Who is Marco?
Marco Bartolomeo
I’m Italian, and grew up in Munich (Germany). Been connected to sports and their meditative aspects my whole life, and started at an early age playing soccer in a professional team.
After finishing my professional formation as an industrial clerk, I worked over 10 years in Sales and Consultancy. Realizing I was more a “human doing” as a “human being”, my dear friend and work colleague Lisa took me in 2009 to my first Yoga Class, which were the initiation into a beautiful journey of self discovery. I remember, what made me come back to Yoga, was not essentially the Yoga Asana practice, but the atmosphere, community and music the teacher was offering. We were singing in class, and having the permission to just be in community, has touched my heart deeply.
With continuation of practice, I started to see myself in the world more clearly, not wanting to be anymore part of the corporate business world. So I stepped out of my comfort zone into the unknown. This event guided me eventually to my first Thai Yoga Massage Course in the jungle of northern Thailand, where I studied with several teachers, diving deeper into the world of Yoga, Qi Gong & Thai Massage. Fascinated by the art of these spiritual practices, I travelled to San Diego (CA) to study Holistic Health, Bodywork , Yoga & Qi Gong.
In 2013, I felt ready to take the big step for my 200 hour YTTC. I was lucky enough to study over 6 month in depth with the Soul of Yoga Institute in Encinitas, one of the best Yoga Institutes on the west coast in the US.
Having been practicing Qi Gong since 2012, I started to combine Qi Gong exercises with the Hatha Vinyasa Yoga Asana practice and my signature style Yoga, called YogaQiFlow was born. I follow a spiritual approach, to allow the inner teacher to become alive. I like to support each of my students to get inspired by their own presence, and unite the softness (YIN) with the strength (YANG) we all hold in us.
I felt, that connecting people again to themselves and to their natural beings will be my Life Mission. Today I’m a Holistic Health Professional, a Bodyworker, Yoga & Qi Gong Teacher,
With my classes, workshops & trainings, I want to give back what I initially received – I want to offer a space where you can be your natural ‘YOU’, a feeling of belonging and community, a safe space for self expression. Most of my classes, workshops and trainings are offered in my home base Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), but also around the globe.
I committed of being a life long spiritual student, exploring myself in the holistic field day by day and being at service to my community.
