Ivana Horecny was born in Slovakia, but after traveling the world and living in multiple countries, from Sweden to Portugal, she now calls San Diego, California her home. She’s a yoga teacher, a student of yoga herself, a full-time working woman, world traveler, adventure seeker and dog mum!
Although she can play hard like one of the guys, she’s also very much a girly girl, who loves fashion and the softer things in life. What you might find refreshing about her is that she’s unapologetically direct with a wicked sense of humour! She sat down with OM to talk all things about yoga and wellness.
How did you first get into yoga and why?
I returned to the US from living in Sweden while completing my masters for two years and had a difficult time adjusting to being back. I was labeled with ‘adjustment disorder’ aka ‘reverse culture shock’ (you know we have labels for everything nowadays). I was struggling with some depression and intermittent anxiety and one of my closest friends looked at me one day and said: “You need to do something for yourself. All you do is work or sit
