About Flying Valerie
Flying Valerie is a boutique yoga and wellness studio offering small, personalised classes in Arzier and Begnins, Switzerland.
My classes combine yoga, flying yoga, movement, strength, balance and relaxation. With intuitive teaching, personalised attention and hands-on guidance, each session is adapted to help you feel stronger, more balanced and more connected to your body.
Discover Flying Yoga
Flying yoga, also known as aerial or anti-gravity yoga, uses a yoga swing to support and modify traditional yoga poses. It combines the benefits of yoga with strength, balance, flexibility and playful movement.
The swing allows you to explore movement in a different way — sometimes challenging, sometimes deeply relaxing, and always with a sense of freedom. If you prefer to stay grounded, Flying Valerie also offers other body-focused practices.
For deeper release, you can complement your practice with a yoga massage, which combines flowing bodywork with techniques inspired by acupressure and chiropractic principles.
Is Flying Valerie for you?
Flying Valerie is for you if you want to:
Improve strength, flexibility and balance
Feel more energised and comfortable in your body
Explore yoga and flying yoga in a supportive environment
Challenge yourself while keeping movement playful
Receive personalised, hands-on guidance
Develop greater awareness of your body, breath and mind
Whether you are new to yoga or looking to deepen your existing practice, Flying Valerie offers a personal approach to movement, wellbeing and body awareness.
Hello!
I'm Valerie Vanthournout
I'd like to give you a challenge – to help you reach your next level of capability – while trying to fix any pain you might have and caring for what your body needs.
Yoga, and especially flying yoga, has brought me balance and a way to work with all the energy that I have. As a child, I was always moving, always playing, taking my bike on adventures, climbing trees or pursuing gymnastics, ballet or even judo. But I was restless.
While travelling through Australia, I met healthy, happy and laid-back people. I thought, ‘This is how I want to feel.’ I was hooked on yoga from the first moment an Australian friend introduced me to it. I dove in deeply, taking every course available along the way. It has become my answer to a healthier, happier, mellower life. Yoga is how I gather energy when I am missing some and how I release it when I have way too much. Yoga challenges me in ways that aerobics or dance never has. And the best side effect is the way yoga focuses my mind, bringing me fully into the moment, fully into my body. I’m willing to bet that it can do the same for you.
I opened my first studio in 2007 in Ghent. Today, I’m excited to offer you a full catalogue of flying yoga, yoga, and massage classes from Flying Valerie Studio, with classes in Arzier and Begnins, Switzerland.
I teach flying yoga, and I’m a massage therapist.
Valerie’s Experience & Training
Valerie has been teaching since 1998, yoga since 2005, and flying yoga since 2007, when she began learning from pioneers in Aerial yoga. She opened her first yoga studio in Ghent in 2007 and has been teaching and developing her practice ever since.
After decades of teaching, Valerie remains passionate about learning. She makes a point of completing at least one additional training each year, with a particular interest in the human body, anatomy, fascia, movement and yoga. This ongoing education keeps her knowledge current and brings new insights into her teaching, private sessions, and massage work.
Over the years, Valerie has had the privilege of studying with many inspiring teachers in different disciplines, including:
Yoga & Movement Training
Alberto Paganini — Yoga Flow
Sarah & Ty Powers — Insight Yoga and Yin Yoga
Paul Grilley — Yoga Anatomy and Yin Yoga
Jennifer Welwood — Training the Mind
David Lurey — Yoga Flow
Eva Kamala — Iyengar Yoga
Academy of Personal Training — Personal Trainer
AALO Fitness Academy — Aerobics
Recent Continuing Education
Jo Phee, London, 2026 — MyoYin, Myofascial Release and Spine Anatomy
Helen Hall, 2025 — The PFM Way to Movement Efficiency (Pain-Free Method)
Robert Schleip, 2024 — Fascia Research Update
Gary Carter, Yoga Academy, 2023 — Myofascial Anatomy in Yoga: The Science of Moving and Living Well
Donna Eden, 2022 — Energy Medicine Kit
Fascia Retreat, Rome, 2022 — Two-day conference focused on fascia
Pink Fascia Conference, 2021 — Understanding Women’s Health
José de Groot, Yoga Academy, 2020 — Yin Yoga and Meridians Teacher Training
A Commitment to Learning
For Valerie, teaching is a lifelong journey. Her experience, combined with ongoing education in yoga, anatomy, fascia, movement, and bodywork, allows her to offer knowledgeable, intuitive, and personalised guidance—while continuing to learn from the latest developments in the field.
What if this was the moment you chose yourself?
You deserve to feel good in your body
Chemin Magnin 6,
1273 Arzier-Le Muids, VD, Switzerland
+41 76 348 47 31
Bilingual Instruction (EN / FR)
© 2026 Flying Valerie
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