Atmayaan is Bangalore’s professional leader in Power Yoga, Ayurveda and Wellness Programs, catering to Multinational organizations, health clubs, spas & NGO’s. A wellness center which combines - Power Yoga, Ayurveda, and a Naturopathy holistic spa with therapies from pedicure and acupuncture to full body therapies such as synchronized massage with steam bath. A strong and modern yoga department is what makes Atmayaan a unique company, founded by two post graduates of the Bihar School of Yoga’s University ‘Bihar Yoga Bharati’, Christopher Schafer of California and Pradeep G. Gowda of Bangalore. The company also has certification courses in Ayurvedic massage therapy, power yoga teacher training, and corporate leadership training - ‘ The way of the Bird’, for business executives. Sports Excellence Academy, ASEA is set up to bring out the best in athletes with programs like Soulway Golf. Christopher S. Schafer Founder, Director / yoga instructor 1992 - Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, minor in Finance, California State Polytechnic University, California. 1993, worked in mortgage banking, L.A., California. 1994 - 1996, worked and explored S. Korea, China, Indonesia and India. Attained level one black-belt in Tae Kwon Do in S. Korea. Trained in Yoga under the guidance of Swami Vivekananda, Rishikesh, India and Swami Govinda of Sivananda Yoga, Neyyar Dam, Kerala, India. 1996 - 2001, worked for an environmental NGO, Forests Forever, San Francisco, CA. Instructed yoga in Manhattan, New York. 2001 - 2003, educational curriculum development and facilitation, Hiroshima and Takamatsu, Japan. Studied Za Zen Buddhist meditation, Bhutzuji Temple, Shikoku, Japan 2003 - 2005, Master’s of Art in Yoga Philosophy, Bihar Yoga Bharati under Bihar School of Yoga, Munger, Bihar, India. 2005 - 2007, Professional yoga instructor, San Francisco, California, certification of Teacher Training Level 1 & Level 2, and Diploma of Satyananda Yoga Teaching, Rocklyn and Mangrove, Australia. 2007 - present, established Atmayaan PVT. LMT., an Ayurveda care centre, yoga studio, and naturopathic spa, develop and facilitate yogic retreats and workshops, professional yoga instructor, Bangaluru, India. “ Those ‘fortunate’ enough to be fully engaged in the business paradigm; are given the most opportunity to fully express and evolve subtle, inner, latent qualities . . . . there’s a growing consensus in the corporate sector; imbibing ancient technologies such as yoga - evolving the way of organizing, reaching into the next levels. ” "I am inspired by the synergy of eastern traditions with the practical, ever-evolving, western approach to the modernity of life, so instruct yoga in a progressive way that harnesses our inner passions, releases energy blockages and at the same time remains true to the source of Yoga; total freedom, wisdom, and joy in action. Now I reside in Bangalore, India where the urgent need for an organized holistic, wellness structure is paramount!" Pradeep G. Gowda Founder, Director and Head of Training Pradeep started practicing yoga as a 7 year old, learning classical asanas from his father and later devoted full time to studying yoga, graduating M.Sc. Yogic sciences (from the world’s first yoga university, Bihar Yoga Bharathi, India, with a university gold medal), which was a calling, for meaning and completeness in life. He had the blessed opportunity to learn under his guru, Paramhamsa Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati, at Gangadarshan, a gurukul along the banks of Ganga, for two years, LIVING and IMBIBING yoga. Under Mrs. Sharmila Mahesh, the priniciple teacher of AYRI, Bangalore branch, and granddaughter of Sri Pattabi Jois of Mysore, he gained clarity of the nuances of Astanga Vinyasa. Pradeep is an engineering graduate, entrepreneur, and an avid sports and metaphysics enthusiast. He draws immensely from his past experiences, a wealth of knowledge specific to Yoga, Ayurveda and Indian philosophies, bringing into each yoga session a wholistic approach. He has been teaching yoga in Bangalore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Colombo and is an adept in Bihar and Astanga schools of yoga. As the head of Training, at Atmayaan, he has designed manuals for: Atmayaan’s yoga instructor course Ayurveda massage therapist’s course Leadership retreats Golf and yoga. Being a master training facilitator, he has also trained many budding yoga instructors in Malaysia and India, at the same time learning from them at every opportunity. Pradeep credits his yoga practice, for clarity of mind, creativity and confidence. In his experience, Yoga starts with awareness, awareness