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2004 with guruji

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2007. waiting for Kamau

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Connecting the dots...1971. - Born in Zagreb, Croatia. Loved to dance, write poetry, paint and play violin.1983. - Joined her mum´s Yoga class. Did headstand, fell down and wanted more.1988. - Started to teach Yoga to large groups in Zagreb1990. - Left Croatia as exchange student, to beautiful Norway.1991. - painted at small art school in remote part of Norway for a year. - taught Yoga to local community - great response, and soon full-time dedication. - turning point; did not return to Croatia for the next 20 years.1992. - 1999. - Studied at NTNU University in Norway, acquired Masters in Psychology.- Conducted research on Yoga psychology contributed to population of Yoga in Norway.- Passionate build-up of lovely Yoga community Zenit Yoga - still very much alive.- Studied Yoga and Vipassana meditation abroad (India, Far East, WE); acquired certifications in Hatha, Raja and Therapeutic Yoga.2000. - 2005.- University lecturer at NTNU Norway, teaching Psychology bachelor and master levels.- Conducting PhD study and research on Yoga (still to finalize, but no time!).- Strong development of Zenit Yoga Studio in Norway together with dedicated practitioners and Yoga teachers.- Intensively studying Yoga with legend Sri K. Pattabhi Jois & his family (Ashtanga Yoga) in India and Rev Swami Satchidananda (Integral Yoga) in India and USA.- Intense Yoga activity: Regular international workshops and retreats in Europe, Africa and USA, together with a number of great international teachers. 2005. - 2006. - Moved to Amsterdam.- Having a baby.- Teaching at Yoga Garden and YogaTree studios in Holland.- Starting up Gaiatree-Yoga, international teacher training program together with Katiza Satya.2006. - 2010.- Moved to Barcelona, Spain.- Having a 2nd baby.- Less active, but still teaching workshops and retreats and contributing to International Teacher Training programs.- co-writing 3 books on Yoga.- Starting HR ( human resources ) consultancy work acquiring high competences in in-depth interview methodology and organizational psychology. Using Yoga skills, ethics and mindset in professional work.2011.- Teaching Yoga nationally and internationally beside full-time international HR consultancy work.- Enjoying family stage of life, with Yoga, nature, meditation and non-harm as main guidance.- Teaches Yoga in English, Norwegian, Spanish and Croatian on site and through Skype (classes and counseling)

Yoga

Yoga is 99% practice and 1 %theory. Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois Yoga practices Either physical poses, breathing or meditation becomes a conscious effort to recognize the all-pervading consciousness in any shape and form, at any level of practice, and enjoy the practice in its fullness. Practice becomes an intimate meeting, a listening within. It means objective self-observation, self-acceptance and self anticipation toward expanding any contraction, unknotting any knot, in physical or mental form.Yoga practice is experience of freedom and spaciousness that is constantly unfolding as we reach different layers of spiritual maturity. On the mat:Ashtanga Yoga (Mysore style and Led classes)Creative vinyasa flow - combining yoga asanas, breath and flow movementRestorative yoga - for body and mind that need gentle approach, rest or healingPrenatal and Postnatal yoga - for conscious birth giving and balanced-mum-to-bePranayama - conscious breathing and energizing the body-mind Kriyas - cleansing techniques to keep body steady and readyMeditation - mindfulness and awareness for clarity and life purpose Off the mat:Be good, do good :)

Philosophy

Neti, neti.

I am beyond the dance of shadow and light.

OM Purnamadah Purnamidam Purnat purnamudachyate.

Purnasya Purnamadaya Purnamevavashisyate

That is whole, this is whole, from whole comes out of whole.

If Whole is subtracted from whole, still whole is left.
FluxNo man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. HeraclitusPain is resistance to inevitable change. Everything that is, is only as long as we perceive it. The world, universe, cosmos is in constant state of flux, that is in everything that exists, including our body and mind. Yoga practice is about embracing the constant change instead of feeling bonded and limited, one embraces transformations of life as liberating and expanding forces that enriches the character and shape body-mind dynamics.Yoga Sutra of PatanjaliUnion (yoga, spiritual consciousness) is gained through mastery of the versatile psychic nature.Yoga SutraUndisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.Yoga SutraYoga sutras are study of human condition and practical guidance how to unlock the human but divine potential through systematic yoga cultivation and practices, especially meditation. It is truly a helpful guide to over win challenges, dualities and unease, acquiring necessary calm and ethics to unlock the power of yoga transformation.Kashmir ShaivismKashmir Shaivism has penetrated to that depth of living thought where diverse currents of human wisdom unite in a luminous synthesis.Rabindranath TagoreMore than being a school of thought, Kashmmir Shaivism is the way of life itself. It is tolerant and mystical path, where reality is perceived as a manifestation of divine consciousness, and not being separate from it Cosmos is real for all practical purposes. Our life is real, in all its richness. Life is about remembering to divinize one self and one´s life, which means the recognition of our own identity with all-pervading consciousness.Consciousness is the beingShiva SutraAsana (pose, attitude) is the happiness of immersion in Shakti (divine energy)Shiva SutraYour hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as bird wings.Rumi

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Lea's books got into top 10 books on Yoga in Netherland

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