Auður Bjarnadóttir has been teaching yoga since 2000. In 1999 she earned her first teaching certificate, in hatha/ashtanga at Mount Madonna in California. Her pregnancy yoga training began in Seattle in 2000, continued at the Kripalu Center in 2002 and with the renowned Gurumukh 'Khalsa Way' in 2005.

Auður graduated as a Kundalini yoga teacher in New Mexico in 2005. She is also certified to teach Yoga Nidra and Yoga Therapy from the Amrit Institute in Florida. In the autumn of 2012 she received a diploma in hypnotherapy from The International School of Clinical Hypnosis. Auður specializes in pregnancy yoga and birth education, and completed doula training with Hönd í Hönd in 2011 as well as a HypnoBirth course. In 2000–2001 Auður presented Kids Yoga on the children's TV show Stundin okkar, and in 2012 she released a Kids Yoga DVD together with "Erumenn". Auður has taught widely and led many courses at Jógasetrið, including Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training and many others.

Auður loves to teach but also to learn, and sees herself as an eternal student of yoga and of living life to the fullest. Auður teaches Kundalini Yoga, Pregnancy Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga, Hatha Yoga and Yoga Nidra, and leads Kundalini Teacher Training and more. She has also led yoga trips in the mountains, and in recent years has taught Icelandic and international groups on Crete and Corfu in Greece.

Arna Rín Ólafsdóttir completed her first teacher training at Jógasetrið in 2013. Since then she has qualified as a kids yoga teacher and earned 500-hour certifications in hatha yoga, prana yoga and Yoga Nidra. She has also completed advanced Yoga Nidra training and Yoga Nidra for Kids at the Amrit Yoga Institute in Florida, where she lived, practiced and worked for about six months. Arna has long been part of the Jógasetrið team and has led many classes and courses. She is also a certified health coach, has completed Reiki level one, and has a deep interest in holistic health.

Arna teaches with a focus on building deeper trust in the body and learning to honor its messages with respect and love. She offers a space where students can feel how deeply the body is ready to go each time they come to the mat. Entering love through softness.

Ástrós Erla works as a yoga teacher, healer and social worker. In her teaching she focuses on giving people a variety of tools to connect more deeply with themselves through working with mind, body and soul. She weaves together different traditions so that people find holistic paths to better physical and mental health. Her classes blend physical yoga practice, meditation, breathing exercises, energy body work, mindfulness and self-empowerment.

Birgir Þorsteinn Jóakimsson has been interested in yogic philosophy since he was a teenager. He completed his teacher training with Jóga stúdíó and Yogi Shanti Desai in the summer of 1998. Birgir has taught people of all ages in many places since 1998, alongside his work as a graphic designer. He loves running, cycling and, most recently, sea swimming, which he practices with real passion. Birgir believes the key to being a good yoga teacher is to care endlessly for the people you teach. Then everything else follows.

Brynja Gunnarsdóttir has taught at Jógasetrið since 2013. She completed her Kundalini yoga teacher training in 2013 and Yoga Nidra in 2015. She has attended many courses and events in yoga, breathwork and meditation. Yoga is so much more than coming to the mat and doing exercises, yoga is a lifestyle and a mindset that connects body, mind and soul.

Edda Björgvins is an actress and speaker with an MA in cultural management and a postgraduate diploma in Positive Psychology and Pastoral Care from the University of Iceland. Edda recently completed her yoga teacher training at Jógasetrið, as well as training as a Yoga Nidra teacher.

Alongside her acting, she has given talks and courses on topics such as expression, strengths training, humor and joy, health promotion, happiness training, self-empowerment and much more. Edda has a special interest in learning more... and more (more today than yesterday)

Edda Jónsdóttir has studied Yoga Nidra, Kundalini Yoga and, most recently, Hatha Yoga based on the approach of Vanda Scaravelli, an approach that emphasizes grounding, listening and curiosity in all practice. She has also attended many courses in yoga and health, and trained in flotation and aquatic therapy, which she also works in. Courses that support that work include yoga therapy, flotation therapy and Aquatic Massage Therapy. Her main interests are varied movement and the outdoors, along with countless things related to mental and physical health. Edda teaches Gentle Yoga and Yoga Nidra.

Elva Rut is a nurse and midwife. She worked as a midwife at Hreiðrið and on the labor ward at Landspítali from 2006 to 2018. In May 2017 she started at Björkin, a midwife-led birth center, where she cares for women through pregnancy, birth and home visits.

Elva became interested in yoga while caring for women in labor who had practiced yoga during pregnancy, and was struck by how much yoga helped them during birth. Elva graduated as a Kundalini yoga teacher in 2015, a pregnancy yoga teacher in 2016 and a Yoga Nidra teacher in 2018.

