Soul Nature Yoga

Soul Nature Yoga Hi, I'm Lana—Yoga Teacher, Women's Retreat Facilitator, and Shiatsu Practitioner.

Through yoga, women's circles, retreats, and nature based experiences, I create spaces for connection, embodiment, wellbeing, and sisterhood.

Summer is the hottest season of the year, the season of light and heat, the fire element and Yang energy at its peak: ex...
25/08/2026

Summer is the hottest season of the year, the season of light and heat, the fire element and Yang energy at its peak: expansion, richness, manifestation.

Energy has extended itself as far as it can go, out into the flowers and fruit of each plant; animals and birds have reared their broods of young.

I love summers the most, of course. I love not wearing much clothes, I love the heat, I love sweating. I love that I live by the sea too, because I wouldn’t want all of that in the city. 😂

For me, this summer, with all its Yang energy, manifested into something much more subtle a new layer that I had only dreamt of for myself.

This area of in between, where I no longer look for the highs and lows to feel alive.

And while I didn’t consciously know it, I’ve been working through deep shadows and childhood patterns that shaped this way of existing for most of my adult life. Now I feel I’ve stepped into a new layer, where the choices I make about what is good for me come from my own awareness. From the strength of my own temple. From knowing myself well enough to choose what feels right for me.

And it feels good. Liberating, actually.

Having boundaries. Saying no. Choosing who I spend my time with. And, most importantly, being really, really good with myself.

I don’t need saving. I don’t need someone to fill a void.

In contrast, I’d say all my summers before this one were always much more full of drama and action. I’d fall right into that driving energy of the sun, and I thought that was good for me.

And while I absolutely don’t want to rob myself of crazy, awesome experiences, I also don’t want to use them to justify the quality of how I spend my time.

So this summer has held some subtle, quiet, heart filling moments.

It’s new territory I’ve been navigating.

Maybe it’s age. Maybe it’s wisdom. Maybe it’s growth, healing, food, practice… probably all of it.

But I’m just really happy to feel this progress. This stable feeling of being that I’ve longed for.

You can’t force it. :)

But every seed grows its roots.

It just needs to be watered, attended to, and cared for through discipline and the simple act of showing up for yourself, every single day. 🌱

I feel called, over and over again, to create these meaningful spaces.Every time women walk away from one of our circles...
01/08/2026

I feel called, over and over again, to create these meaningful spaces.

Every time women walk away from one of our circles, I see something has shifted. Not because someone fixed them, but because they gave themselves the space to pause, to feel, and to reconnect. And every time, it reminds me that this is something we deeply need. It is something we crave. It has to continue its purpose.

When I begin creating a new circle, I always tune into the energy of the season, the moon, or a particular cosmic moment.

I ask what this gathering is asking for?

What are we being invited to explore?

What are we here to co create together?

This time, I knew it was the Lion’s Gate Portal.
The energy of the number 8. Infinity. Abundance. The brightest star, Sirius, aligning with our Sun. A symbolic moment that invites us to pause, reflect, and step into the next chapter with intention.

Cacao medicine was called in to gently open our hearts.

Soft voice activation.

Mantras.

Medicine music with Verouli Elizabeth Sarasvatī .

Movement. Breath. A space to simply be.

It isn’t the Lion’s Gate that changes us.
It is us.

The woman who chooses to show up for herself.

Again and again.

The Lion’s Gate is simply an invitation.

The transformation begins the moment we choose to listen.

Every circle excites me because I never fully know what it will bring. I simply trust the process, create from the heart, and watch the women, the conversations, and the energy that are meant to meet each other arrive.

And somehow, they always do. 🤍

Trusting ourselves is one of the greatest superpowers we can grow within: trusting our intuition, our bodies, and moving...
12/07/2026

Trusting ourselves is one of the greatest superpowers we can grow within: trusting our intuition, our bodies, and moving beyond our fears and doubts.

