My name is Elena Hernáez Prieto. I was born in Irún but I have been living in Pamplona for more than 20 years. In addition to being a yoga teacher, I am also a nursing assistant. I combine yoga classes with my work as a caregiver in a residential center in the disability area, on weekends.

7 years ago, in a moment of personal crisis, I was recommended to do yoga. At that time, I didn't even know very well what this discipline consisted of or how it was going to help me overcome anxiety and the situation in which I found myself. I was quite skeptical and it took me a while to decide to try it. It was a complete success because I didn't lose anything and I have gained a lot. I immediately connected with the practice and began to notice the benefits on all levels: physical, mental and emotional. Yoga turned out to be what I needed to reconcile with myself and with life. Yoga was and is the answer I was looking for to my questions. So the following year, I decided to delve deeper and become a teacher. As soon as I finished the training, I had the opportunity to start teaching at a well-known Studio in Pamplona. I have also taught yoga classes in Mutilva, in the center of Naiara Palau; at the Muga hotel in Beloso with Miguel Ibañez, personal training; I have groups in Espacios Medialuna, in Espacio Meraki, in the Pamplona Swimming Club and in Soto Lezkairu, in the La Colmena multipurpose room.

Since I finished the 200-hour training, I have continued learning and training in anatomy applied to yoga and injuries at ZUY Madrid and with Julia Zatta; I have participated in various workshops; I am also a Yin Yoga teacher with Maite Méndez (Mandalablueyoga), Yoga for children and I teach classes for pregnant women. I have students who have been following me for years and both with them and with the new people who continue to appear in my classes, my vocation is to share the benefits of yoga and accompany them in their life processes, whatever they may be. Yoga is a balm for life and is what can help you live your life inspired and not motivated. I always act from humility, since I also continue to continually learn... The path of yoga is a journey that lasts a lifetime.