About Gigit
Greetings! I'm Gigit, a nomadic freelance yoga instructor backpacking across Southeast Asia and conducting yoga classes wherever I end up. Grounded in Ashtanga and Power Yoga, I have since developed my own own brand of yoga that incorporates aspects of Vipassana Meditation, freediving, calisthenics, and yes, even Burningman. My yoga pushes mind and body outside the mat through the use of asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha and meditation.
Yoga Background:
- September 2001 - attended Ashtanga Yoga classes by Kiran Sohal in Toronto, Canada for about a year and has since continued my practice on my own
- January 2009 - completed 200-hour Empath Yoga teacher-training certification workshop by founder, Erica Boucher
- Nov 2013 - Jan 2014 - attended private one-on-one Ashtanga teacher-training workshop with Jeanne Torrefranca at Dragonfly Yoga Studio in Cebu, Philippines - not an Ashtanga Certification workshop
- Dec 2013 - May 2014 - attended the masterclass of Vaibhav Rana (Veer) at CitiGym and at his Shala in Cebu, Philippines
- May - July 2014 - taught yoga at Marichi Yoga House, Gen San, Philippines
- August 2014 - traveled Southeast Asia and conducted yoga classes at various studios and gyms
- Feb - Mar 2016 - taught yoga to the monastics at Thai Plum Village, Pak Chong, Thailand
- July 2016 - 23 days of yoga immersion in Ubud, Bali, attending classes by as many teachers from as many studios ( Yoga Barn, Radiantly Alive, Ubud Yoga House, Taman Hati Ashram, Intuitive Flow Yoga Studio, Ambar Ashram and Ubud Yoga Center)
- 2017 - having done seven 10-day courses in Vipassana Meditation, I have since incorporated elements of the practice into my yoga
- Apr 10-23, 2017 - conducted a 2-week yoga class to the 16 participants of Future Apo Kids Program (FAKP) in Apo Island, Philippines. Also acquired a Basic Freediver certification in Freediving. I have since incorporated elements of Freediving into my yoga practice
- Dec 13, 2017 - Feb 15, 2018 - in-house resort yoga instructor at the Fox and Firefly Cottages in Bohol, Philippines
- May 18 - June 13, 2018 - yoga instructor at the Raahi The Travelers Nest in Rishikesh, India
- June 24 - July 8, 2018 - yoga instructor at Pema Thang Guesthouse in Dharamshala, India. Also introduced to Yantra Yoga (Tibetan Yoga) and have since incorporated elements of Yantra Yoga in my practice
- Jan 2019 - OCT 2022 - taught classes at Nawa Saraan Hotel - Chiang Mai, Thailand and deepened my practice of pranayama, kumbhaka, bandha and mudra
- 2023 - devoted a full year deepening my yoga practice in Siquijor - no teaching, just researching and practicing, day in and day out
- present day 2024 - now back to teaching, conducting workshops and sharing everything I know