Ever since I was a child, I’ve always had some sort of artistic thing and another regarding physical movement going on in my life. I did lots of dancing and acting, and I used to do competitive synchronized swimming through my teens. At the same time, I’ve always liked film, photography, and fashion. So, over the last years, I’ve worked in different areas of these worlds and still do. In a more abstract terrain, I’ve always felt inspired and drawn to nature and really attracted to spirituality, Shintoism and Eastern philosophy. All these interests are reflected in my personality and the way I approach the things I do and sometimes create.

I felt a huge void when I quit my synchronized swimming team, so I used to spend some time reading about Zen and spirituality, authors like D.T. Suzuki, Allan Watts, Krishnamurti, and Tanizaki. Not much later, I was curious and tried yoga for the first time. It was more than ten years ago. At that time, I found it so different from anything I had tried before –I really liked it. The stretching, the atmosphere, the gentle feeling after the practice. It would allow me to be anywhere and at the same time just there. I wouldn’t say it changed my life, but it has walked with me and helped me to adapt and come back to myself through my life and its ups and downs.

I have a need to move, I would say, in a fluid way. Otherwise, I get stuck in every sense, and my thoughts, which are a lot, feelings, and physical movements do not go at once with the rhythm I need to function well. It gives me perspective and allows me to see opportunities instead of mistakes. Yoga is half joy, half duty, 24/7.

I understand yoga as a tool towards love and gratitude. The bond of the relationships we have with the Self, our bodies, our minds, a friend, a tree, or anything that surrounds us. Is an approach and a way to understand the world and life that will benefit every single thing in and out there. Through the practice of asanas, meditation and breathing exercises, you will improve flexibility, strength, balance, heart health… It will help you to have more energy, sleep better, manage stress, calm the mind, remove back pain, correct body posture, and many other benefits that would help you to live better.

I took my first teacher training after years of thinking about the idea. It was a moment of transition, and I took the decision and the challenge to go for this. But above all, I want to be a forever student, so this spring I’m going to India to take the Jivamukti teacher training. Regarding my purpose as a teacher, it could sound naive, but I am happy doing and sharing with others something good. I think it's really beautiful.

At first, yoga can be somehow scary for some people who have never tried it before. What they do not expect is the fast improvement you can achieve if you commit to a constant practice. Feeling the muscles you didn’t even know you had in your body –that’s priceless. You cannot become aware of the accelerated pace in which we live until you don’t stop and sit down to give focus. Then you start experiencing the many benefits of yoga, and realize that taking care of yourself feels so good.

ROWSE Yoga is a space to listen to yourself and work on that. We want to create this moment in your everyday life to slow down and offer you a nourishing space that will help you to connect with your own. To allow yourself to truly listen in order to know what you really need, in that precise instant. Nature is the best example to follow. It  means to observe how nature adapts and regulates itself every season based on the changes that each one entails. We invite you to sharpen the senses, develop intuition, take consciousness of your body, and quiet the mind.

Both are ways of taking care of yourself while being attuned to the world, ways to heal, grow, and bloom. An approach to raw things.

I like to use Rose Water to refresh my face, then some drops of Purify Night Serum while gently massaging my temples. It feels so relaxing. When you end the practice, all your senses are way more sensitive, so this simple ritual becomes a whole experience. In addition, as I have delicate wrists, I apply some Forest Body Balm to warm and loose them.

Many things! Nowadays, we offer weekly classes and weekend workshops at the studio in Poblenou. At some moments of the practice, as in the Savasana, which is the final relaxation, we apply different products of ROWSE to create a unique and sensitive experience. Our aim is to create an open space to explore diverse aspects of yoga, with a creative approach. For the next months, we would like to move all these ideas to host our first retreat in a beautiful location. At the same, we are working on an online platform in order to reach a wider community.