About me

I'm Marcel van de Vis Heil — acupuncturist, yoga teacher, breathwork facilitator, bodyworker, personal trainer and writer based between the Netherlands and the mountains of northern Portugal.

I've been practising yoga since 1998 and teaching since 2000. In that same year I completed my first massage training. Over the years I've trained extensively in Ashtanga, Anusara and Yin Yoga, studying more than 1500 hours with Yin Yoga pioneer Paul Grilley, whose assistant I later became. I co-founded the online yoga platform The Fat Yogis and have taught on Ekhart Yoga and Yoga Easy. I'm a Yoga Alliance registered teacher (ID 37121), hold an E-RYT 500-hour teaching credential, and am accredited to deliver 200, 300 and 500-hour teacher trainings.

In 2021 I completed my training as an acupuncturist, herbalist in Traditional Chinese Medicine and TuiNa massage therapist. I now combine TCM with yoga, breathwork and personal training in an integrated approach to health and wellbeing.

I'm also a NASM certified personal trainer, a CrossFit Level 1 coach, a Vipassana meditator and the author of Mula (2014). I have been featured in and contributed to Yoga Internationaal, Yoga Magazine, Happinez and Yoga Journal USA.

My work is rooted in one simple belief: that the body knows how to heal — and that our job is to create the right conditions for that to happen.

I completed my MBK (Medical Base Knowledge) at Con Amore in 2018, and my acupuncture studies at Total Health Academy in 2021
My thesis “How can acupuncture help to reduce jet lag complaints?” was granted with a 9.2 (out of 10). When you’re interested in this thesis you can download it here.