Growing trust together in circles, gatherings, retreats, or simply over a cup of coffee is another superpower we can cultivate. Away from judgment, away from comparison, away from doubt.

In safe spaces, in nature, we give ourselves permission to pause. To acknowledge everything we’ve already accomplished, instead of constantly striving for more, doing more, being more.

We carry so much. Families, careers, changing bodies, hormones, relationships… the wheel of life is in constant motion, and somehow it seems to gather more speed as we grow older.

We need time to slow down. We need reminders to slow down. The Moon reminds us of that. She has her phases, times to retreat and renew, and times to shine in her fullest expression.

Maybe that’s why women have always gathered. To remember that we don’t have to carry it all alone. To be witnessed, supported, and gently reminded that the trust we’re searching for has been within us all along.

Next event:

🌑 in Cancer.

Women’s circle.

14th of July.

18.30

Koronekes Olive Mill Farm

Knossos, Heraklion, Crete

Breathing practice to ground, restorative yoga to deepen body relaxation, yoga Nidra to quiet the mind, dive deeper into the soul and her current wishes and set your intentions. Cancer remind us to take time to come back home within.

01/07/2026

Summer Summer Summer

While each season has its own magic, this one has that special magic of bringing me back to myself.

Not because life suddenly becomes easier, but because my body remembers what freedom feels like.

The last couple of months have asked a lot of me. Grieving my daughter leaving home, questioning myself as a mother, healing after surgery, slowing down when all I wanted was to move. It felt like life was asking me to pause, even when I wanted to keep going.

Looking back, I wouldn’t change it.

Sometimes we don’t need fixing.

Sometimes we simply need time.

And now, as July arrives, I feel my energy returning (big from the top of my lungs YAY).

I feel my body saying yes again.

Summer has always felt like the season that strips away more than our clothes. It peels away the layers we’ve been hiding behind and gently reminds us who we are underneath.

This month I’m choosing to meet life with open arms.

Because the energy we bring into the world has a beautiful way of returning to us.

Here’s to a July filled with trust, joy, connection, and the courage to live fully.

What are you saying yes to this month?

Retreats have become a part of our lives. They are no longer a luxury but something essential, something we truly do for...
13/06/2026

Retreats have become a part of our lives. They are no longer a luxury but something essential, something we truly do for ourselves because we know it is one of the best ways to recharge, unwind, ground, and return to joy and truth.

I love seeing this space growing and being so needed. I love that more and more of us are learning how to put ourselves first.

And it’s not really about the place, the yoga, or the Full Moon. First and foremost, it’s about listening to your body, knowing what she needs, following that inner guidance, and choosing yourself.

Everything else is simply a vehicle back to your wellbeing, your connection, your love.

Working with women and creating a safe space of trust, letting go, laughing, creating, crying, hugging, and sharing is something I have been guided to do from my heart, from a place of love and giving.

Come and join us on the magical island of Crete for a Women’s Yoga Retreat.

5 Days of:

✨ Daily yoga practices
✨ Workshops
✨ Hiking
✨ Cacao ceremony & chanting
✨ Swimming
✨ Ecstatic dance under the Full Moon
✨ Opening and closing circles
✨ Meditation & breathwork
✨ Creative workshops
✨ Journaling

For more details, follow the link in my bio or send me a DM.

https://www.soulnatureyoga.com/rootedintrustyogaretreat

Today marks exactly a month since I left Morocco.Everything needs time to settle, to digest, to reveal its truth. Coming...
25/04/2026

Today marks exactly a month since I left Morocco.

Everything needs time to settle, to digest, to reveal its truth.

Coming back hasn’t been easy.

An empty home.
My daughter stepping into her own life.
And me… meeting myself in a completely new space as Lana, not mama first.

It shook me.
I’m transitioning.

But I don’t resist it.
Because I know in order to reach the other side,
you have to swim through the deep waters.

And somehow, I feel held by my life and work for 4 months in Morocco.

