Meet Our Yoga Teachers

Astri

Astri is a Balinese yoga teacher from the spiritual centre of Bali, Ubud. She has many years of experience practicing and teaching various styles of Yoga, and has completed training in Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Yoga Therapy and Acroyoga, amassing over 500hours of teacher training.

Purnama

Before graduating from Yoga Pranala Intensive Teacher Training in 2014, Putu Purnama had worked previously as a yoga instructor for five years; He also learned yoga from his grandfather and other Balinese yoga practitioners, such as Kd Suambara (Ambarashram)

Nina Nahathya

Nina who is originally from Surabaya started her yoga journey in 2011.

Her passion for yoga brought her to take her first yoga teacher training course and become a teacher in 2015.

Nina brings a casual atmosphere into her dynamic yet energetic class, she keeps the class comfortable yet relaxed while making sure the students get their energy flowing. She also emphasizes students to keep their freedom while being challenged in their practice, she loves to share and brings joy in her class because she believes that every struggle in the practice will reduce if it comes with a joyful surrounding.

Nina’s attention to each and every student is unparalleled and a fresh of breath air to be around with her relaxing demeanor.

Verena

Verena has been living in Bali since 2017. She started to teach Yoga and Meditation in a healing centre North of Bali. Since then she has been teaching in various places across the island. Her practice is placed in Ubud from where she offers additional healing modalities such as Psychosomatic Therapy, Reiki, Coaching & Tarot.
Due to her own story Verena is passionate about helping people to release trauma. The issue is in the tissue and unresolved trauma is stored within the body. Himalayan Kriya Yoga is an incredibly powerful method to release what doesn’t serve us any longer so we can follow our truest hearts desire and shine our light.

Netty

Wayan Netty was born and raised in Bali. Her educational qualifications include finishing YTT (250 Hour’s) in 2011 with Bali Yoga foundation and study Qigong (50 Hours) at Bali Qigong Academy in 2021.
She has been a freelance yoga teacher at hotels, resorts & yoga studios around Bali since 2011.
Wayan has suffered badly from asthma, and her practice has led her back to full health. She uses her skills to help others by teaching yoga, qigong, and more recently as a sound healer.

Yogini Sharada Devi

Is the owner and lead teacher at Intuitive Flow. She is a registered yoga teacher with the international Yoga Alliance  (E-R.Y.T 500), a certified yoga therapist both from India and USA, as well as a spiritual healer. She is also a  Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) with The International Association of Yoga Therapists (www.IAYT.org)

Yogini Sharada Devi teaches Yoga Pranala a combination of Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, Mudra Pranala(Balinese qi gong) and Yoga Nidra to students in either English, French, Indonesian or Mandarin. A student of a Balinese shaman Cokorda Rai since 1996, she integrates the knowledge that she has received from her teacher into her own teachings.

Novia Ayu Pratama

Novia started her yoga journey after attending a 5-day silence meditation retreat in Devon, England in 2014. During one of those days, she had a revelation that she had to spread positivity in the world. As much as yoga poses are important, she likes to incorporate mindfulness meditation as well as breathing exercises into the yoga practice. On top of the 50-hour yoga immersion course by Devdan Yoga she has completed, Novia has also been certified in a 200-hour yoga teacher training by Yoga Bliss Lembongan in Bali in 2017. She has been teaching diverse yoga styles (Kids Yoga, Beginner, Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Yin) at a number of yoga studios in Indonesia. Her main goal in every class is to help every student to be more present and achieve inner peace in the moment by bringing awareness back to the body, mind and breaths in each pose.

Raldo

Born and raised in Manado City, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Raldo was introduced to Yoga in 2014 by working at a wellness center called Spa Village Resort Tembok in North Bali.

Raldo found yoga as a deep practice to appreciate and love his body. And so 2 years later, he spent 6 months in a yoga retreat center called Shanti Toya Ashram, where he completed his Yoga Teacher Training (300hr) with Gokul Yoga in  January 2017 and then went for his seccond training (200hr) with Rishikesh Yoga Teacher Training Center India November 2018.

Sandy Kalifadani

Sandi

Yogya based yoga teacher, musician and artist Sandi Kalifadani has been a dedicated explorer of yoga since 2002 through his volunteer work in down syndrome organisation and Balance Mind Body Soul. Since then, he has studied a variety of styles including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Hatha, Yin and Vinyasa. Sandi was also initiated into the ancient Zen Meditation tradition. He has also studied several healing methods such as Zen Counselling, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Hypnotherapy and NLP and brings many elements of these practices into his yoga teachings.

Sandi is a Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher and has taught yoga for over 10 years. Sandi’s unique yoga teaching styles combines aspects of Iyengar Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga and Vinyasa yoga, a wonderful mix of longer-held postures, deep stretching and body awareness, with a slow flow modified for all levels of practice. Sandi is also a Yoga Alliance certified children’s yoga teacher, has served yoga classes for children and disabilities children for over 3 years.

ANU KAROLIINA

Anu Karoliina is a yoga teacher, intuitive artist, mover & shaker. She was born and raised in Finland but seeking herself, and the sun has led her to live in Bali on several occasions. Bali is her spiritual home and the source of her studies and practices. Anu has practiced Yoga since 2010 and graduated from Yoga Pranala teacher training in 2015. Anu has been teaching Yoga since 2015. She has subsequently studied with many international teachers, focusing on Yin Yoga, Traditional Hatha and embodied styles of Yoga. Her mission is to lovingly guide You to a place where the practice arises from your whole being organically – where you can fully embody the true essence of your body, soul and your divine self in movement and stillness.

MILENA

Milena started her journey with yoga in 2005 discovering a way to slow down and developing the sense of connection with her body, mind and soul.

After seeing how much the practice helped her to create a safe and compassion space in her body, bringing opportunities to learn and grow and more mindfulness and joy in her life and relationships, she decided to share it with others.

Milena has completed 2x 200-hour vinyasa yoga with Yoga Union Bali.

As she discovered more about the wisdom of the body, she continued her education with a certification in embodiment yoga principles, Kriya Yoga and somatic healing.

Milena adds the somatic approach to the elements of yoga such as Asanas, Pranayama, Meditation and Kriyas to guide you into the wisdom of your body (your subconscious).

Encouraging an exploration with a sense of curiosity to get to know yourself at a deeper level, to release any stuck energy and to allow for shifts to happen at the body level..

OANA DEAC

Originally from Romania, Oana discovered yoga in 2011 when she decided to change her life and went travelling through Asia.

Her journey started during a Panchakarma detox program at an Ayurvedic center in Bali, which sparked her curiosity about holistic lifestyle and alternative approaches to health. Later on, while working for the same centre, she had the opportunity to support people during their detox programs and teach yoga.

For the past 10 years Oana has been practicing and studying Yoga and Ayurveda and has completed trainings in Bali, Thailand and India, where she also got her certifications.

She is passionate about helping people find a personal practice that speaks to their unique structure, constitution and needs.

Ayur Yoga description

This class combines Ayurvedic principles with classical Hatha teachings, emphasising awareness to the breath while deepening into each posture.