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Toronto, Ontario
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Sasha, Studio Director
Sasha's roots go back to Soviet Union/Ukraine and Hungary. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Toronto. Sasha started practicing hatha yoga in 1983. In 1987 he became a disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda (Self Realization Fellowship) and added Kriya yoga (special advanced practice of Raja yoga) to his daily sadhana. He began practicing the Bikram Method of Yoga in 1991. In the winter of 1994, Sasha undertook a four month intensive Bikram Yoga Training under Bikram Choudhury's personal direction and guidance. He was one of Bikram Choudhury's first teacher trainees and is Canada's most Senior Bikram Yoga Instructor.

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Sasha continues his daily yoga practice of Bishnu Ghosh lineage.
He sincerely believes in an ongoing research, learning, practice and sharing of Yoga with his students.
Since 1991, Sasha has personally taught thousands of students, thus expanding his skills and experience as a yoga teacher. More than 30 of his students have gone on to become certified Bikram Method yoga instructors. Some of them are now teaching in their own Bikram Yoga studios in the Toronto area.

Sasha has an excellent 99.9% perfect
practice and is one of my best teachers.
--Bikram Choudhury


Aranka, Studio Director
Born and raised in Budapest, Aranka ventured to Canada in the 80's. Her passion has been from early on people, books, art and for the past 10 years, yoga too. She started the Bikram Method of Yoga in Winnipeg, fell in love with it immediately, adopting a 6 days per week practice right away.
Aranka completed her training with Bikram in 2004, and has been teaching since then. She opened the first Bikram yoga studio in frosty Winnipeg, then she moved to Toronto to learn and teach with Sasha at the Annex studio. She loves teaching, her style is compassionate, accurate and mature.
She is also a big fan of Osho, Sri Eknath Easwaran, teachers of timeless wisdom and compassionate love.

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