Shanti Charity Yoga | Breath & Heart-Based Hatha Yoga

SHANTI CHARITY YOGA

Breathe. Move. Share.

Summer Yoga,

private session on my patio

in Norway.

There is always a Yoga Cat

Shanti Charity Yoga

Breath & Heart Based Hatha Yoga

☮️ Shanti

meaning peace, calmness, tranquility — a deep inner stillness, the soul’s natural state.

🧘🏼‍♀️ Breath-based Hatha Yoga

meaning that our body movements — the asanas, the poses — are led by the breath.

The breath is our guide, our guru, as the father of modern yoga, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, expressed it. You can say that the breath and the body are dancing — and the breath always leads.

Breath is life. Awareness of our intimacy with breath as life— that is yoga.

When you are in the breath, you are in life. You are in the moment.

In other words: breath is everything.

Breath-based yoga lifts our asana flow and our connection to inner essence to new heights.

💜 Heart-based Yoga

meaning Yoga with Heart — for animals, people, and the planet.

It means we connect to the heart — in asanas, pranayama, and meditation —

And we reach for a life lived from the heart.

🎗 Shanti Charity Yoga

is part of the Felíni Art & Heart vision —

a way to let every breath and every practice ripple outward as compassion in action.

Our yoga classes are donation-based, and all proceeds support

the Felíni Stray Cat Projectand other small acts of kindness.

Through yoga, we connect body, breath, and heart —

And remember that everything we do can make a difference.

“When the heart opens, kindness flows

— and healing begins for all living beings.”

🌿 What yoga means to me

Yoga, for me, is not about performance or perfection.

It’s about breath, presence, balance, self-reflection, health, healing, compassion, kindness, and gratitude for life — a longing for a closer connection to my soul and the divine.

Yoga is like coming home.

Shanti Charity Yoga was created to merge personal well-being with shared compassion.

Each class becomes both a practice of inner healing and a gesture of outer giving.

Together, we strengthen not only ourselves — but the circle of life around us.

💚 My yoga credentials

I’ve been practicing yoga for almost twenty years — and I can truly say that my life would have been very different without it, in more ways than I can count.

Yoga has supported me through change, challenge, and healing — including recovery from an occupational accident and a spine injury. It helped me get back on the horse, so to speak — not the same horse, but perhaps the one I was meant to ride.

Over time, I realized that yoga is far too valuable to keep to myself.

So I took the next step and became a certified Meditation Instructor (YTT50)at Arhanta Yoga School, and then a certified Yoga Teacher (YTT200) in Breath-Based Hatha Yogathrough Akasha Yoga Academy— a truly fantastic school with devoted teachers and inspiring masters. The education is rooted in the traditional Hatha Yoga lineage taught by Patanjali and Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, among others.

I am currently continuing my studies toward the YTT500 level, deepening my practice and understanding every step of the way.

💫 My teaching approach

I teach Breath & Heart-Based Hatha Yoga—

including asana, pranayama(conscious breathing), and meditation.

We keep it simple, grounded, and nurturing. And for me, yoga with a smileis important.

Every class is adapted for mixed levels, focusing on awareness and inner work rather than complex achievements.

Of course, if you’re up for handstands, I’ll gladly help you — but that’s not our main goal.

As in life, yoga is not about how far we stretch,

but how present we are while stretching.

🌸 Why charity yoga?

Because yoga and compassion belong together.

When we share our practice for a purpose, we expand its meaning —

We turn self-care into shared care.

Each donation-based class contributes directly to the Felíni Stray Cat Projectand helps fund food, medicine, and sterilizations for the stray cats in Crete.

Some classes may also support other small local causes aligned with our values of kindness and sustainability.

🌞 Where & when

Shanti Charity Yoga classes and events are held at selected venues in Norway and Crete, as well as through Seasonal Yoga Workshops and occasional Yoga Retreats.

New events will be announced here. To stay updated, follow our pages for schedules and announcements. Or send me an email and I’ll contact you directly.

I also offer one-to-one Yoga - private sessions- in asanas, pranayama, and meditation. Please give me a call/email.

Or what about arranging a Yoga Event for your friends- invite them home, and I'll come visit with my Yoga mat.

If you’d like to host or collaborate on a Charity Yoga event, please reach out —

We love co-creating for good causes.

💛 Kindness as strength

Kindness is at the heart of everything we do —

in art, in yoga, and in life.

We are firm believers that kindness matters —

and that it is the only way forward for a better world.

Kindness is a strength— not a weakness, nor naïveté —

but courage in its gentlest form.

It’s the quiet power to care, to act, and to create beauty even in the midst of hardship.