Stretch and Toned Up

Tentang Instruktur

Raina’s yoga journey began in an unexpected way. During her university years, around 2017–2018, her first experience was not with traditional mat yoga, but with aerial yoga—specifically, Yoga Swing. She was drawn to it because it was fun, playful, and challenging, and that experience sparked her interest in yoga.
After graduating in 2018 and returning to her hometown of Sukabumi, where aerial yoga was not widely available, she began attending mat yoga classes instead. To her surprise, she quickly fell in love with the practice. She enjoyed the challenge, the feeling of becoming more flexible, and the sense of becoming healthier through movement.

When she started working in Jakarta in 2018, her growing interest in yoga led her to look for a studio near where she lived. She became one of the early members of Just Yoga Taman Anggrek and continued practicing regularly until the pandemic in 2020.

Returning to Sukabumi during the pandemic gave her the opportunity to deepen her personal practice. Although yoga classes were limited in her hometown, she continued practicing independently and seeking opportunities to learn whenever possible.

In 2022, she decided to take her practice to the next level by completing her Yoga Teacher Training in Bali. Her initial intention was simple: to return home and share what she had learned by teaching yoga in Sukabumi.

After teaching there through 2023, her curiosity about aerial yoga remained. She eventually completed an aerial yoga teacher training and began teaching aerial classes from her own home studio in Sukabumi. With limited aerial facilities in the area, she transformed one of the rooms in her home into a simple aerial studio and began sharing the practice with her community.

Teaching became a significant part of her journey, with days often consisting of several classes, mostly focused on aerial yoga. She continued expanding her knowledge through additional certifications, including Aerial Hoop in 2024, as well as further aerial hammock training.

After getting married and moving to BSD in late 2024, she continued teaching in the Bintaro area. She then took a break from teaching throughout her pregnancy and early motherhood. After welcoming her child in 2025, she returned to teaching in July 2026 at Living Yoga.

Today, she enjoys exploring different styles of yoga. For mat practice, she particularly enjoys Hatha and Vinyasa, while her passion for aerial movement continues to be an important part of her teaching journey.

Her Teaching Philosophy
For Raina, teaching is about sharing knowledge and growing together. She enjoys helping students understand things they may not have understood before, while recognizing that every student also brings new perspectives and lessons to her.
Her goal is simple: she wants every student to leave her class feeling satisfied with their practice and, whenever possible, to become better than she is.

“If my students grow, progress, and succeed, then she knows she has succeeded as a teacher.”

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