Our 300h Costa Rica Teacher Training Graduates

Julia Torggler was born and raised in Austria. At the age of 14 she started her education as classical Ballet dancer in Munich, Germany She then went on to study Contemporary Dance and Musical Theater in Freiburg, Germany. She worked as a dancer in theatres, events and on Board cruise ships for several years when she discoverd her passion for Circus an Aerial Acrobatics.

As a Choreographer and Artistic Director she runs her own Showproduction – The Vintage-Varieté- wich is touring around theatres in Germany.

Yoga and Fitness play a big part in Julia´s life. She enjoys sharing her knowledge about keeping our bodies save, strong and flexible. 

Julia also engages in various social projects, with the goal to make Creativity and Movement accessible to everyone.

In her Work she combines all of her passions and knowledge of Aerial Arts, Classical Ballet, Yoga, Contemporary Dance and puts a big emphasis on body sustainability and creativity.

Social Media: Instagram: @active_aerial_art

Website: www.julia-torggler.com

Ania Drzewiecka „pranomaja” is a 500 H Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. She did her first yoga teacher training (vinyasa) in 2018, after almost 4 years of self practice. She was a lawyer then, with no desire to teach anyone. Her life has changed, health improved, mental stability and clarity finally become something, what she can navigate in daily life. She participated in many workshops and trainings, investigating different styles of body and mind movement (vinyasa, kundalini, ashtanga, yin, animal flow, silent retreats, meditation retreats etc.). Now, her style of teaching is inspired by 8 limbs of yoga and she incorporate all techniques, which she has learned and which are adequate for the receiver at this moment. Her method is inspired by quote of B.K.S. Iyengar „Body is the Bow, Asana is the Arrow, Soul is the Target.”

She leads online program "Entrance to yoga" in Polish language. She also organize workshops, retreats, urban retreats, regular classes. She is passionate about food and always provide, full of prana, whole food plant based diet on her events. She teaches hatha, kundalini, vinyasa, nidra, meditation, pranayama and yoga philosophy.

She believes, that yoga is not only in asanas and that everyone can practice.

Ania Drzewiecka

Pranomaja

Yoga not only in asanas

Where to find me

ania@pranomaja.pl

Social media

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pranomaja/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pranomaja

You tube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6VG0S9JZTEn7hzrgQs8T7g

From the Great Lakes State of Michigan, Morgan started practicing as a way to recover from school sports & in her early twenties settled into a more consistent practice. After falling deeply love with hot yoga and its mind, body, and soul healing Morgan took her 200hr YTT training in April of 2020 as a way to keep up with her own practice in the start of the pandemic and started teaching at Bent9 Hot Yoga in August 2020. ollowed it up with a 300hr YTT in March of 2022 in Costa Rica.

Because of this passion in Morgan’s classes you typically will be in the actual heat or she brings the heat to you! She will guide you through a serene warmup, peaking the class with vinyasa flows built on strength & stability, & always with a joke or two incorporated. Morgan’s intention of every practice is to inspire & empower yourself with the power already within, to create an abundant life with strength, courage, and inner peace.

Currently teaching at the studio that started it all, Morgan teaches regular classes at Bent9 Hot Yoga (@bent9hotyoga), hosts private classes, works with collegiate authentic teams, and is a yoga retreat coordinator (@yogagonia).

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Klea started generating physical awareness by dancing ballet for 15 years. During her studies of Medicine in Cologne she started practicing Yoga rather focusing on the physical part. But quickly she discovered that there is a whole other world within Yoga than just the small part of Asana practice. Working as a doctor she became aware that instead of always searching for another way to challenge your body, the calmness of your mind is even more important and what empowers you to face stress and controlling it by finding ways inside of the yogic philosophy that helped her to step back and protect her inside through insight. Since 2017 she also worked as a mental trainer using hypnosis on her patients who suffered from anxiety and self-esteem issues.

With the pandemic in times of insecurity and when working hours and hours got even more challenging she decided to learn more about Yoga, pranayama and meditation. She started her 200hrs YTT over 9 month in Cologne. Shortly after having finished she committed herself to participate the 300hrs YTT in Costa Rica with Pranaluz.

Another huge passion for Klea is music. She started playing the flute, the piano and singing when she was 4. For almost 5 years she plays in a band with her boyfriend who’s a professional guitar player. They started playing street music and continued playing at weddings, birthdays, bars and other occasions.

Her love for music and Yoga is what empowers her and gives her serenity and the strength to manage all the tiny exercises life brings to you.

klea_schmidt@hotmail.de

Sari is the creator of WholeSum Being, a wholistic approach, providing guidance to enhance one’s physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. The approach utilizes yoga, breath-work, mindfulness, coaching and other self-exploration tools to promote well-being.

Sari first discovered yoga as an outlet for decompressing from her stressful workload, which required her undivided attention and commitment. She started practicing Bikram Hot Yoga, and later ventured into Vinyasa.

Ten years after practicing regularly, as yoga became her passion and the yoga community her second family, Sari was ready to deepen her practice. In 2017, during her new role as the Global head of Leadership and Diversity, which included frequent transatlantic travel, she ventured into Goa, India to get her 200-hr. vinyasa yoga teacher certification. It was a life altering experience, which shifted her perspective and added a new dimension to her life and to her work with human-rights and equality. Once certified, Sari began incorporating yoga classes into her diversity & inclusion workshops and leadership development retreats, exposing leaders to the physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of yoga.

As her passion for yoga grew and she was ready for a career shift, Sari enrolled in a 300-hr. yoga teacher training in Costa Rica. Being a lifelong learner, Sari continued her yoga education beyond the 500-hr. certification, receiving Yin Yoga, Self-Myofascial-Release (SMR), Hot Power Fusion, and Yoga Nidra certifications.

Sari’s approach to yoga includes a balance between strength and flexibility, with a focus on safety and alignment, and a mission to cultivate mindfulness.

Sari currently consults corporations on shaping an inclusive culture, facilitates workshops, including Yin and Myofascial release workshops, and teaches Vinyasa, Yin, Vin-Yin, and Hot Power Fusion in five different yoga studios across San Diego.

Instagram: WholeSum_Being

LinkedIn: Sari Brody

Spotify: WholeSum Being

Kate Star (@Innerquiry) is a 300-hour Yoga Teacher who completed her yoga certification through PRANALUZ Conscious Living in Pavones, Costa Rica, in April 2022. She was born and raised in upstate New York, has lived in Thailand and New York City, and now resides and teaches yoga in San Jose, Costa Rica. Kate is passionate about living an examined life which has led her to explore topics such as yoga, personal development, spirituality, inner questioning, wellness, plant-based eating, sustainable living, and mindset work.

Kate’s spiritual path started when she moved to Thailand after college. Living 8,000 miles away from home gave her the space she needed to start her journey of self-discovery. Through this process, she has come to believe that we are all here to experience life as a means of growth, healing, and transformation.

Kate’s approach to yoga mirrors her approach to life and the idea that we are here to experience, play, feel, learn, and grow. She likes to bring that same lightness and playful energy to her classes. Kate sees yoga as a beautiful tool to help us return to our center and reconnect with the present moment.

In addition to teaching yoga, Kate is a remote freelance Social Media Specialist and Virtual Assistant and specializes in social media management for wellness providers, retreat centers, and tourism organizations. She has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and spent +5 years working in the corporate & non-profit sectors in New York City. She is always looking for opportunities to use her business experience and passion for wellness and spirituality to serve others in meaningful ways.

Instagram: @innerquiry