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Patrycja Gawlińska

I have been teaching yoga for over 20 years. My teaching has grown through years of personal practice and a search for safe and effective ways of working with the body. Between 2006 and 2017 I travelled to India to deepen my experience at the source. My ongoing search for a true understanding of yoga and a clear way of passing on knowledge has kept me open to exploring different yoga traditions. Years of personal practice and teaching experience help me better understand my students' needs and support their development effectively. For many years I have also been mentoring and training yoga teachers.

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Patrycja Gawlińska w żółtej bluzce leży na wrzosach, rude włosy rozłożone wokół głowy. Patrycja Gawlińska w pozycji tancerza na tle pomarańczowej, metalowej ściany w świetle zachodzącego słońca.

It doesn't matter which style of yoga you practise or teach. My guidance is universal, it covers the fundamentals and you can use it in your own practice and in your teaching.

In short

Over 20 years on the mat

20+

years of teaching yoga

For many years I have also been mentoring and training yoga teachers.

Patrycja Gawlińska medytuje w siadzie skrzyżnym pod drzewem w słońcu.

2006–2017

trips to India

To deepen my experience at the source.

12

years of teaching online

I taught my first online class in 2014.

Patrycja Gawlińska siedzi we wrzosach i trzyma wyprostowaną nogę uniesioną przed twarzą.
2003–2026

My story

  1. 2003

    My first yoga classes. Growth and preparation for teaching

  2. 2005

    I teach my first yoga classes

  3. 2005

    I complete a recreation instructor course with Janusz Szopa (at the time a required qualification for officially teaching yoga in Poland)

  4. 2005–2007

    I teach in various places, including fitness clubs, and work with a yoga school

  5. 2006

    First trip to India. Two months of study with BNS Iyengar in Mysore

  6. 2007–2011

    PhD studies at the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice (I didn't finish with a doctorate, but it was still an enriching experience 😉)

  7. 2007–2014

    I focus on my own yoga groups under the name “joga shala” in Zabrze and Gliwice

  8. 2009–2010

    I teach university classes at the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice

  9. 2010

    Students who want to become yoga teachers start coming to me. The beginnings of mentoring

  10. 2011

    Third trip to India, a stay at Swami Rama's Ashram, first contact with Dr Ganasian

  11. 2011–2017

    Further trips to India and stays at the ashram

  12. 2012

    I start running workshops at yoga schools across Poland as “Joginka” and leave the “joga shala” idea behind

  13. 2014

    Start of online classes
    Expanding mentoring and training for yoga teachers

  14. 2016–2018

    Writing articles for “JOGA” magazine

  15. 2018

    Start of my collaboration with SNY, teaching the “shatkarma and pranayama” module on their annual RYT 200 teacher trainings

  16. 2019

    New inspiration and a new teacher: Simon Borg-Olivier

  17. 2022

    Teaching at the International Yoga Conference in Poznań (and at the two following editions)

  18. 2023

    A fresh approach to developing movement skills through learning and exploring Argentine tango

  19. 2026

    Discovering a new way of working with fascia: “Fascial Maneuvers”

“I was looking for a Teacher: a good person, a treasury of knowledge, a great practitioner with an open mind and a gift for teaching, a confidant. And I found Patrycja, so I'm lucky – and happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it. That is exactly what Patrycja's yoga and teaching are – happiness ❤.”
Kari Zapała-Onak Kari Zapała-Onak
Patrycja Gawlińska siedzi pod drzewem z dłońmi złożonymi przy twarzy.

Practise with me

You can join my online group classes or book a private class. For yoga teachers I offer mentoring. If you're not sure what to choose, write to me.

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