Özlem views her encounter with yoga as the greatest discovery of her life, she has been practicing regularly at YogaŞala since 2015.
Her passion for yoga deepened as she experienced the effects of yoga on both her body and mind.
In 2019, she completed the YogaŞala 200-hour Yoga Specialization Program with Alexis Gulliver, Urun Kurtiç and Zeynep Birinci.
Özlem is particularly fascinated by the Vinyasa Krama teaching system, it is one of the various yoga styles that she experienced on her own yoga path. This style encompasses the harmony of movement, breathing, and the meditation that are infused throughout the practice. In this regard, she completed a 50-hour Vinyasa Krama Specialization Training with Urun Kurtiç and Dylan Bernstein.
In 2022, Özlem completed a 65-hour Mentorship Program with Vinyasa Krama Specialized Instructor Eric Powell.
Özlem is determined to continue on her yoga path as lifelong student. She aims to share the physical and mental transformative effects of yoga through body and breath in her sessions.