Rita Pereira
My passion for Yoga was born is 2005, as a student, but after 7 years I felt my path was to teach and I became a teacher. I´m certified in IYENGAR Yoga, Junior Level I and certified by Rainbow Kids Yoga.
In 2014 I opened my first yoga studio “Yoga love Yoga” that reflects my passion. In 2019, I founded Centro IYENGAR Yoga Lisboa – São Vicente, which in 2024 was renamed Lisboa Yoga Center.
I am also graduated in Social Work and have worked for many years with various social groups and elderly population. I have a community garden, which I´ve also been learning.
Today I dedicate my life to the study, practice, and teaching of this Art. My classes are a reflection of my continuous learning and dedication. I attend workshops with some teachers, including Patxi Lizardi and Cristian Pisano. I’m currently attending a training course with Billy Konrad, “Syntropy of Yoga”, which synthesises the tradition of Iyengar Yoga with Osteopathy.
I teach regular classes in my center, and give classes to children and teens in public schools, and in festivals. I organize the “Yoga na Aldeia” retreat and I frequently travel to India.
I like to compare Yoga practice with the nature observacion. When we contemplate nature and feel the smells, hear the sounds, and observe the colors, we stop. The mind focuses, concentrates, and observes the moment. This is how Yoga practice is. Only through observation, sensitivity and humility we can learn, feel and internalize.
I started my Yoga practice as a student.
I did my first training in Hatha Yoga, as a Yoga Instructor, in Associação Europeia de Terapias Orientais, until 2012.
I started teaching Yoga classes at gymns and therapy centers in Almada. I started my regular practice on IYENGAR Yoga method.
I joined the Yoga training for children and families, certified by Rainbow Yoga Kids.
I started training in advanced studies in IYENGAR Yoga with the sénior teacher Billy Konrad. This training lasted 3 years and ended in 2016.
I opened my first studio “Yoga Love Yoga” in Baixa Pombalina, in Lisbon.
I started Yoga classes for adults at Junta de Freguesia de São Vicente.
I started giving Yoga classes to preschool children (3-6 ages), and primary school (6-11 ages), by Junta de Freguesia de São Vicente in 3 public schools.
I became a certified IYENGAR Yoga Introductory Course of Level II teacher. Studio´s address change to Freguesia de São Vicente.
Between 2016 and 2020 I assisted teacher Billy Konrad at the therapeutic classes.
I started and advanced training with the teacher Billy Konrad, which is still currently ongoing. First trip to India.
I attended classes, studied and practiced at the Ramamani IYENGAR Yoga Memorial Institute, in India, with the master´s sons, Geeta Iyengar and Prashant Iyengar, and his granddaughter Abhijata.
I took another IYENGAR Yoga exam and I get the Intermediate Junior I Level.
I participated in the centenary celebrations of the Master´s birth where I had the opportunity to practice once again with his children and to attend the last classes conducted by his daughter Geeta.
I founded the Centro IYENGAR Yoga Lisboa – São Vicente.
I did an Intensive Yoga Course with Usha Devi in Rishikesh, índia.
I started teaching teens with special needs, between 12 and 18 years old, at Escola Secundária Gil Vicente.
I did regular online Yoga classes with Prashant Iyengar and Abhijata Iyengar.
Start a 3 year training course called “Syntropy of Yoga” – with Billy Konrad and Tobias Lotan (Osteopath), which synthesises the tradition of Iyengar Yoga with Osteopathy – Completed in September 2025.
Organisation and participation in a workshop with Eyal Shifroni, from 17 to 19 May, in Lisbon, Portugal
Organisation and participation in an intensive workshop with Lois Steinberg, in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1 to 4 May.
Participation in intensive yoga with Lois Steinberg, from 3 to 5 October in Ravenna, Italy;
Participation in intensive therapeutic yoga with Lois Steinberg and Dr. Hermann Traitteur, from 6 to 9 October in Ravenna, Italy.
Sandra Melo
I’ve started practicing Yoga in 2012, having tried many styles.
And it was in 2013 that I started practicing Iyengar Yoga and since then I have dedicated myself with all my heart and soul to this method.
I’m a certified Iyengar yoga teacher, Introductory course of level II, by the Iyengar Yoga Association in the Uk, having done my training with Alaric Newcombe.
I’m also certified by Rainbow Kids Yoga and Connected Kids Professional Tuition of mindful activities, both in London.
I continue to study and deepen my knowledge of yoga practice, participating in retreats, workshops, regular classes and through my personal practice.
I deeply believe that Yoga is more than a physical discipline; it is a way of living.
And by finding pose, flexibility and ease in our Yoga practice we extend this to our lives, achieving true and lasting transformation.
I’m also graduate in Economics and specialized in Management Control and Accountancy.
I started practicing yoga in London, and tried many different styles.
I began my Iyengar Yoga practice and since then I have dedicated myself to the practice and study of this method.
I completed my Connected Kids Professional Tuition certification of conscious activities in London.
I completed my Connected Kids Professional Tuition certification of conscious activities in London.
I became a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher by the Iyengar Yoga Association in the United Kingdom
Ana Gonçalves
I was born in 1976. From a very young age, I became curious about how physical activity influences the mental and emotional state of human beings, which led me to seek out sporting and artistic activities such as gymnastics and swimming, but also theatre, dance, singing and, later, yoga, which I began practising in 2000.
Shortly before that, however, I graduated in Visual Arts and devoted myself to teaching Art History, among other subjects, throughout my life.
During the journey that took me from Dynamic Hatha Yoga to Iyengar Yoga, I attended several training courses and obtained the necessary certification and legitimacy to teach.
From 2023 onwards, I began to feel the need to modify my practice and started to focus it more and more on refining sensitivity. At that point, I came into contact with teacher Lisa Petersen (Ireland) and her method of teaching Yoga and Somatic Movement.
Since then, in the classes I teach, I seek to harmoniously integrate these two areas in each session, with the aim of helping each practitioner find and develop their own way of being in Yoga, achieving peace, health and balance.
I started practising yoga with Francisco Palma at the Portuguese Society of Naturalogia in Lisbon.
I began practising Dynamic Hatha Yoga with teacher Carlos Rui Ferreira at the Portuguese Yoga Centre in Lisbon.
I attended the Advanced Personal Practice course with teachers Carlos Rui Ferreira and Alexandra Sequeira at the Portuguese Yoga Centre in Lisbon.
I attended the Yoga Instructor Course (2006-2009) with teachers Carlos Rui Ferreira and Alexandra Sequeira at the Portuguese Yoga Centre in Lisbon, obtaining certification in this method.
I moved to the Azores (São Miguel), where I devoted myself exclusively to the practice and teaching of Dynamic Hatha Yoga for two years (2009-2011).
I started practising Iyengar Yoga with teacher Billy Konrad at the then “Clara Light” studio, later renamed Lisboa Yoga Loft, in Lisbon.
I attended the Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training Course with teacher Billy Konrad (2013-2016) at the Upaya studio in Lisbon.
I took the Iyengar Yoga exam – Introductory Level, obtaining certification in this method.
I began practising Yoga, Somatics and Embodied Anatomy with teacher Lisa Petersen (Ireland).
I attended the Somatics Teacher Training course with teacher Lisa Petersen at City Yoga studio in Madrid, obtaining certification in this method in July 2025.
Certificação IYENGAR® Yoga
RIMYI Pune