Shaka’s introduction to yoga began in 2002 with Hatha and Iyengar but it wasn’t until 2008 and she found ashtanga, her dedication to the path of yoga really began. She practiced consistently for 9 years before training in Hatha yoga, becoming a teacher in 2017. By this time, she completed her masters degree at SOAS university in Traditions of Yoga and Meditation (with distinction). She began teaching during her training and has been teaching yoga full time since. 

 

She has studied with an international array of senior and certified ashtanga teachers, and has assisted the Mysore programs for Ryan Spielman and Corrie Ananda in London. Since graduating from SOAS she has taught for yoga teacher trainings in London - Hot Pod Yoga, Revival Yoga, Kindred School of Yoga - teaching yoga philosophy and history, restorative as well as developing specific modules for yoga and healing racial trauma. 

 

She teaches weekly classes in Costa Rica, where she now lives, and has been a lead and guest teacher for yoga schools, Yogi’s Choice Academy and Caribe Yoga Academy. She has taken the decision to found The Abhyasa School of Yoga, with the intention to keep the fire of yoga burning bright in the world.

 

​In addition to teaching yoga, Shaka is a psychic and teaches psychic development, as well as the empowerment and self-development Course for Empaths, for The School of Intuition and Healing. She is a Reiki Master and Body Worker, and works as an intuitive somatic coach, womb healer and has been offering therapies professionally since 2018. She is finishing her first book, Revolution of a Yogi, which is due to be published in late 2026.

Carly Brown is a trauma-informed yoga, breathwork + meditation instructor, and teacher trainer. She began her teaching career in 2015 in Atlanta, GA, and was trained in alignment-based hatha yoga, heavily influenced by the Anusara lineage. She went on to receive an additional 200-hour certification in yogaHour, a 300-hour advanced certification, and her Trauma-Informed Yoga facilitation certification. In 2018, after many hours of observation, study, and assistance, Carly began co-teaching 200-hour hatha yoga teacher trainings alongside her teachers and peers. 

 

With her deep background in alignment-based asana, Carly enjoys the art and science of practicing the postures, exploring various alignment actions, and expanding one’s mobility and strength. This passion translates into a love for teaching the alignment principles, sequencing, asana-analysis, and teaching skills to budding yoga teachers. 

 

At the same time, what matters most to Carly is the healing and transformative power of yoga–not only the asanas, but the ways yoga teaches us to engage with ourselves and the world. From her work facilitating trauma-informed yoga for vulnerable populations, she’s become extremely passionate about yoga’s potential to be a safe and empowering space for practitioners to heal and grow. She brings this passion into her public classes, and also teaches fellow yoga teachers/teachers in training how to bring this intention into their own offerings.

 

Within Carly’s facilitation, you will feel the freedom to listen to your body and discover your inner wisdom. ‎

Mariela is a local yoga teacher, born and raised in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. She is a therapist with more than 15 years of experience working in modalities of Reiki and Cranial Sacral. Always interested in health and well being from a very young age, this started with getting her degree in Nutrition at University of San Jose but ultimately led her towards yoga and holistic therapies. 

 

First studying Hatha Yoga at Yoga Mandir, and training as a teacher in yoga and meditation with Kasana - a metaphysical school, she has continually deepened her connection to the sources of yoga and to sharing this knowledge with both adults and children. After studying meditation and yoga she became a Reiki master and cranio sacral therapist, which she continues to offer 1:1. 

 

A decade ago she found the Iyengar yoga method, which is her true passion now. Studying with Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher, Chantal Gomez Jauffred, awakened to the power of the Iyengar method and she continues to study and share this practice and the deep wisdom of this lineage. Her approach is simply to guide her students so they can perform the yoga asanas in different ways and using different props with the basic parameters of structure, repetition and progressive advance. Different approaches help connect the student to all the layers of being, both physical and spiritual. 

 

Mariela is a careful and compassionate guide, helping each student find good alignment with their own body and consciousness so they can inhabit their bodies more fully and freely. 

Adri has had a deep connection to movement since a young age. She began training in contemporary dance at the age of five and alongside this passion, carried a strong inner calling to explore the deeper dimensions of life and self-awareness. These two paths naturally led her to yoga, long before it became widely popular. Adri quickly fell in love with yoga at the age of 17 very soon after her first training, she started teaching, never realising that yoga would become both her life path and profession. Adri has studied anthropology, physiotherapy, metaphysics and has completed her 300hr Yoga Teacher Training, and since has taught on many teacher training programs - guiding approximately 100 teacher training students each year. She is also a trained Ayurveda consultant and therapist, regularly seeing clients.

 

Adri has trained with the Anusara Yoga School, developing a strong foundation in alignment-based practice, and spent many years immersed in Ashtanga Yoga. A life-changing journey to India in 2011 deeply influenced her path. There, she met her classical Tantra philosophy teacher and spent five months traveling, studying mantra and harmonium in each place she stayed, while also training in Ayurvedic massage.

 

Adri now lives settled on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, teaching weekly classes and future yoga teachers. Her teaching approach integrates alignment-based practice with a deep emphasis on self-awareness. Her love for Indian and the yogic tradition runs deep, and she considers it both an honor and a responsibility to share this practice with authenticity, respect, and heart.

Amani Gaillard is the founder of Still Lotus, a holistic wellness collective devoted to meditation, Reiki, sound healing, and nervous system restoration.

 

A lifelong meditator raised by yogic parents and disciples of Paramahansa Yogananda, Amani’s work is rooted in a deep reverence for the spiritual path and the cultivation of embodied presence.

 

For nearly two decades, he has practiced QiGong, studying through teachings and training connected to the Falun Dafa Association and Shaolin Temple Europe. He is also an Ananda-trained and certified meditation guide whose work emphasizes self-soothing, emotional healing, and nervous system regulation through accessible contemplative practices.

 

Amani has spent the last seven years studying Usui Reiki under the mentorship of Dr. M. Teri Daunter and completed Level III training through Reiki One Source Academy. Alongside his private practice, he is currently developing his own Reiki Level I certification program. His guided meditations are published on Insight Timer, where he also hosts live events and meditation experiences for a global audience.

 

Blending QiGong, meditation, mantra, sound healing, and Reiki, Amani creates immersive experiences that invite students into greater regulation, authenticity, and connection. His teaching style is both grounded and heart-centered, offering practical tools that support healing not only within practice, but within daily life itself.