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“Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Marina Kalyani Pieri

Marina fell in love with yoga during a vacation in Thailand in 2009. She trained in fashion communication, advertising and media and is a former European advertising manager. After 13 years of a full-time career as a manager in a famous multinational company, she decided to leave the race for success to embark on a trip to India which also led her to study and deepen different yoga traditions and techniques. Following her passion, she has completed several teacher training courses and seminars of different styles and approaches over the years including: Hatha Yoga, Sivananda Yoga, Vinyasa, Power yoga, Yin yoga, Iyengar, Meditation, Pranayama, Kirtan & Chanting, Ayurvedic yoga massage.

Italian by birth, she spent the last six years in India, one year in the ashram where she began teaching. With nearly 500 hours of teacher trainings and over 1000 hours of teaching, she offers beginner and intermediate classes in Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin yoga, retreats, workshops, one-on-one, online/live group classes that integrate alignment and breathing techniques (pranayama), meditation and chanting. Marina has the ability to adapt to the needs of individuals and groups. Her classes are effective and detailed and she creates a safe space to encourage and challenge you in equal measure.
Bhakti yoga, the devotional aspect of yoga, is another great passion of hers that she integrates into her retreats and workshops. Kalyani is the name she received in the ashram which started her spiritual journey. Yoga has given Marina the confidence to make big life changes that she is so grateful for and embrace a life that is more suited to the way she wants to live. She lives between India, Italy and Greece.
Language skills: Italian (fluent), English (fluent), French (fluent).

लोकः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु

LOKA SAMASTAH SUKHINO BHAVATU

May the whole world attain peace and harmony.

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