Hello, and thank you for stopping by. My name is Elina and I teach Yoga and Mindfulness Techniques. UPDATED 28th MARCH 2021. Right now you can catch me for live classes via Zoom, the schedule and where/how to book details are below. Indoor group classes in England start the 17th May 2021 the earliest. I have a YouTube Channel where I regularaly release new yoga videos every week.…
My last “Sustainable Christmas Presents” post was written three years ago. Reading it now am struck by how much things have changed for the better, in terms of sustainable living and life choices being in the minds of every day consumer! Having the full information on how, where and by whom items are produced is so much easier. Those of us who will be in last minute rush…
Yoga terminology can be very confusing. Hand up who does not remember being new to a yoga class and at least some point wondering what on earth the teacher is talking about? As September is kind of like January when it comes to “new life, new hobbies” mindset, I thought it would be a good idea to run through few of the most common words, phrases and wordings…
When I started doing yoga more regularly about 12 years ago I never gave any thought to hands on adjustments. I don’t have any clear recollection to be 100% sure but I guess it is largely because in the classes I attended there were hardly any. In the classes I attended the instructions were given orally with the teachers demoing, to different degrees, the poses in front of…
The Third Open Yoga Day Cyprus is coming up on the 8th October, hosted this time in Larnaca, under the theme of Satya, truthfulness. To learn more about this free & open for all event I sat down with two of the organisers, Mayka Sabova and Marilena Shyama Shakti, for a chat. This is the third year this event is being held in Cyprus. Where did the initial…
The first time I heard about Magnesia Festival, a two-day yoga and heartful living event taking place on a small island in front of Helsinki, was in May when a friend was visiting Cyprus for a weekend yoga-intensive with me. She had visited the inaugural event in 2016 and enjoyed it a lot. Whilst I am not really a camping-in-tent-festival type of person, I do enjoy the more…
July in Cyprus has been insanely hot (as in, A LOT hotter than the average 36-37C degrees) and humid. I still keep my yoga classes going (with great attendance as well so big bravo for everybody showing great dedication) but I have slowed down the rhythm of them somewhat. Focus has been on breath, some more detailed yoga philosophy and anatomy conversation and revisiting the basic poses, really…
Kyproksella on ollut viikon kestävä helleaalto. Toisin kuin Suomessa, sana ”helleaalto” ei Kyproksella yleensä ilahduta kovin monia, onhan heinäkuun keskilämpötila jo valmiiksi aivan riittävät 36-37C astetta. Tänä vuonna sää kuitenkin on kuumin sitten 30 vuoteen ja sisämaassa Nikosiassa mitattiin muutama päivä sitten 45C lämpötila. Rannikolla on pyöritty neljässäkymmenessä asteessa ja merivesi on noin 27C asteista. Kun suihkustakaan ei tule kylmää vettä ennen lokakuuta niin miten täällä sitten eletään…
Since 2015 the 21st June has not only marked Summer Solistice but also the International Day of Yoga, as agreed (by an unprecedented consensus) by the United Nation’s General Assembly in December 2014. The idea to observe Yoga Day came from India’s Prime Minister Narenda Modi who at the time stated: “For us in India, respect for nature is an integral part of spiritualism. We treat nature’s bounties…
It can be just as daunting as it is exciting to start a new activity and yoga is no exception to that. Whether you start to practise in a fancy yoga studio or at a more down to earth community centre, here’s a list of few unwritten rules that most yogis around the word follow. The physical yoga practise is individual yet collectively done and observing the yoga…