YOGA. POWER, VINYASA, YIN, PRENATAL, UNIVERSAL, ASHTANGA. Transform your life one breath at a time Hi :)
I am Irina Novikova.
After 12 years in the software industry, I decided to trade in my corporate position to practice and teach yoga. The philosophies, pranayama, yamas, niyamas and meditation became tools to restructure my life, behavior, and way of thinking for the better. I bring my life experiences, authenticity and experience of living and power of practicing yoga in 4 countries around the globe along with the tools that have guided me in leading a healthier and happier life to my classes. I aim to serve others and inspire them to make every day healthy choices and live happier lifestyle with my passion of yoga. RYT-200 Yoga Alliance Certified yoga instructor for yin, power and vinyasa yoga.
12/29/2025
108 Sun Salutations to welcome 2026: Spiritual completion and wholeness
We invite you to open the new year with us through the powerful ritual of 108 Sun Salutations, followed by grounding seated asanas and a peaceful mindfulness meditation practice.
This tradition is a beautiful way to reset, reconnect, and set the tone for a year filled with intentional movement, vibrant community, a clear mindset, and joy.
The practice will be co-led by Lara Ederer and Dikla Kafka, lead teachers of Solar You Yoga Studio and Viveka Yoga School, offering guidance, support, and encouragement for practitioners of all levels.
Bring a mat, small towel and a bottle filled with water.
🎻 Yin Yoga & Classical Music by Candlelight - SATURDAY DECEMBER 13 @ 2PM - 4 spots left
Led by Leah Adams(Yin) and Dikla Kafka (violin)
Nurture Immerse yourself in an evening where music and movement merge into stillness. As the room glows with the soft light of candles, live symphonic instruments will fill the space with deep, resonant sound — guiding your body and mind through the meditative depth of Yin Yoga. Slow, mindful postures held in silence will blend with the living vibration of strings and winds, creating a journey inward — to release tension, expand breath, and awaken inner harmony.
✨ This is not just a class; it’s an experience — a meeting of art, sound, and presence. Join us for a night of serenity, surrender, and sound.
Please sign up because spots are limited: https://solaryouyoga.com/yinchamber
12/02/2025
Labor Workshop on Friday, December 12th at 6:30 PM! SolarYou Yoga and myself, Irina Novikova are delighted to share that we are bringing a very special guest to the Eastside — the renowned Colette Crawford, a highly respected figure in Seattle’s midwifery and doula community.
Six and a half years ago, my husband and I attended her Labor Workshop for Couples, and it was truly transformative. Colette taught my husband how to support me during labor in the most loving and practical ways, and she explained — so clearly and beautifully — that a birthing person needs oxytocin, not adrenaline. She also answered numerous questions about labor processes in hospitals and at home, how to move during contractions, how a partner can assist a pregnant woman in both contractions and labor.
Colette is a former nurse with extensive medical training, and she is widely known in Seattle as one of the very first prenatal yoga teachers here — back in the days when yoga mats weren’t even sold in stores. She is also considered a pioneer in the local home-birth community on the West coast. I was incredibly fortunate to meet her; she became my teacher in prenatal yoga and later served as my doula during my home birth.
And now, she is coming to the Eastside.
Colette will be teaching her workshop for couples on Friday, December 12th at 6:30 PM. You can attend with your partner or with the person who will support you during your hospital or home birth. She shares such important, profound, and practical knowledge that all types of birth — unmedicated, medicated, or planned cesarean — become softer, calmer, and more empowering.
My love and gratitude for her are endless, and I’m so happy to welcome her to our studio.
Our Black Friday deal is officially here — and it’s the best offer of the entire year.
SolarYou Yoga is a boutique studio with medium-sized classes (20–30 max), so we can offer something rare: personalized attention, teachers who know you by name, and real support for your goals.
We are a room-temperature practice where you sweat because you do real work.
With 35 classes weekly (6 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM, 5–9 PM plus full weekends), there’s space for everyone — from newcomers to advanced practitioners.
We offer everything from Hatha-based static practice to creative Vinyasa flows, plus Yoga Alliance 200hr & 500hr trainings.
Clean studio. Easy parking. The best teachers.
A true yoga school, not just a workout.
Your practice. Your peace. Your transformation.
Grab your pass before it’s gone.
11/27/2025
Our Black Friday deal is officially here — and it’s the best offer of the entire year.
SolarYou Yoga is a boutique studio with medium-sized classes (20–30 max), so we can offer something rare: personalized attention, teachers who know you by name, and real support for your goals.
We are a room-temperature practice where you sweat because you do real work.
With 35 classes weekly (6 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM, 5–9 PM plus full weekends), there’s space for everyone — from newcomers to advanced practitioners.
We offer everything from Hatha-based static practice to creative Vinyasa flows, plus Yoga Alliance 200hr & 500hr trainings.
Clean studio. Easy parking. The best teachers.
A true yoga school, not just a workout.
Your practice. Your peace. Your transformation.
Grab your pass before it’s gone.
With love,
SolarYou Yoga
11/27/2025
Thanksgiving Flow with DIKLA KAFKA: Gratitude Meets Sweat
Start your Thanksgiving morning with something better than pie - a 75-minute flow balanced with stillnes in meditation and pranayam with Dikla Kafka that fires up your body and softens your mind.
