Pieter and Amanda are enthusiastic yogis each with 50 years of practice. They met in 2003 in the Himalayas. Pieter was on a sabbatical year travelling in the Far East. Amanda was exploring Tibet and Nepal. Two years later they met up again in Kathmandu, heading for Tibet, to circumambulate mystical Mount Kailash.. Since then they are side by side.

The funny thing is that they are both Belgians, both studied in Ghent in the same years and both left Belgium in 1978. Pieter went to the United States and Amanda to China. Twenty five years later, in 2003, while trekking in the Himalayas, there was a serendipitous meeting in a lodge called "See You". The seed for a Yoga center sprouted there.

In 2009, after many months of home searching in the South of France, they settled in an old Olive Grove, overlooking the valley of Bargemon, in the Var. They named it Mas Kailash Yoga & Art . Pieter & Amanda have been receiving guests & yogis from around the world since 16 years!

Pieter started yoga at the age of 19 and furthermore trained in taiqiquan and qigong. He lived in the US for 25 years working in the hotel & restaurant industry. In 2004 he dedicated one year to intensive yoga practice in Thailand. He is also a practitioner of Jin Shin Jyutsu, the ancient Japanese Art of hands-on healing. See The Art of Healing.

Amanda started intensive yoga at the age of 17 and was teaching yoga in Taiwan at 22. She studied qigong with different masters in China. She received a 'one on one' training at the Wudangshan Institute in China and practices Wudang qigong and taijiquan since then. She is a sinologist who speaks, reads and writes fluent Chinese and has a Ph.D. in Chinese Art and Philosophy. She travelled extensively all over China, Tibet and Nepal, in a quest for Truth and Beauty. For Amanda the Eastern philosophies and aesthetics are a constant source of exploration and study, contemplation and inspiration.

“Flow like Water,

Dance like fire”

The last twenty five years she has been painting and practicing Chinese calligraphy..

" Mas Kailash is a magical, inspiring place to be and we are grateful to be able to share our experience in Yoga, Qigong, Jin Shin Jyutsu and Art in a caring, loving & relaxed way."

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