Natasha Mahindra is a certified yoga therapist and founder of Anam Cara Yoga Retreats , a yoga travel and adventure company. She completed her first teacher training in Ashtanga vinyasa with Sonja Appel followed by another teacher training in Hatha Vinyasa under Bharat Shetty. She is a certified yoga therapist from the Kripalu centre in Massachusetts, she has been working in the space of chronic illness and structural issues for over 12 years now. Stepping beyond the realms of traditional asanas she enjoys sufi whirling, dynamic dance meditations discovering ancient systems of practice for women and conducts yoga for children. Natasha Creates beautiful spaces and intimate gatherings , using sound , art and dance therapy in collaboration with yoga and other healing practices to offer a holistic experience out in nature. To her, yoga means: To drop the masks we wear and to give light to our shadow selves. Yoga for me is a way of life, a path we can choose to experience all that we cannot explain within us and around us.