Morocco gave me more than I ever expected although I didn’t expect, it happened to me as unexpected as most breathtaking love stories happen 🥰🤍. Of course I’m a romantic first as love comes and experiences in different forms 🫠.

Retreat after retreat, woman after woman,
this work opened in a way I can’t even fully explain.

Not just teaching.
But listening.
Feeling.
Responding in the moment.

Understanding that this work is never one sided.
It’s not only about guiding others.

It’s a shared field.
A mirror.
An exchange.

As I hold space for women,
I meet parts of myself too.
I learn. I soften. I expand.

Every woman who shows up leaves her imprint.
Each one different.
Each one carrying her own story, her own truth.

And it changes me as much as it supports them.

Our sensitivity.
Our strength.
Our depth.

And the power that unfolds
when we stop comparing, judging, holding back…
and simply allow ourselves to be.

Women don’t need perfection.
We don’t need performance.

We need space.
Safety.
Connection.
Truth.

And JOY.

We carry enough, to acknowledge it in each other and take time to enjoy, heal and laugh.

This moment…
this phase…
is asking me to embody everything I’ve been sharing.

Not somewhere far away.
But here. Now. In real life.

This is a new chapter.

As a mother.
As a woman.
As a guide.

🤍🤍🤍

🌕🤍

My next Full Moon Women retreat in October, Crete link in bio.

As I sit on a bench in a park in a small coastal city, Setúbal in Portugal, bathing in the evening warmth that feels lik...
01/04/2026

As I sit on a bench in a park in a small coastal city, Setúbal in Portugal, bathing in the evening warmth that feels like summer in my T-shirt, watching people and fully enjoying my time, feeling the salt on my skin from a day at the beach and a swim in the cold Atlantic, after cycling along the coastline, I finally let myself rest after months of work in Morocco, take time to reflect and decompress.

I can’t stop feeling this pure empowerment inside me, this deep sense of contentment, how deeply I trust my body and listen to her without fear to follow.

As I needed to find a way back from Morocco to Greece without it costing a fortune right before catholic Easter, and also pause somewhere to land before returning to my reality, as of my home base, Lisbon tickets were unbelievably inviting cost of a bus ride🥰🤍.

My body vibrated yesssss. I didn’t want to stay in Lisbon all the time. I was torn between surfing or camping/hiking but had no gear for the latter. When I shared my dilemma with , she suggested the coastline of Setúbal and how she cycled around it 🥰. I looked it up and my body said yes again. Finding an e-bike and a room was easy.

The more you travel, the more at ease you become arriving in new places, speaking to people, observing culture which is my an absolute favourite thing. Even doing something new like this cycling journey didn’t stop me, I simply followed the pull to explore.

I don’t believe in doing just one thing. I follow what calls me. There is so much to experience, why limit yourself.

And in this moment it became so clear. This way of living with no doubt or fear, just moving and choosing, is TRUST. The one I teach, the one I share, and the one I live.

Go and follow. Do and live. Not waiting for someone or something, but choosing yourself.

Pause. See it in yourself. Appreciate it. Give yourself CREDIT.

I am deeply in love with this WOMAN, Myself obviously 😝🤍.

And this is exactly what I hold space for inside my Into the TRUST retreat, a return to your body, your trust, your truth.

Follow link in bio for more info and bookings.

Thank you, Winter.On this first day of calendar winter, and just 19 days before Earth steps into spring, I want to honou...
01/03/2026

Thank you, Winter.

On this first day of calendar winter, and just 19 days before Earth steps into spring, I want to honour all that this season has given me. It brought me joy, peace, and deep healing.

This was the winter I came home to more of myself. Gently removing layers of old holding, past conditioning, and unnecessary weight. Learning to trust. To simply be. To let go of attachments of all kinds.

I spent my winter in Morocco, with a short pause to visit friends in London and a brief return home to Crete. I had dreamt of this freedom for so long—of being able to move, to follow life where it calls. I didn’t know how it would feel to leave home before my daughter did, to begin a new cycle as myself, as Lana. I will always be her mama—but now I am the mama of an adult.

