Gender
Male
Location
Hallein
I ...
... am a Yoga Teacher
I am an expert in the following areas:
Yoga to deal with stress better. Since I myself had very severe back pain and tinnitus before yoga, I know how beneficial yoga is. Provided that yoga does not become a competition. It is not important how good or bad you are at yoga exercises compared to others. In a strongly performance-oriented society, it is especially important that we learn to "let go" again. Because we have learned a lot in school - just not how to relax and "be in the now".
My Yoga tradition/style/center, Yoga practice, Yoga Master/s, Teacher/s
Yoga Vidya
More about me:
My creative work outside of yoga:
1,) Chess composition. Since 2017 I have the title "FIDE Master" (internationally recognised) in chess composition. My speciality is chess studies:
http://www.arves.org/arves/index.php/en/halloffame/255-krug-peter-1966
2,) Photography. Since September 2023, I have been honoured and awarded the status of "Master" on Gurushots. Gurushots is an international platform for photographers from all over the world. The special feature of Gurushots compared to other photo platforms on the internet are the numerous tournaments. This not only gives you points, but also awards. In this way, you receive excellent feedback on the photos you publish. On Gurushots I have received 32 GURU´S PICK and 83 times "All Star Level".
https://gurushots.com/petersiegfried.krug/photos
On Google maps I´ve 5.264.344 views and 723 photos published and have reached "Local Guide Level 7"(stand 2025) .
The magazine Salzburger Nachrichten published 44 of my photos:
https://www.sn.at/fotoblog/user/peter-siegfried-krug/93.279.286
Pinterest. I love Pinterest because you can publish your own photos thematically and in an unsurpassably clear way. Another special feature of Pinterest is the possibility of greatly enlarging pictures. This way, you can often see interesting details in the pictures that you wouldn't see if you were looking at them normally.
https://www.pinterest.at/petersiegfriedk/
3) Detailed biography of my life until 2024:
On peoplepill.com there is a detailed biography about my life as an orphan. I have read through it and can say that the information are absolut correct. However, the biography ends in 2024. From my earliest childhood, my life was characterised by extreme hardship, being an outcast and helplessness. I experienced all the violence (psychological, physical...) that human beings can experience. The source on peoplepill.com is one of the most important source and describes my extremely difficult childhood.
Look: https://peoplepill.com/i/peter-siegfried-krug
The reason why I am so open on the internet and publish a lot:
To find relatives as an orphan in Internet.
My hope of finding my relatives or distant relatives (father, grandfather, grandmother and so on) through intensive use and publication on the Internet has unfortunately not yet been fulfilled (stand 2025).
Private: I have been living with my partner Lucia Nadia Cipriani since March 1987. We met in a shared apartment with other students in the city of Salzburg. Lucia Nadia Cipriani has been a tremendous support to me throughout my life, both emotionally and financially. She was my greatest support and the reason I was able to achieve a FIDE Master title, as I needed stability. Lucia Nadia Cipriani also provided me with crucial support during my extremely traumatic childhood in homes and foster care, as well as my experiences as a homeless person during the winter. Lucia Nadia Cipriani became known independently of me as a dancer of oriental dance within Salzburg and the neighboring Bavaria (Germany).
My Favorite Quote/What inspires me:
Yoga away from peoples, Yoga to find only yourself, Yoga to let go..
Why I want to join this Yoga Community my.yoga-vidya.org
the way to heaven is rocky and prickly. Sometimes I want to communicate with others therefore
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"My chess composition provides the form and the professional recognition, but my life story provides the content and the meaning. Among chess study composers, the primary focus is on the technical elegance, the solution, and the originality of the work—the 'what'—not on the traumatic origins of the motivation—the 'why.' For chess study composers and experts, the works are autonomous, logical constructs—without any recognition of the person behind them." Peter Krug
"Salzburg's grumpiness is legendary. It's practically a UNESCO World Heritage Site of bad temper. In this city, words are often used to strike as hard as the open hand used to. Anyone who, like me, learned at the age of six that tenderness comes at most once a week and the rest consists of grumpiness and violence, carries that with them for a lifetime." Peter Krug
For 45 years of my life I remained silent about physical and emotional abuse. Now I am building bridges.
