about karina
Karina is a registered yoga teacher (E-RYT® 200), CMA certified sound practitioner and internationally licensed AFAA Group Fitness Instructor with six years experience teaching more than 1,000 classes with private clients, corporate clients, international schools, yoga studios, hotels and luxury events throughout South East Asia
In parallel to teaching, Karina has performed professionally with Tai Kwun JC Contemporary Museum (This Variation by Tino Sehgal, Echo, Moss and Spill by Pan Dai Jing, On Kawara: One Million Years), West Kowloon Freespace (Accelerating Dimension directed by Zelia Tan - City Contemporary Dance Company), The Peninsula Hong Kong (BPM Productions) and La Mer Skincare (with Rosewood Hotel). She has also featured in commercial campaigns for Hong Kong Tourism Board and Cathay Pacific (AWS)
Karina teaches yoga and sound meditation group classes at IKIGAI Wellness Studio. Her teaching supports overall wellbeing through the tools of yogic principles, breath regulation, mindful meditation and accessible movement.
TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS
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200 hours Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training
Lead Teacher / Studio Co-founder Jessica Sinclair — The Yoga Mandala Singapore30 hours Myofascial Release and Myo Yin Teacher Training — Lead Trainer Nicky Hadjithoma — Pure Yoga Hong Kong (CEU accredited)
15 hours Yoga Wheel Teacher Training —
Lead Teacher Ranjit Nekhar — IKIGAI Studio Hong Kong (CEU accredited)35 hours Accessible Prenatal and Postnatal Trauma Informed Online Yoga Teacher Training — Hersha Yoga School of Teacher Training (CEU accredited)
Restorative Yoga For Stress and Anxiety Women’s Specialised Training — Lead Teacher Bex Tyrer, Yoga Barn Bali
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75 hours Meditation Practitioner Teacher Training — Lead Teacher Amanda Lawson - Inspire Movement Coaching (CEU accredited)
CMA Sound Practitioner Crystal Tones™ (Level 1) — Complementary Medical Association Certification UK
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International Certified Group Fitness Instructor (ICGFI) —NASM / AFFA Athletics and Fitness Association of America
CLIENTS
CORPORATE
Four Seasons, Ritz Carlton, Kerry Hotel, Linklaters, Lululemon, Soho House, Hong Kong Land Properties, Henderson Land Group, The Repulse Bay
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LIFESTYLE
Hermés Fit, Decathlon, Ocean Park (HSBC Wellness), AIA Vitality
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NGO
‘Empower U’ - migrant domestic workers education programme at Hong Kong University