We’ll move, breathe, and sweat together through an accessible but dynamic sequence designed to awaken strength, release tension, and open space for gratitude.
The practice will conclude with guided breathwork and meditation to restore calm and deepen your sense of gratitude.
Leave class feeling light, strong, and fully here - ready to enjoy the day with an open heart (and maybe an extra slice of pumpkin pie).
11/27/2025
Thanksgiving Flow: Gratitude Meets Sweat
Start your Thanksgiving morning with something better than pie - a 75-minute flow balanced with stillnes in meditation and pranayam with Dikla Kafka that fires up your body and softens your mind.
We’ll move, breathe, and sweat together through an accessible but dynamic sequence designed to awaken strength, release tension, and open space for gratitude.
The practice will conclude with guided breathwork and meditation to restore calm and deepen your sense of gratitude.
Leave class feeling light, strong, and fully here - ready to enjoy the day with an open heart (and maybe an extra slice of pumpkin pie).
10/31/2025
🍂 🍂🍂New Fall–Winter Schedule Is Here!
Our weekend lineup just got even better - join Kirkland’s favorite teachers every Friday, Saturday & Sunday for classes that meet you exactly where you are.
From deep athletic stretch to mindful stillness — and from classical Hatha to fiery Vinyasa — we’ve designed this season’s schedule to bring balance, warmth, and energy to your practice.
✨ Move deeper.
✨ Breathe slower.
✨ Find your place in our growing local yoga community.
Call studio (209) 676-5278 and studio owner will help you to choose your first class to try or check our website for schedule and special pricing option options!
10/29/2025
New class is added to SolarYou schedule: Flow to Stillness & Breath led by Dikla Kafka!
Guided pranayam and meditation accompanied with soft Hatha movements will lead to you clarity and stability
In this 60-minute class, we journey from mindful movement into deep stillness — awakening the body, quieting the mind, and expanding the breath.
This class welcomes everyone, from newcomers to advanced practitioners, because inner stillness and breath awareness are the essence of yoga at every stage of practice.
10/26/2025
More reasons to do yoga is more new classes with your favorite teachers!
New weekend schedule for fall/winter season at SolarYou Yoga!
You get Yin+ MFR, Ashtanga Variations, Power Vinyasa, Slow Flow, and Deep Stretch!
You get Cameron Nagashima, Dikla Kafka, Lara Herbst Ederer, Adams, Jialing Wu, Lori Broznowski, and Carvajal!
10/24/2025
Hi neighbors 🌿
Just wanted to share — a PRENATAL yoga class has finally opened right here in downtown Kirkland!
It’s a calm, bright space with mats, props, and even showers — perfect for expecting moms who want to gently prepare their body and mind for birth.
It feels really nice to have something like this locally for our moms-to-be . 💛
If you know someone expecting, pass it along — it’s at SolarYou Yoga in downtown.
There is an Open House on November 2nd at 12pm and then regular class each Sunday at 11:15am.
The studio can open more classes (weekdays) if there is a demand to serve our beloved pregnant community members!
PSVP here: https://solaryouyoga.com/prenatal
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Irina Novikova is a former Microsoft Program Manager with 12 years of experience in the tech industry. During her time working in the corporate world Irina discovered and embraced the transformative benefits of a committed yoga practice. Irina spent countless hours working at a desk and during that time found that yoga helped bring the benefits of movement and health into her life. Because of this she knows what it means not to be able to reach your toes or come up to into wheel pose; She understands what it is like to suffer from low back pain and tight hamstrings. Posture, alignment, and joint safety, along with healing breath are her primary focus.
Irina grew up overseas and lived in 4 countries. She always loved dancing but had to follow a different path to help provide for her family. Her passion for movement never diminished, however, and over time she noticed that she was silently repeating yoga teachers’ instructions to herself in class and picturing herself being a teacher. At the age of 33 she left the software industry to become a yoga teacher.
Irina loves seeing her students grow! She offers different levels of poses in her classes so everyone has something to work on. She challenges her students to look inward to discover the best parts of their personality and shine them out to the world.
Irina has trained extensively with numerous teachers in countless styles of yoga in order to bring the very best quality yoga to her students. She is a Yoga Alliance certified 200E-RYT, 500-RYT, RPYT Instructor with additional Yin, Restorative and Prenatal Teacher certifications taught by leading yoga teachers in the west coast like Ali Valdez, Lisa Black, Jodi Boone, and Colette Crawford. Irina is also a 300hr Certified Baptiste Lead Instructor and she brings additional depth to her classes from Ana Forrest Advanced Teacher Certification.
In 2018 Irina completed teacher training with the world-renowned yoga master Andrey Lappa and dedicated her heart to his system of Universal Yoga. At this moment Irina became inspired to offer this practice to the Eastside community. In 2019 just two months prior to giving birth to her son, Irina rented a wonderful space that was built into a yoga studio called SolarYou Yoga.
Irina’s yoga practice, both personally and when teaching her classes, is inspired by the Universal Yoga system, which utilizes balance on all levels to help the practitioner to become conscious of and liberated from the constant patterning of the mind.
Irina believes that personal evolution is not only about changes within yourself but also necessary to help build and grow our surrounding environment.
Now Irina is aiming to share the art of yoga and healthy lifestyle with the Seattle and Eastside communities!
