Nina Vukas
E-RYT 500, RPYT, YACEP, IAYT, Somatic Psychotherapist
Spanda Institute Founder
Program Director, Lead Teacher for Advanced Training
Nina is a founder of Spanda Institute, a Program Director, and a Lead Teacher for Advanced Study Programs. She has been a Yoga practitioner since 1998, started teaching full time in 2005, and has been educating yogis on their journey towards becoming Yoga Teachers, as well as educating Yoga Teachers to advance their knowledge and teaching skills since 2009. Nina is also a Psychologist, Yoga Therapist, Somatic Psychotherapist, Mindfulness and Meditation teacher, and forever a student. Currently, she is studying Neuroscience.
Gea Krajcar
E-RYT 500, RPYT, YACEP
Prenatal Program Lead Teacher & Program Director
200-hour Lead Teacher - London
Gea has been, one way or another, a part of our story for years; starting as our student on the 200-hour program after which she joined our Sangha Yoga Studio teaching team of which she was an intricate part until she moved to Seattle to live, teach and learn more. Gea followed our 300-hour and Prenatal Teacher Training Program, and continued to study and learn more with different teachers worldwide. Today she lives in London where she continues to study, grow, and teach daily classes in her Yoga Studio SOMA in Wandsworth.
Gea teaches our Prenatal Yoga Training, our 200-hour YTTs, and is a guest teacher on some of our 300-hour modules.
Bruno Morais
E-RYT 500, YACEP
200-hour Lead Teacher - Portugal and Sri Lanka
Movement has always been essential to Bruno's life; he studied dance in Amsterdam and performed for years in theatres around Europe. During this time, he practised Yoga, mainly as a warm-up during his years as a dancer, but also because he found a more profound connection with himself on the mat, so completing a Yoga Teacher Training was a natural next step in his life.
While at the crossroads of his professional life, Bruno took some time off to travel the globe, teaching Yoga everywhere he stayed longer. He also continued with his Yoga education, completing a 300-hour training with Nina Vukas and Celest Pereira, and soon joined our team, first as a mentor, followed by an assistant teacher, and later taking the lead on our 200-hour YTT courses in Portugal and Sri Lanka.
Bruno is a fun and down-to-earth teacher; his students mainly describe him as humble and patient. When he is not leading one of our 200-hour YTTs, Bruno is teaching weekly classes in different Yoga studios in and around Lisbon.
Teresa Wohlmannstetter
E-RYT 500, Manual Therapist, PHYSIO
200-hour Lead Teacher - Portugal and Sri Lanka
300-hour Program Guest Teacher
Teresa is a physiotherapist who worked in an orthopaedic practice for many years before she became a full-time Yoga Teacher. A yogini since her teens, she attended a Yoga Teacher Training to bring more tools into her passion for supporting and healing body/mind.
After completing her 200-hour training with us in Portugal and graduating with honours as one of the best in her class, Teresa joined us as an Anatomy Teacher first while continuing her Yoga education, sound healing education, as well as pursuing professional education in manual therapy. After completing her 300-hour YTT with Spanda Institute, Teresa became an essential part of our 200- and 300-hour programs team.
A passionate surfer, Teresa lives in Portugal, where she offers group and private Yoga classes, sound healing sessions, massage and therapy sessions and bespoke Yoga retreats.
Maddie Rowland
RYT 500, E-RYT 200, singer and musician
200-hour Program Teacher - Portugal and Sri Lanka
300-hour Program Guest Teacher
A professional singer and musician, Maddie has been sharing her love for Yoga and music in Cornwall, Portugal, Sri Lanka and Bali. She has been teaching Yoga since her early 20s, and was one of the youngest students to complete a 300-hour programme with us.
After completing her 300-hour YTTC, Maddie joined our Teacher Training team and is now an essential member of our 200-hour and 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training programmes in Portugal and Sri Lanka.
In her classes and retreats, she combines her passion 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. Besides our YTT courses, Maddie teaches weekly classes in Cornwall and leads beautiful annual retreats in Portugal.
