Passionate yoga teacher helping expecting fellow mothers have an easy and purposeful journey with their pregnancy.

Experience

I have a master's degree in Public Policy from Maastricht University, an international diploma in Management and Leadership from the UC Berkeley, and a Public Health Policy and Management degree from Emory University. I have published a paper on healthcare systems at the Oxford University Press. Yoga, however, is my passion and something that helps me create more space and time in my life.

I take a structured approach to the study of yoga and meditation. At Emory University I had the opportunity to attend a class from a well-known psychologist named “Mindfulness and Health”. This was an 8-week course on mindfulness based cognitive therapy. I attended meditation sessions at the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-based Ethics at Emory University (a partnership with Tibet and the Dalai Lama himself).

Moreover, I worked at the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a leading international health organization, in Atlanta for 6 months. My main role was helping the CDC to integrate mindfulness at work. For 6 months I gave regular yoga and mindfulness sessions at different departments at the CDC.

I want to introduce people to yoga, especially those who feel that they can't do yoga, because they "can't touch their toes". Do not get fooled by the acrobatic postures you see in social media. Yoga has so little to do with how the body looks, age, weight, outfits. Yoga is a practice of hitting the reset button, discharging our negative emotions and clearing the mind. Yoga is for everybody who wants it. If you can breath, you can do yoga. Find a teacher who cares about your individuality, who shows you the power of yoga for your own needs.

At the moment I'm pregnant and I'm focusing exclusively on offering pre-natal yoga and meditation to expecting mums.