About Nika..

My name is Nika, and as I’m sure you can tell, I live, breathe, walk and talk Yoga :-)

I was born in Poland, but decided to go out and see the world in my early twenties. My nomadic lifestyle led to more jobs in a few years than most people do in an entire lifetime.

I’m not yet 30 and already I’ve been a student activist, a finance specialist, an event manager, a farmhand driving tractors, a lifeguard, a professional dancer, and most recently an internet marketing specialist and passionate photographer.

It’s always been about the experience for me. I love learning new things, meeting new people, and being in new places.

That kind of lifestyle, as you can imagine, can get quite challenging at times. And that’s what led me to Yoga.

The search for more balance, health and peace in my life.

I started out the way most people do - at a gym Yoga class. It was a good experience, no doubt, but it left me wanting more. Where were the advanced flows, the chants, the aspects that would take my learnings to the next level?

My quest for the true power of Yoga led me to a remote ashram in India, known as the Yoga Vidya Gurukul - Yoga University in Nashik.

I spent a month living in this holy place learning various forms of yoga, including Hatha, Ashtanga, Karma, and Swara Yoga from great Yoga masters. I was also taught 5,000 year old techniques for health and vitality, including Pranayama breathing techniques and Shatkarma cleansing techniques.

Being there was one of those experiences that sticks with you for life. I was allowed to leave the ashram for only a few hours a week, and was restricted to vegetarian food (no coffee, tea, sweets or spices).

Take a look at my room :-)

Can you see the snake? Yes I slept with snakes and scorpions in the ashram!

It was from here that I’d wake up at 5am every morning, and shower with a bucket of cold water. I’d then begin my day with a schedule that included chanting, meditation, Yoga practice and intense theory lectures.

This highly disciplined lifestyle went on for 1 month, which earned me my Diploma in Yoga Education.

By the time I returned to civilization, I had all the answers I was looking for.

Discovering Yoga in its purest form left me more happy, healthy and at peace than I’d ever been in my entire life.

I felt more relaxed and positive. I stopped getting angry. I lost 3kgs in 1 month. My eating habits changed – I no longer craved unhealthy food. And when before I couldn’t even touch the floor with straight legs, I was now able to do bends like this:

It was at this point that a realization dawned on me:

I couldn’t keep this incredible wisdom to myself.

My life motto has always been "The more you give, the more you get back." And I couldn’t wait to show people how to make better lives for themselves by losing weight, relaxing, changing their eating habits and in a nutshell find more balance.

So to reach out to as many people as possible, I designed my very own style of Yoga classes. One that would be accessible to even the busiest, most stressed out city-dweller. The kind of person who, in my opinion, would benefit from Yoga the most!

When people ask me what I love most about yoga, my answer’s always the same – The SMILES on the faces of my students after a class.

I hope I’ll get to see yours soon :-)

Nika