The Journey
When I was 14, I got my very first guitar & became a die hard Christian. I was a vocalist in the church band for over 3 years.
When I was 19, I left Slovakia to study medicinal chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. After 4 intense years, I realised all I wanna do is make music, so I moved to Mallorca for 6 months to work as an entertainer instead. :D
After Mallorca, I briefly moved to Bratislava. I was teaching English in a language school, even though deep down I wanted to try busking. Unfortunately, fear got the best of me and it never happened. At least not until years later...
When I was almost 25, I moved to Prague. I was working several jobs at ones, trying to find my way. Selling jewellery, waiting tables...nothing felt right…
When I was 26, my grandad died. Something shifts within you, when you encounter Death. Couple of months after, my best friend & I first stepped foot in Prague Yoga Collective. It wasn't my first yoga class, but it was the first one that "got to me". I completed their first 200h teacher training in summer 2019 and my life began to change…
When I was 29, I sang at my first public gig. The same day my gandma passed away. Remember what I said about Death?
When I turned 30, I knew my life was about to change again. And boy, oh boy, it did. I found a man that shook my entire world and opened my heart wider than anything before ever could.
When I was 31, I released my very first EP and made my 5 year old self very, very proud. The same year, I also taught my very first somatic yin yoga teacher training.
When I was 33 I let go of everything - partner, job and home - and flew to Tenerife for a much needed reset. When I got back I knew that a huge chapter has closed, so I changed my artistic name from Yoga Libre to Kiara Laud. It is a combination of my birth name, Klaudia, and my "spiritual" name, Kiara.
This year I'm approaching my 20th year with music. I have never stayed with anything for this long, and that means something. My voice is my Dharma. Songs are my healers. And even tho I still have a lot of aspiration, I no longer carry the weight of expectations. I am listening to where life wants me to go. And then, I obey.
Courses & Certifications
2016: BSc. Medicinal & Biological Chemistry (University of Edinburgh)
2019: 200h Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher Training (Prague Yoga Collective)
2020: 200h Rocket Yoga Teacher Training (Carson Calhoun)
2021: 50h Yin Yoga Teacher Training (Angela Jervis-Read)
2022-2023: Women Work Facilitation (Loona Dance Academy)
2023: Songkeeper's Apprentice Immersion (Reggie Riverbear)
2023: Vocal Odysey (Nessi Gomes)
2023: The Art of Contemplation (Richard Rudd)
2023: Working with trauma // Práce s traumatem (Jana Emili Zlámaná)
2024: The Healed Mind - Trauma you can't remember (Matthias Barker)
2024: Unveil You Shadow - Pluto in a birth chart (Daisy Douglas)
2024: Trauma Informed Somatic Yin Yoga (Annie Au)
2024: 200h Instruktorský kurz jógy "Dej si pokoj" akreditovaný MŠMT (Andrea Kepková)
In my free time I continue to broaden the horizons by studying astrology, mythology, psychology, genetics, neurobiology and somatic work.
