About Us

We are Olga and Volodymyr Kraine, a married pair of yoga practitioners from Ukraine. Each of us has a complicated life story, filled with rises and falls. We are used to facing circumstances directly, surviving difficult periods, and passing through demanding stages of personal growth.

Our work has always been connected in one way or another with creativity and technology. Creativity is a constant search, a life between “this is brilliant” and “I have no talent at all.” Creative people are often inclined toward depression and self-examination. Almost any creative person can name a dozen self-diagnosed fears and inner difficulties. You often want to simply come closer and support an artist or musician. Living a creative life is already a serious act: it is rich and interesting, but for a sensitive person the price can be emotional swings and inner crises.

For us, life without yoga is impossible. It is more accurate to say that sometimes we deal with ordinary life, and the rest of the time we live through yoga. It is impossible to count how many thousands of hours of meditation we have already passed through. We are constantly searching and discovering. We both come from poor families, and everything we have built was built by our own hands. We are seekers and researchers. We look for freedom and inner peace, while not rejecting modern life with all its unexpected facets.

In 2023 we bought our beloved 36-foot sailing boat, Roza. Since then we have turned it into a small yogic ashram and have been traveling through the Adriatic.

Life on a small boat is a practice in itself. For one person to pass, another must step aside. At the same time, this boat was our financial maximum: although it is small, it costs like a modern apartment. We chose to sacrifice the comfort of a house for freedom and inner comfort. On a boat there are no neighbors, so you can chant mantras as loudly as you need. A boat does not ask you to live by someone else’s rules. If the weather allows, you can move to a quiet bay and anchor there. On a boat you begin to understand and respect the weather.

Strong wind and waves take away the ability to do routine things. In such weather, meditation is often the only real work. These conditions make practice more stable. It is not enough to observe silence while soft music plays. Gusts of wind tilt the boat, rain sounds like drumming, mooring lines creak under tension, and fenders strike the hull. If you do not begin meditation in time and create a little distance from reality, reality brings nausea and the fear that “we are all going to die right now.”

Our Maltese dog, Plyusha, suffers the most. In bad weather she whines from fear and asks for attention. And in this mix of sounds, rolling, and sudden impacts, you still have to find the point of concentration inside.

There are many bright moments in this life. To be alone in the middle of a calm sea under the stars, moving under sail - what could be better? Such meditations move you forward and change your perception of life. These moments are worth living for: they fill and inspire. That is why we decided to fill and inspire others as well.

We created Hidden World for those who feel that beyond ordinary perception there is something more. Mystical yoga is not an escape from reality and not an attempt to calm thoughts. It is a practice that opens doors to other layers of inner experience, to spaces that usually remain unnoticed.

Volodymyr has practiced yoga since 2008 and has studied esotericism for more than forty years. Olga came to practice in 2019 and develops it through bodywork, sensitivity, and gentle immersion. Together we have more than fifty years of searching, observing, experimenting, and personal experience, and this path continues every day.

Volodymyr gives astrological and esoteric consultations: he helps people understand deep patterns and see hidden cycles and processes. Olga works with the body, energy, and attention, gently introducing beginners to yoga and the foundations of esoteric perception. Together we try to make complex things understandable and the invisible accessible.

We are very glad to welcome you into our space.