Meet Sky Swisa

We were lucky to catch up with Sky Swisa recently and have shared our conversation below.

Sky , we’re so excited for our community to get to know you and learn from your journey and the wisdom you’ve acquired over time. Let’s kick things off with a discussion on self-confidence and self-esteem. How did you develop yours?

Where do I get my confidence from?

It is a work in process and is still growing. It’s something I’ve had to nurture gently over time—through life’s big moves, small steps, and the quiet decision to believe in myself, even when I didn’t feel ready.

I was born in Russia and moved to Israel when I was 9. As a Jewish immigrant child, I often felt like I didn’t quite belong. My family started over with very little, and I learned early that I’d need to carry myself. By my teens and early 20s, I was working in restaurants—sometimes simple, sometimes high-end—and it taught me how to connect, serve, and hold steady in unpredictable environments.

At 23, I moved to China for a job in the diamond industry—something I never imagined for myself. I found myself traveling to faraway cities with a small purse full of loose diamonds, walking into rooms where I didn’t always understand the language or the culture. I had to learn to trust my instincts and find my voice, even when I felt unsure. That season of life taught me a lot about humility, resilience, and listening deeply to my inner compass.

Six years ago, I arrived in California with three young children, no clear career path, and a quiet sense that I was being invited to start again. The wellness world here felt unfamiliar, and teaching even one yoga class a week brought up so many layers of doubt. But I kept going. I reminded myself that the mind is not always right—and that we are allowed to evolve beyond the stories we’ve been told or told ourselves.

Confidence, for me, has never come all at once. It builds in layers. It shows up when we move forward even with shaky hands, when we choose faith over perfection, and when we let intuition lead.

Eventually, I found my way to a small, sun-filled town in North San Diego. I stepped into a space full of natural light and knew: this was the place. Not just for a business—but for something much deeper. I wanted to create a sanctuary. A space where community could gather, breathe, and remember who they are. A place to learn and share sacred practices—yoga, nervous system support, breathwork, purification, embodiment. A place to rest from the pressure of constantly performing or striving. A space that says: come as you are.

In a world that often encourages us to stay disconnected—from ourselves and from each other—I believe we need spaces of softness, honesty, and depth. That’s what this studio is to me. A place to return to wholeness, together.

So where does my confidence come from?
It comes from choosing to begin, again and again. From listening to the part of me that’s rooted in something deeper than fear and what people might think. And from believing that when we create spaces that heal, we don’t have to do it perfectly—we just have to do it with the heart.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

Who am I?

I’m a mother of three, a Yogi, and an entrepreneur walking the path of healing and service. My journey has taken me across continents—from Russia to Israel as a child, then to China as a young adult, where my professional life began from scratch.

In China, I entered the diamond industry and found myself navigating a world I never expected—selling loose stones and fine jewelry to large brands across the country. It was fast-paced, high-pressure, and full of lessons. But everything shifted when I lost my mother unexpectedly 11 years ago. That grief cracked something open in me. I knew I needed to pause, reflect, and begin the deeper work of self-healing.

Since then, my path has been one of continuous study and transformation. I explored multiple healing modalities—because I quickly understood that no single method fits everyone. I immersed myself in the ancient wisdom of Yoga, Tantra, and Ayurveda, as well as modern tools like Theta Healing, breathwork, nutrition, and holistic health. Chinese medicine also fascinated me—especially its understanding of how deeply the body, mind, and spirit are interconnected.

Today, I hold space for others the way I once needed space held for me. I believe in healing as a layered, sacred process—and in the power of community, presence, and compassion along the way.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

Three qualities are curiosity, with reminder that we always change and evolve.
Fearlessness – reminding myself that everything in life is temporary and yet perfect as it is. Whenever fear and doubts come, I do some Breathe exercises and remind myself I don’t need it and that my nervous system just tries to keep me safe by keeping me in the familiar state.
Knowing that you can always re learn and start over is a helpful thing along the way.
You can begin when you are 40, you can learn new stuff and you can change your habits, If you’d put your mind to it.

To close, maybe we can chat about your parents and what they did that was particularly impactful for you?

My parents started from scratch multiple times. I think that witnessing my mom as a single 33 years old single mom, moving to a new country, leaning the language and begins from zero showed me a first hand example of how it could be done.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://Www.anandaskyyoga.com
• Instagram: @iamskyswisa or @anandasky_yoga

Image Credits

Eva Pfeffer
Laura Casshion