MEET THE TEAM
Mireia Castellsagué
OMSHANTI CO-FOUNDER
CO-DIRECTING OMSHANTI TT
VINYASA, ACROYOGA & KIDS YOGA
Passionate about playing and sharing Yoga, yoga & acro for kids and families, Thai Yoga Massage and AcroYoga and AcroDance around the world.
Started practicing yoga when she was 21. Certified Yoga teacher by Witryh Yoga School and Andrei Ram is now following the teachings of Dharma Mittra and Andrei. AcroYoga Level 2 teacher and Thai Massage practitioner studied with Krishna Takis and Pau Castellsagué. Special education teacher with a specialization on Waldorf Pedagogy and yoga kids teacher certified with Micheline Flak, EURYE.
Has been teaching adults and children yoga classes since 2005. Offering Kids Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2010, Family AcroYoga Teacher Trainings since 2016, Facilitator in the teaching team on AcroYoga International Teacher Trainings since 2015 and offering Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2018.
Co-founder of Omshanti Yoga Studio, Barcelona Yoga Conference, Barcelona Acrobatic Convention, Festival AcroYoga Barcelona and Yoga Teacher Training Omshanti.
Pau Castellsagué
OMSHANTI CO-FOUNDER
THAI MASSAGE & ACROYOGA
THAI MASSAGE ACADEMY FOUNDER
A family trip to India, back in 2005, started it all. I dropped my career as a radio sports journalist and together with my brother Wari and my sister Mireia launched the Omshanti Yoga Studio (2006) and, later on, the Barcelona Yoga Conference (2011).
The path has been filled with Yoga, AcroYoga and soon enough Thai Massage showed up and stole my heart. For the last decade I have traveled around the globe sharing this art, inspired by teachers of the Sunshine Network. Laurino Bertelli, and his dedication to Vipassana meditation, the visionary OsteoThai founders David Lutt & Arno L’Hermitte, and the Sangha spirit, generosity and joy from Takis and Kerys at the Sunshine House Greece.
After graduating from a 5-year Osteopathy program at SICO (Switzerland), under the mentorship of Phillipe Druelle, the mission is crystal clear… to create a global platform, the Thai Massage Academy, and dive deep into this magical fusion between Thai Yoga Massage and Osteopathy.
Wari Om
OMSHANTI CO-FOUNDER
YOGA PHOTOGRAPHER & FILMMAKER
Travels around the world sharing and expanding the light of Yoga.
Yoga practitioner & certified teacher. Runs the Omshanti Yoga Studio with his siblings Pau & Mireia and together they organize the Barcelona Yoga Conference.
Co-director of the Documentary Mantra – Sounds into Silence.
Ignasi Antoja
SHIATSU THERAPIST
OMSHANTI GENERAL MAINTENANCE & CHEF
Shiatsu therapist certified by Shiatsu School Movement Barcelona, Shiatsu consultation room in Barcelona and at Omshanti, where he re-discovered his passion for yoga through Mireia’s classes.
Gardening lover as an opportunity to absorb knowledge in each moment. Plants and people, living beings with their strengths and needs in constant evolution.
Judith Estrada
CO-DIRECTOR OMSHANTI TT
VINYASA YOGA
She met the science of yoga through Carlos Claramunt, hatha yoga teacher with whom he was trained for 2 years.
Full-month exprience at Plum Village, living with the monks and receiving the teachings of Master Thich Nhat Hanh based on the practice of Mindfulness.
Since 2012 following the teachings of Andrei Ram, disciple of Sri Dharma Mittra. Teachings based on humility and in developing a strong desire for liberation thanks to the practice of yoga.
Mireia, Pau and Wari, through Omshanti, are a great source of inspiration for her, not only in the learning of Yoga and AcroYoga but also about life.
Giovanna Mosquera - Tara Om
TEACHING AT THE OMSHANTI TT
VINYASA YOGA & AFRO-CONTEMP DANCE
Certified Dharma Yoga teacher (500 hrs). Tara Om enjoys practicing all yoga styles.
When she met Dharma Mittra is when her life moved into a deeper meaning. Since then she shares Dharma’s teachings trying to convey the main goal of yoga that is personal fulfillment.
She has a Yoga and Pilates studio in Chetumal, open for more than 18 years and where she shares her constant learning.
Tara also organizes workshops in Bacalar with different and recognized teachers as well as giving Dharma wheel Master classes.
David Cuspinera
VINYASA YOGA
YOGA FOR CHILDREN
At school, as a child, the teachers said that he would not stop being an Indian and a clown.
50 years later, he worked professionally after training at the Institut del Teatre i el Circ, with teachers such as Rogelio Rivel, Tortell Poltrona, Piti and Toni Espanyol, and with directors such as Flotats, Rigola, Francescantonio and Bozzo.
He is currently looking for children’s smiles, performing alongside Dàmaris Gelabert.
He has been practicing Yoga since 2004, but does not discover the depth and transforming power he hides, until he lands and trains in Omshanti. First, by Isma and then by her training teachers, Judith, Giovanna and Mireia Castellsagué.
