The Team
The House of Yoga is proud to present a team of dedicated and knowledgeable yoga teachers to provide you with the best possible experience and guide you along your yoga journey.
Elena
Elena is the founder of The House of Yoga. In 2012, she found yoga and after several years of intense practice, in 2018, she took a break from her then full—time job to take her first yoga teacher training at the Hawaii Yoga Institute. She soon realised that this was the path she was meant to be on and that’s when the first seeds of The House of Yoga were planted. In 2021, she decided to quit her job to follow her dream and write a new chapter of her life – teach yoga full-time and build her own yoga studio. To Elena, yoga has always meant finding balance in a life full of obligations and responsibilities; finding time and space to be more in tune with her own feelings and emotions. In the meantime, Elena continued her yoga education and completed teacher trainings in Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga and Advanced Vinyasa. She also trained in Inside Flow, making her the only officially-certified Inside Flow teacher in Brussels. Elena’s classes are playful and energising flows. She believes she’s her best self when she’s on her mat, and wishes to empower everyone to access their true self through the practice of yoga.
Morgane
Passionate about dance and movement, Morgane discovered Yoga through its physical dimension (the asanas) during a trip in Indonesia. Over time, her journey evolved into a deeper, more spiritual exploration rooted in discipline, introspection, connection, and gratitude. She specialized in rhythmic, breath-led styles such as Vinyasa, Rocket, and Ashtanga Yoga. She also draws inspiration from Yin Yoga, sound healing and Thai Yoga Massage, which offers a grounding and restorative counterbalance to the more dynamic forms of practice. A scientist by training and a big nerd by essence, she’s always keen to hear about a good book on topics such as philosophy, mythology, psychology or neurosciences.
Lisa
Lisa is a yoga teacher from Brussels. She’s been practicing Hatha Yoga since 2010 and did her first teacher training with Barath Shetty in Mysore, India in 2015 while she was still studying. After her masters in Environmental management, she worked in that field for a few years and one thing leading to another decided to teach yoga full time. Since then she’s been continuously training – in restorative yoga, prenatal yoga and more.In 2018, she found Katonah Yoga®️ through DagesJuvelier Keates and kept following her all over Europe for a few years until she went to New York to meet Katonah’s founder NevineMichaan and get certified. She’s the only Katonah Yoga teacher in Belgium and would be thrilled to make you discover the practice she fell in love with. Her classes are a blend of all the influences – mostly Hatha with Katonah Yoga breathing techniques and theory as well as some added techniques that she picked up over the years.
Ananda
Ananda is a movement practitioner, teacher, and constant student. She began her yoga practice in NYC in 2002, and has been teaching internationally, whilst exploring diverse movement disciplines along the way, since 2008. Ananda has studied with Vidya Heisel of Frog Lotus Yoga, Jasmine Tarkeshi and Dana Flynn of Laughing Lotus, Jill Miller of Yoga Tune Up®, Andres Vesga of the Ido Portal Method, and Olivier Goetgeluck of Fighting Monkey. She is currently training to be a Feldenkrais (Awareness Through Movement) practitioner. Over the years, she has come to believe that universal principles underlie all systems and that integration, as opposed to compartmentalization, enhances quality of life. Ananda believes in authenticity, autonomy, and creative expression in teaching. Her classes combine athleticism with intelligence, lyricism with methodology, the sensual with the cerebral.
Emilie
Originally from France, Emilie discovered yoga in Portugal in 2015 and has been practicing ever since. While exploring different styles of yoga, she took a particular interest in the Vinyasa and Hatha practice, of which in 2020 she became a certified teacher. Eager to share all the benefits of this practice with others, she started teaching in Brussels. In her classes, expect to explore asanas moving consciously with the help of the breath to go deeper and even more inward for a moment of connection with your body, mind and soul. Her classes are suitable for all yogis; beginners are more than welcome!
Giulia
Giulia is originally from Italy, and was “adopted” by Belgium in 2012. Her yoga journey started in 2014, when she discovered and fell in love with the practice of Ashtanga, mainly for its discipline and physically-demanding side. During the years that followed, after her first teacher training and while working through some injuries, her approach to yoga slowly changed, bringing her closer to its therapeutic side. This eventually led her to study Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda, in order to incorporate these tools with her students and in her own life. In her classes she tries to bring together what she has learnt during these years, in order to create well-rounded classes and flows that aim to bring balance and harmony in the body and mind.
