About Us

Stefan Tanner was the pioneer to open the first Bikram Yoga school in Switzerland in 2004. His school has grown in the past 8 years into Switzerland’s largest yoga school with more than 7,000 students. Stefan has found his way to Bikram Yoga through a life-threatening illness and is now helping many yoga students and friends to overcome their own health issues.

The reason he has joined SmartEnergize is that he is from the generation of young gays in the 1980′s who lost a lot of friends to AIDS in his early twenties.

He then discovered a difference why some of his friends perished fast and some stayed healthy and survived. When he got infected with HIV himself back in 1996, he took a 6-month sabbatical traveling around the world to visit his long-term survival friends. All of those friends didn’t give in to their illness and kept a positive mindset which greatly reduced their stress levels.

Skander has plus 15 of years of broad international experience in Business / Strategic Development and Project Management within numerous sectors and countries including managing large scale diversified operations and consulting projects. He worked 10 years for an investment bank (mergers and acquisitions) in Switzerland and the International Air Transport Association (“IATA”) in Geneva and Madrid. Skander is a creative and analytical thinker, speaks fluently 5 languages and has outstanding abilities to build strategic roadmaps in order to scope and assess cross-functional impacts of a decision.

At 30 years old and after a hectic and intense corporate lifestyle, Skander energy levels started to fade, although prime health conditions were good. He put on a lot of weight and continued his dedication to his professional life also despite daily chronical tension headaches and fatigue. Skander was not feeling anymore strength and insisted in an in depth medical check-up.

At the surprise of everybody, he was diagnosed with a rare (for male and age range) autoimmune Hypothyroidisms.

Luminita has over 18 years of international businessand broad experience in Business Process Management, Customer Service and Training Development and a successful track record in mobilizing and motivating international teams. She is a creative thinker with extensive product development, project management and operational expertise. Fluent in Romanian, English and French, entry level German and Spanish. Luminita worked at “ACI”, Airports Council International in Geneva as Manager Training Development. She was part of the Global Training team responsible for leading the training assessment, design and implementation of new programs that are meeting and satisfying the needs of the ACI’s airport members and reflect the new role of the airports within aviation industry. Luminita also worked for the International Air Transport Association (“IATA”) in Geneva for 10 years(in various departments) as Leader Functional Requirements of a Platform designed to automate organization’s financial system. She also held the position of Manager, Policies and Standards.