desikachar approach, but is resolutely anchored in the tradition of traditional Hatha Yoga texts (Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Gherand Samhita, Shiva Samhita) while adapting to the lifestyle Western.
Sébastien teaches, or has taught, yoga in Geneva, Grenoble, Lyon, Annecy, Kazan (Russia), and lived for ten years in Moscow, where he was a resident teacher at the prestigious Yoga Class studio, as well as in private lessons. For several years, he has run a YouTube channel (Yoga Systema), with more than 10,000 subscribers, where a multitude of yoga classes, interviews, discussions and reflections are offered, as well as a free live class on Sundays at 7 p.m.!