ashtanga yoga
st cugat
YASMINA ESPELOSIN
My name is Yasmina.
At the age of 19, I began my journey in yoga (2010), and since then the practice has become a fundamental axis in my life, accompanying my personal growth and supporting me through every stage.
Before dedicating myself fully to yoga, I worked as an actress, choreographer, and singer. It was a creative and highly exposed period, where the focus was directed outward. Over time, my path shifted: today yoga invites me to turn my attention inward.
For years I trained at Ashtanga Yoga Shala in Barcelona with Elena Figarola and Jordi Sardà, moving through different phases of learning: practicing, assisting, and later teaching. I have also been nourished by international teachers such as Petri Raisanen and Mark Roberds. This journey deeply shaped my understanding of yoga, from discipline to transmission.
I currently run my own yoga school in Sant Cugat, a space where I share teachings rooted in direct experience. I also offer workshops in various schools and yoga festivals and am part of the regular teaching team at the Xuan Lan Yoga Estudio platform.
My teaching arises from the balance between discipline and listening, between tradition and lived experience.
I do not seek to impose a form, but to accompany processes.
For me, it is important to offer an inclusive space that welcomes all kinds of practitioners. My wish is to create a genuine, living, and human place where everyone feels welcomed and respected. A room where we can grow and learn together.
YASMINA ESPELOSIN
I was born into a family where yoga has been a close connection since I was a child. I suppose this environment in which I grew up provided the conditions for me to eventually discover the practice of Ashtanga Yoga.
My first contact with this practice was in 2009, at the age of 21, with Paco Hita. He taught small groups at the Nagarjuna Buddhist Center in Barcelona. With love and compassion, he passed on the practice he had received in Mysore, India, from Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and other international teachers he met at the time. I can firmly say that if I still maintain this practice today, it's because of the way he taught me, and I will be eternally grateful.
I remember the feeling of well-being and the expansion of consciousness I experienced when I left those first classes.
Years later, I continued practicing with Vero Fernandez of "Ashtanga Yoga Gràcia", who continued to accompany me in my learning and to whom I am also very grateful, as well as to her assistants with whom I had the opportunity to coincide.
Over time, I felt my physical body purify and I gained mental and emotional stability.
Finally, after a period of self-practice at home, where I understood how important Ashtanga yoga is to me and what a great tool I had found in my life, I felt like going back to Mysore classes and sharing with people. That's when I arrived at "Ashtanga Yoga Sant Cugat," where I met Pol and Yasmina, with whom I was able to continue practicing, learning from them, and attending their classes. I have great respect for them and I truly value the beautiful community they created, of which I am now a part.
I understand Mysore classes as a safe space where we can reveal ourselves, our vulnerabilities and strengths, and feel supported. I truly enjoy being able to provide this support.
I would also like to mention Ricardo B. Rodríguez and Toni Romero, with whom I have acquired a more holistic vision of yoga and the practice of ashtanga. I would also like to thank all the people with whom we have been able to share this profound and transformative practice over the years, inspiring one another regardless of whether we have been practicing for a long time or recently.
For a United Yogi Community! ∞
A hug, see you at the shala!
Roc.
ROC VALLS
SOLEDAD FERNANDEZ
I attended an ashtanga class in 2016 almost by chance and it was love at first sight. Since then, I have been practicing in the Mysore style and although at this point we might think that I should be practicing the sixth series, the truth is that I have a tough body and it is not designed for yoga, which shows that even with not so good material you can do something good if you have the necessary perseverance and willpower.
I enjoy reading, writing, singing, traveling, and spending time with friends and family. I have been attending the teachers at this shala since September 2023. I am currently taking a Hatha Yoga course with Aleix Guiñó and Sebastián Arbondo.