ANIA PARADOWSKA

Born in Poland, Ania, who has a Master’s degree in Methodology of Teaching, began her Yoga studies from books in 1998, first with the Sivananda and Iyengar models.

She did not easily find competent instructors in her homeland, and later left for India to seek genuine teachings. After exploring various Yoga ashrams, she met Swami Vivekananda in Rishikesh in 2001, where she was touched by the spiritual depths of Yoga and amazed by the coherence and practicality of the Agama teachings. Over the next year, through devoted practice, she gained deep understanding of the foundations of Yoga and experience with its techniques. In 2002, she began teaching in Rishikesh. In 2005, Ania joined the teaching staff in Thailand and later took part in the training of new teachers during several of Agama’s Teacher Training Courses, which gave her a wider perspective on working with Yoga. Currently she is teaching at the Agama branch in Bristol, UK.

During her Agama studies she fulfilled all programs exams and accomplishments in the basics of Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, and in 2008 completed the curriculum discipline for the seven chakras (see Curriculum Overview). She appreciates the Agama Yoga system most for the tools and techniques it gives students for advancement at every level of their being. She is also delighted to see so many people transforming and awakening to spirituality through it.

Along with Hatha, Kundalini, and Laya Yoga, Ania particularly values silent meditation retreats. She has enormous gratitude for the opportunity to have participated in several Revelation of the Spiritual Heart Retreats with Claudiu Trandafir. Constantly meditating on the essential question “Who am I?†gave her the deepest spiritual insights in her experience thus far.