Martina Franić

My name is Martina Franić, and I was born in Zagreb in 1973, where I finished Highschool. Shortly after that, I started working as a makeup artist at the theatre Gavella in Zagreb. Looking for further knowledge, I went to Amsterdam to complete school for theatre and movie makeup and body painting. Amsterdam is a very multicultural city, so I discovered many different ways to realize it, and in 1997 I came to bhakti yoga, the highest of all yoga, in 2000. I moved back to Croatia to a tiny island in the Šibenik archipelago, Prvić, where I live now.
I was doing yoga for many years by myself, learning from books and friends who knew it more than me.
2015/16. I finished Yoga Teacher training TT200 in Divya yoga with Sandra Petra Pintarić in Zagreb, who introduced me in 2015. with Sri Dharma Mittra, a legendary yoga teacher from New York, Rock of yoga, Teacher of teachers. We visited London twice when he was given his workshops in 2015 and 2016. 2017. I visited NY first time next year, in 2018. I went on Sri Dharma Mittra Teacher Training "Life of a yogi "TT500
While finishing my studies in yoga, I attended workshops of other teachers who visited Croatia.
I have been teaching yoga since 2016—and leading classes on Prvić, Srima and in Zagreb.
Yoga is a way of life, deep and complete spiritual practice, and a way toward ourselves. It's an ancient tool for self-knowledge, and our path to realize that we are part of something greater than ourselves is the way to self-realization and the way to meet God. Except for yoga, I'm very creative, so I also put that creativity into yoga. I was learning about sacred geometry, Vastu, Jyotish and making/drawing yantras and mandalas. That is great knowledge from ancient Vedas, used in yoga and can help people focus on their creativity.