He accepts, adapts and adapts to all the challenges that his existence offers him and so he tries to transmit it to his Yoga classes.
Carles Amaya
ACROYOGA
KIDS YOGA
Pablo Xavier Zufiriategui
TEACHING YOGIC PHILOSOPHY AT THE OMSHANTI TT
Thankful to the masters, my parents and friends on the way they shared with me the luminous path of yoga from an early age. Also to Omshanti, for giving me the opportunity to accompany other yogis in their sadhana.
I try to integrate into your daily life some of the many aspects of the yogic tradition (tapas, Svadhyaya, Ishvara Pranidhana, … with the rhythm, needs and imperatives of a modern family man. The presence of the Self in the everyday.
Èrica Martínez
VINYASA YOGA
Curiosity about the human body led Erica to study biology and for years she worked in the world of science. One day she attended an Acroyoga class and fell in love with this practice that combined her passion for gymnastics, body awareness and living in the present moment. Since then, Yoga has been a big part of her life and she is dedicated to it full time. She has trained in different disciplines: Vinyasa, Hatha Radja Yoga, Acroyoga and Thai Massage.
In 2015, she co-founded Espai Ioga, a yoga center in Granollers, which she managed for six years with her partner.
Learning, practicing and sharing yoga is what she is passionate about, connects her to herself and what surrounds her, and makes her happier. He is characterized by being persevering, faithful, a follower of his dreams and addicted to verticals.
Erica encourages you to get to know and discover new characteristics of yourself through perseverance and a smile.
Isabel Castañe
YIN YOGA
I combine yoga classes with logistics, a job that can often be stressful, and practicing yoga on a personal level has helped me a lot to overcome these types of situations.
Yoga was a love at first sight, once I started I could not leave it, so I wanted to go deeper and one thing led to another, I ended up doing training in different styles to help and accompany in this way.
I consider myself happy, open, restless and always eager to learn.
Marga Vilageliu
THERAPEUTIC YOGA
Eternal learner of life, family doctor for 30 years, patients have been my first and great teachers who have made me grow the desire to delve into and deepen human nature, as well as the most nearby and Nature, my great Teacher.
With this restlessness and desire for research I came to meditation and later to Yoga from the hand of Swamini Danda Ananda Jaya Ma and Swamini Ajna Vamadeva with whom I trained in Hatha Raja Yoga, and I continue to advance in the meetings of progression in the ‘Essence of Yoga.
Combining my medical knowledge with Yoga, to adapt it to the needs of each person, and continue to practice, learn and accompany in yoga, is part of my life right now.
I am very happy to be on this path of transformation and I feel privileged to be able to share it with people at Omshanti.
Ismael Joyera
FILMMAKER & PHOTOGRAPHER
VINYASA YOGA
Vinyasa and Integral Yoga teacher. Studying the master at Witryh School of Yoga. Practitioner of Hatha-Raja Yoga with Andrei Ram and Kundalini Yoga training with Shunia Yoga Barcelona.
Thai Massage Therapist. Kids Yoga training with Mireia Castellsagué.
Camera and video editor.
Xavier Punsola
TEACHING KARANAS & DANCE YOGA AT THE OMSHANTI TT
Started practicing Hatha Yoga in 2003 by the hand of Cristina Peraire. In 2006, he began 4-year teacher training at Witryh School of Yoga, under Soma’s teachings.
His yogic path continued after learning studying with Andrei Ram, a disciple of Sri Dharma Mittra, who confirmed what he had learned with Soma.
Currently inspired by Antonio Blay’s self-healing courses with his direct perspective, without characters or masks.
Yoga teacher in Girona and Baix Empordà.
Judith Basols
YOGA PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH & POSTPARTUM
TEACHING AT THE OMSHANTI TT
When i teach yoga it’s like a good song: there is rhythm, movement, colors, senses and a creative spark.
I am part of your toolbox, I am a door to your wonderful inner world, I help you be aware of your actions, both physical (body and breathing) and mental (the whole river of thoughts that creates our brain).
I am dark and clear, of all shades and colors. I am aware that we can always be a bit better and that this is only possible by practicing and working. I need to laugh to feel alive.
I’m a mother, a fact that fills me with joy, love and tenderness. Thank you Alan and Ada for coming to our lives and for being and my masters!
Coni Guervara
KIDS CAMP
YOGA & ACROYOGA
My greatest desire is to develop consistency in practice and become what I want, coherent and constant in cultivating loving qualities to live in harmony with all beings around me. My purpose is to share the apprehended experience and knowledge to bring others closer to the community values, trust, positive communication and games.
She has lead courses on Yoga, AcroYoga and Human Values for adults, teenagers and children in a socio-economic disadvantage.
Implemented programs in prisons, low-income schools and refugee camps in Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, India, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon.
Rodrigo Alvarellos
KIDS CAMP
YOGA & ACROYOGA
ECO BUILDER
Founder ‘Son de Paz’, an eco center dedicated to sharing holistic techniques. From that place, he dreams of sharing his place with the Acroyogi community in the world. He lives his personal practice as an offer and service to others, transforming it into a shared celebration of life.
