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Tbilisi Yoga Community

Tbilisi Yoga Community teachers have gone through at least 200 hours of yoga education, are certified to teach. They can't wait to meet you on your mat.

Ekaterina (Kati Shanti) Soderstrom
I started practising yoga at 16 and have over 20 years of experience in practice and teaching. Along the way, I’ve been inspired by my teachers Rolf and Marci Naujokat, Ana Forrest, Jose Calarco. Certified in Hatha Yoga & Pranayama, Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga, and Yin Yoga.

Founder of Tbilisi Yoga Loft (2020), Tbilisi Yoga Villa (2022) and Yoga Loft Academy (2021), where I organise and lead Yoga Teacher Training courses.

Today, I primarily teach Yin and Ashtanga Yoga, combining meditation, mindful movement and challenging asana practice.

Style: Ashtanga, Yin, Prenatal Yoga, Sound Healing
Languages: English, Swedish, Russian

Dima Guryev

Certified teacher in Hatha Yoga, Aerial Yoga and Yoga Nidra. On my classes I adhere to ancient hatha-yoga traditions of my school Patanjali International Yoga Foundation: reaching deep sensations through purification and breathing technics, practicing asanas, mudras and mental concentration. I keep on learning and I am eager to share my knowledge with students.


Style: Hatha, Aerial yoga, Nidra

Language: Russian, English

Nika Chitidze
I first tried yoga 12 years ago in Germany and later I started intensively practiced at Tbilisi Yoga Loft, where I have explored the depths of yoga. It has made a big difference in my consciousness and my physical body. After experiencing for myself how yoga affecting and bringing you into harmony with the outside world, how it regulates so many aspects around us as well, I decided to take a yoga teacher training at Loft. It gave me the opportunity to share this magical power of yoga with people. In my yoga lessons with breathing exercises, asanas, relevant music and finally shavasana you will be able to figure out your own emotions, start exploring your inner world and get a healthy body.

Style: Yoga & Flow
Language: Georgian, English, Russian

Ilia Chernyshov

Certified teacher of hatha yoga and yoga therapy. Diploma of professional retraining with qualification: instructor-methodologist in adaptive physical culture. During my classes,

I focus on strength exercises, choosing the difficulty according to the abilities of the students. Teaching experience: since 2015.


Style: Yoga-Therapy, Hatha, Tabata yoga

Language: Russian

Alice Chursinova
Since childhood, I have been involved in sports, acrobatics, dancing, and even studied to be a choreographer. After completing her dance career, she was involved in running and fitness. About 2 years ago, she fell in love with yoga and quickly progressed from beginner to intermediate level thanks to her good form and stretching. Studied at the Chaturanga School of Hatha Yoga. My uniqueness is in balanced practices, where I pay attention to flexibility, strength and endurance, while taking care of my body.

Style: Power Yoga, Hatha, Stretching, Aero yoga
Language: Russian

Karina Zayceva

Hi, I’m Karina. I'm fond of kundalini yoga and meditation. I have 9 years of practise, 7 years of kundalini. Through these years my life changed a lot, I got new positive look on everything that’s going on in this world. The power of meditation fascinate me and I like to share this knowledge with whole world My classes are all about connecting our minds, souls with bodies.


Style: Kundalini Yoga

Language: Russian, English

Maria Tokmazishvili
I am a certified Ashtanga yoga instructor (TTC 200) with a background in Social Psychology from the University of Helsinki.
In my classes we write our personal yogic stories, and learn to listen to the one and only friend we have on earth – our inner self. Through performing various asanas, breath work (Pranayama), and meditation, you will practice patience, self-love and gratitude. I have learnt that yoga is more than a bodily performance, it provides an unforgettable inner journey to reconnect with the self.

Style: Hatha, Vinyasa
Language: Georgian, English

Tanya Bash

I have been practicing yoga for over 7 years and completed a 1.5-year yoga teacher training at Chaturanga Yoga School.

I teach classical Hatha Yoga with a clear and structured sequence.

The practice includes pranayama, static and dynamic asanas, and a deep final savasana.

Classes balance strength and flexibility and gradually lead into standing and arm balances in a mindful, unforced way, with attention to breath and alignment. I offer clear verbal guidance, hands-on adjustments, and modifications, making the class accessible to all levels.


Style: Hatha Yoga

Language: Russian

Yuri Eltcov
I am a certified Hatha Yoga instructor. I graduated from the Patanjali International Yoga Foundation (300 YTT) in 2023 and am starting to consciously immerse myself in the world of teaching. I have been practicing Hatha style for about 3 years. My mission is to help students achieve harmony between body and mind through the practice of yoga. My classes focus on strengthening the body, improving flexibility, and reducing stress.

Style: Hatha Yoga (Patanjali tradition)
Language: Russian

Anastasia Rozum

Exploring yoga and different meditation methods since 2016. Use these methods not only to explore myself, but to teach and guide other people My first profession for almost 10 years was Chinese interpreter. I was helping people to understand each other and now I help them to hear and understand the language of their own souls.


Style: Iyengar Yoga, Hatha/Vinyasa yoga,

Mind yoga/Meditation

Language: English, Russian

Andrei Osipov
8 years ago I started doing yoga because of the back pain. Now the pain is gone, but I am still a huge fan of this practice because it helps me to be more stable, ground myself, feel better, and be more aware of my thoughts and emotions and handle them with much more ease. So my mission is to share this ancient wisdom of yoga with people who have a call for it or who have enough curiosity to see how life can be different when you start practicing. Last year we lived in Bali and I was teaching yoga there. The last thing I want to add is that I am on my way to becoming a psychotherapist and It definitely influences my approach to yoga and my style of teaching in a better way. Namaste.

Style: Vinyasa, Pranaymana
Language: English, Russian

Tatyana Stollen

A certified Vajra Yoga instructor (a correct approach to the spine). I'm in private practice since 2018 and teaching since this spring. I'm constantly learning: anatomy, biomechanics, mindfulness, body, and health. I also have experience in restorative massage techniques (ESCUELA ESPANOLA DE REHABILITATION).


Style: Vajra Yoga

Language: Russian

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