This season taught me to truly see her as her own person. Not an extension of me. Not someone who needs to live or choose as I would. It was a profound lesson. As parents, we guide and protect, but sometimes we don’t see when it’s time to release and meet each other anew.

Through moments of struggle, clarity arrived. I saw that the old ways of communicating no longer work. We are learning each other again, stepping into a new stage of our relationship. And to feel this awareness fully—to live it in every cell—is deeply liberating.

We are forever changing. There is no limit to growth, to understanding, to softening into life’s layers.

This winter reminded me: people are their own beings. Let them be. There is nothing to prove. No need to spend energy where it isn’t met or understood.

It also reminded me of community and human connections no matter where we all come from, how fast total strangers become like family, how easy it is to connect when the heart is open.

There aren’t enough words or images to capture how deeply this season held me. The land, the silence, the trust in my body—all of it guided me here.

Thank you thank you to all🤍

As the Snake completes her final circle around my whole self,I sit in stillness with all she has taken,and all she has g...
16/02/2026

As the Snake completes her final circle around my whole self,
I sit in stillness with all she has taken,
and all she has given.

She asked for lot, a lot more I thought I had.

She asked me to release the skins I outgrew
but still carried out of memory,
out of fear,
out of habit.

She asked me to meet myself
without the armour,
without the stories,
without the doubt I learned to call home.

And so I shed.

In quiet moments.
In tears that had no language.
In breaths that trembled between grief and relief.

She taught me that letting go is not loss —
it is return.

Return to intuition.
Return to truth.
Return to the body that always knew.
Embodiment in trust.

There were moments I felt stripped to bone,
but it was soul.
Soul does not pretend.
Soul remembers who you are.

And now, as the Horse approaches —
I feel her in my blood already.
Movement. Fire. Freedom.
A force that does not ask for permission to live fully.

But I honour the Snake first.

For her endings.
For her medicine.
For the quiet, sacred death of who I no longer am.

Nothing was wasted.
Nothing was against me.
Everything was initiation.

I sit here now — softer, clearer, more whole.

Grateful for what fell away.
Grateful for what remained.
Grateful for what is ready to run free.

When it’s hard to choose just one 🤍So grateful to have been captured by the beautiful soul and so talented during our l...
12/02/2026

When it’s hard to choose just one 🤍

So grateful to have been captured by the beautiful soul and so talented during our last women’s yoga retreat.

There’s something special about being photographed while doing what you love.

Here I am — glowing from leading yet another circle of incredible women. Every retreat brings new connections, deep conversations, shared laughter, soft tears, and so much gratitude.

For me, teaching retreats is always a two-way journey.
Women come to rest, to truly decompress, to reconnect with themselves. And my role is to listen — to their energy, their needs, their unspoken wishes — and weave it all organically into the program.

Watching them leave feeling stronger, softer, more connected to their bodies and their trust… that is everything.

It matters deeply to me that women return home loving life a little more. Feeling at home in their bodies. Standing in strength, sensation and self-trust. Showing up with a genuine smile.

These photos also mark something personal for me.

The journey of becoming the woman and teacher I already was — but sometimes doubted. Yes… insecurity played its part. But leading retreat after retreat brought me back to my own foundation.

To my inner woman.

Steady. Confident. Undisturbed by outside opinions or echoes of the past.

Standing firmly in who I am — with love.

And that’s the gift I hope to hold space for. Because how we choose to live and feel in our bodies every day… that’s everything.

Retreat season is unfolding again 🤍

Retreat with me:

6th - 11th of March Meditation and Yoga retreat

13th - 16th of March, W o m e n R e t r e a t

23rd -28th of October, R O O T E D in T R U S T, a harvest Full Moon W o m e n Retreat In OM shanti and healing retreat Center, Crete Greece. (More info coming soon)

DM for details.

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