Hi, I’m Amina
Your mindful yoga teacher and content creator
About Amina
I’m Ellen Amina (but call me Amina). I’m a yogi just like you. I’m also a 580 hours certified yoga and mindfulness teacher, business owner, big sister and ocean seeker.
Originally from Stockholm, Sweden with Morocco roots, I’ve lived a bit all over our beautiful planet. Every new place and person has taught me something - and I make it a point to bring those learnings into my teachings and practices.
I see myself as a forever student. In addition to yoga teacher trainings, I have completed several courses in Anatomy, Physiology, Training theory, a Medicine university course in Health psychology and I have a Bachelor in Communications.
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My yoga journey
I found yoga through the breath.
As a 16 y/o I suffered a traumatic experience that led to anxiety and panic attacks. The tool that helped - breath work. I quickly noticed that I could use my breathing to regulate what happened in my body. My fascination with the breath deepened with time and I started practicing pranayama daily.
Funnily enough I had NO idea that the breathing exercises I was doing was in fact yoga. As many of us, I had a definition of yoga as a physical stretching practice and it took a year or so before I realised that it was all one. It was all yoga. I came from a dance background and had always loved moving my body freely and intuitively to music. Yoga was the same - but to the breath. (Being musical, I also love a good yoga playlist).
When moving to Australia as a 22 y/o back in 2016, my only goal was to become a yoga teacher. I went there for university studies but on the side I lived and breathed yoga and in early 2018 I finally went to Bali to complete my first teacher training - RYT 200h at Shades of Yoga in Ubud.
Even today the breath continues to be central in my own practice as well as when I teach.
I explore yoga and life, one breath at a time.
Qualifications
& Certifications
Yoga Teacher Trainings
200h Level 1 Yoga Teacher Training, Shades of Yoga, Ubud, Bali
300h Vinyasa Flow, Advanced Yoga Teacher Training, Alpha Yoga School, Evia, Greece
20h Mindfulness, YogaRenew, Online
40h Yin Yoga, My Vinyasa Practice, Online
Degrees & Courses
Health Psychology, Karolinska Institute, Online
Fitness, Online
Anatomy & Physiology, Online
Bachelor of Communications, Perth, Australia
