Sem Melani, po poklicu fotografinja in učiteljica joge. S fotografijo sem se ljubiteljsko ukvarjala tekom srednje šole in kasneje na fakulteti. Leta 2014 sem se po suhoparnih letih na Pravni fakulteti v Ljubljani odločila, da je čas za spremembe in da potrebujem drugačen poklic za svoj dobro bit in tako sem začela s študijem fotografije na VISTu, ki sem ga leta 2017 uspešno zaključila. Fotografija je odličen medij za izražanje svojega notranjega sveta in sveta okrog sebe. Ustvarjam na podočju portretne fotografije, družinske fotografije, kjer rada ujamem pristne in pozitivne trenutke, ki navdihujejo ljudi.
Z jogo sem se srečala tekom srednje šole, vendar sem jo takrat dojemala bolj kot rekreacijsko dejavnost. Z redno in intenzivno prakso sem začela leta 2018 v Nataja Joga Studiju v Ljubljani, kjer sem leta 2021 pri Nataši zaključila učiteljski tečaj. Svoje znanje joge sem poglobila z učiteljskim tečajem Yin joge (2022) in Acuyin joge (2023) pri učitelju Dominik Trznadel in pridobila državno licenco Delavec v športu 1 (2024). Trenutno že 3 leta redno poučujem jogo v Nataraja joga studiu in ŠUS Eurofitnesu v Ljubljani in vodim individualne ure ena na ena.
Joga mi pomaga, da se umirim in spočijem od vsakodnevnih mentalnih aktivnosti. Skozi jogo spoznavam sebe, svoje miselne in emocionalne vzorce, svoje vzpone in padce, svoje moči in svoje strahove. Z redno prakso joge vadim zavedanje in hvaležnost za to kar sem.
Tako imam srečo, da lahko svoji dve strasti združim v jogijsko fotografijo in imam priložnost spoznati različne jogiste ( Nataša Rhind Tutt, Lidija Poljaček Umphenour, Gordana Mojsilović, Katjuša Kitek, itd.), ki mi pokažejo svoj svet joge, kaj jim pomeni in kako svoje znanje podajajo naprej.
I’m Melani, photographer and yoga teacher. I did photography as a hobby during high school and later in college. In 2014, after dry years at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, I decided that it was time for a change and that I needed a different profession for my well being, so I started studying photography at VIST, which I successfully completed in 2017. Photography is an excellent medium for expressing your inner world and the world around you. I create portrait photography, where I like to capture authentic and positive moments that inspire people. I’ve visited my first yoga class during high school, but at that time I perceived it more as a recreational activity. I started regular and intensive practice in 2018 at Nataja Yoga Studio in Ljubljana, where I completed a teacher's course in 2021. I continued my yoga studies with Yin yoga teachers training (2022) & Acuyin yoga teachers training (2023) with Dominik Trznadel from Yinspiration. Yoga helps me calm down and relax from my daily mental activities. Through yoga, I get to know myself, my thought and emotional patterns, my ups and downs, my strengths and my fears. With regular yoga practice, I practice awareness and gratitude for who I am. So I am lucky to be able to combine my two passions in yoga photography and have the opportunity to meet different yogis (Nataša Rhind Tutt, Lidija Poljaček Umphenour, Gordana Mojsilović, Katjuša Kitek, etc.) who show me their world of yoga, what it means to them and how they pass the knowledge on.
