Annika first found yoga in a book over 15 years ago. Since then she has had first hand experience of yoga’s ability to move one away from theory and into practice – both on the mat and in our lives. She trusts the creative, transformative and healing powers of the practice, especially in confronting trauma, depression, and the stresses of every day life. Annika’s classes include meditation, pranayama (breathing techniques) and visualization in addition to asana (postures). Her teaching style is compassionate, playful and encouraging, and she draws on the principles of safe alignment and the spirit of creative flow to guide her students. Behind each of Annika’s sequences is the idea that Yoga is a way of moving dynamically through life with refined awareness and a willingness to collaborate with the universe to create our most vibrant, truthful lives.

Annika completed her 200-hour certification for teaching at Moksha Yoga Center. She is deeply inspired by the tantric tradition of ParaYoga. Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma), Rod Stryker, Kim Wilcox, Jim Bennitt and Daren Friesen have been her most influential teachers, and she learns gratefully and immeasurably from so many other reflections of truth – fellow humans, art in its many forms, life experience and the natural world, especially oceans and animals. Annika has a bachelor’s degree in German Literature and a master’s degree in Fine Art.