Ashtanga Yoga Kifisia is a space dedicated to the teaching of the Ashtanga Yoga method, as taught under the lineage of Shri K. Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Jois..
The Shala, located in the northern suburbs of Athens, was inaugurated by Melina Vlachou in January 2013, and since then it has become the home for a large number of practitioners & teachers who are eager to learn, connect, communicate and deepen their practice experience..
ASHTANGA YOGA WORKSHOP
9-11 OCTOBER 2026
Limassol, Cyprus
with Melina Vlachou
@melina.ashtanga
Authorized teacher Level-2 by Guruji SharathJois
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Hosted by:
@yogaloha_holistic_spirit & @evie_yoga_
DM 📩 to reserve your spot..
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#ashtangayoga #yogaworkshop #yoga #yogainspiration #
EVERYONE with a welcoming spirit to LEARN & EXPLORE the foundational pillars of the Ashtanga Yoga practice, is more than WELCOME to JOIN, regardless level of experience..
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BREATH• MOVEMENT• FOCUS• BANDHAS• CATVARI• PELVIC-FLOOR• NERVOUS SYSTEM• MEDITATION
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So much looking forward to come together in Cyprus..
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🙏☀️🙏
MONDAY 14th SEPTEMBER 2026
Re-OPENING DATE
Ashtanga Yoga everyday, Monday-Sunday
@melina.ashtanga
#ashtangayogakifisia
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MONDAY & WEDNESDAY
Morning:
7:00-11:00am (4-hour Mysore style practice)
@melina.ashtanga & @angeliki_ashtangayoga
Evening:
18:00-19:45pm
@melina.ashtanga
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TUESDAY & THURSDAY
Morning:
7:00am-12:00pm (5-hour Mysore style practice)
@melina.ashtanga @angeliki_ashtangayoga @annavichouu
Evening:
Tuesday: 18:00-20:00pm
Ashtanga Led Primary
@angeliki_ashtangayoga
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FRIDAY MORNING:
8:00-11:00am (3-hour Mysore style practice)
@theofam_yoga
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SATURDAY:
8:00am-12:00pm (4-hour Mysore style practice)
@angeliki_ashtangayoga @melina.ashtanga
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SUNDAY:
9:00am-12:00pm (3-hour Mysore style practice)
@angeliki_ashtangayoga @melina.ashtanga
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For further inquiries pls send me a DM.
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If you are a newcomer, it is mandatory to contact us before coming.
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Arrival time is anytime up to 90 minutes before the end of the class..
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Many Workshops & Retreats are coming soon, so STAY TUNED for more details..
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Not a breath waisted..
Can’t wait to see you on your mats saluting the sun..
🙏💛🙏💛🙏💛🙏
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#yogaclass #yogaeveryday #yogapractice #yogateacher
MONDAY, 14th September 2026
ASHTANGA YOGA SHALA RE-OPENING Date
#ashtangayogakifisia
@melina.ashtanga
Authorizer teacher Level-2 by Sharath Jois
Nea Erythraia 14671,
Northern Athens, Greece
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Stay tuned for the fresh NEW PROGRAM & send me a PM with your mobile phone &!email in case you want to be tuned with whats coming along from September 2026 onwards.. Daily classes, workshops, retreats, our beautiful Newsletter, plus inspiring suggestions to follow On & Off the mat..
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Ashtanga Yoga ONLY-
ALL LEVELS WELCOME!
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We have so much to share & we cant wait to be back..
Soon, soon, soon
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#ashtangayoga #yogateacher #yogaclasses #yogaeveryday
SLEEP- The only thing that I miss in my life is the state of DEEP SLEEP..
Deep continuous night sleep is a state of rest that I haven’t experienced since many many years, long before perimenopause..
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I usually don’t mind, but during the last week, after 2 and a half months of endless working hours, no days-off and super high temperatures, practice is not always enough to recharge my batteries..
Today it was one of there days.. Heavy as an elephant..
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No matter what, I feel blessed on my blessed mat every single day @_weareblessed ..
Sunday, rest day..
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By the way, are you sleeping well at night?
Olga @olgakokthi does for sure..😀
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#sleeplessnights #yogatherapy #ashtanga #alignment #sleep
Sunday, 16th August 2026, 8:30am at the yard..
Full season, full power practice..
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Less than a month to re-open our beautiful Ashtanga yoga Shala #ashtangayogakifisia, turn the attention inwards & progress through life..
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Stay tuned..
The best is yet to come..
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#yoga #mindfulness #breathing #nervoussystem
50 years old and I can say for sure Life has been good to me up to this day..
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Is it because I chose to live it this way, is it because of pure luck, is it because of Karma, fate, destiny?
I don’t know and it doesn’t really matter anyway..
It is what it is..
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What matters to me the most is that if I had the opportunity to turn time back and start from the beginning, I wouldn’t change a thing..
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And yes, the first 50 deserve a trophy when accomplished!!
