Empower Yourself through Yoga & Meditation

My name is Alena

I’m a mindfulness and yoga teacher, dedicated to creating nurturing spaces that help you return to your inner stillness and clarity.

Grateful Minds was born from my own healing journey through cancer, motherhood, and deep personal transformation.

I now share the tools that helped me most—Mindfulness, Yoga, Ayurveda, Reiki and Vedic wisdom, so you too can walk your path with more ease, presence, and self-trust.

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Unlock Your Inner Strength

Explore Courses and Retreats

Discover the power of self-resilience through mindful movement, breathwork, and meditation. Whether you're seeking inner peace, stress relief, or a path to healing, you're in the right place.

How mindful are you?

Take this 3-minute FREE test to discover how mindful you are in your life right now and whether mindfulness & yoga could help you.

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Find out which is your dominant doshA!

Your dosha is your unique mind-body type in Ayurveda.

Knowing it helps you balance your health, emotions, and energy naturally

what is the MBSR Course?

It stands for Mindfulness-based stress reduction.

It is a powerful, science-backed program developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn. It’s been shown to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, boost the immune system, and help people reconnect with the present moment.

Join our interactive online mindfulness workshop. Designed to help you find inner peace and confidence in meditation.

Mindfulness Workshop

We have several courses starting soon, find out which time and day suits you best.

MBSR Courses starting soon

Awaken Your Inner Wisdom

Explore the ancient science of Vedic Numerology to uncover your Life Path, vedic archetype, and relationship compatibility. Your numbers hold powerful insights into who you are and who you're meant to become.

Life path number

Your Life Path number (1–9) is your soul’s compass—revealing your purpose, strengths, and life lessons. Some are born with Master Numbers (11, 22, 33), carrying greater spiritual potential. Each number holds a unique insight into who you are. Which one is yours—and what is it here to teach you?

Your Vedic Archetype reveals your natural role in life through the ancient Varna system.
Brahmana (teacher), Kshatriya (leader), Vaishya (creator), or Shudra (nurturer)—each carries unique gifts and purpose.
Which one aligns with your soul’s path?

In Vedic tradition, true compatibility comes from spiritual alignment.
Men align best with partners of equal or lower archetype, while women thrive with equal or higher. This creates balance, growth, and deeper connection.
What does your Vedic match reveal about your relationships?

Partner compatibility

Vedic Archetype

Through Vedic Numerology

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I really enjoyed it. I didn't know what to expect as I didn't fully understand what mindfulness was. I liked the fact that Alena was very knowledgeable, very enthusiastic and passionate about the topic and shared own experiences so I didnt feel like I was being talked at.

Nicola Joyce

Alena is very knowledgeable, considerate and friendly! The course itself contains a lot of valuable information and meditations; great supporting tools were provided for the future as well.

Olga Toptsilina

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The teaching and the program are put together so amazingly and well thought out. Alena really make it feel like a slow process into mindfulness and that it isn't daunting to start.

Chloe Finch

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Lenka Taylor

Alena is a really good teacher. She is absolutely passionate about the subject and passing on her knowledge so that everyone can benefit from the mindfulness experience. She is on her own journey and freely shares her experiences as examples of what continual practice can offer. She is supportive and non-judgemental which encourages trust and sharing of our experiences so that we can get as much benefit as possible from the course. I cannot recommend Alena and this course enough and I firmly believe that it would benefit everyone!

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Allison Hussain

Alena's delivery of the course was spot on - the perfect mix of teaching, listening, understanding and humour. She created a really safe place which made us feel comfortable to share and to fully immerse ourselves.

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