Our Team Home / Team Our Founder's Story Journey of Healing and New Beginnings Swami Sumitananda Ji The founder's life was turned upside down by the diagnosis of cancer. He was a businessman and resident of Delhi concentrating on his corporate and family life. But the diagnosis marked the day he had to rethink everything. Through his journey of treatment, the discovery of yoga led him to inner peace and healing. That was the life-altering decision he made after surviving cancer. All that life involved leaving behind: his home in Delhi, the entire business, family, and his friends was left behind in his pursuit to move to Rishikesh, to live a life surrounded by those peaceful mountains and the Ganga River. It is here that he started another life chapter, dipping fully into the spiritual heart of yoga. Today, he is running schools in Rishikesh, Goa, and Kerala, infusing his life into them. Being a businessman who turned a cancer survivor, the way he has shaped these schools to guide people towards healing, growth, and understanding more of yoga. Visiting Instructor Journey of Healing and New Beginnings Yogi Buddhadeva Ji Yogi Buddhadeva is an energetic, young and multidimensional personality. He is a self-realized spiritual guru and an enlightened being. He is a dynamic and pragmatic teacher (Acharya) of its own kind and a yogi full of life, vigor and eternal joy. Away from all sorts of traditional and ritualistic conventions, he is a yogi in the true sense best suited in present turbulent age to awaken humanity from its slumber to rise to its spiritual nature. A Kriya Yogi and an expert of Kundalini Tantra he seems to lead a normal worldly life with a heightened inner awareness and bliss all the time.. Furthering the works of his gurus he is ever engaged in teaching and spreading Yoga, modifying and simplifying the practices of Kriya Kundalini Yoga and bringing the art and science of Bhakti Yoga in a blissful and practical manner to the deserving and determined pupils. For over two decades he is spreading the message of spirituality, teaching the people, the science of Eternal Yogic Life. He is An internationally acclaimed propounder and teacher of meditation and yoga and a renowned expert in spiritual sciences like Reiki, Kundalini, Energy Healing, Reincarnation, Past Life Regression, etc. Best Yoga Teachers Our Experienced Yoga Teachers At Himalayan Yoga Teacher Training Center Siddhant Ji Philosophy & Meditation Siddhant, whose root is “Deep in the Spiritual” and his flowering is “Outside”. He left his house for the sake of knowledge after his graduation, Bachelor in Science (B.Sc.). He visited different places for the sake of Spiritual Awakening and finally came to Rishikesh and started his intense spiritual practice near the presence of holy river Ganga and the Himalaya. By the time, he frequently visited different great Sadhus and Yogis to unlock the secret of life and to discover the unique spiritual practices. Those techniques have a very powerful impact on Siddhant to his spiritual transformation. He spent years with the different spiritual Masters and Yogis in Himalaya and all over India. In the guidance of great Yogis, he learned and practiced various types of Yoga with proper understanding. Such as: Hatha Yoga, Raj-Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Laya Yoga, Tantra Yoga, Kriya Yoga, Dhyan Yoga, Mantra Yoga, Karma Yoga, Janna Yoga and many more different kind of Yoga along with Pranayama, Bandha( Yogic locks), Mudras( Yogic Gestures), Unique Yogic Kriyas , Yoga-Nidra, The right way of Mantra chanting, Various types of Meditation Techniques, Relaxation Techniques, Communication Skills, different types of Morden Yoga Philosophy and the Ancient Traditional Indian Philosophy, Knowledge about religious scriptures, Pranic Healing, Reiki, Acupressure, Magnet & Yoga Therapy, Ayurved, Yoga Anatomy, different Cleansing Practices, Naturopathy and more other techniques for the self-growth used in different parts of the World. Arti Sexana Hatha Yoga & Ayurveda Arti Sexana is indeed a very experienced Hatha Yoga and Ayurveda Teacher, who has been teaching for the last 8 Years. She has done her Masters Degree in Yoga from Jai Ram Ashram in Rishikesh. She has also done her Diploma in Ayurveda and Naturopathy and has keen interest in Meditation. According to her, she works closely with each student to teach about all aspects of Hatha Yoga and Ayurveda. I am a master in teaching traditional hatha yoga, mudras, bandhas, mantra and meditation, Yoga Nidra, Ayurveda, Yoga to balance tridoshas, food and nutrition, etc. Kushal Bisht Alignment / Adjustment Live in Rishikesh, studied Masters in yoga from Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar. ERYT 200 & ERYT 300 from Yoga Alliance, U.S. With his guru ji, he organized various yoga camps around Rishikesh and nearby places serving society through the teachings of yoga. During Masters, he also got the chance to serve a unit of Indian Army in Raiwala Cantt. spreading the divine science of yoga for physical and mental stress relief. After completion of masters in yoga in 2013, he has been sharing his learnings in various schools in Rishikesh since 2014. Yogic Philosophy, Pranayama & Shatkarma are some of his areas of specialization. Shri Gukul Bisht Anatomy Gokul Bisht is a NET(National Eligibility Test)Qualified Rishikesh born yoga teacher. Only few people pass this examination(NET).He has done his Masters in Yoga from Sanskrit University, Haridwar,Uttarakhand. Also he has done Master in Computer Application(MCA) from Dehradun, Uttarakhand. He has done certification in Ayurvedic Food & Nutrition(CAFN).He has been teaching Yoga for more than six years with different schools in Rishikesh. Mainly he has very deep knowledge of Shatkarma, pranayama and human anatomy and physiology. With great knowledge about body anatomy and yoga , he explains the spiritual and scientic effects of different yogic practices in body and mind. Shri Bhupendra Nautiyal Pranayama Bhupendra Nautiyal is pranayama and mediation teacher in avdoot yoga and meditation peeth. He has done post graduation in yoga from Sanskrit university Haridwar. He is teaching breathing technique & meditation from 5 years. Bhupendra is passionate about pranayama and mediation. He teaches how to start you’re inside spiritual journey to go deeper in meditation. Shri Pankaj Ji Hatha / Astanga Sagar Khanduri was born and brought up in the holy city of Rishikesh (the world capital of yoga) He is the youngest Ashtanga Yoga Teacher at Himalayan Yoga Ashram in Rishikesh, Tapovan. He always carries a big smile and enthusiasm. His warm smile and care make class room lighter and warmer. Sagar is very good in asanas (specialised in ashtanga, alignment and adjustment), With very good care he likes to help students to develop their skills so that they can achieve balance of mind and body, not only on physical but also on mental and emotional level. He is also volunteering in an NGO (Khushi Charitable Society) where he studied since the age of 7, He now enjoys giving back to Khushi by sharing his knowledge of Yog and expertise with the younger children. Yogi Lakhi Ram Meditation Lakhi Ram was born in a very small Himalayan village in the middle ranges of Himalayas, so got a unique Yogic atmosphere in his village. Many Yogis (sages) used to practice Yoga there. He learned some fundamentals of yoga from those sages. So he has been practising Yoga (mainly Shatkarma, Asana Pranayama, and Meditation) since his childhood. He made his study and practices deeper on Pranayama and meditation through different scriptures and commentaries, and he also learned about these from some modern Yoga teachers. So whatever knowledge he has got through these sources he always feels glad to share this knowledge with others. Yoga Alliance U.S.A Certified Yoga Course RYS 200 Hour Yoga Training Certified by Yoga Alliance USA RYS 300 Hour Yoga Training Certified by Yoga Alliance USA
