Elias Cosmic Surfer Ananiadis is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT), a founding member of a Registered Yoga School (RYS) by the name of Conscious Yoga Teacher Training and an organisation called Conscious Yoga Academy.

Elias was raised at the south suburbs of Athens in an affluent environment close to the sea. He excelled in school, sports, especially swimming where he competed at national level and enjoyed a connection with the water element, plants and animals. From an early age he had a profound curiosity for the human experience and reasonated deeply with the values of truth, freedom and fairness. At the age of 18 he moved to England to study. There he achieved BEng, MSc, MPhil and IMechE status in engineering. That is also when he came in touch with yoga for the first time. 

Although he knew there was a different path ahead of him he wanted to gain valuable life experience and pursued a career in engineering and management. During that time he was integral for the execution of significant investments in renewable energy exceeding €100mil. and personally invested in property, tourism and tech projects. 

In 2009 his first awakening happened through a health issue. He was diagosed with testicular cancer with a metastasis in the lower abdomen area. When faced with the possibility of transition, he understood that his life wouldn’t have meaning on the path he was on and decided that if he was to remain he would want to be of contribution to others.

Once his health had improved, he went deeper into his practice of yoga and underwent other significant personal growth trainings. Later he pursued a karma yoga project where others athletes together with him would cross a sea to inspire others involved with cancer using just windsurfing, kite surfing, kayaks and small sailing boats. This gave birth to a team called Surfers4Life that today includes more than 300 members who are no longer linked to the nautical character of the original team but still wish to grow through offering service to others and contributing to society and humanity. 

A second important awakening happened in 2012 when his first spiritual teacher came to his life, Paramahansa Yogananda and in 2013 he visited India to receive initiation in Kriya yoga.

He continued to practice Karma, Raja and Kriya Yoga and to inspire others to be of selfless contribution that led to the Well Being Festivals that have spread the use of meditation and yoga to more than 10,000 people, the Spirit Film Festivals that raised the consciousness of more than 2,500 people and many other meaningful projects. 

He is an experienced Yoga Teacher E-RYT 200, an accredited Life Coach, a Sound, Aroma and Energy Healer, co-founder of Kathy's Island Retreat and founding member of Conscious Yoga Academy, an organisation that offers trainings for teachers that aim to bring yoga and yoga teachers closer to the original purpose of yoga. 

He also works towards the completion of a number of books in relation to life, personal growth, conscious communities and what is possible on the spiritual path. He pursues ever-higher states of consciousness and has devoted his life to causes that have positive and meaningful impact to humanity.