Mia is Swedish and has lived in Sweden and Denmark. She moved to NY to work in marketing, but she discovered yoga in 1998 and after different types of yoga she devoted herself completely to Iyengar yoga in 2009, becoming a certified teacher at the New York Institute in 2018. In the same year she spent 2 months in Pune to study with the Iyengar family and especially Geeta Iyengar.

After 2018, Mia teaches at the “Samamkaya – back and scoliosis care center”, where she has taught weekly special back health classes.

Mia’s main teachers over the years have been Gabriella Giubilaro, Lucienne Vidah, Lara Warren and James Murphy. Mia continues her study with Gabriella and assists her during her classes.