Athina Tamaresi

About Athina Tamaresi

I am a living enthusiast from Greece. I grew up in Athens, and lived most of my adulthood in Milan, Italy and Brighton, UK. I hold a degree in music harmony, a singing diploma and a university masters in Musicology... and a MSc in Psychology. Music has been my way of expressing the light in me. My wish, perhaps even need, to explore a potential connection to the self and express this connection has made me dive into psychotherapy, yoga, communication workshops, operatic singing, pottery, theatre, more music and some very valuable heart connections. Hours of sitting indoors (especially during some of my academic studies) led me to need to move this body and my first 200hr yoga teacher training in India at south Goa with Sampoorna Yoga. Since, I have kept studying with some world leading teachers! Thank you to every single one of them. I am grateful to have begun my yoga journey with K. Andlaw, S. Strandh and H. Schmidt, EJ Brumfield, TJ Maher, Sudhir Rishi, and Octavio Salvado. I’m thankful to have later on found Ellen Arthur, Rod Stryker, Rupert Spira and Shari Friedrichsen (who remains my favourite to this day) and I’m so humble to be part of an incredibly rich community and well of wisdom of the Himalayn institute and the Himalayan Masters. I currently study through HI with Shari, Sandy, Judy, Ishan and Pandit Rajmani Tigunait and the lineage they so vibrantly embody from Swami Rama to all the Himalayan masters.

Sharing has come very naturally to me! but most importantly encouraging people to utilize all the tools they already have in their bodies, in order to love and connect with their unique self. Yoga to me has been a wonderful journey, helping me divide my sense of self from my often busy mind and deeply, truly accept and connect with me as a whole. Yoga, this internal experience, whether it’s expressed externally through exploring postures, or pausing and listening in meditation, or even making mindful choices in life… is the way to the radical self that can be accessed through anything, a-ny-thing. I teach to support and encourage people to connect with themselves and I practice to keep remembering that once I commit to living this life with a fixed gaze on the destination, a steady breath and clear mind everything is possible!!! To truly serve this world, we must accept our own inner demons... overcome whatever holds us back from blooming. Then, effortlessly, like a flower we will enrich the lives of all who enter our field!

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