I was born in Russia, in a place where Europe and Asia converge. I received education according to all the standards of Soviet upbringing and education – music (a sense of harmony), dance (a sense of my physical body and the space around me), and chess school (development of strategic thinking and logic).

I have always experienced my life as beautiful, in all times and in all countries where I have lived for a longer period (Russia, Serbia, USA, Norway, Maldives). Some might say that I am happy, that I have not faced difficult circumstances to understand the challenges one might encounter, but one of the first things I learned is that it doesn’t matter in which situation you find yourself but how you perceive it internally.

I have always loved to plan, but the Universe has shown me that it can offer much more and better than what I could have imagined, and that was the second thing I learned. To always have open doors for unexpected twists of fate and to say YES to them! To surrender to the flow of life and to be grateful for every situation that arises without labeling it as “bad” or “good”.

I inherited natural intellect and practicality from my father, and love for learning and continuous self-education from my mother, a combination that always pushes me towards understanding the functioning of the world and humans in this world. For a couple of years, I meditated every day, for a while I went to church almost every day to feel that religious belonging, for a while I listened to Krishnaite lectures, for a while to popular psychologists, I even completed a course to become a Hatha Yoga instructor. I chose places to gather with highly intellectual and highly spiritual people – the Philosophical Club Nova Akropola and Ananda Kriya Yoga (highly recommended, you meet truly wonderful people here). But nowhere did I find that Authority whom I could feel I could listen to and follow through life.

And then I came across Human Design, which shaped everything I know and feel about myself into an understandable form. My Manifestor nature does not involve having an external authority but being the one who Initiates and Influences the lives of others. My defined Ajna is the one that should create concepts and theories that others can follow. It also does not question its own thoughts and opinions. My Defined Ego expresses my natural strong willpower and self-discipline, self-confidence, and security. My defined Ego as my inner Authority tells me I want or I don’t want, and what doesn’t suit me doesn’t stay in my life for long. My open centers give me ease of movement in space and activities, adaptability to any society and country, empathy for other people, and insightfulness.