About Tanika

Yoga is my constant source of inspiration for over 20 years. Currently I am in an Iyengar Yoga Mentorship Programme with Elizabeth Smullens Brass at the Iyengar Yoga Zentrum Berlin. I was teaching restorative yoga and pranayama for 6 years in Tagtigall in Berlin Neukölln. I finished 200 hours Hatha Yoga Teachers Training at the European Academy of Ayurveda. I love yoga workshops and learning from renowned yoga teachers such as Joan White, Gabriella Giubilaro, Elizabeth Smullens Brass, Katrin Voigt, Firooza Ali Razvi, among others.

Professionally, I’ve been working in the film industry for over 20 years – at EAVE, a professional training, project development and networking organisation for audiovisual producers from all over the world, the Berlinale Co-Production Market and the Slovenian Film Fund. A part of my work demands long sitting hours in front of computer and causes stress due to deadlines, but yoga is always there to help me relieve stress, reduce tension in my shoulders, and become more resilient in difficult times. Given the current political situation of the world, yoga can help us to envisage a better future for humanity. Reflecting on ancient yogic texts as well as newer books on Yoga philosophy helps me to keep my mind open and flexible, so I can find happiness in a world out of balance.

· March 05 2025 onwards: Teaching Yoga in German in GraefeKiezYoga in Berlin Kreuzberg

· May 2023 onwards: Iyengar Yoga Mentorship Programme with Elizabeth Smullens Brass at the Iyengar Yoga Zentrum Berlin.

· November 2018 – February 2025: Teaching Yoga in English in Tagtigall in Berlin Neukölln

· From 2024 onwards: Practising Iyengar Yoga with Katrin Voigt at the Iyengar Yoga Zentrum Berlin

· 24.09. & 12.11. 2023: Pranayama Workshops with Elizabeth Smullens Brass at the Iyengar Yoga Zentrum Berlin

· July 21 – 23, 2023: Iyengar Yoga Convention with Firooza Ali Razvi in Leipzig

· May 19 – 20, 2023: Workshop with Jayne Orton at the Iyengar Yoga Zentrum Berlin

· March 31, 2019: Workshop with Joan White at the Iyengar Yoga Zentrum Berlin

· 2015 – 2016: Hatha Yoga Certificate
200 hours teachers training at the European Academy of Ayurveda with Julia Schulz

· From 2014 onwards: Practising Iyengar Yoga with Elizabeth Smullens Brass
Elizabeth is Certified Senior 2 level Iyengar Yoga Teacher and Co-Director of the Iyengar Yoga Zentrum Berlin, and has been teaching yoga for over thirty years.

· From 2010 onwards: Morning Yoga at EAVE
45 minutes yoga sessions for film producers at the EAVE workshops.

· 2007 – 2022: Practising Iyengar Yoga & Pranayama with Anthony Lobo
Anthony was a student and assistant of B.K.S. Iyengar for over 15 years. He taught yoga, pranayama and meditation for more than 50 years. He was born in India and he is a poet, a historian and a philosopher who used to be a Catholic priest in India.

· 2002 – 2005: Practising Hatha Yoga with Jacqueline Du Swami in Slovenia