Elva cares deeply about supporting and educating women through pregnancy, birth and the first days after birth, especially in honoring their own choices and wishes. She loves encouraging expectant mothers to make time for yoga during pregnancy, because it is a beautiful gift to themselves, their baby and their family.

Estrid Þorvaldsdóttir, began Kundalini yoga teacher training in September 2008. Kundalini yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan has grown steadily in popularity and is sometimes called the yoga of the householder. Estrid works as a yoga teacher, counselor and mountain guide. She is in advanced studies in Kundalini yoga, and also offers chakra healing based on the science of Kundalini yoga, giving personal guidance to find which chakras are out of balance and offering meditations and yoga exercises to help you return to your natural state. Estrid teaches Kundalini Yoga and chakra courses, and also offers private chakra readings.

Eva has completed a 500-hour Hatha yoga teacher training and has taught yoga in Las Vegas, USA, since 2011. In 2021 she became a certified Iyengar yoga teacher. Eva has also taken many courses in yoga teaching and yogic philosophy.

She builds her teaching on strength, softness, precision, safety, mindfulness and wellbeing.  

Guðrún Jóhanna, or Gunna as she's known, works as an HR consultant in her own company, AUKI. She completed her first teacher training in Kundalini yoga at Jógasetrið in 2015. Since then she has completed Yoga Nidra teacher training with Kamini Desai, both foundation and advanced, Vinyasa teacher training with Radiantly Alive in Bali and, most recently, Yin and Traditional Chinese Medicine teacher training with Tao Yoga in Bali.

Gunna fell in love with yoga and meditation at her first yoga class at Jógasetrið over 12 years ago, and can't imagine life without yoga, which for her is an endless journey of learning.

Guðrún Theodóra is a trained pregnancy and Kundalini yoga teacher. Her yoga practice began in pregnancy yoga with Auður Bjarna in 2008. She went on to practice Kundalini yoga and graduated as a Kundalini yoga teacher in 2011 (Jógasetrið, KRI), as a pregnancy yoga teacher in 2014 (The Mother's Journey, Carolyn Cowan and Satya Kaur) and as a Yoga Nidra facilitator in 2022 (Amrit Yoga Institute).

She has attended countless further courses in yoga and meditation, such as
– Beyond Addiction. A course developed by Sat Dharam Kaur ND and Jivan Joti Kaur PhD that integrates the teachings of Dr. Gabor Maté and other addiction specialists.
– Breath of Life (Ayurprana, Vasant Lad)
– 3 advanced courses in Kundalini yoga (Mind & Meditation, Authentic Relationships and Lifecycles & Lifestyles).
– Transcendental Meditation with the Icelandic TM Society.
– Gong playing with Arnbjörg Konráðs.
– SatNam Rasayan healing with Vivecka Pasquier.
– Kids yoga with Gurudass Kaur.

Guðrún is currently completing further studies in Ayurvedic counseling, finishing in early 2025.
She also works as an assistant in addiction treatment at SÁÁ, where she shares meditation, yoga and Nidra relaxation with clients.

In her teaching she focuses on connecting with the breath to strengthen body awareness and calm the mind.
This is how we go deeper within and grow gently into the best version of ourselves.

Halla Hákonardóttir is a yoga teacher and aquatic therapist. Halla is certified in RA vinyasa yoga from Radiantly Alive in Bali, Yoga Nidra level 1&2 from the Amrit Yoga Institute and Kundalini yoga from Jógasetrið. She has also taken many courses to deepen her own practice and knowledge. Halla works at Flothetta as a project manager and flotation therapist. She has studied gong, Reiki healing and Thai yoga massage. As a yoga teacher, Halla focuses on body awareness, freedom of movement and a deep connection with the breath. Halla teaches Yoga Flow.

Halldóra Hanna Halldórsdóttir, or Dóra as she's known, is a yoga teacher, a nurse at the palliative care unit and an ACC coach. Halldóra completed her yoga teacher training at Jógasetrið in spring 2023 and began teaching pregnancy yoga at Jógasetrið during her training, while expecting her fourth child. Halldóra is passionate about everything to do with pregnancy, parenting and spirituality. She has led many courses and given numerous talks on holistic health, mindset and spirituality.

Hildur is a trained lawyer and works as an attorney. Hildur has practiced yoga since 2010, when she came to her very first class, pregnancy yoga with Auður at Jógasetrið, and has woven yoga into her life and work ever since.

In pregnancy yoga Hildur experienced the magic of yoga first-hand, and how beautifully it supports pregnancy and birth. She graduated as a yoga teacher from Jógasetrið in 2023, while expecting her third child.

Hildur is passionate about supporting and encouraging expectant mothers and sharing the knowledge and experience she has gained from using yoga during pregnancy, birth and the first weeks at home after birth – which then carries you through all of life.

