Students Stories
Students Stories
What people say…
Student : Ifigeneia Salvanou – Tsekoura, Lawyer
She is always willing to help
Victoria is a humble person but a strong and inspiring teacher. Being a student – herself and practicing a lot on her own she is constantly evolving her personality as well as her teaching methods! She is always willing to help, encourage and motivate her students and makes class a great experience for the body and the mind!
Student : Aristea Petsa, Lawyer
Love for what you are doing
Love for what you are doing, hard work, methodology and mostly love for the human. These are the basic ingredients of a successful professional, a successful human…..Victoria has them all in abundance! She has sweetness and calmness, she is giving and has a warm smile. All these elements make her the ideal yoga instructor! Victoria is your “healthy drug”, your medicine for your emotional stability. She helps me build strength, trust in myself and self-esteem. Even when you think she pushes your limits, know that she pushes your edge to the point where you can ally with your fears and their limitations! You will love her and Forrest Yoga with Victoria!
Student : Athanasia Mygdaki, Social Worker
The word teacher is not enough to describe Victoria
I believe the word teacher is not enough to describe Victoria and all that she gives. Our sessions are healing. The connection and the contact that is created is so much more than a class….you are a mentor and a healer and you communicate to my soul, you read my body and you guide it….you feel the energy and you go with its flow….Thank you so much for this gift!
Student : Adrianne Kalfopoulou
Victoria’s presence are the oases in my weeks and days
Victoria’s presence are the oases in my weeks and days, I give pause, and learn to center the multitude of thoughts and emotions that so relentlessly take over my life Victoria teaches that these rituals, as the work of yoga is a certain ritual, are there to help us claim the fullest sense of presence. What a gift.
Student : Kyriaki Pappa Vroulou, Private Employee
It’s all about the spirit
It’s all about the spirit, the energy, the passion for giving the best of yourself out of the best practice. And each time it’s the same feeling. Doing yoga with a person who loves every detail and difference in people’s physical movement, it’s been a bless.
Student : Maria Kapsogeorgi, Private Employee
Victoria is not a teacher only by profession
Victoria is not a teacher only by profession, she is gifted, a natural in teaching not only a physical practice but lessons like self-care, self-consciousness, acceptance, commitment, communication, balance, gratitude, breathing purposefully and many more. Her classes, her retreats and her energy itself are healing and often a revelation to me about myself, my own body and way of living. Victoria is also a great, much organized professional, passionate and dedicated to the community she is building that I am grateful to be part of.
Student : Margaret Falhalla
Victoria is not only a lovely and amazing Yoga instructor
Victoria is not only a lovely and amazing Yoga instructor, she is gifted, making the hard exercises and asana feel good, she unlocks one’s heart and fear. In every lesson I feel the awareness growing in my body and spirit. And I can’t wait for the next one, though I usually grumble about it! Thank you Victoria!
Student : Nineta Velli, Arts
Her whole unique character blooms through her teaching
After Ana Forrest workshops in Athens, back in 2014, I realized the energy, the dynamics and the transmissibility Victoria holds in her teaching. Her whole unique character blooms through her teaching. In every class I feel you give me more knowledge, more connection to my body and new learning on the practice of yoga. And this is inspiring. Thank you for these 11 years!
Student : Xenia Zouvelou
Very happy to have met this girl, Victoria!
Very happy to have met this girl, Victoria! I always enjoy every second of her yoga session. A true journey into the awakening of body and mind. A complete devotion to creating space in our personal world, through activating inner qualities. I love her dedication and integrity! Her magic touch is so healing for me. It helps me walk in everyday life with beauty.
Student : Bertha Carasso – Business owner
Forrest Yoga and Victoria have been my personal everyday haven
Forrest Yoga and Victoria have been my personal everyday haven. Victoria will push you through your boundaries and help you evolve physically and spiritually. Every class is a personal discovery. Through her healing voice and asana I learned how to breathe the pain away and evolve as a Forrest Yoga practitioner in a way that I never thought I would. Thank you for showing me my strength. Thank you for teaching me to let go and mostly thank you for sharing the magic of breathing consciously.
Student : Christina Pinatsi – Architect
She has managed to make me build strength both in my body and mind
Victoria combines in the classes powerful exercise, adaptable to all levels and ages, with a wisdom and calm rarely to be found. She has managed to make me build strength both in my body and mind. (I have discovered muscles I didn’t know existed). She helped me defeat pain not only because of the exercise and her magic touch, but also by teaching me how to control my breath and my fears. Thank you Victoria, Namaste!
Student : Christina Papadokostaki – Private employee
Victoria’s practices feel like an oasis in our desert
Victoria’s practices feel like an oasis in our desert. Each one is wandering in a different desert but we are all looking for the oasis that will brighten the daily challenging days, weeks, months. Her voice, her guidance and her spirit are the light you are looking for in your practice! I have learned how to pause (so easy to say, so difficult to do) and breathe for the present, not the past, not the future. I have learned how to embrace change, challenge and pain through my breath and let this nurture me inside and out.
Student : Rebeca Taboada Garcia
Victoria makes her classes accessible and inclusive
A particular highlight of practicing with Victoria online is how she teaches how to self-assist and to access sensations and postures that I would have thought to be unavailable to me. I have experienced catharsis in her classes more times than I care to admit and it has been such a wonderful relief in the current situation. Victoria makes her classes accessible and inclusive, hence I keep coming back. Practicing with Victoria online has been one of the healthiest coping strategies during the pandemic for me
Student : Dimitrios Manousakis – Wine specialist – Artist
There is an ancient Greek saying that goes “along with body train the mind”
There is an ancient Greek saying that goes “along with body train the mind”. In this manner, the body and the mind should be equally fit and their individual wellbeing should contribute to a holistic prosperity of the person. When it comes to practicing yoga with Viktoria, this holistic view goes to the next level since after every session you feel like you also trained your spirit. Practicing with Viktoria is thought-provoking, since it’s a spiritual exercise that does not stop with Savasana; it extends throughout time, in the same way that every part of your body expands during that time. Her words of wisdom set off the practice with insightful intentions that always hit the spot personally. After the intention setting the practice becomes intense so much so that you come out as wise as her. In a testing year like this, it’s been a pleasure to practice with such a wonderful person like Viktoria. Her practices have been the oases to the spiritual desolation that we are all living now.