Marine Le Quéré, Brussels
Yoga Teacher RYT 200

Marine started yoga through the physical practice in 2013 and got hooked to its positive holistic effects on body + mind. Driven by her passion for learning, she took it to the next level by following Spanda Yoga School’s 200-hour program in Sri Lanka in 2020! Marine believes in the power of simple things - mindfulness, movement and breathing - as ways to grow happier, more conscious & confident. She offers Spanda Integral Vinyasa and Restorative classes in English & French, off-line for the time being - and hopes to be able to teach in-person soon!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/positiv.flow
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/positiv.flow/

Ivana Salov, Split
Yoga Teacher RYT 500

Ivana teaches dynamic Vinyasa Yoga, Yin Yoga and SUP Yoga. She did her 300-hour certification with Spanda Yoga School, after which she kept studying further, from many renowned teachers around the globe. She says she is a forever student, learning constantly both through workshops and seminars, as well as from her students. You can catch her classes at Divota Yoga Garden, Mint Fitness Factory as well as free outdoor classes (weather permitting)
IG @nereidayoga FB Page @nereidayoga

Tamara Domljanovic, Split
Yoga Teacher RYT 200, Retreat Facilitator

Tamara has been practicing yoga for a few decades, but has only recently decided to do a formal education, choosing to do her teacher training with Spanda Yoga School in Portugal. After many years of living in Zagreb, she has moved back to her home town, beautiful Split. Tamara teaches yoga classes, but she is also a retreat facilitator, organising retreats on the Adriatic coast for Yoga Teachers who would like to take their groups to beautiful Dalmatia. Tamara is Mother of a teenager, lover of offline rituals including those around and about the kitchen and on mat on the beach. 
www.yogahrvatska.hr IG: @yogahrvatska/ https://www.facebook.com/yogaincroatia

Nikolina Barjaktaric, Zagreb
Yoga Teacher RYT 200

Nikolina is a Co-founder of EQUILIBRIUM YOGA STUDIO and certified teacher of Integral (Spanda) Vinyasa yoga. With her optimism and cheerful nature, Nikolina wants to bring everyone closer to this wonderful practice. Her biggest love is Vinyasa, which she practices on a daily basis. She regularly teaches group and individual classes and especially enjoys working with pregnant women and the elderly. 
FB: Equilibrium Yoga
IG: Equilibrium Yoga IG

Helena Predojevic, Zagreb
Yoga Teacher RYT 200

For Helena, movement has been an intricate part of her life since childhood. From gymnastics, synchronised swimming, ballet and flamenco to tennis and running. She started practicing yoga in 2013., and five years later did her 200-hour TTC with Nina, learning the Spanda Vinyasa Method in Sangha she still practices and teaches today. Helena teaches regular classes in a dance studio as well as occasionally in Yoga Place, a studio where she first stepped on a yoga mat.
IG: https://bit.ly/34GSAe4 
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3hDAX2k
FB: https://www.facebook.com/sofia.van.75

Davorka Tolic, Zagreb
Yoga Teacher RYT 200, RPYT, TRE provider

Davorka is an advocate learning and finds joy in studying and teaching others. She is devoted to helping others work on the body, mind and spirit. She works as coach + trainer in the field of soft skills and personal development. A certified yoga teacher of Integral (Spanda) Vinyasa and Prenatal Yoga, she is also a TRE (Tension Release Exercises) certified provider. She also works with essential oils and is using them together with other techniques to support overall health and chemicals-free life. Dada is giving individual yoga classes, individual and group TRE sessions and essential oils workshops. 
web page: www.tremolo.hr 
IG: https://www.instagram.com/uljenadlanu/ 
FB: https://www.facebook.com/uljenadlanu

Daria Vidovic
Yoga Teacher RYT200, Yoga Therapist IAYT

After her first training with Nina Vukas and Spanda, Daria started to study Yoga Therapy at The Yoga Therapy Institute Amsterdam. As a founder of Kosha Yoga Therapy, she teaches private yoga therapy sessions online and worldwide, connecting traditional and ancient wisdom and a scientific approach to body and mind, through Yoga therapy, Somatic therapy, Trauma Sensitive yoga and Yoga Nidra. 
Passionate about Psychotherapy, Neuroscience, Integrative Medicine, Somatic Movement and Structural Integration, Daria is teaching mostly Yoga Therapy privates in-person or over zoom.
IG Koshatherapy

