Hi! I’m your host and retreat founder Igrajna Vargek and here are a few things that I love…
smell of dog paws and simmering tomatoes with garlic
afternoon naps when raining outside
cooking (and eating)
one movie a day since I was a kid
designing clothes and seeing women wear them
yoga with unexpected music
komorebi
traveling
reading a book in a bubble bath
disco balls, disco music and glitter
skincare
after workout glow and high
fashion designer ✦
yoga teacher ✦
world traveler ✦
foodie ✦
fashion designer ✦ yoga teacher ✦ world traveler ✦ foodie ✦
Koraljka
our main & best retreat yoga teacher
Koraljka is a certified Gaia Yoga teacher since 2012 with E-RYT200 credentials.
Multi style Vinyasa based, Prenatal, Postnatal and Yin yoga teacher. With Rainbow
yoga kids certificate and experience in teaching kids and teens.
Last 13 years she is regularly teaching yoga classes, workshops, masterclasses and
is a member of teaching faculty in the first Teacher Training program in Croatia, Gaia
Yoga school. She is also main lecturer in Prenatal and postnatal TTC in Gaia Yoga.
She has more than 3500 teaching hours and is experienced in group and individual
programs. Her focus is deeply rooted in the individual approach and in a respect for
each unique body and their needs and possibilities.
Beside practicing and teaching yoga she is also a professional contemporary dancer
so the approach to the movement and body is influenced from variety of methods
and techniques that she practices and teaches. Main focus in her work is based on
functionality, strenght and mobility. Her approach in movement practice is driven by
the strong believe of the importance of every day changes and carefull expansion of
the possibilities of the movement through the alertness, openess and adaptiveness
of our minds and bodies.
She finds the greatest passion, dedication and authenticity in the Vinyasa style, and
teaches fluid classes through which she can express her creativity and playfulness.
Koraljka also teaches classes for beginners with special care and patience for more
than a decade.
She considers yoga as an ideal way to improve the quality of everyday life, and
through her work she primarily wants to bring yoga practice closer to everyone,
regardless of physical condition and / or predispositions, considering that every
person can develop body, mind and spirit through yoga practice, always pushing
their own boundaries with an open approach to the beauty of life. Mindful approach
to the life, movement practice, meditation and breathwork is part of her regular
classes with a bit od spiciness through strength work and unexpected music choices
with some dance background being part of each flowy vinyasa she teaches.
Koraljka also studied preschool education and cultural management, working in the
field of creative production for more than 14 years, she gained a lot of experience
and expertise working with people and managing big productions such as dance and
film festivals as well as collaborating with variety of artistic organizations in Croatia
and abroad.
Classes that she teaches are playful and open for everyone, her expertise is creating
a class for each person to be able to follow and adapting needs to the group she is
teaching. During the retreat we will be equally focusing on building strength and
improving flexibility through creative and fun vinyasa sequences as into building
resilience and calmness through mindful practices of meditation and slow
movements rooted in yin practice with somatic influence.
Relaxed, compassionate and welcoming atmosphere with a bit of humor is specific
for her teaching style and classes so you can expect a bit of sweat, a bit of laughter,
a lot of movement and joy surrounded with amazingly beautiful nature of the retreat
location.