2025-11-28 10:04:59
Allow me to share a little about my path.
My primary identity is that of a practitioner of yoga. I entered my first class 22 years ago in Ukraine and have loved everything about yoga ever since. Studying yoga feels like travelling back in time to explore the history of the human mind and its often hidden potential. Being fully immersed in yogic activities, at some point my professional interests began to shift toward becoming a yoga teacher — for me, simply another and more advanced stage of the same path. Teaching carries greater responsibility, yet it also gives a deeper and more vivid experience of meeting the structures of our consciousness, its limits and its possibilities. It fosters profound relationships with students — something one comes to understand and truly value only over time.
Having initially studied economics, my yoga practice and teaching led me first to a master’s degree in physical education and later to a PhD in philosophy, which I dedicated to studying the transformation of meditation (dhyāna) in yogic texts. Today this path has brought me to an elected position as President of the European Union of Yoga. This personal — and at the same time social — responsibility has quickly become an inspiring, intellectually engaging, and at times political activity, offering a unique experience of meeting remarkable people both in the yoga world and in wider cultural contexts.
I was born in Ukraine in a Greek family and early in life found myself moving between worlds — travelling widely and studying in Europe and the United States. This Ukrainian-Greek heritage has always been a strong part of my family’s history and identity, and naturally it shaped my own. I mention it here so that my students can better understand the cultural and personal background that influenced my approach to yoga.
In my teaching, I aim to unite rigorous self-inquiry with practical transformation. Yoga, as I understand it, is a discipline of attention: it refines perception, clarifies thought, and helps one meet life and emotions that come with it with intelligence and courage. My classes combine philosophical reflection with embodied practice, inviting students not only to move and breathe, but also to think, question, and consciously evolve.
For me, yoga is not only a practice but a way of seeing — a dialogue between body, mind, and the mystery of being.
@DimitriosD
My primary identity is that of a practitioner of yoga. I entered my first class 22 years ago in Ukraine and have loved everything about yoga ever since. Studying yoga feels like travelling back in time to explore the history of the human mind and its often hidden potential. Being fully immersed in yogic activities, at some point my professional interests began to shift toward becoming a yoga teacher — for me, simply another and more advanced stage of the same path. Teaching carries greater responsibility, yet it also gives a deeper and more vivid experience of meeting the structures of our consciousness, its limits and its possibilities. It fosters profound relationships with students — something one comes to understand and truly value only over time.
Having initially studied economics, my yoga practice and teaching led me first to a master’s degree in physical education and later to a PhD in philosophy, which I dedicated to studying the transformation of meditation (dhyāna) in yogic texts. Today this path has brought me to an elected position as President of the European Union of Yoga. This personal — and at the same time social — responsibility has quickly become an inspiring, intellectually engaging, and at times political activity, offering a unique experience of meeting remarkable people both in the yoga world and in wider cultural contexts.
I was born in Ukraine in a Greek family and early in life found myself moving between worlds — travelling widely and studying in Europe and the United States. This Ukrainian-Greek heritage has always been a strong part of my family’s history and identity, and naturally it shaped my own. I mention it here so that my students can better understand the cultural and personal background that influenced my approach to yoga.
In my teaching, I aim to unite rigorous self-inquiry with practical transformation. Yoga, as I understand it, is a discipline of attention: it refines perception, clarifies thought, and helps one meet life and emotions that come with it with intelligence and courage. My classes combine philosophical reflection with embodied practice, inviting students not only to move and breathe, but also to think, question, and consciously evolve.
For me, yoga is not only a practice but a way of seeing — a dialogue between body, mind, and the mystery of being.
@DimitriosD