Gota                                                                                                                     
A Journey of Seeking, Remembering, and Service.                                    
There are many ways to come to yoga. For Gota, the journey began long before stepping onto a mat—with a lifelong curiosity about existence and a deep desire to understand what lies beneath the surface of everyday life.
Born in Argentina, Gota grew up in a family devoted to serving others. At a young age, questions about life, death, consciousness, and the nature of the self became a guiding thread. In 1998, at twenty-one, he left home to travel the world. Supporting himself by making and selling handmade silver jewelry, he traveled throughout Argentina and more than twenty-five countries, discovering people, cultures, landscapes, and traditions while continuing his inner search.
In 1999, in Ecuador, he encountered Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. What began as a practice became a profound commitment. Alongside Ashtanga, he studied traditional Hatha Yoga, meditation, Tibetan Buddhism, and other contemplative traditions, allowing yoga to travel with him wherever life took him.
His journey continued through Europe, where he immersed himself in Soto Zen and Zazen, including extended periods of meditation and retreat in Spain. His exploration then expanded into Shiatsu and Oriental medicine. In 2004, he became a certified Shiatsu practitioner, studying meridians, the five elements, Do-In, ampuku, moxibustion, cupping, and related practices. He also explored Macrobiotics, Kundalini Yoga, and the subtle relationship between breath, energy, and the body.
Alongside these Eastern traditions, Gota’s path has also been deeply influenced by the shamanic traditions of South America, connecting him with ancestral ways of relating to nature, consciousness, ceremony, and the living world. These experiences became another important thread in his understanding of healing, presence, and the interconnectedness of life.
Over time, these diverse traditions became less about collecting knowledge and more about integration: discovering how teachings can be embodied and lived. His personal search gradually became a path of service.
Gota began teaching Shiatsu in Madrid and Mallorca and later expanded his teaching into yoga, meditation, and bodywork. Asana, pranayama, mantra, meditation, and mindful movement became not simply techniques, but ways of cultivating presence, awareness, and a deeper relationship with life.
Eventually, his journey brought him to the United States, where another profound chapter began: fatherhood. Today, Gota lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with his wife and two daughters. He continues to teach regular and private classes, workshops, and teacher trainings, sharing an approach to yoga shaped by decades of practice, study, travel, family, and service.
His teaching brings together the many threads of his journey—yoga, meditation, Zen, bodywork, Oriental medicine, South American shamanic traditions, and contemplative practice—while honoring the distinct wisdom of each. At its heart is an invitation to listen deeply, remember what is essential, and discover one’s own path.