Marvin
While living in India during his university studies, Marvin found yoga and immediately recognized it’s deep transformational nature. He started out with practicing Hatha yoga and also explored practices such as Ashtanga Vinyasa and Prana Vashya. His true passion however is to guide practitioners on their path of the nonphysical practices of pranayama and meditation, as these practices helped Marvin to show him his true potential of becoming a better version of himself. Following his passion of sharing yoga led Marvin to teach all over the world in India, Nigeria, Singapore, Thailand, Germany, France and Belgium.
Theresa
Theresa discovered yoga in London in 2016, drawn to the connection between movement, breath, and presence. After several years of personal practice, she completed her 200h teacher training in Hatha and Vinyasa yoga and began teaching in Brussels. Her classes blend strong, fluid Vinyasa flows with moments of stillness, inviting both strength and awareness. Theresa encourages a practice rooted in curiosity, self-acceptance, and feeling at home within oneself. She continues to deepen her teaching through ongoing trainings and will complete her 300h teacher training in 2026.
Joanna
Joanna first discovered yoga in her early uni days almost twenty years ago, but it wasn’t until 2018—while living and working in Nepal—when the practice really began to resonate with her. Through regular yin sessions, she learned how the body can be a safe space, and how yoga can quietly support healing. After years in humanitarian and human rights work, a number of retreats, and countless hours on the mat, Joanna trained with Bruce Chung and Rebecca Hajek, officially joining HoY’s very own alumni. She’s also completed a yin yoga training with Jo Phee. Joanna’s classes blend playful flow and storytelling, inviting gentle introspection and softness, with a focus on honoring each person’s unique structure. Born Polish and Greek at heart, off the mat, Joanna is a proud hoomum of Tosia the frenchie and Gary the ginger cat.
Maria
Maria‘s journey into yoga started in North London in 2016, while working as an Architect and Interior Designer. After several years of dedicated practice, she went on a journey through the Himalayas, to dip into Tibetan and Vedic traditions, learning philosophy, kriyas, techniques and rituals at their sources. Today, her work focuses on healing and mastering physical and mental energy, reviving ancient teachings for the contemporary city-life dynamics and needs. Her practice combines Pranayama and dynamic breathing, traditional Himalayan Hatha, Sound Healing, Yang & Yin, Yoga Nidra & Meditation, with the intention of developing a practice which challenges her students and stimulates personal growth while staying accessible to all.
Lars
Yoga found Lars in 1999 while living in Toronto and he loved the clarity, focus, and vitality of the practice. Adventure called and Lars found himself living in Taiwan and exploring Asia for 18 years. In 2009 he began teaching classes. A passionate student, Lars has completed 700 hours of training and attends workshops on a regular basis with a keen interest in anatomy, alignment, and therapy. His non-dogmatic approach to teaching includes: injury prevention and management, finding a smart balance between strengthening and creating space, and an encouraging challenging and light hearted class environment for a variety of styles of yoga practice. His motto: discover with curiousity, learn with passion, and be focused but not serious.
Barbara
Barbara is a Brussels-based yoga teacher devoted to creating spaces where people can slow down, reconnect, and feel more at home in their bodies.
She completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Bali in 2024, specializing in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. While she appreciates the energy and rhythm of dynamic practices, her teaching has naturally evolved toward slower, more meditative styles such as Hatha, Restorative, and especially Yin yoga. She later deepened her studies through a Yin Yoga training at House of Yoga with Elena Gaita and Lisa Fraipont.
Her classes invite students into a practice of breath, stillness, and deep listening to the body, supporting both physical release and nervous system balance. Barbara also weaves subtle sound healing elements into her Yin sessions to enhance relaxation and deepen the meditative experience, drawing inspiration from the rhythms of nature and the quiet magic of simple rituals.
Suzanne
Suzanne is a yoga teacher, meditation and breathing coach and wellness expert. She loves to transmit her passion for movement and mobility, health and emotional intelligence in practical ways to empower her students on their health and wellness journey. She combines yoga, meditation, breathwork, and other spiritual methods that have been passed down for millennia and teaches them in a practical way for today’s individual. She loves to create fun sequences that are progressive, adaptive, at times challenging but also promote relaxation and wellbeing.
Anna
Anna discovered yoga in 2015 during a retreat in Tulum, Mexico, and she instantly fell in love with it. Since then, she’s been practicing yoga all around the world, going to Spain, Bali, and India for trainings. Now, Anna is a certified Mindfulness teacher, Yin Yoga instructor and Crystal Bowl Sound Healer. For Anna, sound healing was a magical discovery. The vibration and frequencies of the sounds travel through the body, gently releasing tensions. In her classes, Anna combines various practices such as meditation, yin yoga and sound healing to create a unique relaxing experience. She believes that being healthy starts by finding balance between the busyness of life and internal stillness.