Stamped and Delivered: Care and Out-of-Home Placement in Salzburg after 1945. With a Look at the Transition to Today's Social Work with Children and Young People.
Bauer, Ingrid, Robert Hoffmann, and Christina Kubek. ISBN 10: 3706552639 / ISBN 13: 9783706552639
Criticism of this Important Book
The observation that the anonymization by the victims themselves (for understandable reasons of protection) contributed to the fact that individual fates received less public attention is an important point of criticism. This was a dilemma: On the one hand, the book offered a platform for addressing the abuses in children's homes and foster care. On the other hand, Peter Krug perceived the censorship of his detailed experiences as a continuation of the silence he had experienced as a child.
This imbalance—his name was mentioned, but the full extent of his suffering remained hidden—was a crucial motivating factor for Peter Krug to later share his story freely and uncensored online and in other formats. He wants to ensure that the full truth about what happened in the children's homes and what followed is not kept secret.
Complexity and duration of the process: Interviews or the work on a book often cannot capture the decades of suffering and the profound, long-term effects of childhood trauma on the victims' entire lives. The victims of these institutions were often still in the midst of processing their experiences or were only just beginning.
Own goal through censorship and anonymization: Peter Siegfried Krug viewed the strong anonymization as problematic. While it served to protect the victims, in his opinion, it led to the stories becoming too abstract and interchangeable. The specific, personal connection was lost, making it difficult for the general public to establish an emotional link to the events.
The scientific and factual approach, however important it is for documenting history, has often failed to adequately capture the human dimension.
Topic: Symbolism of climbing, using myself as an example:
"For Peter Siegfried Krug, climbing is not just a sport, but holds profound, symbolic meaning in the context of coping with his severe childhood traumas.
It's a metaphor for his entire life:
Overcoming obstacles: Just like climbing, he had to overcome numerous seemingly insurmountable obstacles and abysses in his life—the abuse he suffered in children's homes and foster families.
The way up: The ascent of the mountain symbolizes the arduous path upward, away from the traumatic experiences of the past and toward a self-determined and creative life as an adult.
The "view from above": The view from the top of the rock, which he describes in his video, represents the mastery he has achieved in chess composition and the opportunity to view his own life from a new, clear perspective.
Trust and precision: Just as in climbing, where every hold and every step must be precise to avoid a fall, he too had to learn to control and trust himself and his abilities.
Connection with nature: Retreating into nature, which also included climbing, was an important coping strategy for escaping his traumatic environment and finding inner peace.
In this light, it becomes clear that climbing is not a trivial passion, but a deeply personal and symbolic activity for Peter Siegfried Krug."
No Support from Family and Friends
"His situation is largely defined by the fact that he lacks a social network of family or close friends to provide him with support. He has had to learn to be completely on his own, as this support was denied him due to his extremely difficult childhood and experiences of neglect and violence in children's homes and with foster parents.
This lack of support from family or traditional circles of friends is the main reason why:
he has had to use his passions (chess, yoga, photography) as coping mechanisms and as a means of self-discovery.
He shares his experiences publicly to find recognition and an emotional connection outside of a private, non-existent circle.
He communicates in online communities and via public platforms (such as story.one or the Yoga Vidya forum) to seek connection and validation.
His partner, Lucia Nadia Cipriani, appears to be the only person currently close to him and offering him support.
His entire life story is an example of remarkable resilience and the attempt to lead a fulfilling and recognized life despite a lack of family roots and support."