An immense thank you to my beloved sister and greatest artist I know @mariantelman @the.mamalians for the handcrafted clay trophy she handed to me, an iconic gift, representing all what female nature means & feels like..
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I feel so fortunate for the family I have, who gather every year to be with me, let me upload photos for that day only and know that they love me dearly even-though I am the one to blame for everything that happens on earth.. 😂😂😂
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Above all, I thank Life for my practice, for the gift of Ashtanga yoga that keeps me tolerant, healthy, strong in my body & my mind and gives me the drive to be the best part of me, wherever that is..
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To be continued..
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#birthday #family #ashtangayoga #birthdaycelebration #greeksummer
-YOGA is the new religion-
Religion should mean a place where people come together, meditate, pray, believe, love, respect, let go & self-heal..
That’s all YOGA is, isn’t it?
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An unexpected encounter today with a beautiful soul, Dimitris @daydreamer_tso , a fantastic practitioner, teacher and now soul mate, who came from far away to share the energy of this practice in my little blessed yard..
I feel so overwhelmed..
Thank you Dimitris..
Can’t wait for tomorrow..
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#yogalefkada #yogagreece #ashtanga #ashtangalove #vasilikilefkada
“I don’t have a favorite place, I have favorite people, and when I am with those favorite people, that’s my favorite place”..
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The people I share my practice with everyday, are for sure my favorite people, and my beautiful garden where we grow & cultivate food for thought everyday, is for sure my favorite place in the world..
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As simple as that..
Η αυλίτσα μας, που λέει και η Όλγα μας.. @olgakokthi
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Rick from Brooklyn NY, sailing around Lefkada, came to my shop last night before midnight @melinaslittleshop to do some shopping with his beautiful wife Nina, and ended up practicing Ashtanga yoga for the first time in his life next morning at 8:00am..⚡️⚡️⚡️
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He is a Hero and for sure one of the favorite people..💛
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Thank you Angeliki @aggelf for sharing your beautiful practice with us during this week.. you will be very missed..
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#ashtanga #yogapractice #yogacommunity #practicepracticepractice #yogainspiration
Daily, Unwavering, Life-Essential Habits..
Ashtanga Yoga.
#ashtanga #ashtangayoga
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An immense thank you to my supportive pillars today, Olga @olgakokthi & Angeliki..
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Beautiful Mysore vibes under the vine tree..
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#summertime #yogatime #practiceandalliscoming
Yesterday was Guru Purnima in India, the day we celebrate our Guru, the one who shows us the way, the one who guides us from darkness to light, the one who teaches us the Truth and motivates us to keep moving forward, progressing and blossoming toward the best part of ourselves..
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I am so grateful to have met my Guru in this life time, my teacher & Guruji @sharathjoisr who was, is and will always be my jungle doctor, teaching me tolerance, and making me love this practice so very deeply & wholesomely..
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The Guru is always there, physically or mentally and now that his body is not here, his presence is even more profound..
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To find the one thing in Life that can offer you such internal fulfillment is the greatest GIFT..
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I thank all my teachers and everyone who has made this journey possible..
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#guruji #gurupurnima #ashtanga #ashtangateacher #yogateacher
EAT, PRACTICE, WORK..
Find love ❤️in what you got..
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I certainly do..
High season, and the mat is on Fire 🔥
That I call progress..
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Today’s breakthrough: First time lifting into a handstand from Navasana. It’s not about the result, but rather about all the parts of the body, mind & the breath that have to effortlessly work in absolute balance & alignment in order for the result to occur..
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I huge thank you to @maybeitsthegranola & @amandapack who help the prana move effortlessly around our sacred space..
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#dailypractice #yogapractice #ashtangayoga #yogainspiration yogatransformation
Today’s practice was a breakthrough!!
LIFTING UP into a HANDSTAND while jumping back, for the first time ..
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Breakthroughs happen when you least expect them..
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This was an unreachable state up to couple of days ago..
It’s truly amazing how the practice pays off hard work..
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It’s absolutely fascinating how practice can unlock every movement in the body in an absolute clear MATRIX when the 3 main ingredients are present:
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1. Breath (awareness of the exhalation)
2. Focus (drsti - one point concentration ) and
3. Asana (Proper alignment, Bandha activation & PELVIC FLOOR AWARENESS)..
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ASHTANGA YOGA is a practice based on repetition and repetition is the most foundational ingredient of UNDERSTANDING.
Understanding where we stand during each inhalation, each exhalation and each movement in relation to the breath..
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Every practice is a process toward decoding, unlocking, becoming more aware, sharpening, letting go and creating SPACE!!
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A massive thank you to Amanda @amandapack for sharing her strong & beautiful energy with me today..
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Can’t wait for tomorrow..
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#practiceandalliscoming #ashtanga #type1diabetes #bestrong
Awareness, Steadiness, Concentration, Mindfulness, Togetherness, Happiness, are qualities not inherited, but worked upon..
