Meet The Teachers
The 200 hour Foundation Yoga Teacher Training is taught by Kosta Miachin, the founder of Vikasa along with his team of senior level yoga teachers.
Our team is an eclectic group of international yogis with a variety of strengths and styles. Our faculty may shift slightly depending on which dates you attend. All Vikasa teachers have graduated from teacher trainings with a minimum of 200 hour teaching certification recognized by the Yoga Alliance.
An eclectic group of international yogis with a variety of strengths and styles.
All have experienced several Yoga Teacher Trainings with a variety of styles and focus. Our vast and combined experience will enrich your education and your yoga career.
The course is structured around various techniques, vastly ranging according to the expertise of our diverse team. We believe in the power of self initiative, self love and personal evolution. The only way to truly have an impact on the world is to start with the impact of our own vibrations. We believe in the power of community; that a small group of like minded people have the power to change the world.
Kosta Miachin
Founder & Lead Yoga Teacher
Kosta’s journey into yoga has taken him to the far reaches of the world, from remote Himalayan ashrams, to his initiation by a master monk in a sacred Sak-Yant ceremony in Thailand. Kosta has undergone extensive training and was certified with five different schools: Yoga 23, Sivananda Yoga, Mysore Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Andiappan Yoga and Universal Yoga and maintains close ties to many other yoga schools around the world. The vision for Vikasa Yoga was born upon realization that the deeper dimension of yoga is a spiritual journey and a conscious evolution of the individual. Seeing this as the ultimate human endeavor, he committed his life to supporting others on this path and has been teaching yoga for over 20 years now.
Mikey Lazano
Yoga Teacher, Methodology & Anatomy
Mikey has an encyclopaedic knowledge of all things yoga with particular specialisations in intelligent sequencing, yoga anatomy and efficient movement. He draws on aspects of his former profession as a personal trainer in his practices and teachings – focussing on balancing strength and flexibility with an overarching emphasis on safety. As well as having a broad and deep knowledge of yoga practices and history (having completed a number of trainings with Vikasa and Universal Yoga), he also has a passion for teaching and a talent for making complex concepts accessible to all.
Michael Murray
Yoga Teacher & Group Dynamics
While initially drawn to the physical aspects of yoga, Michael remains stimulated by the interplay between the physical practice and the more spiritual, inner-journey that can be opened up by the physical practice. In pursuit of this interplay, Michael teaches correct alignment and intuitive movement and also facilitates discussions and lectures on emotional intelligence and personal development.
Niki Lundberg
Yoga Teacher & Emotional Intelligence
Niki believes that yoga can be life-changing, both on an individual and a collective level. And so her teaching, which she sees as her vocation, is focussed on tapping into yoga’s transformative capacity and providing a means for her students to embark on journeys of self-discovery. She has a background in psychology and an unwavering belief in the importance of combining the physical aspects of yoga with the often neglected spiritual aspects.
Demi Chanriya
Yoga Teacher and Group Dynamics
Demi Chanriya is a Vikasa 500 hr Registered Yoga Teacher. She sees yoga as a pathway of homecoming that welcomes all facets of the human experience. Drawing from classical Tantra, Demi encourages yogins to weave spiritual sadhana with material elements in a way that dissolves duality and cultivates a sense of refuge within self. She views movement (on the mat and through the world) as a dance within which all aspects of life (and death) entwine together.
Grant Latimer
Yoga Teacher and Group Dynamics
Grant is a resident yoga teacher at Vikasa and part of the Yoga Teacher Training faculty. He embodies a love for yoga that has spanned over 20 years. This love was explored first through mantra meditation and later through asana, pranayama, dynamic mediations and sound healing. He completed his RYT500 with Vikasa and has spent the last several years living and teaching in Bali, China, and Thailand. Grant’s passion is to share his knowledge to ignite development and growth in others.
Ann Thongtod
Assistant Yoga Teacher
Ann is a resident yoga teacher at Vikasa and also an assistant on our 200hr trainings. Ann’s classes are steeped in the traditions of yoga, concerned with consecration and ritual, but with a strong focus on physicality. She guides students into advanced and complicated poses in a joyful and loving way, holding space for practitioners of all levels of practice and backgrounds. She pays particular attention to each individual’s capacity and provides bespoke guidance that allows each person to find their own way and progress at their own pace.
Alexey Vyazovov
Yoga Philosophy & Meditation Teacher
A truly passionate and dedicated yogi, Alex began his journey into Yoga over 20 years ago and committed to realizing the essence of yoga beyond the physical practice. He apprenticed with a Yoga master and remained fully immersed in a wide range of yogic practices for several years. Alex later received spiritual initiation and started to share the knowledge of self-realized yogis along with his own experience and insights received during his apprenticeship and years of daily study and meditations. Alex is a yoga philosophy specialist and teaches the philosophy module of this training.
