Nea is the founder of Ashtanga Yoga Dubai and Nilaya House.

Authorised level 2 by Paramguru R Sharath Jois in 2010, Nea has made 12 individual trips to Mysore and was one of the first students to assist in the shala in 2010.

Teaching for the past 15 years Nea started the first Mysore programme in Nagoya Japan and taught at the Jois Yoga Shala in Sydney. She has also taught Mysore classes and workshops in Beijing, Istanbul, Jeddah, Moscow and Perth. She has been teaching in Dubai since 2013.

An avid student of yoga for close to 20 years, Nea continues her studies in the darshans of Vedanta, Tantra, Ayurveda and Veda Chanting, alongside remaining a committed practitioner and teacher of Ashtanga yoga.

Alexey has been practising Ashtanga yoga since 2007 studying with authorised teachers in Moscow.

In 2010 he became a student of KPJAYI and has made five individual trips to Mysore since that time, as well as attending multiple trainings, three workshops with Sharath Jois and classes with David Swenson, Richard Freeman, Lino Miele, Petri Raisanen, Eddie Stern and Mark Darby.

Alexey has been teaching Ashtanga yoga for the last eleven years, firstly at the Ashtanga Yoga Shala and Ashtanga Yoga Center in Moscow, and at Ashtanga Yoga Dubai since 2015.

Anmar has been practising Ashtanga yoga for 17 years. She completed her yoga teachers’ training with senior teacher Mark Darby in Montreal Canada in 2009 and has also studied yoga in Mysore India.

She continues to maintain her regular yoga practice at Ashtanga Yoga Dubai alongside a full-time career in the corporate world and her role as a founding partner of Nilaya House.

Rangaji is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher and holds a masters in yoga from SVYASA Bangalore, which helps him bring a contemporary approach to yoga.

His approach to the biomechanics of yoga has paved the way to handling health from a new perspective. This was inspired greatly by Dr Gladson Johnson, a Sports Physiotherapist from Bangalore (Attitude Prime Physio). He also uses complementary techniques from other bodywork systems to enhance the experience of yoga, all the while retaining its traditional essence.

He has spent time in an Orthopaedic Hospital under the guidance of Dr John Ebenazer in administering yoga to patients as a way of managing and improving their overall health. He believes yoga should be learnt as a subject, and not just practised as a physical form.

Aparajita has been teaching yoga since 2008. Over the years she has practised different styles including Bikram, Bihar School of yoga and Iyengar yoga.

She completed her teachers’ training at Yoga Point in Nasik. She continued her yoga training and is a certified Introductory Level 1&2 Iyengar yoga teacher.

Her classes are fun and approachable, with attention to alignment, breath and maintaining mindfulness through the practice.

Britni Allen CD(DONA) has a degree in Health Education and Kinesiology and is a Certified Doula, lactation counselor, Hypnobirthing Instructor and Waterbirth advocate.

She is also certified to teach Prenatal, Postnatal and Mommy & Baby yoga, and is currently continuing her education to become certified as a Childbirth Educator.

She has been teaching yoga in Dubai since 2014, as well as providing doula support with the aim to offer couples physical, emotional, and informational support throughout their pregnancy, labour and the birth of their baby.

She teaches her prenatal yoga classes from the perspective of a teacher, a doula and a mother. She strongly feels that the benefit of prenatal yoga, breathwork, and the support of a doula can help promote a more positive birth experience.

Ruchika has been practising Hatha yoga since 2008 and teaching since 2010.

Her aim is to preserve and share the fundamentals of yogic way of life through asanas, pranayama, yoga nidra, dhyana & yoga philosophy. Her classes are firmly based on the traditional and authentic approach of Hatha Yoga incorporating pranayama, relaxation and meditation.

She is certified by The Yoga Institute Mumbai and additionally acquired her 1000+ hrs training in Rishikesh. Ruchika is also certified in Pre & Post Natal Yoga and is a woman’s health coach.

Passionate about Ashtanga and Restorative yoga, two completely opposite styles, Nassima believes that life is all about finding the balance that works for you.

Nassima is a Trauma-Informed registered Hatha yoga teacher (RYT500+ Hrs.) with the Yoga Alliance. She has been teaching yoga classes for three years alongside continuing her education and expanding her knowledge. She is specifically trained in Restorative yoga as well as in Relax and Renew Level one®; a training conducted by Judith Hanson Lasater.

She is currently enrolled in a 850-hour program to become a yoga therapist.

Besides teaching Nassima runs a small business of handmade yoga and meditation props that she makes herself in Dubai.

Nancy is a pioneer of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual fitness in the Arab region, dedicated to spreading awareness via diverse methodologies. A Kundalini yoga teacher and trainer with the US-based Aquarian Teacher Academy (KRI), she was a crucial element in founding yoga in the region. She has helped train nearly 100 Kundalini yoga instructors in the Arab world.

Based in Dubai for over 20 years, her work spans across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Nancy was the first in the region to certify in Compassionate Inquiry, the psychotherapeutic approach developed by acclaimed physician Dr Gabor Mate that reveals what lies beneath appearance.

Formally educated at both McGill University and the London School of Economics with an MA in International Relations, Nancy trained as a diplomat, and began her career in the corporate world, before training in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), counselling skills, suicide intervention, and a range of alternative therapeutic techniques. She is a human relations mentor, humanitarian and motivational speaker.