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Katerina Zougrou was born the year 1977 in Athens and has graduated from the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens, department of graphic design and Photography

In 2004 she got involved with the traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga attending a Kristina Karitinou Ireland class. Under her guidance she attended the first teacher's training in 2006-2007 in the 1st series of Ashtanga and concluded her second training in the 2nd series in 2013. She started teaching as a personal trainer in Thesallonniki.

Since 2007 and until today, she is a student of Jean Caude Garnier, learning and going deeper to the Ashtanga Yoga system as it was taught by Shri K. Pattabhi Jois. He was a student of Shri K. Pattabhi Jois and he is an excellent Yoga Instructor and osteopathy therapist (Ashtanga Yoga Institute, Brussels). She finished the teach

She has attended workshops with Dominic Corigliano, Graeme & Leonie Northfield on the system of Asthanga, with Diane Long student of Vanda Scaravelli, and she has being student of George Fotiadis in Satyanada yoga.

She is also involved in meditation and the practice of awareness as a part of everyday life under the guidance of Lama Tilmann since 2008 by attending his teachings when available.

During her 3 trips in India (2005, 2007, 2009) she learned about ayurvedic cooking and she visited the Satyananda Asram in Bihar for participating in Yagnia -the fire ceremony.

In 2010 she was trained in therapeutic ayurvedic massage in the Ancient Greek and Traditional Chinese medicinal Academy. With continuous workshops and seminars she is getting deeper in knowledge for the body, mind and soul through touch and therapy.

In 2012 she got familiar with Gentle Bio Energetics - which is the system of body psychotherapy of Eva Reich.

Since she started teaching in 2005, in her class there is always respect of the body and the constitution of each practitioner.

Ashtanga Yoga is according to her, an exceptional method for self-awareness, therapy and development of a human being. A great path that helps the aspirant have a meaningful life

Through the combination of practice, nutrition and therapy everyone can have a better quality of life and longevity.

Natasa Tsangarakou was born in Athens in 1979. She studied Translation and Interpretation at the Ionian University and Social Anthropology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and in Mexico. Her engagement with yoga began in 2005 in Thessaloniki. In 2012, she completed teacher training in Satyananda Yoga at the Bihar School of Yoga in India and has been teaching in Greece and abroad ever since. Alongside yoga, in 2007, she embarked on the Dharma path and took refuge in the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Since then, practicing Dharma and meditation, along with yoga, has been the most important part of her life and daily routine.
In 2012, at the request of her teacher Lama Lhundrup (Tilmann Borghardt), she began organizing the annual Mahamudra meditation retreat in Greece, guiding and translating his teachings. From 2016 to 2022, she completed two 3-year retreats, intensively practicing meditation at the Ekayana Retreat Institute in the Black Forest, Germany, under the guidance of her teacher. During her stay there, among other things, she translated into Greek the meditation manual "Mahamudra, The Ocean of True Meaning" by the 9th Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje (1556–1603), a significant classical text of Tibetan Buddhism.
At the same time, she studied Buddhist psychotherapy at the Institute for Essential Psychotherapy, acquiring the necessary tools to support practitioners on the spiritual path with various issues arising from their practice, as well as anyone interested in working with their mind, emotions, tendencies, and habits to improve the quality of their life and their relationships with others.

In 2023, after leaving Germany, she found herself teaching Dharma and meditation in Mallorca. In 2024, she returned to Greece, where she is now based in Athens.

Spyros Katsiampas was born in 1981 and grew up in Palia Penteli, Greece. For the past 15 years, his passion has been body training in various ways, ensuring its proper functioning, as well as studying human physiology and anatomy. He was an active athlete for 10 years in Olympic Trampoline with Asteras Pefkis and more broadly in artistic gymnastics.

He has attended and completed many advanced-level courses and seminars in mobility, artistic gymnastics, and calisthenics, specializing in body mobility and strengthening. He is also certified in Animal Movement Level 1 & 2 seminars and is an active member of the world's largest Movement Community, under the guidance of Roye Gold. Additionally, he has attended numerous seminars in anatomy and physiotherapy and many lectures in this field.

Since 2022, he has been teaching mobility at Asteras Pefkis in the Trampoline sports department and offers strength and mobility training sessions in person or online. He has also engaged in sports such as snowboarding, windsurfing, surfing, and downhill biking.

He states: "I continue to be a student and practitioner, and I love helping and sharing my knowledge with others. My goal is to help strengthen the muscular system in general and to restore wellness and mobility, as unfortunately, we tend to lose them over time and due to the modern way of life."