Happy Sun Yoga

Dina Samelis

Dina is the founder and director of Happy Sun Yoga. She is originally from Montreal, Canada and has been living in beautiful Buenos Aires, Argentina for the last three years. Yoga can mean so many different things to many different people. To Dina, yoga started out as a pure physical workout and gradually became so much more then she ever expected. "I remember the first time I ever attended a yoga class. I felt like I was exactly where I belonged and that I would do yoga forever. Ever since then, I've been blessed with so many positive experiences.  My goal is to share that with you through yoga practice because it has brought so much happiness in my own life"

Dina graduated from the Yandara Yoga Institute Teacher Training Program in Baja Mexico and is a Registered Yoga Teacher.  She is currently studying Anusara Yoga with B.J. Galvan.  Her teaching style is calm and down to earth, combining Univeral Principles of Allignment and Vinyasa flow, adapting them to suit the ability and needs of the student. Classes may be strong and sweaty or gentle and relaxing. Her yoga classes include a combination of many yogic techniques such as asanas (yoga exercises), pranayamas (breathing exercices), deep relaxation, chanting and meditation.  As a teacher she challenges students to see who they are, and show them how to be more themselves by being aware of each moment and each breath.

Some of her other interests include reiki, thai yoga massage, holistic healing, cooking, entertaining friends, gardening, reading, traveling, surfing  and continuously learning.

 

Amanda Sides

Lisa Dean

Lisa was introduced to yoga as a child by her grandmother who practiced and taught hatha yoga.  Lisa immersed herself in the practice of yoga, understanding from an early age that yoga was much more than a physical practice of asana.  Yoga is a state of being, creating a deep connection with one´s self. 

In 2010, Lisa received her 200 hour training certification from Deep Yoga Studio in San Diego, California.  Receiving great joy from her own yoga practice, Lisa strives to live in a state of yoga, of union, both on and off the mat. 

Lisa is a compassionate and lighthearted teacher who hopes to provide a safe environment for students to reach a higher level of self awareness through movement, breath, and self reflection.

Jana Buechel

Jana is a dancer and certified psychology of of movement therapist originally from Switzerland. Her passion for Tango is what inspired her to return to Buenos Aires. For the past ten years she has been practicing different styles of yoga including Bikram, Hatha and Vinyasa Flow. she studied Hatha Yoga at Yoga Vidya Sivananda in Switzerland and recently completed her 200-hours teacher training in Vinyasa Flow at Laughing Lotus in San Francisco.

In her classes Jana focuses on the harmony between the body, mind and spirit. Her calm presence encourages her students to cultivate qualities of stability, strength, awareness of breath and relaxation. Jana believes yoga is a way to discover yourself and helps you stay connected with your inner-self and the outside world.

Jane Thibodeau

Jane took her first yoga class at the encouragement of her mother and sister when she was roughly 15 years old. She immediately felt drawn to both the physical challenge as well as the relaxing nature provided by each class. After several years of practicing mostly Hatha yoga, with some experience in Bikram, Iyengar and Vinyasa, Jane began teaching at her university while finishing her studies. During this time, Jane began to realize how much she loved sharing her passion for yoga with others and guiding them to constantly grow in their own practices. On a spiritual journey through India, Jane decided to further her personal practice as well as her ability to teach others by taking the Yoga Instructor’s Course offered at SVYASA Yoga University in Bangalore, India. During the month-long training course, Jane received extensive training in a traditional Hatha style yoga. Jane’s classes incorporate elements from her traditional training in combination with elements from the more Western flow yoga she grew up practicing. Jane moved to Buenos Aires in January of 2010 to pursue a Master’s degree in International Relations. She finished studying in July of 2011 and is now looking forward
to a new phase in her life here in Buenos Aires.

Jessica Corwin

Jessica is a free-spirited school teacher from Arizona, who has traveled and lived in different areas of the world.  Athletics and dancing were an integral part of her childhood and during her college years she discovered yoga.

For the past ten years Jessica explored Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Hatha, and Bikram yoga and ultimately received her training in Sivananda Yoga. Her love for working with people, and the natural draw to movement have always been part of her journey.  In her classes, Jessica offers a sense of calm as she invites her students to explore a balance between breath, awareness and effort. She teaches a traditional, exact and easy-to-learn system that aims at naturally achieving a healthy body and mind, leading to spiritual and physical evolvement.  Jessica believes that everything we need to learn is already within us and practicing yoga can guide us into accessing our gifts and beauty from the inside out.