Elena De Martin discovered Ashtanga Yoga in the late 1990s. Since 2000, she has been traveling to India every year to deepen her experience at the source of the tradition, meeting great Masters such as Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, his daughter Sarasvati, and his grandson R. Sharath Jois. To further expand her knowledge of the yogic discipline, she studies Sanskrit, Yoga Philosophy, the Scriptures, and their Chanting under the guidance of M.A. Jayashree and M.A. Narasimhan. Alongside her study of Ashtanga, in 2001 she began practicing Vipassana Meditation, based on the teachings of Master S.N. Goenka. Elena has been teaching in Milan since 2001, leading seminars in Italy and abroad, and has received one of the highest recognitions from the Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore: Level 2 Authorization to teach Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.