Irina is trained in traditional Hatha yoga, Yin yoga, MediYoga and yoga therapy. With her own practice since 2007 and teaching full-time for more than 10 years, she is delighted to have yoga as a natural part of her life both on the yoga mat and as a way of life.

Irina studied Hatha yoga mostly in India and several complementary training courses in Europe and Russia. Besides having a deep respect for ancient teachings and teachers, she also enjoys being inspired daily by so many contemporary teachers and colleagues around the world. Her style is therefore shaped and inspired by many things she learns along the way, but the foundation is always the traditional yoga she learned in India.

Irina works with yoga both in yoga studios but also in other contexts where yoga is not a given but is equally beneficial. She has taught yoga to refugees and the unemployed, the elderly, and people with movement difficulties, and has been involved in training yoga instructors for staff in the elderly care sector. In her classes, the focus is on practicing being in the present, whether it is an active and challenging class or a calm and meditative one.