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Yoga with Danica I am a long time yoga practitioners and a dedicated Level 2 yoga teacher, offering in person and online classes.

I host international yoga retreats and adventures in locations such as India, Sri Lanka, Africa ( Kenya, Tanzania), Dubai, etc. I am a mom to two beautiful children and one rescue dog, married to one really good French guy. We've traveled the world together with our kids, lived from Australia, South East Asia and now our home is Dubai. For more info on yoga and personal post follow my original FB page Danica Al Kharfan.

04/09/2026

🎶 Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare HareHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare 🎶

Today is Janmashtami , the birthday of Krishna, one of the most beloved figures in the Bhakti tradition. 💖

The Hare Krishna mantra is one of the oldest and most powerful mantras of devotion.

Hare is an invocation of divine energy. Krishna means the one who attracts all ..the magnetic force of LOVE at the center of existence. Rama means the one in whom we delight, the source of all joy.

But beyond the Sanskrit words and meaning, beyond any name or tradition, this mantra is a call to that one Source from which we all came and to which we all shall return. You may know it as God, as Love, as the Universe, as the Divine, as Consciousness itself. The name matters less than the reaching.

This morning I let the mantra do what it always does.. dissolve the distance between me and that Source. Because the Source is within. Always 🙏

if this stirs something in you - come join me this Sunday . Our class will be centered around Love -what it means, what it feels like in the body, and how we can open ourselves more fully to it.

We will sing to love, with love. 🧡

All are welcome, no experience needed. Just bring your heart. Asana is all level class, too.

Sunday 9:30, Zoga DIC, Oracle building

Happy Janmashtami to all who celebrate 🌸

27/08/2026

Ahead of the Full Moon tomorrow let’s burn what no longer serves us. Old stories, habitual negative patterns, thoughts, behaviours. Self Doubt. Worry.Fear. Ah.. the burning List is too long . We all have that list even when we think «  nah, we are good « . Clear space for new things. Because, ya know, we only have this one chance at it . Play it all out. 🙏❤️

P.s. To my dear students who came to the class today, you can practice the mantra with this video. 🎵

More of this in my classes & retreats ( & especially then! 🥰)

📿Friday 10 am
🧘🏾‍♂️Saturday 9:30
🕉️Thursdays 10 am

All at Zoga ZOGA

25/08/2026

I’ve come to really love easing into my body before anything else - a few soft, stretchy movements to build heat ( & interest ) before introducing more demanding asanas potentially. :)

After years of ashtanga practice starting with sun salutations A & B, this slower, gentler entry works so much better for me now. I still add Sun Salutes but not right away. Same discipline, different pace. 🙌

For me, starting soft leaves room for the body to get into it, to arrive mentally to the practice, to feel things in the body and to actually want more challenge, instead of forcing it from the first breath.

And on the days I really don’t feel like practicing starting soft is also just a trick to get the mind on the mat. Once I’m there, the rest tends to follow. 😉

So sometimes the most powerful thing you can do for your practice is just... step on your mat and slow down at the start. 🧘‍♀️

📢I’m back teaching after summer off!

Here’s my schedule:

* Thursday 10:00 am — Zoga Downtown
* Friday 10:00 am — Zoga DIC
* Sunday 9:30 am — Zoga DIC

See you soon! Come flow with me 🤍

17/08/2026

Lately, i have been reflecting more and more what is that I want to do for the remaining time on 🌍. Younger me thought I wanted to work more, to add more classes, more retreats, more clients . The older wiser me keeps returning to : “ love more “. Not because I don’t love ( my family ) already a whole lot but because it’s a reminder to me that returning to love time & time again is THE most important act one can do. Choosing love & care for my children and time with them over any external success is what I know will be measured ( by me) at the end of life. Yoga will be gone, students will be gone, followers will be gone, likes, reels, etc.

I still love and will continue to do what I love as it also gives my heart great purpose. Just more selective in the work i do… I already scaled down my retreat offerings from 3/4 per year to only one a year. Public classes to only 3 a week. Fewer private clients too.

That opened up so much space for me & my kids.
And maybe even more yoga together . 🥰

Lucky I could make this choice. I know not everyone can. 🙏

Watching this video made me chuckle. She’s so obedient and cute . A slight difference from nearly a teenager she’s becoming 🤪.

Still… love more.

10/08/2026

What I realised over the years of comparing myself and my achievements to others( even when I didn’t think I did ); our only responsibility/goal is to reach our own Mount Everest. For some, that might be the peak itself and for others that might be the base camp. But what it matters is that we should put (maximum) effort to meet our own edge. That peak is changing all the time based on the work we put in, but also how we feel in a particular day. Seasons of life also matter. Age matters too.

So rather than comparing ourselves to others whose stories we don’t really know, focus on what your peak 🏔️ for today is and be proud of yourself when you cross the finish line. 🙌

Sending you love from Italy 🇮🇹. It’s another glorious reflective day here. Very grateful 🙏

07/08/2026

The one you feed. 🐺

And that goes for everything not just where physical effort is required. The good wolf in us represents courage, willingness, optimism, hope, strength, faith, love. When we cultivate those qualities through conscious effort they over time become who we are. And the opposite is true too. It’s too easy to fall pray too lethargy, laziness, doubt, fear, hate, weakness, pessimism. To be eaten by the bed wolf 🐺 .

This inner battle is one that’s always going on until the day we die but the one we can’t stop fighting daily👊

P.s. since I don’t have my harmonium with me i can’t sing so sharing some lived wisdom seems right .

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05/08/2026

Nothing new said here but it’s a good reminder. Mind is incredibly powerful we all know that. It likes the idea of big goals and big successes but it’s so resistant to actually making it happen . But if you give it smallest goals, it quickly starts to thrive on momentum and turn those small steps into something much bigger.

Should I share more of this kind of reflection stuff? Lemme know 😊🫶🏼

We are in all of this together friends. Let’s support each other in whichever way we can. 🙏

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