I started practicing yoga in 2012 when I was a law intern. in 2015, I joined a teacher training program but completed only half of it due to other life demands. at the time, while diving deep into yoga, attending regular classes and retreats, I was also navigating between working in the legal field, a degree in dramatic arts, and the inner conflict of pursuing a profession that didn’t bring me satisfaction and where I was acting in conflict with my personal values — and with the ethics of yoga.

it was only in 2017, when I moved to australia, that I was finally able to dedicate myself more fully to yoga – which had helped me understand so much about myself. this is when I completed the full teacher training program. my initial intention wasn’t to teach, but rather to understand the root of my dissatisfaction with aspects of my life and reality. in the first few months of the year-long training, the founder of the school where I was studying invited me to participate in an apprenticeship program to prepare me to work as a teacher trainer right after finishing my training.

in 2017, I began teaching at a women’s studio shortly after completing the 200-hour training. at the same time, I was completing the remaining 600 hours of my training and the apprenticeship program. it was a total yoga immersion. in 2018, I began my work as a facilitator for yoga teacher trainings. the following year, I also started facilitating specializations in yin yoga, restorative yoga and women’s retreats. since then, I’ve never stopped working as a full-time yoga teacher, facilitating trainings, courses, retreats, workshops, and classes.

I am originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and I currently live in Bahia. my parents say I’ve been a curious seeker of knowledge, life, and the world since childhood. I’ve never stopped studying and seeking the best teachers and trainings I could find. I am a student and practitioner of the Desikachar/Krishnamacharya lineage thus this is where what I teach comes from. I also have a critical view of the yoga industry, which many times empties yoga of its meaning, promoting self-help projects while turning a blind eye to broader and deeply problematic realities.

I am currently studying yoga therapy with the Mohan family (A.G., Indra, Ganesh), and my teacher is Karin Carlson, along with different teachers from the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram Institute and Gloria Arieira (Vedanta). I have also studied with Eddie Stern, Robert Moses, Harshvardhan Jhaveri, Maria Kirsten, Rod Stryker, Carlos Pomeda, Lizzie Lasater, Elena Brower, Rose Baudin, Bess Prescott, Gopala Amir Yaffa, Chris Thompson-Lang, Bec Isaacs, Jayadvaita Das, Eduardo Braune.