Claudia Mura is a Yoga Teacher in Caligari, Italy.
1. What style of yoga do you teach? And, where are you located?
At the moment I teach mostly power yoga as taught by my teacher, Roberto Bocchi.
I live and teach in Cagliari, Italy.
2. What is your intention behind teaching?
Thanks to my yoga practice I learned to be faithful, to accept myself with limits and potentials, to be calm, to soften, to let go but also not to give up. To appreciate the present moment, to be open to life and others with no fear. To get deep into myself to know who I really am.
This is what I always try to share with my students.
3. Who are your mentors in yoga?
My personal practice is ashtanga yoga; my main teachers are Lino Miele and Roberto Bocchi.
4. What have they taught you?
Lino taught me to let go of the mind, the brain. To learn not intellectually (so difficult to me!) but emotionally and, most of all, by breathing. To be deeply present in the practice and in the breath, to be kind to myself and not to be too serious :)
Roberto always gives me the strength that I miss, keeps me always focused on the practice; he’s an example of dedication and devotion.
5. Please mention a book that you have read about yoga that has had a positive impact on you?
When I started yoga I also practiced Ananda yoga for a short period.. and “Autobiography of a yogi” of Paramansa Yogananda is a book that means a lot to me.
6. What lesson are you currently learning in your Asana practice?
My practice is always a discovery… now that I’ve started the third series of ashtanga, asana are teaching me that the more flexible I am, the more strong I should be; too much strength may give you stiffness, too much flexibility may give you weakness. I’m learning, once again, to keep balance first in the body, then in the mind.
7. How often do you practice?
I’d love to practice 6 days a week as the traditional ashtanga method requires; but I usually practice on an average of 4/5 days a week, depending on how intense my job is.
8. How do you implement the other 7 limbs of yoga into your life other than Asana?
I try to be always conscious of what I do.
I quit eating meat and fish; I try to practice contentment; I try day-by-day to be a good and better person.
9. Why is being present so important to you?
Being present means creating the space of knowledge. Just here and now, in the body and in the breath, listen and observe.
10. How can we keep up with you on social media? What is your IG handle and/ FB name?
clodi_yoga (IG)
poweryoga and movement with Claudia (fb page)