Aris Kapetanakis
Founder & Lead Teacher
Aris Kapetanakis is the founder and lead teacher of Yoga in Mykonos, bringing decades of dedicated practice and teaching experience in yoga and internal arts.
From 2012 to 2023, he was the founder and director of Ashtanga Yoga Athens, a respected yoga shala in Greece focused on traditional Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama, and Zazen Meditation. The shala also hosted workshops with renowned teachers such as Tim Miller, Nancy Gilgoff, David Garrigues, and Zen Monk Shokan.
In 2025, Aris relocated to the island of Mykonos and established Yoga in Mykonos as a new home for practice, growth, and mindful living.
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I planned the visit to Aris’s shala months ago with my holiday trip and it was beyond expectations. I love practicing while traveling because once in a while you can refresh your Astanga practice, see things differently than usual. Aris is attentive to his students but very strict too, you can’t be “lazy” around him. He has special adjustments that focus on bandhas, making it very tangible. There’s more i could say about his teaching but the best way is you come and experience it yourself.
Linh Ngan
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Ashtanga as it Was: The Original Way (by Nancy Gilgoff)
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Elevated: Why I Chose to Become a Yoga Teacher (by Dimitra Zavogianni)
An honest account of personal growth through yoga, revealing how disciplined practice and teacher guidance shaped the intention to teach.