Having lived and raised in India most of my life, i was introduced to yoga in school at a very young age. We also practiced Yoga asanas in college, but the real understanding of the power and essence of yoga was realised by me thirteen years ago when knee injury changed the course of my life for the better. Looking for a holistic healing solution, I turned to yoga and quickly became an avid proponent and enthusiast.
Yoga not only healed my physical ailments, but also put me in alignment with myself at emotional and spiritual levels. It taught me to live powerfully in the present moment.
I knew this was my calling and this is what i wanted to do for the rest of my life. After adopting the yogic way of life, I lived life at a different depth and experienced a deep level of joy and peace within. Right after the 7 day program, I enrolled there for the 7 months teachers training program to share this beautiful experience on a wider platform.
After finishing my course, I started teaching at "The Yoga Institute" on voluntary basis and eventually one thing leading to other, I continued teaching and practicing there for more then 7 years. From a yoga games teacher, I became the coordinator of the 1 month yoga teachers training program. Moving on to become the administrator at "AIM YOGA" and teaching there till 2014 where i successfully administered a few 200 hours and 500 hour teachers training programs. Also taking up Yoga counselling and assisting people who wanted to take up teaching Yoga as a profession.
Meanwhile along with teaching, I kept learning and practising Yoga and things related to personal development. The more you learn, the more you realise how little you know, and thus at equal intervals I keep learning something new for continual personal and career growth:
2003: Teacher’s Training Course In YOGA
(The Yoga Institute, Mumbai)
(equivalent to RYT 200)
2004: Naturopathy and Ayurveda at Urulikanchan, Pune, India.
2006: Yoga Shiromani (equivalent to RYT 200)
(Teacher of Yoga from the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre)
(Teacher of Yoga from the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre)
2006: Advanced Teachers training course
(AIM YOGA) (equivalent to ERYT 500)
(AIM YOGA) (equivalent to ERYT 500)
2008: Diploma in Yoga (MUMBAI UNIVERSITY)
2009: Iyengar yoga for a year with Amrish Mehta.
2010: Ashtanga yoga of Phatabijois for 3 months in Mumbai.
2007 - 2010: Samkhya Philosophy with Deepak Gupta
2010: Landmark Forum: self counselling program.
2011: Hot (Bikram) Yoga for a month.
2012 : Studied Jainism and Preksha Dhyan ( jain meditation)
2013 : Iyengar Yoga for 3 months.
2014 : Vipasana Meditation
2015: Advanced Pranayama with Prof. G.S Sahay
(Head of research department at Kaivalyadham Institute)
2015: Yoga therapy at Kaivalyadham for 3 months.
A few landmarks in my Yoga teaching career:
- I have implemented formal Yoga programs with children. I was also a part of the team for the program “Yoga at School” responsible for making of yoga school syllabus from class 1 to 10, which is now recognised by the Govt. of India and being implemented in various Govt recognised school.
- Conducted Yoga and Counselling sessions for 90 children from 8- 14 years at Ma Niketan Ashram ( orphanage for Children) once a week for 4 years. Taught them life style management and Homeostatic Personality development through Yoga Education.
- I have assisted in the preparation of Yoga Teachers Guide submitted to National Council for Education Research Technology (NCERT).
- Wrote Yoga articles for the magazine Goa Outlook.
- I specialise in yoga program implementation, I have successfully conducted 200 hour and 500 hour teachers training programs for more then 5 years.
- I am proficient and have equal passion for teaching children as well as adults. I have successfully conducted Yoga and counselling sessions with children and adults from varied backgrounds.
- I was a registered ERYT 500 teacher with the Yoga Alliance for a year.
- I have supported and co-authored several Yoga Manuals.
- I have studied anatomy and with the help of yoga therapy and naturopathy, I am able to assist people with ailments such as back problems, arthritis, high blood pressure, heart ailment, Asthma and help them heal faster the natural way.
- I have successfully conducted yoga sessions internationally in Vienna, Austria and Brno, Czech Republic. I have had a chance of teaching yoga to people of various ethnicities.
- Counselling students who wanted to take up teaching yoga as a profession.
- I have explored many styles of Yoga and have read various scriptures like The Yoga Sutras by Maharishi Patanjali, Samkhya Karika by Ishwar Krishna, The Bhagavad Gita.
When I teach yoga, I join my students in a spiritual journey of self-discovery nurtured by the love and compassion of the collective energy that ultimately inspires deep inner reflection. As the Bhagavad Gita beautifully captures, "Yoga is a journey of the self, through the self, to the self".