“My heart holds within every form, It contains a pasture for the gazelles, A monastery for Christian monks.
There is a temple for idol-worshippers, A holy shrine for pilgrims; There is the table of the Torah and the book of Koran.
I follow the religion of love or go whichever way his camel leads me.
This is the true faith. This is the TRUE religion." Ibn Arabi

Background

Pınar was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1968. Her international experience has started when she moved to The Netherlands during her high school years. Afterwards, she studied international business at American International College in Massachusetts, USA. Upon graduating from college, she worked as an education and training manager for an international company in Washington D.C.

In the meantime, she started practicing hatha yoga in 1988 in order to relieve back pains due to scoliosis. As the pains subsided, her faith in yoga started to flourish. This marked the beginning of her yoga life. Upon returning to her home country, she started teaching yoga. She is currently teaching Ashtanga Vinyasa Flow, Vinyasa flow and prenatal yoga classes. She also gives private yoga lessons for scoliosis patients.


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Credentials

Yoga Alliance – Pınar is registered with Yoga Alliance at ERYT-500 level.

Kripalu Center of Yoga & Health, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA – first teacher training program in 1989. Attended Ashtanga Mela in 2006 with David Williams, David Swenson and Danny Paradise, the yogis who brought Ashtanga yoga to the West. And completed Vinyasa Flow Teacher Training with Seane Corn in 2007.

Union Yoga Center, Edinburgh, Scotland – completed Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Primary Series teacher training with David Swenson in 2005 and attended David Williams’ “Ashtanga for Life” workshop in 2005.

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