ELIF ILAYDA AYDIN

I’ve been practicing yoga since 2017, and I did my 200h Vinyasa Teacher Training in Goa in 2024. Since then, I’ve been teaching and continuing to learn through different trainings, teachers, and, honestly, through the experience of just showing up again and again.

What keeps bringing me back to yoga is how much it teaches you about yourself. For me, it started with the body. But over time, it became much more than that. I began to notice where I hold tension, where I resist, where I get in my own way.

And that’s something I bring into my classes.

I’m not interested in perfect shapes. I’m more interested in helping people feel their bodies, build awareness, and slowly create a connection to themselves. Because I really believe that the way we relate to ourselves shapes the way we relate to others.

Yoga also showed me what it means to be part of something. You walk into a room full of people you might not know, but there’s this unspoken understanding: everyone is there for a reason. Everyone is trying, in their own way.

There’s something very honest about that.

In my classes, I want to create space for both strength and softness. To challenge, but also to slow down and listen. To notice what’s there without immediately trying to fix it.

Because sometimes, the biggest thing standing in our way is ourselves. And recognizing that (without judgment) is already part of the practice.