Registered Yoga Teacher In Rishikesh, India

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Registered Yoga Teachers In Rishikesh India

Akshat Yoga Shala has a respected staff of experienced yoga teachers in Rishikesh. They transformed the lives of the many enthusiasts turned yogis? The wisdom and deep knowledge of the teachers will help you discover the light and positivity. Start your peaceful journey on a spiritual path with the enlightened teachers or your guides. We conduct yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, Goa, and Kerala. We get lot of love and belief from students.

Rajat Purwal
Rajat Purwal
Rajat Purwal
Yoga Teacher
Rajat started his yoga learning journey in 2016 and received a one-year diploma in yoga and naturopathy in 2017.
He belongs to Uttarakhand and does yogic Karma work in the village itself from his childhood. That gives him stability during yoga education.
During the Yoga Yatra, Rajat learned Yoga twice from Yoga Vidya Guru Swami Ramdev. After that, he completed 200 hours of YTTC from Shri Praveen Guruji in the year 2019.
He has completed his graduation in Yoga from Uttarakhand Open University. During this entire time, he taught Yoga to international students in Rishikesh, south India and Nepal at Rishikul Yoga Shala. He is working in Triguna and Alakh yoga for 3 years. He is proficient in taking classes in traditional Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Pranayama and Naturopathy. Now he is pursuing higher education in Yoga and trying to learning more depth knowledge.
Deepa Negi
Deepa Negi
Born and raised in the popular hill town of Shimla in north India, Deepa has always been highly motivated to pursue the path of yogic life. A resident of Rishikesh, the yoga capital of the world, for the past 15 years, she has guided several yoga enthusiasts on the righteous path of yoga.

Deepa believes that spirituality cannot be described under various categories; instead, ‘spirituality’ should be perceived as anything that brings perfect harmony to your mind, body, and soul. And, hence, she aims at implementing the same principles in her training.
A highly-qualified Yoga guru learn Yoga and Meditation under the guidance of different Master and yogis of Himalayas and ashram of India , Deepa has worked with several esteemed yoga organizations in the country. She is also a certified Reiki healer.

In her pursuit of spreading the knowledge and wellness of yoga to every corner of the world, she has conducted several yoga teacher trainings, meditation workshops, retreats, as well as drop-in classes in several national and international locations including Rishikesh, Kerala, Goa, and Nepal.

Deepa is also an avid traveler and nature lover. When she isn’t teaching, she likes going on nature walks and capturing the essence and beauty of her surroundings in photos.
An embodiment of peace and wisdom, her motherly instincts and intellectual self has made her extremely admirable to all her students. Deepa specializes in Meditation, Yoga Nidra, Pranayana Mantra Chanting, Philosophy, and Yogic Cooking.

Swami Atmananda
Swami Atmananda
Receiving the gift of Yoga from Kailash Ashram, Swami Atmananada Giri is a devotee of Guru Nutya Chaitanya Yati and has dedicated his life to the teaching of yoga and its facets. Swamiji met Guru Nitya in 1992 & his disciple, Sudhi Chaitanya in 1998 only to transgress above the everyday working of human life.

Born in Kerala, he was unaware of his spiritual capabilities but was humanitarian by nature, he wanted to help people and took up Homeopathy at Kerala and practiced Naturopathy for three years. Later on, he started in yogic practice in the year 2006 and since then there is no turning back for him.

Religiously following the Indian Vedas and Upanishads, he received his education from at Shivananda Ashram from Swami Adyatamanandaji only to become more devoted. He carried his meditation practices for four years at multiple places as a Sanyasa-mendicant. He is currently living in Rishikesh to offer the magic of light he has learnt in his due course of practice.

Parveen Nair
Parveen Nair
Acharya Shri Parveen Nair is a uniquely inspiring teacher, he is best known for his ability to help students and teachers embody the spiritual practice of Yoga. He has refined his methods of teaching in the Advaita Vedanta school of thought. His non-dualistic approach toward Yoga has allowed his students to build an authentic Yoga Practice.