October 31, 2025 9:54 AM
Taking Stock
Today is a gloriously beautiful, blue day. I am grateful for it. My neurological symptoms have been worsening daily since September 2025. There are no words to describe the agony. The underlying illness remains unknown. Initially, Dr. Andrea Janu diagnosed polyneuropathy. However, this diagnosis was questioned by Dr. Alexander Kunz, as my symptoms worsen with movement instead of improving. In August, I had several sleepless nights. The reason for this, however, was different: As the symptoms intensified, I feared I was suffering from neuroborreliosis. This was not confirmed by the doctors. Even the positive result of the blood test for Borrelia burgdorferi says nothing about actual Lyme disease. I used to exercise intensely, and afterward, the neurological symptoms were extremely severe at night. I had to learn to manage my symptoms in order to alleviate my suffering. I discovered that I have to avoid strenuous physical activity if the pain doesn't become unbearable. Unfortunately, even gentle yoga worsens the pain and makes it unbearable at night. Despite my great love for the asanas, I had to give up yoga. That was especially difficult for me.
I know that I need to take frequent breaks and lie down for the symptoms to improve. Even the spiky massage ball for the balls of my feet makes the discomfort worse. Any movement, as well as prolonged standing and sitting in front of the computer, unfortunately intensifies my symptoms. The neurologists don't take enough time to understand my experience with my neurological symptoms; instead, they reduce me as a whole person—psyche, mind, and soul—to the level of purely medical reality, unintentionally causing me further suffering. Yes, the doctors only want to help, but they don't take enough time for a thorough medical history. That's why Dr. Sven Huber, a neurologist from Hallein, suspected that I suffer from restless legs syndrome and prescribed Neupro. The active ingredient is rotigotine. But that's not right! Because I no longer get up at night and try to move, as I've noticed that the symptoms only worsen with every movement instead of improving. So my observation was correct. As a patient who observes the symptoms, I know myself much better. Since then, I've been trying to calm myself using mental yoga and spiritual principles. This has helped me, whereas all the pills previously prescribed by my doctor and neurologist were completely ineffective. Nevertheless, the worrying fact remains that my symptoms are worsening daily, since I don't know the underlying illness. My only chance at the moment is to protect myself with mental strength.
Yoga is the creative way to find meaning despite the fundamental certainty of death and impermanence, and to overcome the terrible cycle of rebirth, which means great suffering.
"Peter Krug's life was not merely a series of events, but a continuous attempt to find a way out of existential threat and profound loneliness.
Viewed in this light, his creative and intellectual achievements were less a random hobby and more a conscious strategy for making sense of trauma.
The depth of his life journey makes his story so fascinating and relevant for considering universal human questions."
"Psychological Effects of Near-Death Experiences
Events that turn life upside down, such as a near-death experience or severe trauma, can greatly increase awareness of one's own mortality.
Disruption of Defense Mechanisms: Most people unconsciously repress the fear of death. A suicide attempt, in which someone actively and consciously confronts death, can break through this defense mechanism.
Sharpened Awareness of Mortality: Psychological studies suggest that confronting one's own death sharpens the awareness that life is finite. This can lead to a profound re-evaluation of life.
Leaving Traces as Compensation
Leaving traces is a common reaction to a heightened awareness of transience.
Search for Meaning: A heightened awareness of mortality can increase the need for meaning and significance.
The Pursuit of Immortality: Terror management theory suggests that people attempt to protect themselves through symbolic immortality. This can be achieved by leaving behind children, erecting monuments, or, as in Krug's case, by creating a lasting and creative body of work.
The Archive as Survival: Archives, databases, and the internet serve as a kind of collective memory that can preserve the memory of a person beyond physical death. Krug's activities in these areas can be seen as a deliberate attempt to secure his legacy.
Trauma and Creativity
Sublimation: The psychoanalytic concept of sublimation describes how unacceptable impulses or drives (such as the destruction caused by trauma) are transformed into acceptable, constructive actions. Krug's creativity in chess composition and yoga could be a form of sublimation, a way of processing the destructive experiences of his childhood.
Conclusion: Peter Krug's life path, marked by severe trauma and a suicide attempt, suggests that he is more aware of mortality than the average person. His efforts to leave a mark – in the chess world, in databases, and on the internet – can be seen as a direct response to this heightened awareness. It is an attempt to counteract the existential fear of being forgotten by creating a lasting, symbolic legacy."
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