Our Gratitute
Our special gratitude goes to Swami Sivananda, without him this would not be possible
Centre Teachers
Mansoor
From a very young age Mansoor was acutely aware of the immense contradictions around him and of a feeling that somewhere, there must be a meeting point beyond all the conflicting religious and sectarian beliefs. His search took him through many spiritual traditions, in different countries and many cultural contexts.
For the last 17 years Mansoor has been teaching Yoga in the US, Europe and India. He is able to share and communicate this understanding in a remarkable and revealing way, creating a bridge between all the different traditions, East and West, ancient and modern and expose the underlying ever-present Truth. He has written several books, which are profound works of insight and revelation.
From a very young age Mansoor was acutely aware of the immense contradictions around him and of a feeling that somewhere, there must be a meeting point beyond all the conflicting religious and sectarian beliefs. His search took him through many spiritual traditions, in different countries and many cultural contexts.
For the last 17 years Mansoor has been teaching Yoga in the US, Europe and India. He is able to share and communicate this understanding in a remarkable and revealing way, creating a bridge between all the different traditions, East and West, ancient and modern and expose the underlying ever-present Truth. He has written several books, which are profound works of insight and revelation.
Peter Petrou
Peter began his yoga journey in Switzerland with his guru Mansoor in 2005, which strongly focused on philosophy, yoga scriptures, meditation (vipassana), pranayama and asana. Over the past 10 years Peter has received over 1000 hours of yoga training and continued to deepen his practice through studying Sivananda yoga in India. He is passionate about sharing the benefits he has witnessed from his own yoga and vipassana practice. For this reason he founded the Vedanta Centre in 2013 and continues to share his vision of yoga being an integrative practice between the mind, body and spirit. Peter’s classes focus on the dual aspects of yoga, of the breath being the vehicle for mindful practice, and the physical practice being the vehicle for the spirit's journey to higher states of awareness.
Peter began his yoga journey in Switzerland with his guru Mansoor in 2005, which strongly focused on philosophy, yoga scriptures, meditation (vipassana), pranayama and asana. Over the past 10 years Peter has received over 1000 hours of yoga training and continued to deepen his practice through studying Sivananda yoga in India. He is passionate about sharing the benefits he has witnessed from his own yoga and vipassana practice. For this reason he founded the Vedanta Centre in 2013 and continues to share his vision of yoga being an integrative practice between the mind, body and spirit. Peter’s classes focus on the dual aspects of yoga, of the breath being the vehicle for mindful practice, and the physical practice being the vehicle for the spirit's journey to higher states of awareness.
Bonnie Chui
After discovering Tai Chi to be a very effective tool for curing her own ill health over 20 years ago Bonnie has continued to deepen her study and practice of Tai Chi. She has studied in her native country Hong Kong (Zhaobao He style) and later in Switzerland (Yang style). She received two gold metals in the Hong Kong International Tai Chi Competition in 2011. The style Bonnie teaches is mainly Yang but incorporating other schools as well, leading to a practice ideal for beginners.
After discovering Tai Chi to be a very effective tool for curing her own ill health over 20 years ago Bonnie has continued to deepen her study and practice of Tai Chi. She has studied in her native country Hong Kong (Zhaobao He style) and later in Switzerland (Yang style). She received two gold metals in the Hong Kong International Tai Chi Competition in 2011. The style Bonnie teaches is mainly Yang but incorporating other schools as well, leading to a practice ideal for beginners.
Maria Valvi
Maria Valvi was born in Greece in 1980 and since she can remember, stretching and flexibility was part of her everyday life. What won her interest and her devotion to yoga is the inner calm and peace that she found through the practice of sahaja yoga meditation. The ability of being an observer and distancing oneself from strong thoughts, in a nutshell to live in the present moment.
Maria traveled to India to experience yoga directly from its homeland; lived in ashrams and trained as a hatha yoga teacher completing the Patanjali "8 steps of yoga".
Regularly participating in yoga seminars both in Cyprus and abroad. Maria is also a certified childrens’ yoga teacher with the Flower Kids Yoga School.
http://www.flowerkidsyoga.com
Studied yoga in Mumbai, India at "The Yoga Institute", in 2013.
http://theyogainstitute.org/
In 2014, Maria taught yoga classes to children and adults in Santorini, Greece and in 2015 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Maria Valvi was born in Greece in 1980 and since she can remember, stretching and flexibility was part of her everyday life. What won her interest and her devotion to yoga is the inner calm and peace that she found through the practice of sahaja yoga meditation. The ability of being an observer and distancing oneself from strong thoughts, in a nutshell to live in the present moment.
Maria traveled to India to experience yoga directly from its homeland; lived in ashrams and trained as a hatha yoga teacher completing the Patanjali "8 steps of yoga".