Besides yoga, Hildur loves running, pilates and cuddling up on the sofa at home, ideally with her children around her.

Inga Rún Björnsdóttir works as a clinical psychologist and yoga teacher. She has a deep interest in mental health, inner balance and especially the importance of stress management, relaxation, mindfulness, sleep and neuropsychology. She trained as a yoga teacher at Jógasetrið with Auður Bjarnadóttir (200-hour yoga teacher training in Hatha / Vinyasa and Amrit IAM Yoga) and has also completed a 20-hour Yin Yoga teacher training with Yoga Renew. She is also certified in IAM Yoga Nidra advanced from the Amrit Yoga Institute / Kamini Desai.

Inga Rún worked for many years as a psychologist in the neuropsychology service at Landspítali and as a sessional lecturer in clinical neuropsychology at the University of Iceland. Today she works as a clinical psychologist at Betri Svefn and Sálfræðiráðgjöfin. She holds a B.A. in psychology from the University of Iceland and a Cand. Psych. degree from the University of Copenhagen, specializing in neuropsychology and clinical psychology.

Inga Rún regularly leads nourishing yoga nidra courses at Jógasetrið, weaving psychological knowledge and coping tools into the yoga teachings.

Júlía is a yoga teacher and doula in training. She graduated as a Kundalini yoga teacher in 2016 and as a Yoga Nidra teacher in 2018. Júlía has practiced yoga since she was 16, and it has changed her life so deeply that she wants to open this world to others. She has also completed a Thai massage course, which she uses among other things with expectant mothers, because few things feel as rewarding to her as supporting women through pregnancy. Júlía is in Vikasa Hatha yoga teacher training, and is also a mother of two who works at a preschool, where she loves teaching kids yoga. She is passionate about everything to do with pregnancy, birth and parenting.
Júlía teaches Pregnancy Yoga.

Katrín is a trained social educator and has worked in that field for over 25 years, including as a counselor for families of children with disabilities and chronic illness. She is also a trained mediator.

Katrín has practiced yoga for many years and is passionate about how yoga and its philosophy can support physical and mental wellbeing. She focuses on creating a safe and nourishing space where each person can meet themselves with gentleness, ease stress and find greater balance.

She graduated as a yoga teacher from Jógasetrið in 2023 and has completed I AM Yoga Nidra® Immersion and Certification as well as Yoga Nidra Advanced at the Amrit Yoga Institute.

Katrín has also completed foundation and advanced courses in gong sound healing with Arnbjörg Kristín, and training in crystal bowl sound healing with Saraswati OM.

At Jógasetrið Katrín teaches yoga flow, gentle yoga and yoga nidra. She has also led courses focusing on yoga nidra and sound healing, including for mothers of children with chronic illness. In her teaching she focuses on awareness, presence and wellbeing, so that participants leave class refreshed in body and mind.

Kristín Rósa, or Rósa as she's always called, is a yoga teacher and yoga therapist. She is certified in Yoga Nidra and Hatha yoga from the Amrit Yoga Institute and in Vinyasa flow from Radiantly Alive in Bali. She is also a Kundalini yoga teacher and has attended advanced courses in Kundalini yoga, Yoga Nidra and yoga therapy. She studied Yoga Therapy with Kamini Desai and recently completed (March 2026) therapeutic/healing yoga training at Yoga Shala. Rósa is a trained nurse with a master's degree in Public Health, and her final thesis focused on stress, its effects on health and wellbeing, and stress management. She has attended courses in stress management and resilience training at the Benson Henry Institute and studied coaching with Profectus. Rósa has broad experience teaching yoga at Jógasetrið and elsewhere. 

Rósa teaches Kundalini and Yoga Nidra.

María Margeirsdóttir is a trained graphic designer. She graduated as a Kundalini yoga teacher in 2015 and continued with advanced Kundalini yoga studies in 2016 and 2018, Yoga Nidra Professional Training in 2018 and Yoga Nidra Advanced Training in 2019, the yoga teacher training "Coming Home to Yourself" in 2021–22, and Yin yoga teacher training in 2023 and 2026, along with two courses in gong sound healing. María teaches Kundalini Yoga, Yoga for 60 plus, Yoga Nidra and Yin Yoga. She first discovered Kundalini yoga in 2005 and fell in love with this powerful, transformative way of life that connects mind, body and soul so beautifully, and it has guided her journey on the yoga path ever since.

María also runs the Jógasetrið office.

