About us
Evergreen Yoga Studios operates two established yoga studios in Athens, each with years of history and a vibrant community of practitioners. Over the years, thousands of students have passed through our doors, creating a living environment of practice, learning, and shared exploration. What began as a small initiative has grown into a stable and respected presence in the Greek yoga community, offering daily classes, workshops, retreats, and professional trainings.
Evergreen Yoga is an organization that continues to grow and evolve while being nurtured through the philosophy of yoga itself. Yoga serves as a holistic tool of psychosomatic development, through which the practitioner gradually introduces change on multiple levels, moving toward the realization of their true self. At Evergreen Yoga, practice is approached as a life tool — a process that becomes part of everyday life and guides people toward greater awareness and consciousness.
Our studios specialize in Vinyasa Yoga, a form of practice that unites breath and movement while guiding the practitioner toward a peak posture within each sequence. This dynamic method creates a continuous flow of movement and breathing, gradually bringing the practitioner into a state of moving meditation that refines attention while cultivating strength, stability, and presence.
Vinyasa Yoga represents a contemporary expression of traditional Hatha Yoga that resonates naturally with the rhythm of modern life. The practice offers tangible results that practitioners often experience within a short time, both physically and mentally. Through regular practice students develop strength, flexibility, concentration, and refined breathing capacity, while the practice also supports relaxation and mental clarity. For many practitioners, Vinyasa Yoga becomes a complete physical discipline while simultaneously opening the deeper dimensions of yoga.
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Our Story
Panos Katsandris is the founder, vision holder and head teacher. He created the first school in Athens back in 2012. Today, the Evergreen organization consists of a group of many more teachers and one more school in Nea Ionia. Evergreen's venture culminates in our yogic center, the ashram, an eco-village in the pristine forest of mount Kallidromo in Fthiotida, where educational programs, seminars, and other events that refer to the connection between humans and nature are hosted.
Meet the Teaching Team
Panos Katsandris
Coming from a background of civil engineering and architecture, Panos’s initial approach to yoga was based on a scientific way of thinking, which caused major challenges in understanding certain aspects of the yogic philosophy. Duo to that his teaching emphasizes in introducing his students to the philosophy of yoga in a way where everyone, no matter their background, is able to understand and absorb it. His classes focus on instructing dynamic and demanding sequences with an emphasis on the breath that allow practitioners to enter a meditative state. He is the founder and head teacher of Evergreen Yoga Studios
Maria Arvanitaki
Growing up as a dancer, Maria was always interested in the different ways the body works and moves. The need to deepen her understanding for the human body and to explore the expressive and therapeutic potential of movement lead her to study Dance Therapy. When she discovered yoga she found what she was looking for, a way to connect the body and the mind. She completed her YTT at Evergreen Yoga Studios and started teaching. Her love for the female body and motherhood, lead her to train in prenatal yoga (RPYT) and she is now the head teacher of EYS Prenatal Yoga TT. Furthermore in an effort to share the teaching of yoga she started Evergreen Yoga Studios Nea Ionia.
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Katerina Zerva
Katerina from an early age was interested in the body and its expression possibilities. Her trainings began from Reiki 2nd degree, followed from dance workshops, and Thai massage. She first met herself in the yoga path back in 2014 and after 2 years she attended Evergreen YTT. Through the system of Vinyasa yoga Katerina is able to connect her restless spirit with the path towards the real Self, thus satisfying her need for knowledge and creation. This enables her students to start their own exploration to physical expression and treatment. Today Katerina teaches classes in Evergreen studios focused on the breath alignment, while she is also part of in the teaching team of the TT’s.
Emiliana Tsoukala
Emiliana’s yoga journey started while being in university. What amazed her was the respect with which yoga treats the human body in contrast with the western way of thinking of physical exercise. She did her YTT at Evergreen Yoga studios and has been teaching since 2018. She also trained in Dramatherapy and uses its techniques, along with yoga, to help individuals further connect and understand their inner self. In her classes you’ll get challenged with creative and dynamic sequences, learn more about the chakras and move in ways that might help you connect with your emotions.
Jonas Velas
Student of medicine and lover of martial arts and calisthenics, Jonas began his practice with Asthanga, and soon started to apply his medical knowledge in practice. A 7-month journey to India led him deeper in understanding the holistic way of yoga and upon his return he started teaching in studios. His willingness to share his experience of the benefits of body movement and breathing soon allow him to teach anatomy, meditation and pranayama in specialized seminars, as well as in EYS TT’s and other training programs. Today, Jonas is the owner of “108 studio” in Greece.