Regularly participating in yoga seminars both in Cyprus and abroad. Maria is also a certified childrens’ yoga teacher with the Flower Kids Yoga School.
http://www.flowerkidsyoga.com
Studied yoga in Mumbai, India at "The Yoga Institute", in 2013.
http://theyogainstitute.org/
In 2014, Maria taught yoga classes to children and adults in Santorini, Greece and in 2015 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Kasia Krolik-Atilla
Kasia’s journey with yoga started 9 years ago in Denmark. With the move to Cyprus, she has deepened her practice and knowledge about the principles driving the forces behind the asanas. Kasia has practiced several styles of yoga, but finally found her ideal combination in the dynamics and breath control of Ashtanga and alignments of Iyengar styles of yoga. These two styles are combined under YogaWorks method, that she will be teaching. She has completed 200hr teachers training in Cyprus. |
Svetlana Bogomolova
Svetlana began practicing yoga over 20 years ago whilst she studied medicine (general nursing), pedagogy (primary school teaching) and Finance and Economics. In May 2015 she finished her Hatha Yoga Teacher Training course (200 hours) with the Ghyta Yoga School, Athens, Greece. Yoga for Svetlana is an endless journey inside oneself which helps me to find unity within my body, mind and spirit. It brings me balance and harmony and helps me to stay calm and peaceful in everyday life. Her aim is to help my students to find this unity between breath and movement, body and spirit, individual and the Universe.
Svetlana began practicing yoga over 20 years ago whilst she studied medicine (general nursing), pedagogy (primary school teaching) and Finance and Economics. In May 2015 she finished her Hatha Yoga Teacher Training course (200 hours) with the Ghyta Yoga School, Athens, Greece. Yoga for Svetlana is an endless journey inside oneself which helps me to find unity within my body, mind and spirit. It brings me balance and harmony and helps me to stay calm and peaceful in everyday life. Her aim is to help my students to find this unity between breath and movement, body and spirit, individual and the Universe.
Evgenia Konstantinou
Evgenia discovered yoga 12 years ago with little understanding of its meaning. She started with power yoga as she was looking for a more physically challenging way of exercising, and eventually discovered hatha yoga taught by Swami Sivananda and Swami Vishnudevananda. Through practice of their teachings she have gained a deeper understanding of where she wants her journey to take her. She holds a Teacher Training and an Advance Teacher Training certificate from The Sivananda institute as well as having completed intensive sadhana practice.
Evgenia discovered yoga 12 years ago with little understanding of its meaning. She started with power yoga as she was looking for a more physically challenging way of exercising, and eventually discovered hatha yoga taught by Swami Sivananda and Swami Vishnudevananda. Through practice of their teachings she have gained a deeper understanding of where she wants her journey to take her. She holds a Teacher Training and an Advance Teacher Training certificate from The Sivananda institute as well as having completed intensive sadhana practice.
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Kristina Djinovic
Kristina’s delightfulness, commitment and passion in discovering the depths of yoga are constantly being renewed. She is thrilled to share yoga with other people. It is one of the constant sources of happiness for her. When a human being reaches to yoga for whatever reason, they are one step closer to their fulfillment, to connecting with their body, mind and spirit. Kristina is thrilled to witness and be part of their journey unfolding. With a 200-hour teacher training accomplished added to her own daily practice, she is currently teaching open and beginners classes at the Vedanta Yoga Centre. |
Ivana Olic
Ivana enjoys teaching Yoga to mothers and babies in a playful and inspiring way and always with a smile on her face. She says that it is never too early or too late to start Yoga. Ivana completed a special yoga course for Children and Mums & Babies at the World Yoga Alliance School. Ivana studied Education and Psychology and ever since looked for a way to combine her passion for physical exercise and her interest in mindfulness and a holistic approach to the body and mind. 8 years ago she discovered Yoga in Germany and found it to be just what she was looking for. Since then Ivana is constantly exploring the wide range of possibilities that Yoga offers and likes to share her passion for the Yogic way of life with others.
Ivana enjoys teaching Yoga to mothers and babies in a playful and inspiring way and always with a smile on her face. She says that it is never too early or too late to start Yoga. Ivana completed a special yoga course for Children and Mums & Babies at the World Yoga Alliance School. Ivana studied Education and Psychology and ever since looked for a way to combine her passion for physical exercise and her interest in mindfulness and a holistic approach to the body and mind. 8 years ago she discovered Yoga in Germany and found it to be just what she was looking for. Since then Ivana is constantly exploring the wide range of possibilities that Yoga offers and likes to share her passion for the Yogic way of life with others.
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Tania Soroka
Tania was always into physically challenging kinds of yoga and after trying different types of them, after 7 years of practice, Ashtanga Yoga came into her life. And it was love from the first move, she felt that it was “her” practice. Tania believes that every person who wants to follow the path of yoga can find his or her own style of practice. She was learning from teachers from different parts of the world – Ukraine, India, Indonesia and Cyprus. She is certified Ashtanga Yoga teacher in the Devdan Method. |