Ombretta holds a Master Degree in Psychology with a special focus on group dynamics. She runs the Mysore Program at the Yoga Circle (together with Claudia Pradella), teaching Ashtanga Yoga and other yoga styles. Ombretta also has her own Ayurvedic and Yoga Therapy practice in Amsterdam.
Since 2019 she is Faculty Member of the Ayurvedic Academy The Netherlands (previously Delight Academy of Ayurvedic Studies), collaborating on the development of the curriculum and teaching Ayurvedic Massage Therapy, Advanced Treatments, Ayur Yoga and Clinical Principles.
Her formal education in Ayurveda (HBO level) is completed by 2 years of Medische Basiskennis (Basic Medical Science). Furthermore, she completed a pre-yoga teacher training (TT), a 200-hr yoga TT and several courses on adjustment techniques, pranayama and yoga philosophy.
Since 2016 the path of self-inquiry deepens with the work of the Satori Process and more recently with the important work done in different Sharing Groups. In 2017 she moved to India for one year to study and practice under the guidance of exceptional Ayurvedic doctors: since then she specialised and gained experience in Ayurvedic Nutrition, Gynaecology, Obstetrician, Postpartum and Panchakarma procedures.
In 2018 she founded The Yoga Therapy Institute with knowledgeable and compassionate teachers and an international community. Around the same time, she started supporting women as a Birth and Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula and eventually as Postpartum Professional Practitioner (BIA Doula Amsterdam, Sacred Postpartum Window, Midwife Cafe).