María Ásmundsdóttir Shanko trained in Stott Pilates in 2005, both in Iceland and in Boston, and taught at Hreyfing in 2005–2006. In 2011 she took the playful yoga course "Childplay" with Gurudass Kaur, and in 2013 she graduated as a Kundalini yoga teacher at Jógasetrið. She studied pregnancy and mom & baby yoga with Andartak in the winter of 2014–2015 and is now in hatha yoga teacher training (2020–2021) with Ásta Arnardóttir at Yogavin. María taught yoga in East Iceland from 2016 to 2018, has taught playful yoga at Askja preschool since 2018 and has covered classes at Jógasetrið. She has worked as a primary school class teacher, a childminder, principal of a preschool and primary school, and a group leader at Askja preschool. She has experience teaching yoga at every level of education. María is also a trained upper secondary teacher of Latin and Greek, with an MA in translation studies. Besides yoga, she loves dancing Argentine tango, traveling, singing and the outdoors.

María teaches kids yoga for ages 3–4 with their parents.

Rósa Matthíasdóttir dreamed of becoming a yoga teacher from a young age. She is trained as a technical draftsperson and art historian, and holds a master's in leadership and management. Rósa has taught Kundalini Yoga since 2012 and Yoga Nidra since 2017, having studied both at Jógasetrið. She also uses MP-NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), the science of the subconscious, in her teaching. Rósa has opened her own small personal studio in Akureyri, and led chair yoga for seniors for three winters for the town of Akureyri, while also leading classes over the years for Auður Bjarnadóttir, the owner of Jógasetrið. Yoga is a lifestyle, of both body and soul. Yoga is doing your very best at all times, being aware and taking responsibility for your own experiences and life. Rósa teaches Kundalini Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Yoga for 60+ and Gentle Yoga.

Sólveig Nikulásdóttir is a trained upper secondary teacher and tour guide, and has worked in tourism for many years, including as product development manager at Iceland Travel. Sólveig now works as a specialist at the Icelandic Tourism Competence Centre. She graduated as a Kundalini yoga teacher from Jógasetrið in 2015, completed Hatha Vinyasa teacher training at Maui Yoga Shala in 2018 and a 200-hour certification in Sacred Geometry Vinyasa with Benjamin Sears in 2021. She has also taken the Childplay yoga course with Gurudass Kaur, completed Yoga Nidra level 1 and level 2 at the Amrit Yoga Institute, and a 30-hour Yin Yoga teacher certification with YogaWise. She has always loved all kinds of yoga, and few things bring her more joy than learning more about yoga and sharing it, as she has felt first-hand how yoga can increase wellbeing, ease ailments and, not least, calm the mind and reduce stress. Besides yoga, her interests include travel and adventures at home and abroad, hiking, essential oils, watercolor painting and kittens.

Sunna is a trained nurse and midwife. She has worked in the neonatal unit, on the labor ward and in prenatal care, and for many years worked at Björkin supporting births outside the hospital. Today she works on the labor ward at Landspítali and is studying pastoral care. She also offers counseling at Auðnast clinic, where she works with women of childbearing age in processing and debriefing conversations. Sunna has practiced yoga since the turn of the century and completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training at Jóga Shala, focusing on vinyasa flow, in 2024. Sunna brings creative energy to everything she does, big and small, and is a feminist to her fingertips with a strong sense of justice. Her recipe for happiness: time with her children, practice on the yoga mat, mindfulness in nature with a dash of dancing, good coffee and a carefree spirit

Thelma Björk Jónsdóttir is a trained fashion designer, arts teacher, yoga and meditation teacher, and holds a diploma in positive psychology.

In recent years Thelma Björk has taught textiles and yoga at Barnaskóli Reykjavíkur, a Hjallastefna school. She has also led meditations at Systrasamlagið every Friday since 2017. Thelma Björk completed her first teacher training in Kundalini yoga at Jógasetrið in 2015. She has since added Yoga Nidra teacher training with Kamini Desai, both foundation and advanced, the "Childplay" kids yoga teacher training with Gurudass, and a course in pastoral care with Vigfús Bjarni Albertsson at the University of Iceland's Continuing Education.

Thelma first fell in love with yoga at her first pregnancy yoga class with Auður Bjarnadóttir in 2010, and there was no turning back. "For me, yoga and meditation are very much about recharging and nourishing myself. Making deposits in my spiritual bank and being my own best friend."

Thelma Björk is an artist always exploring in her creative work, drawing on her ideas about the connection between mind and hands and how she can create art built on memories. When Thelma isn't teaching yoga and meditation, she makes hats and embroiders old chairs and pictures.

Thelma Björk teaches gentle yoga and yoga nidra

Vala weaves together a beautiful experience, and the effect is a deep relaxation that eases stress and anxiety and releases accumulated tension and trauma held in the body.
Sound waves, like all energy, are movement. Body and mind receive that movement and are gently massaged by energy, both outside and in.

The benefits include releasing tension, calming the nervous system, processing, increased energy flow and connection.

Vala's background is in music. She is a composer, sound engineer, and sound and Reiki healer.