Jenessa Rosenberger
Yoga Teacher RYT 500

Jenessa is an artist, massage therapist, and 500 hour yoga teacher. She seeks to combine the elements of breath, movement, color, and personal expression in her flow of life. Initially drawn to the physical benefits of yoga as a collegiate runner, Jenessa discovered the internal strength and groundness it afforded to her daily life as well. She completed her 200 hour with Santa Barbara’s Yoga Soup during the pandemic to support her home practice. When she came across Spanda Institute’s 300 hour Trauma Sensitive offering she knew she’d found the next layer of her studies. The Spanda method provides a gentle container for combining healing movement with breath. Jenessa is a Colorado native and loves to be active outdoors. She is now pursuing her Master’s of Fine Arts in Aix-en-Provence, where she teaches yoga and provides massage to private clients. Contact: jenessa.rosenberger@gmail.com

Olena Ivanova, Munich
Yoga Teacher RYT 200, MD

Olena teaches off- and online yoga classes in Munich alongside working as a medical doctor and researcher. Her vinyasa flow is spiced up with different styles of yoga and adapted to all levels. The main focus of her classes is on correct alignments, connection of movement and breath, and dynamic sequences.

Web: https://oleivayoga.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/oleivayoga/

Gloria Hörner, Mannheim
Yoga Teacher RYT 500, Psychologist

Gloria did her 200 hour training in 2018 in Costa Rica and joined Spanda Yoga School’s 300-hour program in Portugal for the 500-hour certification. She teaches weekly classes online via zoom and in summer also outside in the park. Combining her knowledge of psychology and yoga she is also giving 1:1 Yoga Coachings.
"In yoga I live in the moment and am in the flow. I feel the connection to myself and my body, to myself as a small part of the big picture. Because as psychologist and Yoga teacher, my focus is on the playful connection and health of body and mind." - Gloria
Check her schedule at www.gloryoga.de 
IG: @glory.yoga

Judith Migura
Yoga Teacher RYT 200, Psychologist

As a psychologist and a yogini Judith focuses on integrating all layers: body, mind and emotions. In a calm and grounding way she combines the benefits of modern behavioral psychotherapy with ancient yogic wisdom. She has teached meditation and mindfulness classes at university and offers one-on-one (online-) therapy as well as Yoga & meditation classes. As part of an ongoing 2-year travel she did the 200h YTT with Spanda Institute in Portugal to go deeper and be able to increasingly integrate embodiment and movement into her work. Contact Judith:
yoga-meditation@migura.com or therapy@migura.com

Maria Elena Marabotto, Milano
Yoga Teacher RYT 200

Maria Elena’s yoga journey began 17 years ago...and she admits, it wasn't a love at first sight. It took years on and off mats to fall in love with Yoga and to find my favourite practice. But, once she did, she never looked back.
”I love every step of the journey, as teacher and most of all as a forever student. I drive my beloved motorbike, play soccer sometimes, travel and stay barefoot as much as I can and I'm interested in politics. In my life as well as in my yoga practice I always try to improve both my flexibility and my strength, stay open minded, courius and...in love. I don't like labels, I don't like categorise and been categorised. It's life, it's Yoga.” Mele
Find her on IG @mele.yoga

Maricla Cuomo, Milano
Yoga Teacher RYT 200, Aerial Yoga Teacher

Maricla has done her TTC with Nina and Belinda in Milano (2019/2020), and has been sharing her love and passion for yoga ever since, regardless of the challenges.
”Water and fire are my elements, one is not enough to represent myself. Water is shapeless, water is the sea. Fire transforms everything. I love challenge and to share my passion. My Tattoos represent me: "Here and Now" and "Resilience". My practice is dynamic, always changing and with a little challenge for everyone.”- Maricla
You can catch Maricla’s classes on zoom and connect via IG profile

Stefania Avolese, Milano
Yoga Teacher RYT 200, Life Coach

Stefania discovered yoga in 2015 while she was living in UK. She found a relief from a chaotic life in the yoga classes she attended, and much more. She got her Yoga Teacher certification with Spanda Yoga School in Milano and is currently teaching online classes (check the link for more info)

“I love dancing and everything related to the movement of the body. I have studied contemporary dance for more than 15 years. Passionate to discover new things and understand better myself and others, I recently gained Life Coaching certification.” - Stef https://www.instagram.com/stefy_vls/

Federica Proverbio, Milano
Yoga teacher RYT 200

Federica is a lover of mountains and hiking, travels and exploration, and a mom of two beautiful cats. Yoga came into her life some years ago at it was love at first sight. 
“It really changed my life, practice after practice. I decided to follow my first Teacher Training in 2019 with Nina and Belinda Sutan, my beloved sources of inspiration, and it was an amazing journey, so looking forward to continue it. My favorite quote “Where the intention goes, there energy flows” (Nina <3) “ - Fede
Federica teaches online classes, catch up with her on IG: @fede_onthemat

Valentina Gasbarrino, Milano
Yoga Teacher RYT 200+ (soon to be 500) & English Teacher