Ada Vuk
E-RYT 200, RYT 500, Kundalini Level 1
Lead Teacher - Sarajevo Training
Ada started her yoga journey 11 years ago, and it was love at first sight. She started her practice at Prana Yoga Studio in Sarajevo, led by Aida and Mike, her first teachers. She initially practised Vinyasa and Ashtanga Yoga but later discovered Kundalini Yoga and became a Kundalini Yoga Teacher (Level 1 KRI). Ada did her 200-hour Spanda Vinyasa Teacher Training with Nina Vukas, and is currently pursuing her Kundalini level 2 education and RYT 300 program. She has been teaching classes and workshops in Sarajevo for many years and is now joining our Teacher Training team as a lead teacher on our Yoga Teacher Training courses in Sarajevo, BiH.
Anja Kaloh
E-RYT 200, RPYT, Prof. Sports Education
Lead Teacher - Maribor Training
Anja graduated from the Faculty of Sport in Ljubljana in 2013. She is a Professor of Sports Education and a yoga teacher. She found her mission in teaching yoga with a focus on awareness and feeling. Anja finished her first 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2016 in Nataraja Yoga Studio, Ljubljana. She upgraded her knowledge of yoga with Prenatal Teacher Training and her second 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training, both with Spanda Institute and is in the process of getting her 500-hour certification. As a teacher, she remains an eternal student. Out of love for yoga, Anja founded Asteya yoga studio in Maribor where she has taught group and private yoga classes since 2017. Anja's classes are based on Vinyasa flow and aim to awaken feelings on different levels, presence, and awareness of the natural state. She finds her peace in nature, from which she draws important principles of compassion, authenticity, care, and responsibility. "Just as nature changes its colours and sails through different conditions, I try to catch the eternal rhythm of rebirth, change and acceptance through yoga." - Anja
Marina Moric
RYT 500, RPYT Aerial Yoga Teacher, PhD Neuroscience
Nervous system, Neuroscience
Marina has been with us for years, first as a student finishing her 200-hour TTC after which she started teaching classes in our fist home base, Sangha Yoga studio. She continued her Prenatal 300-hour studies with us as well as other renowned yoga teachers. Marina lives and works in Basel, Switzerland where she moved to pursue her PhD in Neuroscience. You’ll most likely find her upside-down or in the air; her passions include Acro Yoga, Aerial Yoga and Paragliding. She is our resident Neuroscientist, teaching on 200 and 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training courses as well as Yoga Therapy Teacher Training.
Guest Teachers
Siegmar Gerken
PhD, ECP, HP (Psychotherapy)
Somatic Psychology, Trauma Sensitive Yoga
With over 40 years of teaching experience, Siegmar Gerken is a pioneer in the field of Body-Oriented Mindfulness-Centered Therapy, Somatic, Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology, with expanded studies in psychodynamics and behavioural approaches. Sigmar is joining us for advanced, 300-hour training modules focusing on Somatic Awareness and Trauma Sensitive Yoga.
Daria Vidovic
Yoga Teacher RYT 200, Yoga Therapist C-IAYT
Yoga Therapy Teacher Trainer
After her first training with Nina Vukas and Spanda (Sangha at the time) 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 one of the teachers on our Yoga Therapy program.
Martina Malic
Yoga Teacher, Ayurvedic consultant, Nutritionist
Ayurveda
Martina is a certified Ayurvedic consultant, registered Yoga teacher, certified Nutritionist, and cooking enthusiast living in Pula, Croatia. She is the founder of Mayurveda Yoga, a small Yoga&Ayurveda studio in Pula, where she offers on-site and online ayurvedic consultations. Martina is deeply in love with Yogic Philosophy and Ayurvedic healing, but most of all, with the direct exploration of experience, self-inquiry and non-dual understanding. In addition, she has a Master's Degree in Marketing and Economics, enjoys helping yoga studios build thriving communities. Martina devoted her life to spreading deeper Yogic and Ayurvedic teachings for the benefit of all.
Judith Migura
Yoga Teacher RYT 200, Psychologist
Mindfulness, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness
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
Davorka Tolic
Yoga Teacher RYT 200, TRE provider, Aromatherapist
Aromatherapy, TRE
Davorka is an advocate for 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 a 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 uses them together with other techniques to support overall health and chemicals-free life. Dada gives individual yoga classes, individual and group TRE sessions and essential oils workshops.
Marija Buljan
RYT 200, MD, PhD
Anatomy & Physiology
Marija is a Medical Doctor specialised in Dermatology and Dermatological Oncology, as well as a certified Spanda Vinyasa Yoga Teacher since 2014.
She had taught Anatomy & Physiology on our Croatia, Sri Lanka and Portugal courses for years. A busy professional, she now occasionally joins our TTC’s.