The OmAge Team

Debra Kochanczyk
Vivid Riley
Helen McGougan

Shama Mustafa
Cristina Berar
Ines Pimental

Team OmAge

Meet the OmAge Yoga Abu Dhabi Team

* * * OmAge Yoga has relocated to Italy and Costa Rica * * *

Debra Kochancyzk
Debra Kochancyzk is a founding partner of OmAge Yoga is a Yoga Alliance RYT 500, RYS 200 and YACEP registered Yoga Teacher. Debra's full Bio can be found here

Vivid Riley
Vivid Riley is a founding partner of OmAge Yoga and is Yoga Alliance RYT 200, RCYT and RPYT registered Yoga Teacher. Vivids full Bio can be found here.

Helen McGougan
After first being introduced to yoga at university, it was another 10 years before Helen got properly hooked by the practice and found something in it that gave her the physical, mental and spiritual balance that she had been looking for.
Helen is passionate about showing others how to use Yoga to keep healthy and active, helping us step away from our manic modern lifestyles and reconnect with who we are and the world we live in. She qualified in the UK in 2013, is a member of Yoga Alliance RYT200, and enjoys teaching Seasonal Vinyasa Flow and Hatha yoga to people of all abilities.

Helen moved to Abu Dhabi from Scotland in 2014 and feels very fortunate to be living and practicing in this modern, vibrant and hot part of the world!

Shama Mustafa
Shama’s professional objectives are to motivate and inspire people to connect with their inner self to explore their potential and heal through the power of breath, mind and body.
Shama has been practicing yoga for 12 years with extensive experiential knowledge of various styles such as Flow, Restorative, Vinyasa, Hatha & Kundalini with a substantial understanding of the philosophy of yoga. She has more than 5 years of experience teaching yoga classes at Crown Plaza Hotel Yas Island, and has a compassionate, intuitive & non-judgmental teaching style.
Yoga Education:
Diploma of Hatha Yoga, British School of Yoga (BSY)
Hatha & Vinyasa Teacher 200hr certification ( Yoga Alliance USA)
Ying Yang yoga retreat with Simon Low (Turkey)
Yoga Workshop (Michel Besnard and Roslyn Ying)
Workshop of Yoga Synergy (Andreas Bothner)

Cristina Berar
Cristina found her yoga path after seeking out an Indian Yoga master about Patanjali’s Traditional Hatha Yoga. The yoga practice strengthened her inner roots and inspired within her a sense of calmness, purpose and clarity.
Cristina’s practice is focused on personal evolution and connecting with one’s self both on and off the matt.
Cristina has completed her Yoga Teacher Training and is a certified Yoga Alliance 200 RYT.
She teaches groups and individual classes where she guides participants in experiencing their body-mind connection with thoughtfully practiced asana and pranayama.

Ines Pimental
Inês is a Holistic Health Coach and Yoga Teacher on a mission to inspire people around the world to become the best absolute version of themselves and to empower them to create the life of their dreams. Inês is Portuguese but the world has been her home for the last years.
Inês graduated as a Holistic Health Coach at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York, the largest nutrition school in the world, and she is a certified Yoga Teacher by the Yoga Alliance. Inês is also a certified Reiki Level 1 and Meditation practitioner with courses from the Brahma Kumaris World Spirituality University.
She has been working in the Wellbeing and Health Food industries for the last five years. Starting her journey into the world of holistic health while trying to heal from an auto immune disease, this adversities and health struggles led her to embrace a complete lifestyle change. Taking up a plant-based diet full of organic and fresh products and practicing yoga and meditation daily within a few months she completely controlled her disease and found her life balance.

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