Om Namah Shivaya (ओम नमः शिवाय)

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them, and that is eternity.

― Edvard Munch

The path that led Gianni to yoga started at the age of 17, where he took his first asana class in Napoli, Italy.
Gianni has been practicing yoga for over 15 years and for the past 7 years he has been sharing his passion and love with his students in Europe and across south east Asia and India.
Gianni has studied Hatha yoga in Rishikesh, India. He then explored the world of Vinyasa and Yin Yoga in Goa, India. He has studied with Simon Park, Klara Puski, Jivamukti Yoga’s faculty Yogeswari, Moritz Ulrich and Olga Oskorbina.
For him, the best way to respect and honour the practice of yoga is by sharing the great teachings that he received from his mentors. For Gianni, the goal of the practice is to experience the practice itself, in the ongoing mission of finding the true, eternal Self in the present. Through effort and grace.

Yoga for Gianni is all about carrying the discoveries that arise from the practice into the day to day. To be present and take the driver’s seat of this life experience.

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Don’t think about the past. Just be here now

–  Ram Dass

Om mani padme hum

Jivamukti Yoga appeared in my life when I needed it most. A rigorous and creative physical practice, accompanied by ancient knowledge and beautiful mantras that reminded me of who I am, liberated me in life.
The friend that introduced me to Jivamukti Yoga strongly encouraged to become a yoga instructor during the lockdown. Thus, when I had the opportunity, I began my journey as a Jivamukti Yoga teacher in August 2020.

All the teachings and shared knowledge fascinated me, what’s more, they helped me in my daily life, bringing: calmness, space to be, space to observe the trends of the body and mind, a space to reconnect with the essence.
Yoga has many paths and many tools and I wanted to experience some more of them. So apart from finishing my 800H Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training in August 2022, along the way Happy Yoga Barcelona has instructed me in Kundalini Yoga, Tantric Meditations, Yin Yoga and Hatha Yoga, obtaining the ROPEC with this last one.

Yoga and the constant Jivamukti practice have taught me to be present within the present, to explore beyond what we consider limits.  Jivamukti feels like being home and it is the path that I want to share. Share with all my heart what has helped me, trying to provide a safe space to listen and heal the soul through love and compassion towards all beings.

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If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together

–  African Proverb

Favorite Asanas: Adho Mukha Vrksasana and Trivikramasana

Favorite mantra: Gayatri mantra

Jivamukti 75h 2019, Jivamukti 300h 2020, Jivamukti 500h 2022.
Teaching since 2019 in Boho Yoga, NOR: Nordic Health House, Power Yoga CPH – Copenhagen, Denmark.
Initiator of Jivamukti CPH Community

Nathalie has a background in the performing arts as a dancer and performer. She discovered Jivamukti Yoga at the beginning of 2016 and experienced how it gave her a similar sensation as when dancing; movement to music, discipline, balance, and a constant strive to develop beyond the physical and mental limits of the body. She fell in love with the holistic approach and devotional nature of the method and sees great power in yoga as a transformative practice and facilitator of humans shift into a higher consciousness, which is crucial during this season of our existence. Through blending her professional roles as an experience designer, change consultant, artist, and yoga teacher she likes to create experiences that cultivate presence, promote wellbeing and contribute to meaningful transformations in life, for the benefit of all beings. 

A class of Nathalie is a mix of creative flows, courageous embodiment, heartful chanting, and curiosity to unravel the true nature of being here now.

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Olga Oskorbina is the founder and director of Jivamukti Yoga Barcelona. With a strong background in meditation her ability to conduct the energetic environment of a yoga class is unique and profound. She has a clear and concise method of teaching, allowing space for introversion in the practice. With a strong interest in all elements of yoga she continues to study and practice with great enthusiasm. Weaving these attributes together she presents students with a very comprehensive and nourishing experience of Jivamukti Yoga.

Anyone can come to the gates of liberation. But only no one can pass through it –

Ram Das

“Yoga is a state of missing nothing” – Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati

AAAUUUMMM….. 

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 I am one, let me become many –

Ekoham bahusyam

“Beyond rightdoing and wrongdoing there is a field, I’ll meet you there” 

Karina is an 800 hr Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher, mentor and facilitator of 75, 300 and 500 hour Jivamukti teacher trainings and Thai massage Therapist. She was born in Latvia but lived in USA, France, UK and can call Barcelona her home. She studied in Mandiram Yoga Dinamico in Barcelona to begin with and continued her training in Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram. She is dedicated to Jivamukti yoga method since 2012 because it “adapts ancient teachings to the modern urban lifestyle”. In her classes Karina opens a space for self-understanding and growth, her experience in Thai Massage helps her understand the energy body and assist the students toward more focused and elevated practice.

Yoga and Meditation practice is my compass in life, principles that I always rely on 

I do my best to create a space that would facilitate each practitioner to move inwards, meet themselves as they are, to hold space for whatever is real and true in that moment of their lives, heal what needs to be healed, grow what needs blossom.

More than anything I desire for each yoga student that I come across to see their unlimited potential and realize themselves. With this purpose each Jivamukti yoga class I teach I intend to be not only a dynamic practice, but also a self inquiry workshop and observer’s laboratory, journey to a place beyond personality. 

“Karinas classes are profound in 2 distinct elements, Rhythm and Grace. Steady, clear and consistent instructions following the melody of the collective breathing of the room this combination leaves the practitioners with a unified sense of body and mind. With a modern and insightful expression of yogic philosophy she creates an environment where every practitioner in the room feels included and supported.” 

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When the river meets the sea, the river is now the ocean

Papaji

800 hr Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher, mentor and facilitator of 75, 300 and 500 hour Jivamukti teacher trainings.

Australian now living in Spain, Mitch´s classes are inspired and developed through a combined practice of Jivamukti and Ashtanga Yoga. Movement and Breath are used as primary tools to harmonise the Body and Mind. Our sacred connection to the Breath is given the priority throughout all of Mitch’s classes. Understanding mindfulness to establish a strong foundation of inner peace is the outcome of consistent, regular and devoted practice. Using the asana to develop deep states of concentration.

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