Efi Maleka met Satyananda Yoga in the year 2000, after she had accomplished university academic studies. Between 2000 & 2005 she attended yoga classes systematically while simultaneously being an active member in the seva yoga group in Satyananda Yoga Center Athens and taking part in plenty of seminars and activities at Satyanandashram Hellas.
In 2005 to 2006 she studied in the Yogic Studies 1 programme at the Satyananda Yoga Academy Europe and between 2007 & 2008 accomplished the Teacher Training Course at Satyanandashram Hellas. She has been teaching yoga systematicaly since 2007 and the last 4 years has been investigating the application of Satyananda Yoga techniques in children with special needs and children on autism spectrum disorder (in colaboration with an worktherapist and a psychologist). She continues to deepen her yoga practise and be inspired by the teachers of the SatyanandaYoga Tradition.