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Author: Μαριάννα Θυμιάκη

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Μαριάννα Θυμιάκη

Marianna teaches Ashtanga Yoga classes in various spaces in Athens. She organizes workshops, yoga retreats & yoga festivals. She is a certified yoga instructor by Yoga Alliance (200h) & and certified in Ashtanga Yoga by David Swenson.
Picture of Μαριάννα Θυμιάκη

Μαριάννα Θυμιάκη

Marianna teaches Ashtanga Yoga classes in various spaces in Athens. She organizes workshops, yoga retreats & yoga festivals. She is a certified yoga instructor by Yoga Alliance (200h) & and certified in Ashtanga Yoga by David Swenson.

The Secret of Happiness

If I asked you, what is your life’s purpose? Where do you want to give your time and energy? Where do you want to invest in? What your answer would be? We read and repeat all the time that the one and only truth is love, and I truly believe

Ahimsa – Make your World a Better Place

For every person, yoga means something else, for one person it may be physical activity, for someone else maybe it is meditation, or maybe chanting, but definitely the word yoga which means “unity” is something more than a 60-minute class, it is something more than the ability to stand on

The definition of yoga Sutra 1.2

Yogas chitta vritti nirodha – Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind. Yoga – Union, balance, harmonious state of mind, bridging the different aspects of life, connecting the individual consciousness with the supreme consciousness, the union of the two – the seeker & God, the lover &

Be Your Life’s Hero!

I really like September, I love September since I was a child, new season, new beginnings, new goals. When I was a child and the new school season began I always had this enthusiasm and this tingling in my stomach, that this year I will make everything possible, I used

Faith

It was a difficult summer for me, my father left for his last journey. We were really close and as much as I had prepared myself for a situation like this, the sadness and the pain is something you can’t avoid. It is only natural that our parents will go

1.1 Atha Yoga Anushasanam – Now the Teachings of Yoga Begin

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is an ancient text of 196 sutras (short aphoristic statements) which is dated around 400b.c. and gives the practices of the philosophical system of yoga; it is basically the root of this practice. A lot of people studied, translated, commented on this great text and

Tips that will Help you Establish a Home Practice

Summer is here and yoga schools have fewer classes or no classes at all so they can have their holidays. But what is going to happen with your practice? It is really useful to allow your body to rest but is also a good opportunity to establish a self-practice at

Tips for Sleeping Better from Ayuverdic Science

How many times you had a really difficult day and then when the time to sleep came you couldn’t because of hypertension? How many times you had slept for several hours but you woke up tired or your energy levels were low for the rest of the day, or you

Modern Yogi talks to Antonis Fragakis – #Yoga Confessions 1

I met with Antoni at a cafe in Kifisia. He responded to my invitation immediately with pleasure and arranged a date for the next day. His energy was calm, grounded and with a great sense of humor. He is a well-known actor and a yoga teacher and serves them both

Ishvara Pranidhana – Surrender to the Divine

In hearing and only to the word God you might resist, something inside you might doubt… It is a weird word for many people and it was also for me. But it may be not… Maybe you do believe in something! But before you think of anything else give me

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