Sport has always been a part of me. At the age of 10, I started practicing the most beautiful indoor sport - ballroom dancing, and over the course of 16 years, I learned what dedication, discipline, and love for what you do mean. Dancing has built me up, but it has also taught me how important challenges are on the path to growth.
When I broke off a dance partnership in 2018 during my studies, I felt like I was missing something. That's when I applied for an instructor's audition at Mo-Fit gym - and that's where my new story began. Four years of working in a team of top group fitness instructors through LesMills Balkan opened up completely new perspectives on the body, movement, and togetherness. Every compliment from my trainees was confirmation that I was doing something meaningful - and that I wanted to continue learning and growing.
In search of new challenges, I continued my career at Gyms4you, the largest fitness chain in Croatia, where, in addition to group training, I also started working as a personal trainer. Over the years, I have had the opportunity to work with women and men of all generations, with different needs and goals, from 16 to 68 years old, with scoliosis, knee injuries, sciatica, and over time, I began to receive inquiries from pregnant women and mothers-to-be.
And that is the main reason why all this. Namely, I realized that working with pregnant women and mothers is especially fulfilling for me. Working with them is completely different because each of them is different. They are especially sensitive, gentle, each comes with their own physical problems, but also the mental and emotional challenges that pregnancy and motherhood bring. In training, they seek not only relief and my help, but also peace, which is why both as a trainer and as a woman I began to feel that it was time to provide them with such a corner in the city bustle where they would feel like they were at home, and at the same time be able to be seen and supported.
"uNIKAtna studio" is a place where every person is unique, just like my life path was, which built me into the person I am today. This is also my approach with the goal of making every woman feel seen and supported, not just as a number in a gym but as everything she is and how she enriches this world and my studio.
Education:
- Fitnes učilište – Fitness Instructor in the Gym
- Active Natal Foundation – eduacation for pre & postnatal trainin and rehabilitation
- Abdominal massage with Paule Vranković
- PROPRIO EDU – C-section rehabilitation
- Physioverse Academy – Biomechanic in rehabilitation
- PROPRIO EDU – Differential diagnostics (lumbar spine, lower extremities)
Fun facts
- I am civil engineer by profession
- I participated as a dance mentor in Dancing with the Stars and to this day I choreograph the first dance for weddings
- I love scented candles, fuzzy socks, teas and 99.99% dark chocolate (you can always bribe me with that)
- I am Reiki therapist, PEAT therapist and Level 1 Bach practitioner
- I learned how to ride a bike at the age of 27