A Malaysian by birth, residing and teaching in the foothills of the Himalayas, a traveling Yogi Shri Parveen is also a professionally trained classical dancer in both highly revered classical Indian dance of Odissi and Barathanatyam

Since 2002, Shri Parveenji has applied himself assiduously in mastering this ancient art of wellness beginning with the Shivanada Yoga tradition and later trained under his mentor, the late Yogini Karin O’Bannon in the Iyengar Yoga Tradition in Rishikesh. Over the years, his Yoga journey of Swadhyaya (Self-Study) has led him to intertwine the physical practice of Yoga with the gloss of spirituality. His teaching is highly influenced by the teachings of the great Yogi Shri Bagawan Ramana Maharishi and Shri Nisargadatta Maharaja. Shri Parveen perfectly blends the sublime with the dynamic in his teachings.

Parveen brings something unique to the Yoga mat as he takes you through the somatic understanding of body-mind integration and mindful alignment. His technique is based on embodied movements and integrated movement design comprises functional movement elements that when combined have an alchemical result in the practice and daily life. His idea is to bridge the values of Yoga into daily life. He also infuses the practice of sensory awareness, a practice of using the senses to perceive time and space from moment to moment to stimulate rest and rejuvenation.

Acharya Shri Parveen established and co-founded Yoga Sadhana, two Shalas in Malaysia, one in Shenzhen City China, and one in Berlin Germany. The door of his Yoga Shala in Rishikesh, the world Capital of Yoga, is always open to aspirants who are seeking to explore the subtle undercurrents of Yoga.

Be it grasping the technical aspects of asanas, exploration of one’s vital energy through Pranayama, surrendering to the surreal through meditation, letting oneself drown in the exalted flow of Kirtanas, or understanding the mystery of life in his Advaita Vedanta philosophy classes, Shri Parveen ensures that you have a life-changing experience.

The Yoga Self-Discovery Retreats conducted by Shri Parveen have now become highly popular. You are left spellbound as he presents a delicately interwoven panorama of the non-dualistic approach to every situation. His expertise in the field of Vedanta philosophy is reflected in his retreats as well as daily classes. What sets him apart as an extraordinary teacher is his prowess in deciphering the holy scriptures of ancient India and imparting the essence to his students.

Shri Parveenji also conducts Yoga retreats, Yoga Teachers’ Training Courses, and Yoga Intensive Workshops internationally. He has worked with many yoga teachers and schools around the world and has been re-visiting these schools annually since then. Countries that Shri Parveenji often being invited for teaching are Greece, Spain, France, Portugal, United Kingdom, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Thailand, China, Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia apart from various parts of India.

Aman Mandeep Walia
Aman Mandeep Walia
Aman Mandeep Walia
Yoga Teacher
Aman’s view of yoga is more than just about the asana practice focusing mostly on the physical level; it is a complete way of living. Aman wishes to share the traditional Indian yoga culture and way of living. Pranayama and meditation are mainly focused on helping calm the mind and body. He wants to open his students to a new dimension in their life, bringing awareness, respect, peace of mind and discipline joyfully. He is a friendly, warm-hearted and humble man, keen to share his experience with whoever is genuinely interested in yoga.
Kuldeep Rawat
Kuldeep Rawat
Master Kuldeep grew up in a rajpoot family from Rishikesh as a son of a spiritual mother who is a Bhakti Yog practitioner and a father who joined the Indian army. Especially the influence of his mother made him to be confronted with spirituality since his childhood. After completing studies in conventional fields he quickly realized his wish to enter the fields of Yog and started to study under the guidance of his master in Rishikesh and also completed the master study of Yogic Science in Haridwar.

Since then he is practicing and teaching various Yoga Styles such as Ashtanga Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Pranayama, Alignment ,Mantra chanting and Yogic Kriya (Cleansing ).
Kuldeep ji is very well known for his great knowledge of unique sequences, variations, adjustments and enthusiastic, energetic teaching approach.

He was training many ongoing teachers in well-known Yoga schools of Rishikesh, and Nepal over the past decade. He is very well grounded in his self-practice, and a lot of his teachings come directly from his own self experience.