After many years traveling and studying abroad, Valentina made the move back to her home country where she continued teaching and training and finally found Nina and joined the Spanda Tribe. Based in Milan, she teaches Integral Vinyasa Yoga, Prenatal Yoga and most recently she has started a Mum & Baby Yoga course with her baby boy (and assistant) Theo :)
”Passionate about dance, art and movement in all its forms, I try and keep my classes creative, fluid and dynamic.” - Vale
FB : facebook.com/yogawithvalentina 
IG: @yoga_with_val

Alessandra Morciano, Como
Yoga Teacher RYT 200

Alessandra discovered yoga in 2012, and she loves defining it as a kind of a magic potion. "Yoga has been a liberation, a slow and relentless path that helped me a lot with accepting (and loving) my body with all its limits and imperfections." In 2019 she decided to try to share her message and got her Yoga Teacher certification with Spanda Yoga School in Milano. She's always curious and willing to learn, putting into play with joy - and a little bit of positive fear. "Life begins at the end of your comfort zone" is her motto. 
Alessandra teaches online for now (Monday 7.45 pm and Thursday 7 pm)
Connect - IG profile

Valentina Rainoldi, Lago D’orta
Yoga Teacher RYT 500, Kids Yoga Teacher

Valentina studied yoga at the Shivananda school in London and attended Spanda TTC in Milan. After few years practicing only with adults, she focused much of her studies on yoga for children. She teaches Yoga Kids, Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga, Hatha Yoga and Integral Vinyasa Yoga. She loves children and that's why she decided to dedicate teaching the little ones. Soon a mother herself, she continues her studies to deepen her knowledge. At the moment she teaches online classes.
“I love kids because I believe that they teach us how to live life with joy and serenity ... their simplicity and their smiles are what we should learn from them and use in our everyday life” 
IG Valentina Sun&Moon Yoga (@valentina_sunandmoonyoga)

Claudia Torres, Milano
Yoga Teacher RYT200, Prenatal Yoga Teacher

Claudia started practicing yoga when she was 15. What started out as a physical asana practice soon became a time to slow down and practice awareness to gain perspective within and align body, mind, and emotions. In 2018 she finally listened to her intuition and dove deeper into all the facets of this discipline that she loved by completing her first 200-hour Spanda Yoga School training. In 2020 she completed her Prenatal Yoga Teacher Certification. She teaches private group classes and med students at Humanitas University in Milan in English and Italian. Her mission is to share the tools of Yoga in an accessible and fun way! 
Links: Website Instagram

Beatriz Henriques, Lisbon area
Yoga Teacher RYT200

Bea is a nurse working in a hospital in Lisboa. In 2020 she joined Spanda Yoga School’s intensive training in Ericeira, Portugal. Right now she is teaching some classes online as well as in parks and beaches around Ericeira, and for a small group of people.
”I’m shy at first, but once you get to know me, you can count on me for everything, and on long conversations about anything and everything. I like to be with my family and friends, spend time on the beach, discover new things, I love to laugh and watch sunsets. I’m still discovering myself in ways that I couldn't imagine were possible:).” - Bea
Catch her on betheflowyoga

Anne Lyse Collin, Ericeira, France
Yoga Teacher RYT 200

For many years, Anne Lyse has been interested in different holistic disciplines focusing on health, especially mental health. She studied cooking in France and then specialized in ayurvedic cooking and nutrition and has done a 200-hour YTTC with Spanda Institute in Portugal, where she lives. Yoga Teacher Training with Spanda allowed her to bring together Yoga and Ayurveda and share it through private sessions and weekend retreats. The primary purpose of her teaching is to get people to love themselves and take care of their bodies and mind through cooking, meditation and yoga. She also runs a little kombucha business IG : Ajnabebida.

Email: ajna.ericeira@gmail.com

Bruno Morais, Portugal, International
Yoga Teacher RYT 500, Teacher Trainer

One of our faculty staff, a dancer become a yoga teacher and never looked back; Bruno did his 200-hour and 300-hour TTC with us, and has joined our teaching faculty. A true wanderluster, he has been teaching a little bit all over the world. “I'm very keen on travelling, like most of us yogis, I guess. So i basically take my yoga practices wherever I go and try to adapt it to my surroundings. I've shared my practices with highly trained dancers, first timers and a bit of everything in between and i can't get over how much I learn from each and everyone. Everytime. It is truly inspiring. From renowned yoga shalas to improvised places in some obscure garages. It doesn't matter. It just goes with me everywhere I go and I couldn't be more grateful to Nina and to my other teachers/mentors.” - Bruno
Check out Bruno’s classes on his YouTube channel .