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The most important ingredient in Life is to find the magic path that can speak straight to your heart and can elevate all the above qualities ON & OFF the mat with Discipline, Hard Work & Commitment ..
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Ashtanga Yoga is a path of Choice and when worked upon with right intention, the results are crystal clear & never ending..
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I feel blessed to be here, doing what I do and enjoying every morning wake up call, after endless daily working hours..
After each practice I feel charged & rejuvenated, whlie every breath, every lift, every vinyasa, every CATVARI is connecting me to my center, to my core, to instant drops of clear Consciousness..
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Blessed to be..
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An immense thank you to all the incredible souls and co-practitioners that support me every day and give me strength to unroll my mat and do what I can..
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♥️♥️♥️
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#ashtanga #yogainspiration #yogapractice #yogaeveryday #practiceandalliscoming
Where there is Breath there is Life, where there is Life there is Growth, where there is Growth there is Space, where there is Space there is Freedom, where there is Freedom there is Potential..
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This is the Potential we all seek for in order to make this Life meaningful enough..
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Ashtanga Yoga alongside the beautiful community that keeps growing effortlessly around it, is my strongest Potential in life..
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Blessed..
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An immense thank you to Olga @olgakokthi , Ulli @ulrike_sumetzberger , Tania @tanjarudolf7 and Valerie @maybeitsthegranola who make every day count..
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#ashtangayoga #yogainspiration #lifegoals #yogacommunity yogapractice
Ashtanga Yoga Retreat
Lemnos island
Greece
21-25 May 2026
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To be remembered, to be continued..
A month already since a memorable retreat, amongst the most inspiring practitioners I know, amongst the most awesome Ashtanga community in the world..
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Lemnos island is an energy bomb, and what happened there during those 5 days will always stay deeply carved in our hearts & our minds..
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Not a breath wasted..
Not a moment wasted..
Not a practice wasted..
Not a life wasted..
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Thank you all from as deep down as it gets..
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To be continued..
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#yogaretreat #ashtangayoga #yogapractice #yogalove #yogainspirqtion
SUMMER SADHANA IN THE YARD..
Summer practice has officially commenced in my second home & favorite place in the world, Vasiliki village, Lefkada #lefkada .
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My house is always open to however wants to share practice with me, and sometimes the company is just overwelming..
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Yesterday I had the greatest pleasure & joy to practice next to my dear friend & student Katerina @kat.mouzakiti and my one + only student & partner in crime Olga @olgakokthi at @melinaslittleshop ..
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When the day starts with a mindful Ashtanga yoga Mysore style practice, the day ahead is ready to be lived at its fullest level & extend..
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Grateful for every breath taken & every moment lived..
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#ashtanga #ashtangayoga #yoga #yogapractice
Ashtanga Yoga Retreat
Lemnos Island
Greece
21-25 May 2026
@melina.ashtanga
#ashtangayogakifisia
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1st day in Paradise!
A Mysore practice to be remembered, the energy of the island at its peak, the sanctuary of the Kabeirion of Lemnos, the pure PRANA coming from all sides in all forms, the island of Hephaestus, the light rain on a warm day, mystical times, memorable moments carved deep in our hearts.
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I am so deeply grateful to be surrounded by such an incomparable community of people full of everything, a community that supports & nurtures the way we chose to breathe and unfold our KARMA..
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Thank you so so much..
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Not A BREATH WASTED..
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Cant wait for what is yet to come..
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Blessings
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⚡️⭐️💛🪄⚡️
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#yogaretreat #ashtangayoga #yogalife #yogainspiration
Do it like Prince..
KISS 💋
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Not a breath wasted..
Happy Friday..
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This weekend we’re going to burn the practice floor!
Saturday => 8:00-12:00
Sunday => 9:00-12:00
Ashtanga Yoga only..⚡️
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See you on the mat!
@melina.ashtanga
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#prince
#ashtanga
#yogalife
#yogapractice
#yogagreece
“Just as the rivers entering the ocean cannot disturb the ocean in any way, desires entering the mind cannot disturb the steady mind of a sage”..
_Bhagavad Gita_
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Every practice should be an act of contemplation, an act of devotion, surrender, faith, peace and observation.
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That’s the goal of our daily Sadhana..
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Not a breath wasted..
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#ashtanga #sadhana #spiritualpractice #meditation #yogainspiration
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@melina.ashtanga
Athens, Greece
Ashtanga Yoga Kifisia
What a lovely day..
Eat, Pray, Love..
A life worth Living..
No doubt..
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Our daily Mysore Program #ashtangayogakifisia resumes from today Friday 17th of April, so from tomorrow onwards we follow our most beloved mantra: NOT A DAY MISSED!!
#practiceandalliscoming
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See you on the mat!
@melina.ashtanga
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#mysorepractice #eatpraylove #ashtanga
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