I left my corporate job at the age of 27 and bought a one way ticket to study yoga in India. If I'm very honest, I didn't know what I was doing, I had no plan, and my reason for studying yoga wasn't a plan to become a yoga teacher. It was a decision based on the fact that I was completely lost about what I wanted to do in my life, feeling anxious about not knowing what job I wanted to do or which direction to take. Going to India to find oneself sounded like the light at the end of the tunnel. Most of my friends then were returning from living abroad to work in reliable jobs or having kids.

I was really scared I was making a wrong move, but I couldn't wake up to another Monday to count down the days to the weekend. I couldn't face the small talk about the weather in the office. I couldn't stand another day of feeling like the odd one out. The safety of my salary at the end of the month wasn't worth it, the lack of passion for life I faced every day when I woke up, the lack of deep meaningful connection and conversations, the days that dragged by, I wasn't ready to settle for that...

The thing is, it's really hard to do this soul searching inner work in your regular routine. When you change your environment, a different place, with different people, in a completely different routine, when you immerse yourself in it, completely out of your comfort zone, that's when you find the mental space to reflect. 

My 21 days immersion in the yoga school in India was the break I needed. It brought so much reflection and internal shifts. That experience shifted the course of my life forever. That was a decision that allowed me to become the person I am today, it shaped my life, it changed the course of things for me. Since then I moved countries, started a whole different career I'm passionate about, found my life calling, built a successful business (when everyone told me otherwise) and now 10 years later than most of my friends, I'm having my first baby and I'm building my family. And I can only thank my old self for not settling for less because of my fear. I moved before I was certain, that one tiny step was the first step to a journey of getting to know myself and living a life more aligned with my essence, my soul.

I have been teaching yoga, running and directing my own Yoga & Personal Development retreats in Europe and around the world since 2017. I am passionate about Vinyasa Flow, Pranayama and also incorporate other tools to Personal Development to my retreat experiences; like journaling, breath work sessions, dynamic workshops in Nlp and more.

After years travelling and teaching around the world I have found my little piece of paradise in a small coastal town in Portugal, where this retreat takes place.

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For me, the purpose of creating these retreats is to create the opportunity of deep and long lasting transformation I have experienced in my life. Just yoga and healthy food isn’t enough to make the internal shift, and so I like to share the tools I have learned and used along those years to find inner peace and true happiness.