ABOUT US
Karen’s (Mahima) Story
I first stepped onto a yoga mat back in 1998, but it wasn’t until 2004 that yoga really became part of my everyday life. When I moved from the UK to Australia in 2007, I discovered Satyananda Yoga – and that’s when everything clicked for me.
What started as exercise completely transformed how I approach life, health, and wellbeing. For me, yoga isn’t just something I do – it’s how I live.
My teaching philosophy.
I offer an authentic teaching style. My classes are well-rounded and thoughtfully balanced, with a focus on overall wellbeing, leaving students feeling nourished physically, mentally, and emotionally.
I place particular emphasis on observing how students respond to practices, adapting my teaching to meet the needs of the class rather than following rigid sequences.
When I teach, I feel like I’m sharing the most incredible gift. Even after all these years, there’s so much depth to this science and philosophy – I feel like I’ve only scratched the surface of what yoga and Ayurveda have to offer.
I love nothing more than seeing the transformation in students from when they arrive to how they leave each class.
Ramonet’s (Ram) Story
I was first introduced to yoga in 2006, practising Kundalini Yoga from the Bhajan tradition. In 2008, I moved to Tasmania, it was here I was introduced to Satyananda Yoga.
Looking to develop my yoga practice further and expand my knowledge of different yoga traditions, in 2012 I headed to India. During the six months I was there, I travelled throughout the country deepening my yoga practice visiting different ashrams and schools of yoga. I completed a 250hr yoga teacher training in Hatha Vinyasa with Atmayaan Yoga Academy, Mysore Ashram, India.
Here I learnt with masters across different schools of yoga including Ashtanga Vinyasa, Satyananda and Sivananda Yoga. This gave me a foundation to instruct different styles of asana classes, combining with other important aspects of yoga, such as pranayama, Yoga Nidra, and basic meditation.
Continuing my studies further, in 2014 I began the highly respected two-year (1600hr) Diploma of Satyananda Yoga in Australasia. During this period, I was living in Cambodia balancing my time between my studies, instructing Hatha yoga at Otres Beach and working with NGO’s building sustainable buildings for the local community.
In 2017, I returned to India, to begin the three year Kriya Yoga Course at the Bihar School of Yoga. Here I was initiated into Kriya yoga by Swami Niranjananda Saraswati. It is a very strict and serious sadhana ( spiritual practice) that required me to return to Bihar each year to receive further instructions for the year ahead.
WHAT WE TEACH
At Grassroots Yoga and Meditation, we offer an authentic system of yoga that is based on ancient yoga philosophy, incorporating modern day principals.
In all our classes and workshops, we adapt to meet the needs and experience of the students. Classes are taught in English, Catalan and Spanish.
Here you will find details of the different styles of yoga and meditation we teach.
