Athens Yoga Teachers

All Athens Yoga teachers have studied yoga at schools that are certified by the Yoga Alliance International

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Maja Zilih

Maja is an Anusara-Inspired yoga teacher and founder of Athens Yoga. She was impressed by yoga from early age and she practiced yoga and meditation for many years on her own. In 2004 she enrolled in Satyananda yoga school. There, with her first yoga teacher Swami Nirvikalpa, she began to study living the philosophy of yoga in more depth and after two years of continuous practice of Hatha, Raja and Chakra Yoga and Meditation, enthusiastic about the ways her life changed, she decided to become a teacher herself. In 2007 she completed the 200-hour Teacher Training Program with Vivi Letsou and Rusty Wells and she registered with Yoga Alliance International. Since then she has been teaching over 500 classes yearly and she also takes part in teacher trainings and seminars every year with world-known teachers like John Friend, Sianna Sherman, Desiree Rumbaugh, Andrew Rivin, Jordan and Martin Kirk, Sue Elkind, Todd Tessen, Rusty Wells, Mansoor, Petros Haffenricther and others. For complete Maja's bio click here

Katerina Karasmani

has a teaching experience of over 4 years in various yoga schools and studios. She studied Hatha Yoga for teachers at the School of Yoga and Budo center for Hatha Yoga, Certified by the Yoga Alliance International. She is a graduate of the superior professional school of dance of Rallou Manou. Her love for dance and exploration of movements led her to find yoga. She continued her studies of yoga with world-wide known teachers such as B.J. Galvan, Desiree Rumbaugh and Todd Tessen. Furthermore, she is currently attending the Internation Teacher Training of Kundalini Yoga K.R.I. Her teaching combines elements of Anusara, Astanga Vinyasa Flow and Ιyengar Yoga.

Yiannis Gerou

Yiannis came in touch with yoga for the first time in 2002, when he was studying architecture. In 2007, wanting to go deeper in practice and the philosophy of yoga, he completed 200 hour teacher training with Vivi Letsou and Rusty Wells. Since then he has been systematcially attending seminars and trainings of various schools of yoga (Anusara, Astanga, Jivamukti, Acroyoga and other) with exceptional world-wide known teachers, He feels very fortunate to have been learning from Todd Tesen, Noah Maze, Sianna Sherman, Martin Kirk, B.J.Galvan, Vivi Letsou, Swami Nirvikalpa and Desiree Rumbaugh. Additionally he completed the first part of the Anusara Yoga teacher training and his teaching is highly influenced by Anusara Yoga.

Ioanna Tampaxi

"I am thrilled to have the opportunity to share and spread what I love so much. I love sharing moments of of silence as well as moments of creative expresion of the body and the soul … In each and every class I realise that which unites us...the breath, the need for peace and the path of seeking knowledge and light!"

Ioanna has been teaching both dance and yoga for years. She has combined these activities with capmaigns that rise environmental awareness. Her first training was Hatha Yoga Teacher Training 200 hours with Vivi Letsou (NYSY studios, Yoga Alliance International certified) after which she attended “Sharpening our teaching Skills” workshop with Vivi Letsou. She is a graduate of the superior professional school of dance of Rallou Manou.

Anna Louise Hagen

"Yoga has added so much to my life and I could not think of a better purpose to pour my energy into. I feel that the best job in the world would be to pass on this knowledge and practice to people that need it and fill their lives with the joy that I have found through yoga. "

Anna practiced yoga for over 7 years when she decided to become a teacher. She studied yoga in Coonoor, India, where she became a qualified Hatha Yoga teacher, registered with Yoga Alliance International. In 2011 she completed a prenatal Anusara yoga teacher training with Sue Elkind. Anna is also a graphic designer and holds a university degree of arts and sciences, with major in psychology.