dr. günter niessen
VITA
Günter Niessen, MD
School and professional career
| 1982 | Abitur at the Goethe-Gymnasium Stolberg |
| 1983 - 1984 | Civilian service at a school for mentally and physically handicapped children |
| 1985 - 1988 | Training as a physiotherapist |
| 1988 - 1990 | Further training in manual therapy and functional analysis of the musculoskeletal system |
| 1990 - 1996 | Study of human medicine at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf |
| 1996 - 2000 | Recognition of chiropractic and acupuncture |
| 1996 - 1998 | Doctor in internship until licence to practise medicine |
| 1996 - 2005 | Specialist in orthopaedics |
| 2004 | Doctorate in medicine |
| 2005 - 2007 | Fredrikstad Central Hospital (Norway) |
| 2007 - 2008 | Specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery |
| 2007 - 2016 | Operative activity at Fredrikstad Hospital, Norway |
| 01.02.2009 | Self-employment in own practice in Berlin |
Yoga / Ayurveda
| 1999 | Beginning of the Yoga Practice Path |
| 2004 - 2008 | Four-year yoga teacher training with the Federal Association of Yoga Teachers |
| 2006 - 2009 | Pranayama training with Dr. Shrikrishna |
| 2007 - 2010 | Further training at the Berlin Yoga Centre |
| 2008 - 2010 | Further training on the psychology of yoga and the basics of yoga therapy with A. G. and Indra Mohan as well as intensification together with Ganesh Mohan. |
| 2008 - 2009 | Further training in Ayurveda medicine in Germany and Kerala (India) |
| 2017 | Certification as a yoga therapist (c-IAYT) according to the guidelines of the "International Association of Yogatherapists". |
| 2009 - today | Further training in therapeutic yoga, applied anatomy, lecturing and participation in international congresses on topics of yoga in connection with conventional medicine. |