Hi, I’m NESTY.
My name is Nesty (Anastassia Šorikov) and I teach yoga professionally since 2008. I love to help people find their true purpose and find their voice, to help people to find strong base in yoga and to explore life.
Nesty is a professional yoga teacher since 2008. She discovered yoga 23 years ago and it is been her journey and rock since then. Her dance career lead her to yoga class. By this time She was dancing for 10 years and really wanted to make her body flexible. Nesty continued dance career and finished TLU with Bachelor degree in choreography. She worked with children for several years and then moved into teaching yoga for adults. She charged herself with knowledge and practice from local teachers, but truly found herself in India. For several times Nesty travelled to India to study yoga, lived in Ashrams and met many different teachers. She got all certifications she could to become certified professional yoga teacher in different styles.
Nesty believes that strong basics can build strong foundations for future practices or give you a base for your whole life. She teaches with personal touch and believes that individual approach is very important. “Our bodies are very different since we are born and have different experiences in life so individual approach is very important” said she.
“everybody can do yoga. Because yoga is not just beautiful and complex poses. Moving your toes and fingers is also yoga. Doing joint exercises is also yoga. Inhaling and Exhaling is also yoga. To control your mind is also yoga. Yoga is so much more than just poses and beautiful body movement as we used to see. You never know what practice can show you and where to lead you, but it definitely will take you to a beautiful discoveries about yourself and life itself”
“I believe, that every person can achieve everything they want in this world. If this person act from kindness, love and compassion.”
“If you truly know what you want you will get it”
“I know that yoga practice can give people freedom. And I know that to be free you should know what you are doing. Strong basics and correct practice will make you free.
Exploring your body will lead you to your mind and then your soul. You will hear your true self. You will know what it is that you want to do in your life and step by step you will know who you are.
And this is a journey we all take in this life and I invite you to do it through yoga.
To discover your inner world and find out every day how beautiful life is around and inside you. Yoga is a journey that will help you grow as person. Will help you respect yourself and nature around you. It will explain so much and will open many doors. Yoga practice is not just being on the mat it so much more. But to start this journey you need to do the steps.
One of these steps is to get your mat on the floor and just start moving.”
“When I was young I dreamt to be a dance teacher. I knew that this is what I want to study and do with my life. I worked hard to be good at dancing what was not very natural to me. I did’t have a flexible body and everything I achieved was hard work. I still believe in hard work and less in talent. Because so many people have different natural skills, but not so many use them. But hard work and dedication, listening to your soul will get you where you want to be.”
“I also believe that the journey is the more important than a destination. Yes, achieving something is very sweet feeling, but it is just a moment and the journey is actual life.”
“Today many many years later I know that yoga is my base. My strong base for my body, psychological health and mental health. Yoga is my home, it is my boat, it is my space ship. This something I can always come back to when I’m lost”
Nesty had her own studio rooms where She was teaching for many years, but with latest events She started considering her brand as teaching and sharing her knowledge and experience than “being” a yoga studio.
“Today I don’t have a pretty room for teaching and don’t have a studio. But I have my students and we practice where we find a place for it. At the moment we landed in Tallinn, Kadriorg, Gaia school and love our class room there. Simple and bright place to dedicate to yourself.”
Today Nesty lives with her husband and two rescue puppies in Tallinn. She loves travelling, climbing, camping and van life. She also very dedicated to painting and is a professional artist, who works from her studio. Nesty loves to create with hands. She creates jewellery and knitted accessories under the name of small local knitting brand “Nesty Luna Knits” (Samana Crafts).
She believes that we are here for a reason and purpose. Being creative is a very important part of everybody’s life. She also believes in being open to new opportunities, trying new things and experiencing life as fully as possible.
EDUCATION:
*YOGA SHIVA PEETH Ashram 300h YTTC, 500h YogaAlliance certification (Yoga Teachers Training course: Hatha Yoga asana, Vinyasa Flow, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation, Anatomy, Ajurveda, Yoga Philosophy) Rishikesh, India, May 2015
*ARHANTA YOGA Ashram 200h YTTC, 200h YogaAlliance certification, Shivananda Yoga (Yoga Teacher Training course: asana, pranayama, meditation, anatomy, Vedic philosophy) Khajuraho, India, November 2012
*RAINBOW KIDS YOGA TTC YogaAlliance UK (Laste Jooga Rahvusvaheline Õpetajate koolitus; Yoga for Kids and Families Teacher Training Course) Aprill 2015
*Hatha Yoga private program with Yogi Pathak Ji , Varanasi, India 2010
*Tallinn University, Art Department, Choreography Bachelor degree 2009
*First Aid course, “Mere akadeemia” 2012
*LesMills BodyAtack base course, (Tiina Vainio) 2013, Estonia
*LesMills BodyBalance base course, (Tiina Vainio) January 2014, Estonia
*Rachel Brathen Handstand Yoga Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden 2014
*body ART base course (Jimmy Outlaw) September 2014, Estonia
*bodyART Flow (Alexa Le) November 2014, Estonia
*bodyART Dynamic (Julia Przybilka) January 2015, Estonia
*Praktilcal Ajurveda course (Atis Zarinši) 2016, Estonia
*bodyART Medical and Recovery March 2017, Estonia
*Hatha Yoga Teachers classes "Om Yoga Academy" , Shree Parveen Nair Ji juhendamisel, online Rishikesh India 2020
*First Aid course, 16 hours , ELDRED, November 2020, Eesti
*Shamanic Course "Shamanic Consciousness", Akademy "SHA" Shaman and Guru - Janett Uralova Tore, online 2021- ...
*Meditation Practices "New Consciousness", Akademy "SHA" Shaman and Guru - Janett Uralova Tore, online 2021- ...
WORK EXPERIENCE as choreographer, trainer and yoga teacher
*2002-2003 dance teacher; Tallinna Linnamäe Vene Lütseum
*2006-2007 choreographer/dance teacher (kids 14-18 y/o) "JETE" dance studio; Tallinna Mustamäe Loomingu Maja
*2007-2008 choreographer/dance teacher (kids 3-7 y/o) "Pääsuke" dance studio; Tallinna Mustamäe Loomingu Maja
*2008 dance teacher (kids 7-9 y/o) Tallinna Linnamäe Vene Lütseum
*2008-... Yoga Teacher, from 2012 “HathaWay Yoga Studio” (now “Nesty Yoga”) teacher and owner
*2014-2020 "MyFitness" sport club, Yoga Teacher, bodyART instructor
*2014-... "Golden Club" sport club, Yoga Teacher, bodyART instructor