Our Founders

Nusa

After many years working as a lawyer, yoga became Nusha’s way of grounding herself and balancing out the stress of her profession. As she grew deeper into her practice and began her journey as a yoga teacher, she realized she was ready for a change—something that would feel more fulfilling, more aligned, and more her. That is when she embarked on the adventure called Wonder

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Ilijana

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Nada

For decades, Nada has worked as an art teacher, but as retirement approached she felt a deep resistance—her creativity and adventurous spirit were not ready to slow down. Instead of stepping back, she chose to step forward and join her daughter Nusha in creating Wonder.
A dedicated yoga practitioner for nearly 20 years, she will be one of the hosts of our retreats, bringing warmth, presence, and her artistic soul to the experience.

A music teacher who currently runs her own yoga studio, Ilijana lives and breathes what she loves. Her work is rooted in yoga practice, sound baths, and meditation. Naturally, she became a part of the Wonder family—bringing harmony, depth, and a unique blend of music and mindfulness to our retreats.

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{our story}

Nusha and Nada, mother and daughter, shared a love that had always been woven through yoga. Nada passed her practice on to Nusha when she was young, but as the years moved on, life filled with responsibilities, noise, and distance — not emotional, but the kind that comes from never having enough time.

After many years, they found themselves together on a yoga retreat far from home, hoping to reconnect, to pause, and to remember the freedom they had been quietly missing. In the quiet moments between practices — by the sea, over simple meals, and in shared silence — they realized something profound:

everything they were seeking on that retreat already existed in their everyday world.
The calm. The beauty. The space to breathe.

Soon after, Ilijana — their sister-in-law, a musician and yoga teacher — arrived with her own dream: to open a yoga studio in their family home. The three of them instantly recognized the thread that bound them together. Yoga wasn’t just a practice. It was their meeting point, their language, their way back to themselves and to each other.

And so, the idea unfolded naturally —
to create a place where others could experience the same sense of returning home, to themselves and to what truly matters.

This is how Wonder Yoga Retreat was born:
from connection, from family, from love,
and from the realisation that wonder begins the moment we slow down enough to feel it.

Nusa, Nada & Ilijana x