How it started

Twenty years ago, I entered the glamorous world of Ballroom dancing by coincidence, a total stroke of luck! Although, I have managed to earn a Bachelor Degree in Political studies at the American University of Beirut and a Master Degree in Events Marketing Management from Metropolitan University of London, I could only follow my heart and passion that guided me towards my destiny, which is working through movement.

The Evolution

After many years of competitions, theater performances, choreography and TV shows, I thought my path was clear. I am a dancer, and this is who I will always be! You know what they say, life will take drastic measures to keep you on the right track! So, after several injuries and inner chaotic debates, I decided that travel, which is also one of my many passions in life, would eventually heal me, help me put the pieces together and everything will fall into place. I packed up, traveled to the far east and landed in India which quickly became my ‘spiritual home’. Throughout my silent retreats, my meditation journeys and my never-ending wanderings, I stumbled into Ashtanga Yoga. It is kind of a prerequisite in India! I chose Ashtanga because it was a physical challenge, I didn’t care about the spiritual side of Yoga at the time, as I was desperately searching for something to fulfill the emptiness which ‘Dancing’ has left. After years of training, competitions, sparkly life and mirrored studios, it was hard to surrender to inner reflection. The month I spent locked up in a place that teaches you how to live with yourself first, without the support of your family and friends, and the comfort of the materialistic world, challenges you to live, love and respect yourself and hopefully survive!

The Passion

The thing with Yoga is that it sucks you in, no matter what your reasons were when you first started. The discipline of the practice and the unity of your body with your breath, leads to the natural process of the purity of the mind. The mind turns them into endless possibilities. Its beauty lies in the fact that it is a personal journey through which you will reach the best version of yourself and at your own pace. I still have a long way to go, but if there is one thing that Yoga has taught me so far; it would be that our destination is one, but the experiences you go through is what really matters. The small changes that you see and the alignment of the pieces of your life that you witness, are what makes it all worth it. I earned the 200 RYT Ashtanga yoga from Abhijna School of Yoga in Kerla-India, however, it wasn’t for teaching purposes, I just wanted the discipline it offered, and which I needed back then. Afterwards, the India getaway became a yearly destination, where I aspire to learn more, to continue my inner personal journey and keep the reality that I seek alive. A few years later I worked on my Hatha Yoga 300 RYT. The mix of the two traditional disciplines allowed me to create my own Vinyasa Flows.

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