About Us & Yoga
About Uzima
Uzima is a Swahili word meaning aliveness, wholeness, wellness. Our Community Space is a studio aimed at the physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of our whole community here in Stone Town. As the only studio offering yoga and meditation classes in Stone Town, our strongest desire is to encourage everyone to join our classes.
About Yoga
Yoga is a physical, mental & spiritual practice that encourages body awareness, balance & mindfulness. It also increases range of movement & flexibility.
“I started with yoga when I lived in Stone Town for 2 months. It has been a great experience to have Päivi and Aida as teachers. Their energy and guidance helped me develop fast and I really enjoy the practice. I am grateful to have found a hobby which gives strength both physically and mentally. Namaste!”
— Louise
Meet our Team
Domi
Domi, the owner of Uzima Space, is a Textile designer from France with a passion for patterns and colours. Yoga has been part of her daily routine for 9 years and she completed her Yoga Teacher Training with Karuna Yoga Journeys in November 2019. Her style of teaching is Vinyasa Flow which is a more creative and moving sequence including breathwork and meditation. Through her classes, she strives to offer a safe, inclusive and inspiring way to connect movements with the breath.
Hawa
Mwanahawa Omary is from Tanzania and has been practicing yoga for over three years. She is specialized in Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Yin Yoga. She followed her yoga trainings in Tanzania and India. Practicing yoga helped her to manage stress and flow with day to day life more. Hawa teaches Yin Yoga at Uzima Space.
Ayda
Ayda Abdalla is from Zanzibar and has been practicing yoga for 10 years. She completed her teacher trainings with Africa Yoga Project and Zanzi Yoga, and her children's teacher training with Yoga Pura Vida. She has been teaching Power Yoga and Vinyasa flow for over 5 years in Stone Town. Ayda is teaching Hatha and Yin yoga at Uzima Space and is able to offer classes in Kiswahili.
Fatma
Meet Fatma, our Hatha, Power and Vinyasa Flow yoga teacher. She has been teaching at Uzima for 4 years now but for a while longer she shares her yoga love with the local community on the beach of Stone Town. She is a super storng, positive and inspiring teacher. Her practice focuses on building strength to improve the general physical health of the body. She often ends her practice with a short smile meditation which will leave you feeling light and happy for the rest of your day!
Kristina
Originally from Slovenia, Kristina has lived in Tanzania for years, first Dar Es Salaam and now Zanzibar. Her Hatha yoga classes are sequenced around slow & mindful movements with precise queuing of the poses. Her knowledge of yoga shines through each of her classes through philosophy, pranayama (breathwork), alignement…offering you a time in your week to reconnect with yourself.
Rose
Rosemarie is from The Netherlands and has been practicing and teaching yoga for over twenty years. She followed her yoga trainings in The Netherlands and India. She aims to teach her students what yoga is really about. Rose will teach you to re-connect with your source, so you’ll find that unconditional love within yourself. Rose teaches Prana Yoga at Uzima Space.
Päivi
Päivi Toivola, the founder of Yoga Stone Town, now Uzima Space, has been teaching yoga for 9 years in Stockholm at Ashtanga Yoga Stockholm and has a bachelor’s degree in health science and health education from the University of Physical Education in Stockholm. Päivi is no longer part of our team nonetheless we are extremely grateful she created the foundation of what is now Uzima Yoga Space.