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Meet our team
Namaste.
"The light in me bows to the same light within you."
Floris Adriaenssens
Yogi / Meditator / Co-Founder
Certified by Yoga Alliance
I started my yoga practice in Belgium in 2008. Through a continuous practice, I discovered the deep transformation and purification on all levels that it has brought and continues to bring. Since I met Paulina in 2011, I have been living mostly in yoga ashrams, communities and schools in Mexico, India, Spain and France.
I have been teaching over the last years more than 10 yoga teacher trainings, as well as many other retreats, courses and classes. I learned yoga from different teachers and traditions, being mainly influenced by Bihar school of yoga and completed two 200-hour yoga teacher trainings in Mexico and India.
My mission in yoga is to bring the knowledge of these different yoga traditions together while keeping true to the original spirit and essence of Yoga. Apart from yoga, my passions and joys are found in travelling, hiking, nature and gardening.
Paulina Gostomski
Yogi / Meditator / Co-founder
Certified by Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500HR
My curiosity towards yoga started as a physical exercise around 2003. However, everything shifted when I did my first 10-Day silent retreat in 2011. Since then yoga, in all its facets, is at the very core of my life and all else revolves around it. I have participated in and taught many silent meditation retreats, yoga modules, yoga teacher training courses and workshops in Mexico and Europe.
I love to share the depth and light that meditation and yoga have brought into my life. What keeps me enthusiastic is to see the transformation and peace that this way of life brings to people from all walks of life.
I have studied with many different teachers, took two 200-hour yoga teacher trainings, and in 2017, I completed the 500-hour Hridaya Teacher Training Course. After moving around the globe since 2011, I now live in Europe.
Our Mission
Amaratva Yoga is dedicated to supporting people by raising awareness and offering physical, energetic and mental support through yoga classes, meditation sessions and trainings. We intent to be as accessible as possible, offering frequently free online content and regular online courses to people with specific health conditions. Our organization primarily runs through volunteering. We like to include and welcome people from all backgrounds, nationalities, and ethnic groups.
Our Journey Home...
We have been travelling the world for many years, living in Yoga retreat centers, permaculture communities and ashrams.
As the longing to grow our seeds of love and roots became stronger, the vision for a home and retreat center began to manifest.
The Alpujarra mountains in Southern Spain have called us and we love the nature and energy here.
We are delighted to welcome you to experience this beauty for yourself in Ananda Forest, our retreat center.
Reviews
"Paulina and Floris are the most thoughtful and generous people I have ever met, their knowledge and love for yoga if forever inspiring and the safety that you feel while working together with them is beyond words."
Nicole Olenskaia, 2020
"Paulina and Floris are literally 'breathing' the authentic yoga path. They radiate what they teach, and do this in such a open-hearted way. They are 110% available to support you during this Yoga Teacher Training (and beyond). For me this has been an amazing journey, filled with all the necessary tools to develop my yoga practice and skills as a teacher: alignment, sequencing, different meditation techniques, yogic philosophy, anatomy,... forever grateful for you both!"
Ilse Raps, 2020
