Riska Volkerts

Yoga & Breathwork Practitioner / Holistic
Coach / Trauma & Relationship Guide

I am Riska, and my work is grounded in both professional expertise and lived experience. I guide adults and children toward calm, clarity, and connection—through trauma-informed coaching (coaching with awareness of past trauma), yoga, breathwork, and sound healing.

From the Tennis Court to Deep Healing
In my younger years, I was a professional tennis player and, as a teenager, ranked on the WTA Tour (*Women’s Tennis Association*).
My father, a daily yoga practitioner, introduced me to yoga early on—as a tool for focus, mental clarity, and emotional balance, both on and off the court.
After retiring from competitive sports, I taught tennis for several years and later co-founded a creative fashion company with my sister. But in 2011, life brought me to a different kind of path.

My Healing Journey
I became seriously ill. Despite countless medical consultations, no one could explain the intense fatigue and neurological symptoms I faced.
While caring for my three young children, I was living with the invisible weight of chronic fatigue—which was later diagnosed as Lyme disease.
During those years, the only consistent support came from within:

  • the breath
  • gentle movement
  • stillness
  • and the subtle healing power of yoga and sound

Eventually, I began to recover—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. That long road shaped who I am today.

I work as

  • Certified trauma coach
  • Certified relationship coach
  • Kundalini & Yin Yoga teacher
  • Breathwork facilitator
  • Sound healing practitioner (gong & singing bowls)

I support both children and adults navigating:

  • emotional overwhelm
  • trauma
  • disconnection
  • relationship issues
  • long-term fatigue and burnout

My Approach
I offer a grounded, safe space rooted in:

  • body wisdom
  • nervous system regulation
  • holding space

Sessions are tailored to each person’s unique process—whether you’re seeking rest, emotional healing, or deeper connection.

“You are not broken. Your body is wise. Let’s listen—together”.
“A calm body. A focused mind. A connected heart”.

Kundalini Yoga

Kundalini yoga is an active yoga form with many dynamic exercises, different breathing techniques, mantras and meditations.

It is also called the yoga of consciousness and is considered the most powerful form of yoga.

The exercises have a strong cleansing effect on toxins in the body. Furthermore, it has a healing effect with regard to pain, anxiety, stress and frustrations.

Kundalini yoga has a very direct effect on the nervous and glandular system, so that the effect of the exercise can be felt almost immediately.

Kundalini refers to the energy that is stored in the root chakra, located deep in the pelvic floor. Humans have multiple energy centers that connect body, mind and soul. We call these energy centers chakras.

By practicing kundalini yoga, the stored kundalini energy is set in motion. This is led from the lower chakra up all the chakras to the crown chakra where it can awaken.

Once kundalini energy reaches the brain, or the upper chakras, according to the yogis, the soul is free and enlightenment is achieved or experienced.

Yin Yoga

Yin Yoga is a therapeutic form of yoga that is about creating space in your connective tissue and your joints. By holding a posture for a long time (3 to 5 minutes) and not moving like with more active forms of Yoga, you reach the stiff connective tissue.

Yin Yoga is mainly done sitting or lying on the floor in safe, opening poses that allow the bones to move away from each other. This is in contrast to a Yang yoga form in which you mainly tense your muscles. The fascia is stimulated by the Yin yoga postures.

Fascia is a connective tissue that surrounds muscles, bones and joints. It gives support to those body parts and it gives structure to your body. The Yin poses make this connective tissue stronger, let it flow better and it becomes more elastic. And this provides extra space and flexibility in your body.

During a Yin yoga session you are invited to turn inward and take a closer look at yourself. For example, you look at deeper sensations and feelings that may have been hidden for a long time. It takes courage and vulnerability to surrender to your own healing process in this way.

“In Yin Yoga you surrender to the breath and posture and you get the time to go deep inside”

Yoga Lessons

Monday 9-10 am
Wednesday 9-10 am
Friday 9-10 am & 10.15-11.15 am

Coaching

I’m Available Daily for Coaching

Contact

Riska Volkerts

Tel: +66 6-5871-0844

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