Nastja Swim was founded in 2019 by me, Anastasia Berezikova, an Indigenous to Russia Chuvash Refugee entrepreneur and artist first on Gadigal and then Wurundjeri lands, Australia.
The business started as a swimwear only brand. Short name for Anastasia in my native language is Nastja, hence the name. I always loved to swim. Since I was a little baby my mum would take me along the Japanese sea shoreline in a straller. Oceans, seas and rivers played a huge part in my life.
Nastja Swim is a way for me to minimise the impact to our beautiful nature by selling and re-selling not just brand new swimwear and art but anything that might be useful while raising funds for amazing causes.
The brand name has a completely different meaning to me now after two cardiac arrests and almost a month long coma in 2021. Back then I lost the ability to walk, talk, eat, even go to the toilet.
My biggest fears were that I wouldn't be able to see my cat again, I wouldn't be able to paint again and that I wouldn't be able to swim again. Water was my home. Even though the brand didn't have a successful launch due to the divine timing (it was founded in the end of 2019), I decided to stick to the original name because it is still my name. I got my cat back, I’m painting now and I really want to manifest being able to swim again! Help “Nastja Swim” 🎀
After my cardiac arrests I climbed into a debt hole that I am still trying to find a way out of. My family never visited me after my health complications except mom.
She came to see me two years after cardiac arrests in July 2023, but things got triggering and toxic very quick. She left without saying goodbye exactly a month after landing. After coma it took me 3 years to metaphorically and physically to get back on my feet, and now I feel secure enough to manage a business. I would like to thank everybody who has helped me along this tough journey.
I will try to give credit to absolutely everybody who has helped me in any way shape or form on my appreciation page. Check out my shop for unique art, clothes, swimsuits, accessories, shoes and much more. If you're interested in the good things I’m doing you can check out the impact page. Please let me know what you think! Also, feel free to contact me via my email info@seanympha.com <3