Carolina Bigas

Much of my childhood and adolescence I lived by the sea, in an environment that invited you to be in contact with nature. I loved going jogging at sunset on Ritoque beach; I also loved apnea sport diving, I was a diver for several years, I traveled a large part of northern Chile looking for beaches, to enjoy the depths of the sea.

At the age of 17 I went to live in Venezuela where I studied theater and graduated as an actress.

At the age of 21 I returned to Chile and due to life circumstances, I began to dedicate myself to horses, I studied Agriculture and I was a horseback riding guide for almost 3 years in the Andes Mountains.

In one of those long rides, several hours on horseback, crossing the mountains, practicing YOGA came to mind. The idea was left spinning… feeling a deep need to do it. Returning to Santiago, I started looking for the place; my mom looking at a magazine, finds a tiny ad with the phone number and address of a yoga school in Santiago and that's where it all begins.

I came to YOGASHALA in 2001.

I took my first yoga class with the teacher Valeria Schneider and I loved it, since that day I never stopped practicing.

In 2005, while I was waiting for my next internship, I found out that there were students training to be teachers. And that is when I decided to take the teacher training course, in 2006.

I went to study the Iyengar method today Axis the course lasted 2 years, when I finished it I continued studying the Sattva yoga method and Dynamic yoga all created by my teacher Gustavo Ponce.

Since 2012 I have been giving teacher training courses, the first 4 years I trained teachers in Axis Yoga (Iyengar Yoga). And today I dedicate myself one hundred percent to teaching the Sattva Yoga method.

Since 2001 I have been immersed in the path of practicing, studying and teaching yoga.

I have accompanied my teacher Gustavo Ponce to give classes and courses in Brazil and Spain.

I have given several workshops and courses on Canal Om.

Currently in 2021 I continue to give training for future teachers in the Sattva Yoga method. In addition to teaching online, outdoor classes today have become my passion, I look for places that can be combined with trekking and yoga; nature and yoga. There is a lot of natural environment that renews and energizes you and even more so if you do yoga in those places.

Daily practice constantly takes me into my interior, my essence.

“Knowing yourself… leads to happiness”

I'm still on the road...

Every day…my practice…my ritual

Namaste