brings about an effortless control, control leads to balance, balance to liberation and liberation merges into Union. Dr.. Anjum B R  Department of Ayurveda Professionally qualified as a Doctor in Ayurvedic Medicine and surgery  Graduated with the degree of BAMS [ Bachelor in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery ]  under RAGIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES [ RGUHS ]   BANGALORE , INDIA. experience Hosahalli corporation hospital KCG Hospital Government Ayurvedic Medicine Hospital  [ GAMC ] Bangalore Private practice for one year Job Description; Ayurvedic Doctor, Ayurvedic lecturer, trainer and operations manager for the Ayurvedic Department Sucessful and documented cases;  paralysis , back pain , joint pains, skin diseases , gynaec cases, respiratory didorders, nervous disorders,  digestive disorders, Management of hypertension , diabetes , stress , weight etc Organiser of ayurvedic therapist courses , ayurvedic beauty courses . Designed manuals for; Ayurveda Massage therapist course Ayurvedic therapist crash course  Ayurvedic Beauty Course   Dr. Swarna Gowri Naturopathy   Dr. Swarna Gowri is a consultant for Naturopathy and counseling holds an experience of working at Narayana Hrudayalaya, since May 2003 to May2 008. She has been graduated in alternative system of Medicine in Naturopathy & Yoga (BNYS), under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. She has additionally been qualified with PGDHHM from IGNOU in 2005 Her main working area in the Rehabilitation is to counsel the patients that include mainly cardiac patients like post surgical, post angioplasty and with medical management mainly for stress management and Yogic advice for life style modification. Along with this she also does general counseling right from suicidal cases to all major psychological problems. She has also worked as Scientist for a Research project title: Yoga in patients who undergo CABG –A prospective study. Being a Doctor from alternative system of medicine she also gives advice on naturopathic diet and practices Acupressure & Acupuncture – a Chinese system of medicine. Treats various disease conditions through Nature cure & yoga She has an experience on giving talk on stress management to corporate companies like flextronics, recently for Torrent Pharmaceutical Company. At present she is working as a consultant for Sannidi specialty center, Kaveri specialty Nursing Home, LH foundation. & also for Musigma as a corporate Yoga trainer Her interest lies in learning different schools of Yoga and designing the corporate programs for stress management. Prabha Krishna Raghavan Yoga Instructor Educational Qualifications: - • Masters in Pharmacy (MPharm.) MGR University, Coimbatore, India • Bachelors in Pharmacy (BPharm.) Trivandrum Medical College, Trivandrum, India Professional Qualifications: - • Certified Accupressurist, under the tutelage of Dr. Devendra Vora, Mumbai, India. • Yoga Instructor Certificate Course (YICC), Swami Vivekananda Yoga Kendra, Bangalore, India. • Yoga Therapy Instructors Course (YTIC), Swami Vivekananda Yoga Kendra, Bangalore, India. Work Experience: - 2002-2004, Bay Area, California, USA • Yoga therapy Co-ordinator, Instructor, Yogabharati, USA (http://www.yogabharati.org) • Conducted several workshops in both general and therapeutic Yoga in and around the Bay Area. • Bay Area Co-ordinator for SVYASA – Organized and led several initiatives in therapeutic yoga applications on Back Pain, Hypertension, Asthma etc. 2004-Present, Bangalore, India • Ayush Health Care, BTM Layout, Bangalore – Yoga Therapist. (http://www.leverayush.com/pages/AyushTher/yoga.htm) • SVYASA, Bangalore, Yoga Volunteer • Received training in Yogic remedial treatment and Counselling from Dr. R. Nagarathna, Dean, Division of Yoga & Life-sciences, SVYASA. • Instructor at several SVYASA Yoga Centers in Bangalore. • Conducted Yoga Training Programme at SSMRV College, Bangalore as part of Disha, an organization aimed at preserving Indian heritage and culture within the student community. • Continues to conduct private yoga therapy classes for a wide variety of ailments and has extensive experience in pre-natal yoga. “Prabha is passionate about the applications of Yoga and its great potential in enhancing the all round well being of an individual. She believes in promoting other related holistic sciences like Ayurveda, and Accupressure so that collective ancient wisdom can be utilized to benefit those who need it.” Dhanashree Athalvale yoga instructor Dhanashree has always been interested in health and wellness activates. She graduated with a Bachelor of Business Management degree