Çiğdem's professional background has been in the field of Tourism & Hotel Management, this career path stemmed from her love of getting to know people and working close to people.
Her journey forwards self-discovery started in 2000 with a wide range of seminars and certificate programs such as Reiki, Regression, Bioenergy, EFT, NLP, Family Constellation, Yoga and Meditation. She pursued these programs in order to find answers to the questions of Who and What We Are.
Her interest in yoga was sparked by reading the works of Mevlana C. Rumi. She took this interest to the next level by completing the Art of Living and Breathing Yoga Program in 2009, and started practicing at Etiler YogaŞala in 2010.
In 2011-2012, she read Mesnevi and completed Course of Miracles with İrem Orhon. Between 2013 and 2015, she completed Yin Yoga and Hatha Yoga Specialization, Mentorship and Assistantship programs as well as Breathing Coaching and Meditation trainings.