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 14 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 is also Reiki qualified, a Dorn therapist and Breathwork Coach.
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 14 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 is also Reiki qualified, a Dorn therapist and Breathwork Coach.
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 Children's yoga teacher, Yoga Works 200h, Pregnancy Yoga and Tantra Yoga.
Studied yoga in Mumbai, India at "The Yoga Institute", in 2013.
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 Children's yoga teacher, Yoga Works 200h, Pregnancy Yoga and Tantra Yoga.
Studied yoga in Mumbai, India at "The Yoga Institute", in 2013.
In 2014, Maria taught yoga classes to children and adults in Santorini, Greece and in 2015 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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.
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.
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.
Siyana Yaneva
Siyana sees yoga as self-reflection, self-improvement, and as an opportunity to bring out our playful fearless nature.
She began her yoga journey during her teenage years, by practicing from the videos of David Svensson but her real consistent yoga path came when she was 30, as a way to improve her overall health, well-being and mood. "Yoga shifted every weakness I ever felt, into strength. I started practicing yoga more and more often, gaining more and more balance between my mind and body.", says Siyana.
In 2018, she deepened her knowledge with a CYT200h Hatha Yoga teacher training. Practicing, learning and growing from every possible yoga source, later led her to start RYT200h Ashtanga Yoga teacher training with Irina Bachvarova.
"My teaching style is somewhere between Hatha, Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow, bringing together elements of strength, flexibility and balance, encouraging students to break through their perceived limitations both on and off the mat, flowing with the breath and movement. I believe that teaching must come from the heart, with truth and dedication. Yoga is for everyone, no matter of their age or physical level, and we all need it."
Siyana sees yoga as self-reflection, self-improvement, and as an opportunity to bring out our playful fearless nature.
She began her yoga journey during her teenage years, by practicing from the videos of David Svensson but her real consistent yoga path came when she was 30, as a way to improve her overall health, well-being and mood. "Yoga shifted every weakness I ever felt, into strength. I started practicing yoga more and more often, gaining more and more balance between my mind and body.", says Siyana.
In 2018, she deepened her knowledge with a CYT200h Hatha Yoga teacher training. Practicing, learning and growing from every possible yoga source, later led her to start RYT200h Ashtanga Yoga teacher training with Irina Bachvarova.
"My teaching style is somewhere between Hatha, Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow, bringing together elements of strength, flexibility and balance, encouraging students to break through their perceived limitations both on and off the mat, flowing with the breath and movement. I believe that teaching must come from the heart, with truth and dedication. Yoga is for everyone, no matter of their age or physical level, and we all need it."