Mojca Drofenik, Yoga Teacher RYT 500,
Prenatal Yoga, Hormonal Yoga

Mojca lives in a small yet beautiful and diverse Slovenia. She has a master’s degree in International Relations and a diploma in Ecology – Nature Conservation program. She chose those programs in order to help make positive changes concerning mother Earth, but the universe had a different plan. She did her first yoga teacher training with Nina Vukas and started teaching yoga in Slovenia and Croatia. A founder of yoga studio Tempelj joge (Yoga Temple), she teaches online and live Spanda Vinyasa Yoga, Hormone Yoga Therapy, Yoga Nidra and Prenatal Yoga classes. Mojca is also a women’s coach, specialised for women with endometriosis.
WEB: https://mojcadrofenik.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/mojcadrofenik
IG: @mojca.drofenik.yoga

Jessica Rabone, Fribourg
Yoga Teacher RYT 500, Teacher Trainer

Originally from the English countryside, Jess now lives in Fribourg, Switzerland with her partner, two cats and lots of house plants. She organises yoga events and retreats around Europe and also has a beautiful boutique studio where she teaches weekly classes. Her teaching honors the essence of yoga but she supports the spiritual roots with modern day movement science, biomechanics and anatomy. She infuses her classes with creativity and playfulness, while sharing nuggets of mind-body knowledge and personal words of wisdom.
Website: www.jessicarabone.com IG: @jessicarabone

Carmen Kramis, Bern
Yoga Teacher RYT 500

Carmen has been practicing yoga since 2014 and did her first 200h training in 2017 with Still Flowing Yoga. She did her 300h training with Spanda Institute, which she completed in August 2021. She teaches weekly online classes as well as studio classes in a beautiful yoga studio in Bern.
"I mainly teach strengthening and balancing Vinyasa Flow. My teaching style is calm and dynamic, gentle and powerful, light and challenging, calm and flowing, just as life itself. It is important to me to teach yoga not just as body postures, but as a way to discover yourself, to work with your boundaries, to grow andto become free. We find everything we are looking for within ourselves."
IG@ carmen_embodiedyoga

Laura Parker, Zürich
Yoga Teacher RYT 500, RPYT, Kids Yoga Teacher

Laura's yoga journey began in Dubai when she was 17 years old and has been a constant in her life ever since. In 2017 she decided to do her first Vinyasa yoga teacher training and soon her Kids Yoga Teacher Training followed. In the summer of 2020 she completed her pre- and postnatal yoga course and recently completed her 300H YTTC with Spanda Institute. In February 2020 she opened up a small studio, Yoga at Balance 149, in the heart of Zürich where she teaches regular group and private classes in English or Swiss German.

Links: Website, Instagram

Gea Krajcar, London, Croatia
E-RYT 500, RPYT, Teacher Trainer

A student of yoga and life, and an experienced Yoga teacher (E-RYT500, Prenatal RPYT90) based in London. Gea is also one of our faculty staff, leading our Prenatal Yoga TTC’s as well as 200-hour program in Croatia.

”This calling is allowing me to bring together my love for Yoga, community, presence, and connection through my daily public classes, events, and online with you. I’m a lover of life, nature, traveling, movement, simple everyday living, good food, and heart-to-heart connections and relationships. Join me for online and in-person classes or teacher training courses.” - Gea
Links: Website IG FB

Catriona Smith, Brighton
Yoga Teacher RYT200

Catriona did her TTC with us in Sri Lanka. She teaches yoga alongside working as a copywriter/content producer. A yogi with an inner fire (Pitta), she loves travel, music, nature and cooking new recipes. Combining her creative side and love of life by the seaside, Catriona’s classes are designed to inspire strength, calmness and a new perspective.

Links: Web: https://www.yogawithcatriona.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/catriona___yoga/
FB:https://www.facebook.com/yogawithcatriona/

Louise de Menthon, London
Yoga Teacher RYT 500, Yin Yoga

Louise teaches a mindful and dynamic style class, focusing on reconnecting with the sensations and feelings within movement and the body. This allows students to really become present, focusing the mind while using the body’s intelligence to strengthen and open in a steady and safe way. You’ll find classes are rooted in ‘savadyaha’ or self-study. Observing the fluctuations of the mind while creating embodied awareness.
Links: https://www.loupyoga.com/
Instagram @loupyoga Facebook @loupyoga

Maddie Rowland, Cornwall, International
Yoga Teacher RYT500

Maddie is a passionate yoga teacher, singer and musician who has spent the last 4 years sharing her practice between Cornwall, Portugal and Bali.
In her classes , she combines her love for world music and sound, using a variety of instruments to create a healing space, guiding you along a journey of sound and moving meditation. Maddie has trained as part of Spanda TTC, as well as teaching part of the Chakra Vinyasa module as a guest teacher for the Vissudha Chakra. She welcomes everyone to her classes, where you can expect mantra , meditation, soul songs and poetry, aimed to invoke feelings of sacredness, peace and deep connection within you! Now based in Falmouth, Cornwall,  she continues to teach classes, as well as studying to become a sound healer. 
You can find her on Instagram @Lily_Wild_Yoga