Jelka Milic

Bio:

Jelka is a dedicated practitioner of Iyengar yoga. Gaining her professional certificate from the Iyengar Yoga Association UK in 2009, she has been teaching ever since. In her classes, Jelka creates a supportive and inclusive environment built on technical clarity, integrating the knowledge from all limbs of yoga. Jelka has been a regular student at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune in India established by the founder of the Iyengar method, B.K.S. Iyengar, under whose direct tutelage she was privileged to develop her practice. Jelka has continued to deepen her understanding of yoga with Iyengar’s descendants – his daughter Geeta, son Prashant and granddaughter Abhijata Sridhar, further exploring the physical training alongside the practice of the pranayama and also participating in specialised medical classes. She has trained extensively with senior UK practitioners, and continues to study with Penny Chaplin. Jelka works in interdisciplinary health and wellness teams of movement specialists. With a background in dance, Jelka also works as a choreographer, often teaching yoga to dancers, actors, professional athletes as well as general classes in the UK and internationally.