from Christ college, Bangalore in 2006. She worked as a process analyst in Thomson Reuters for 2 years. Destiny called her to explore the beautiful world of wellness through Yoga. Developed a passion for it and headed towards making Yoga the whole and soul of her life. Dhanashree has completed the Yoga Instructor’s Course from SVYASA (Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana) and also the Hatha Yoga and Power Yoga teacher training course from the Atmayaan Academy. She loves teaching yoga and giving her students that sense of balance and peace she finds by practicing Yoga. Contributing her own exploration of Yoga, works with a great passion for this ancient science. Dhanashree is dedicated to this art and science of yoga and will continue to share this knowledge through her teaching for many years to come. She currently appears on the Raj Music Kanada channel in the programme ‘Yogam’. Soumya Day Yoga Instructor Academic Qualification (S VYASA) Dip. Y.N. Y.T.I.C. (Therapy) Y.I.C.C. (Instructor) EXPERIENCE “Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana” Bengaluru, 2000 to 2004. Senior Yoga Therapist Sanjeevani Heart Centre treated critical Heart and Diabetic Patients at Satana, Nasik Worked as a Yoga Teacher in: ‘Hong Kong’ “Beauty Yoga” Center. Yin yoga, Vinyasa, General and Hatha yoga. ‘ Kenya’ “Shanti Holistic Yoga and Health Center”, Diani Beach, Mombasa. Vinyasa and Hatha yoga Working in “Youth For Seva Organization Project Coordinator. Soumya is a dynamic yoga instructor delivering high quality, comprehensive yoga sessions. She following the Ashtanga School of Yoga and Power Yoga. Mayuri Kalita Yoga Instructor Unlike many others, did not go to the Himalayas in her childhood nor did she plan to be a Yoga teacher. She, like any other girl next door, wanted to have a good education, a good job and family, of course. Life was pretty much the way she thought of ... a well paying MNC job, happy family with son and husband. A simple and straight forward life. And then she goes for a trekking in the Himalayas and meets with a life threatening accident. It took her 4 months to walk again. That’s when she got into Yoga seriously to bounce back. Bounce back she did. But she didn’t go back to her regular job. 

Yoga became her purpose of existence and she decided to be a messenger of the Power of Yoga to all. Thus began the journey of learning and self discovery. . . . . Since then she has studied various styles of yoga practices like Sivananda, Ashtanga, Bihar school of Yoga under the guidance of some internationally renowned teachers. 

Mayuri . . . . an internationally certified yoga teacher by now (2009) has 5+ years of teaching experience in Power Yoga, Kids Yoga, Prenatal Yoga and Golden Age Yoga. As a yoga teacher Mayuri provides able and caring guidance for injury free practice. She recognizes that every individual is unique in his/her attitude and abilities and therefore creates sequences to suit the individual need of every practitioner. She also encourages everyone to work to their own personal capacity and motivation. Christy Brownn Yoga Instructor Teaching yoga since 2000, Christy has studied in India with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and S.N. Goinka and in the U.S. with a variety of teachers including Sarah Powers, Paul Grilley, John Friend, Mata Amritanandamayi, TKV Desikachar, and H.H. the Dalai Lama.  In her teaching, Christy emphasizes mindfulness, breath and alignment; strengthening and moving from core; and cultivating one’s highest wellbeing for the benefit of all beings.  Drawing on ancient yogic teachings and elements of Ashtanga, Iyengar and Anusara yoga, Buddhism, and other wisdom traditions, she weaves a creatively flowing, invigorating yet calming, centering yet expanding exploration of Self through Asana. Christy teaches in the San Francisco Bay area and leads workshops and retreats at locations in the U.S. and abroad. ChristyBrownYoga.com Eric Shaw Yoga Instructor Eric as spent his life teaching and earning degrees and learning more and more about the human body—through athletics, yoga, marital arts, dance, energy work, and anatomy study. He is certified by both Kripalu and Yogaworks teacher training programs. His first teachers in self-transformation were his parents, Christian ministers who integrated psychology and social justice into their work. He grew up amidst activism, strongly influenced by his father and paternal grandfather’s political risk-taking, and his mother’s pioneering work in feminism. He began daily meditation in 1984 and was introduced to yoga in 1987. His key teachers have been: Paul Grilley, Matt Huish, