Yoga with Danica, Dubai (2026)

16/05/2026

Save the Date 🧡
Saturday, June 6 at 3 pm
Zoga, DIC

Earlier this month, I hosted my first Bhakti Circle. I was so happy to be able to share my love for harmonium and the practice of Bhakti yoga. 🎶🌸🙏

It was an intimate gathering, and something about it felt deeply meaningful. We moved gently, sat together, chanted simple mantras & bhajans, and shared an afternoon centered around presence, music, connection, and the heart of the practice.🌸

What stayed with me most afterward was hearing how many people long for this side of yoga too…not only movement and physical practice, but spaces where we slow down, soften, sing, listen, feel, and simply be together.

And so, this gathering will continue.

I’ll now be offering Bhakti Circle as a monthly gathering and as an opportunity to explore Bhakti Yoga through gentle movement, chanting, harmonium, meditation, and community.

No experience is needed. No need to sing perfectly.
No need to know mantras in advance.  
✨ Bhakti Circle with Danica 🗓 Saturday, June 6th ⏰ 3 PM 📍 Zoga DIC

AND This next gathering will be donation-based, with all proceeds to go toward supporting a local dog shelter here in Dubai.

With so much movement and uncertainty in the region right now, some animals are unfortunately being left behind as some families relocate or leave unexpectedly, and shelters are becoming increasingly overwhelmed. They always were. (Many of course are still able financially and are taking their pets with them. Thank God. )

It felt important that this gathering could also become a small offering of care and compassion beyond ourselves 🤍

Bookings through Zoga directly . Save your spot. 💕

04/05/2026

I don’t just play harmonium and sing/chant. 🎶
Once upon a time asana practice was pretty much all I did. Until a year ago when I had unfortunate ski accident that stopped me from pretty much any physical activity other than walking. 🚶‍♀️

After a much needed leg surgery last year I am much better but movement wise still at about 70%

Then my shoulder stopped working the way it used to. ( meaning any deep backbends or inversions needing shoulder engagement were gone😏)

To this day I have had so many physio sessions that I lost count … as a matter of fact, just got back from one!

BUT when those doors were closing another one opened - path to Bhakti, my voice, my long forgotten musical skills . ( side note :As a young girl I was part of a choir for years and played accordion 🪗. )

So today in my classes, I marry both of those loves .. asana and chanting/playing. 🎶🧘🏽‍♀️

Remember this: There is ALWAYS a God’s /Divine plan that’s rooting for us! 🙌✨We just are not intimate enough with this voice to hear it and feel it .

04/05/2026

I don’t ( just) play harmonium and sing/chant. 🎶
once upon a time asana practice was pretty much all I did. Until a year ago when I had unfortunate ski accident that stopped me from pretty much any physical activity other than walking. 🚶‍♀️

After a much needed leg surgery last year I am much better but still have only about 60% sensation in my left leg.

Then my shoulder stopped working the way it used to. ( meaning any deep backbends or inversions needing shoulder engagement were gone😏)

To this day I have had so many physio sessions that I lost count … as a matter of fact, just got back from one!

BUT when those doors were closing another one opened - path to Bhakti, my voice, my long forgotten musical skills .

So today in my classes, I marry both of those loves .. asana and chanting/playing. 🎶🧘🏽‍♀️

There is ALWAYS a God’s /Divine plan that’s rooting for us! 🙌✨We just are not intimate enough with this voice to hear it and feel it .

So that’s the work for all of us .

Patience and consistency are unlocking so many magical doors . Taking time to heal and grow in the process is so important and valuable. 🙏🌸🙏

See you this week for opportunity to listen and remember who you are 🧡

🗓️Saturday , May 9th 3 pm Zoga downtown

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03/05/2026

Something is Shifting.

Lately ( for the past year) , I’ve been noticing a quiet shift in yoga. Maybe it’s the times we live in.

More and more, many yoga students are coming not just for the physical practice and benefits of yoga … but for something much deeper.

After class, some stay a little longer, �sharing how the practice opened their heart,�how the stillness landed differently,�how the way we moved and chanted touched something unexpected.

And I feel it too.

What began as a personal exploration few years back-sitting with the harmonium, learning to play & chant- has slowly become a meaningful part of how I practice AND share yoga. 🕉️

Because this path of Bhakti isn’t about getting it right, sounding perfect, pronouncing with precision. 🌸
�It’s about softening… listening… returning. Creating this big space around your heart is how I experience it . 🤍

Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing some of the chants we’ll explore together on Saturday, May 9th at Zoga.

If you are curious to explore this side of the practice that goes beyond asana , beyond the doing - I’d love to welcome you 🙏

🗓️ Saturday, May 9th / 3pm -4:30 pm
📍Zoga, downtown

21/04/2026

A sacred call to Divine within me . 🪷

Many ways to translate but it’s really less about translating the words and more about letting the sound move through you . 🎼🎼
That’s how I fell in love with mantras decades ago. I didn’t know Sanskrit . I didn’t understand the meaning. I heard Krishna Das sing & play harmonium years ago and felt it so deeply. It made me feel connected with something much larger, wiser and timeless.

That connection brings me peace and joy . It’s that simple. Technology that is available to all and that works beyond logic and reason. But it works . 💕

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare - the Divine energy , the feminine , the part of us that longs and calls 🌸
Krishna - the all attractive presence, joy, love 🔱
Rama- inner peace, the one who resides within 💫

But forget translation for a moment and let the sound move through you . Sing with me .
Remember your timeless Soul. 🙏🤍

15/04/2026

I heard this song written & composed by my teacher for the first time as she sang it by Ganges in India and my heart cracked open. Tears of joy spontaneously rolling down my face . I have so much to write about my recent journey deeper into Bhakti practices with but for now I need time to land and reflect on everything. Rich soul journeys like these require time and space to process and honour. So much to say, so little accurate words . One that comes to mind is GRACE. That poured into me and that I hope to share it with my community . 🌸

Classes resume tomorrow ( Thursday ) at downtown at 10 am.
Media city : Friday 9:30 am & Sunday 9:30 am

Come sing with me , flow with me , sit with me . 🧡

Love love love
Danica

18/03/2026

Practice looks like this sometimes. Small hotel room, kids on the next bed, luggages and loads of mess/clothes around. But we are together harmonium is with us and that’s more than enough.
Missing our 🐕 & our home back home in Dubai and friends who are still there and serving the community in whichever way they know how. I can’t wait to be back and be with all of you ! 💕

18/03/2026

Practice looks like this sometimes. Small hotel room, kids on the next bed, luggages and loads of mess/clothes around. But we are together harmonium is with us and that’s more than enough.
Missing our 🐕 & our home back home in Dubai and friends who are still there and serving the community in whichever way they know how. I can’t wait to be back and be with all of you ! 💕

15/03/2026

How we start each day at the retreat ; meditation & breathwork together. In the beautiful natural setting of Knuckles Mountains.

We’ll gather again this October in Sri Lanka for Soulful Journey Retreat.

* only 2 weeks left for the early bird offer
All info via www.yogawithdanica.com

07/03/2026

There is something deeply humbling about being a student.

No matter how many classes we teach, how many retreats we hold, or how many years we practice… we are always walking a path that others have walked before us.

Teachers remind us of what is possible.  They inspire us, challenge us, and open doors to deeper layers of practice and to our own Self.

This short moment was captured during our recent journey to India, sitting by the sacred Ganges, singing Om Namah Shivaya with my beautiful teacher . She inspires me so deeply. I came back from India re-energized and inspired, with so much clarity as to what I want to practice & then share on this path of yoga.

Moments like this nourish my heart beyond words. They remind me why I practice, why I keep learning, and why I feel so called to share Bhakti ..the path of devotion and wise love ❤️

The light of yoga is not something we keep for ourselves.
 It is something that is passed on, from teacher to student, from heart to heart.

And every time we chant together, move together, or sit in stillness together, that light continues to grow. So that it may overshadow the darkness.. our own and then the collective. And gosh do we witness so much of it…

I feel so grateful & lucky to be both a student and a teacher on this path.

If you would like to experience this practice. join me this Sunday for a Bhakti-inspired flow dedicated to Shiva, where we’ll move, chant, and explore the energy of devotion together.

🕉️ Sunday 9:30 am 📍 Zoga, DIC

( this might be my last class before I leave UAE for a few weeks.. but taking any travel planning hour by hour as the current situation dictates)
 All levels welcome. Bring your open heart and curiosity.

Om Namah Shivaya 🔱

🙏

Yoga with Danica

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