Arya Yoga: Be Healthy & Happy

In 2014, Nina Shengelia's decision to turn her passion into an activity became a prerequisite for the establishment of a yoga studio.

Since then, the goal has been to enable as many people as possible to become acquainted with the practice of yoga. The idea came to fruition and that is why the Arya Yoga studio has been visited by many loyal and novice visitors over the years. GEORGIA TODAY spoke to Nina to find out more.

Nina, what kind of yoga does Arya Yoga offer its customers?

Modernized yoga exercises are available in the Arya Yoga studio. These include the combined, one-hour practice of various yoga practices: Ashtanga, Khatkha, and Vinyasa, formulated for anti-stress, meditation, and breathing exercises, balance, press, spine, and spinal exercises (both group and individual). There are also exercises with a yoga wheel, which makes the results obtained with all types of exercise more effective. We also have anti-gravity yoga, which is exercise with yoga hammocks.

How did Arya Yoga manage to establish a distinctive niche?

The reason for our success has probably been that we constantly aim to offer our customers a variety of interesting products and services.

We have regular "Yoga Retreats” - recreational rest in almost all regions of Georgia. We’ve had tours in almost every region of the country which are Rooms Hotel Kazbegi, Rooms Hotel Bakuriani, Lopota Lake Resort and Spa, Kvareli Lake Resort, Castello Mare Hotel & Wellness Resort, Chateau Mere, Crowne Plaza Borjomi, Borjomi Likani, and other places. I would like to thank each of them for their loyal cooperation and exciting prospects for the future.

Due to the success of these tours, a 30-person yoga retreat took place in the homeland of yoga, and we also visited Kerala, on the south coast of India.

I remember the emotions of our customers on the day of our departure, the excited faces and the desire to do it again in future. However, due to the current pandemic reality, we cannot plan anything in this regard yet.

Tell us about the products the studio offers.

We have a store selling extremely high quality products, among them Canadian brand yoga line "Lululemon," and the best organic products “Nesti Dante” of the supermarket chain "Georgita," the best line of body and facial care “Yeso,” bio natural food products, and more.

With us, you will also find Chairina, an ecologically clean, natural, premium class tea. The product is from Singapore and as yet, you can buy it only at Arya Yoga.

Who are the instructors behind Aria Yoga’s success?

We have only Indian instructors. Fabin Vargas, from the day the studio was founded, has been one of our most exemplary instructors, whose main interest is to share his knowledge and experience with our customers. I want to thank Fabin for such professionalism and for his smiles and positive character, which is always contagious. Regarding his qualifications, I will not bother you by talking about it: those who have tried his practice at least once will confirm his amazing skills!

Nishant Singh joined our team at the end of 2019. He is from Rishikesh, a place to which the first records of the existence of yoga are linked. He earned a master's degree from leading institutions such as Uttarakhand Universit and Annamalai University. He also has experience working in the New Delhi branch of Bharat Thakur Artistic Yoga, a world-renowned and successful school.

He often says that yoga is not just a form of exercise, but a science that is a formula for a happy, healthy and peaceful life. Yoga teaches a person how to enjoy and appreciate each minute, and to live in the present.

Nishant hasn’t been with us long, but those he has already shared his experiences and many customers have already developed a loyal attitude towards him, interest in his teaching, and he is very happy about it. It is unfortunate that the world crisis has reached us against the background of these many successes.

How have you overcome the most critical periods of Covid-19?

It is the most difficult period now. At the start of the pandemic, like all fitness centers, Arya Yoga Studio was temporarily closed.

We resumed open-air training in July, observing social distancing and all mandatory regulations.

Without our favorite partners, Tsiskari and Fabrika, our existence at that time would have been unimaginable. I would like to thank them.

What are your future plans?

Arya Yoga Studio has even greater potential and we need constant partners in such activities for such dynamic development. Collaborations will definitely be discussed.

What would you like to say to our readers?

To those who are not yet our customers, we would love to have you join us! And I thank our customers for every second they spend with us with such enthusiasm: their love for us is the main motivation for me. That is why I’m always trying to move forward and I hope that a lot of success awaits us together.

On the photos: Fabin Vargas, Nishant Singh, Nina Shengelia, Tata Shengelia, Marika Babunashvili, Guri Koiava, Natia Nebieridze, Lika Lortkipanidze, Natia Metreveli