Doris Jankovits

I am 40 years old, mother of 2 young boys and married. I am a nurse practitioner. I am a yogini. I am Austrian. I live in the US. I currently speak English and German fluently. I am conversational in Croatian and Spanish and speak some French. Throughout my adult life, I moved across political and social borders and lived in countries with languages, cultures, and customs not my own. I am constantly learning and growing. It's never ending. For the past few years I have come to believe that "listening more and talking less" is a good way to approach the world, to find a deeper understanding of everything around me. I rarely succeed fully, but am always trying.

I have been doing yoga for 15 years and been a yoga instructor for the past 10. Yoga is amazing and still at times it seems too good to me to be true. It makes my students and me strong and healthy and more flexible and less achy. It can help heal our bodies and minds. It is a safe space, a rescue and a shelter. As a nurse practitioner, I use it daily to teach my patients certain poses, to help them alleviate pain and heal injuries. I am also trained in mindful self-compassion (MSC). I meditate daily and use MSC in my yoga classes. 

I love teaching and doing yoga. It has opened the world to me in ways, I could not have imagined.