Mina is a C-IAYT yoga therapist, yoga teacher (RYT 500) and a counselling psychologists (HP Psych) based in Berlin.
Mina has always wanted to see behind the veil. Her mom took her to her first dance class in Japan at age 3 and ever since, dancing made her feel like she was connecting to something grater than all of us though the body, but what? First she thought it might help to literally understand how the human body works and wanted to study medicine. But then she intuited that fashion was a better way to approach metaphysics, or was it? She spend more time studying Western philosophy during her time at the art uni in Berlin than sewing clothes. After a short love affair with mixed martial arts, she belly danced for a living in Dakar, Senegal before opening a yoga studio there, which felt closer to what she was looking for but not quite. After becoming a mom she returned to Berlin. She became a licensed psychological counsellor and a yoga therapist, so that she could really listen to the people she was working with and cater to their needs on a much more individual level. This connection she feels to her clients, is the closest she currently feels to seeing behind the veil <3
EDUCATION/TRAININGS
800h C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, Yoga Therapy Institute 2023
Cacao Ceremony Training, Cacao Mama 2023
Psychological Counsellor, German Heilpraktiker Law 2021
300h Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training, My Vinyasa Yoga 2020
150h Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher Training, School of Positive Transformation 2020
200h Flow Mindful Yoga Teacher Training, Dream Haus 2019
Diplom Fashion Designer, University of Arts Berlin 2012
Other Trainings: The Role of Yoga in Eating Disorder Recovery 2023, Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapy Workshop 2021, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Immersion 2021, Total Yoga Nidra Immersion Experience 2021, Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training 2021, Yin Yoga Teacher Training 2019