About Cristina: A Journey of Transformation
About Cristina: A Journey of Transformation
Welcome! I'm Cristina — a yoga teacher, holistic coach, and mentor — and this is the story of how I chose to create a life rooted in purpose, growth, and authentic connection.
🐌 Kata is the name my yoga teachers gave me when I completed the Odaka Yoga Zen Warrior training. It's short for katatsumuri, the Japanese word for snail — a symbol of perseverance, patience, and slow, steady victory. It’s a reminder that every step matters, no matter how small.
For many years, I followed a traditional path. I had a loving marriage, a home, a successful career as a sales manager in a multinational company. But in 2009, life shook me to the core. Piece by piece, everything I had built fell apart.
Choosing to rebuild myself was not easy — but it was the most important decision of my life. Yoga and meditation became my anchors, helping me find healing, clarity, and strength when everything else felt uncertain.
A few years later, I made a bold choice: I left my secure job, earned a second master degree, found love again, and moved from Italy to California, ready to start a new chapter.
What did I learn?
Happiness can’t depend on what happens outside of us. True transformation happens when we shift our perspective, contact our True Self and heal our inner world, and embrace the courage to start over — no matter how many times it’s needed.
As a young woman, I pursued a law degree, believing that fighting for justice would bring me fulfillment. But I quickly realized that legal work meant living within a system I couldn’t change — and it would break my spirit. I pivoted, earning a master's in marketing, and spent nearly two decades managing large sales teams, using coaching as a leadership tool.
Even in the corporate world, my heart stayed connected to something deeper.
Since adolescence, yoga and meditation had been part of my life — sacred tools I returned to, again and again, to stay grounded and true to myself.
In 2018, I became a certified yoga teacher and started teaching in my free time, continuing to deepen my studies.
Then 2020 arrived. The world shifted. So did I.
I saw how many people were struggling. I realized my lifelong passion for personal growth could become something more: a way to help others find their path, heal, and transform. I left the corporate world and dedicated myself fully to Holistic Coaching, weaving together my professional experience with powerful inner work techniques.
But my journey wasn’t finished. With a deep love for the human mind and spirit, I pursued a master's degree in Counseling and Clinical Psychology in Italy. After five years of study, an internship in Germany focused on psychedelic therapies, and a thesis on new approaches to treating depression, I graduated in 2023.
Today, my path is clear:
I help people reconnect with themselves, find meaning in change, and transform their lives from the inside out.
✨ If you're seeking clarity, healing, or a new perspective, I would be honored to walk this path with you. Let's start this beautiful journey together. ✨
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Love, compassion, trasformation, happyness
Cristina