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ElenAir, El. Venezilou, Chaniá (2025)

17/10/2024

Breathe, walk, meditate and open your heart. #

27/12/2023

I am holistic breath-work coach, adept in integrating diverse modalities and techniques from both Eastern and Western traditions. My expert teachings are aimed at deepening the understanding of breath control and its profound impact on holistic health—both physically and mentally. Im particularly adept at guiding people to utilize breathwork as an effective to regulate the nervous system, promoting relaxation, enhancing sleep quality, and thus enriching overall quality of life.My journey began in 2002 with the introduction to Yoga and Pranayama upon moving to India. Following my formal training, I dedicated time to volunteering at a Yoga school in Bali, Indonesia, further refining my skills and knowledge. Im an accomplished practitioner with a portfolio of distinguished certifications. I am a certified Breathwork Instructor through Yogalap, which complements my Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) certification. My expertise in Pranayamas and Kriyas is accredited to the esteemed Sattva Yoga Academy, where I delved into the depths of these ancient practices. #

27/12/2023

I am holistic breath-work coach, adept in integrating diverse modalities and techniques from both Eastern and Western traditions. My expert teachings are aimed at deepening the understanding of breath control and its profound impact on holistic health—both physically and mentally. Im particularly adept at guiding people to utilize breathwork as an effective to regulate the nervous system, promoting relaxation, enhancing sleep quality, and thus enriching overall quality of life.My journey began in 2002 with the introduction to Yoga and Pranayama upon moving to India. Following my formal training, I dedicated time to volunteering at a Yoga school in Bali, Indonesia, further refining my skills and knowledge. Im an accomplished practitioner with a portfolio of distinguished certifications. I am a certified Breathwork Instructor through Yogalap, which complements my Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) certification. My expertise in Pranayamas and Kriyas is accredited to the esteemed Sattva Yoga Academy, where I delved into the depths of these ancient practices.

21/12/2023

On 27th of November, I gave birth to a baby girl Maria. In the last few months, it was a bit challenging to go for walks and run around after my two years old but thanks to my friends I received a lot of support and help. Having spent less than a month with two kids, I realised that before it wasn't difficult.
But everything comes from the mind or perhaps from the external, omnipresent field of consciousness, anyway I realised I can help myself only by changing the story, the wording, the thought patterm in my head.
Today, I had the biggest cramp in my leg which lasted for maybe 10 minutes. Maria was crying in the bedroom and I was in another room. I couldn't really walk but limped somehow towards her. Then I realized, one may think having one kid is hard but having two kids is harder, but when you have physical pain and two kids, this is even harder. I was like my God, having two kids and being in a good health isn't actually hard.
Having two kids and living in a safe place, having running water, food, a warm bed, and a house isn't actually hard at all. These changes in thought patterns help a lot, plus breathing.
The moment I feel, the feeling of inner discomfort is taking over me, I just take a deep breath, shift focus on the sheer pleasure of being able to take a deep, deep breath and then this feeling disappears, melts away instantly.
In fact, I experience so much joy in being able to breathe. Truly, breath is life, breath is energy, breath is health.

08/04/2023

In yoga, it is said that each Person has a fixed number of breaths allocated to him. If one breathes slow then one will live longer, for the number of breaths is allocated for the lifetime; if one breathes rapidly the given number of breaths are used up more quickly resulting in a shorter life span. Whether you accept this idea or not, there is nevertheless a great deal of truth in it. A fast breathing rate is associated with tension, fear, worry, etc which tends to lead to bad health, unhappiness and of course a shorter life. A person who breathes slowly is relaxed, calm and happy, which is conductive to longevity.

05/04/2023

There are so many benefits for taking a retreat.
You retreat from your usual routines, your daily pace, your work responsibilities.

Jiddu Krishnamurti, a famous spiritual leader and philosopher, explains it clearly: “I think it is essential sometimes to go into retreat, to stop everything that you have been doing, to stop your beliefs and experiences completely and look at them anew, not keep on repeating like machines whether you believe or don’t believe. You would let fresh air into your minds.”

04/04/2023

The power of Self Reinvention->

At the age of 18, my heart called me to India. I became literally an Indian for two years.
I learned Hindi, Yoga, Bharatnatyam (traditional Indian dance), cooked Indian food and wore only Saris.

I also restarted learning French at the Alliance française of Bangalore and completed all possible courses in one year.

In 2004, I found myself in London, doing my BA in TEFL & French, doing volunteering work in the school, working part time in the card shop and only looking forward, despite of various hardships.

Having finished my studies and having worked for sometime at the school as a French Teacher Assistant, I realised that I have an acumen and a potential to be Top PA. I believed in it and I became a PA for one of the richest families in the world.

I worked non stop, evenings, weekends, lunches, holidays. By 2017, I realised I need a change. I move to Athens and sign up for a intensive Greek language course, not even imagining that in few years this knowledge will make a huge positive difference to my life!

Then, going back to London, moving to Dubai, going through a personal transformation and deciding to go to India and do my Yoga Teacher training course, learning powerful Breathing techniques, world travel.

At one point, I settled in Bali and worked in the Yoga school before going back to London just before the world pandemic. Pandemic gave me a chance to teach Breathing anti stress, calming techniques Online.

Then,in first week of August, 2020 I decided to travel to Crete for 2 weeks. I haven’t left it since.
I settled, I grounded myself through my work as a Breathing coach, through my Husband and my Son, through the Community, through Cretan land and its energy.

Once more, I had to reinvent myself, start from Zero which helped me to discover new talents, reflect on things in a different way, face new challenges and find solutions.

It helped me to Grow personally and professionally, not only for own benefit but for the benefit of others.

And I still keep the door opened … perhaps new reinventions are waiting for me in the future… I am opened, fearless and positive.

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