Mariko Hirakawa
Mariko is an internationally recognized Yoga-Ayurveda Expert with over 20 years of teaching experience.
Proficient in Sanskrit and Hindi, she is one of the very few in the West to graduate from the rigorous 5 ½ -year B.A.M.S. (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) degree program at Gujarat Ayurved University, an internationally recognized Ayurvedic institution.
A Yogi with a background in professional ballet and contemporary dance, Mariko is a versatile and experienced Yoga instructor as well as an Ayurvedic practitioner trained in India. She is known for her originality, precision and the fluid way in which she integrates the physicality of Yoga with its dynamic and ever-relevant spiritual teachings.