Hi, I'm Erika...

I'm a yoga student, English yoga teacher and owner of the Manas Yoga studio in Vienna, Austria. I see yoga as a spiritual practice with a physical component. The simple choices that I do everyday inspire my practice rather than the other way around. How I interact with others and kinds of words I choose, the music I listen to, the things I choose to consume, where and how I spend money, giving to the needy, staying true to my words, respecting my teachers and the elders are based on my practice of non-violence, impermanence and non-reactivity. This practice of mine is still growing. Some days are easy and the mind is calm and the physical body is light and responsive. Some days the mind is running wild and the body feels like a sack of sand. Either way, I try to breathe deeply and remain detached. For me, yoga is a place of refuge and a soothing balm for the stresses of the modern life. Within each practice, I try to find ways to refine my existing understanding so that I continue to grow.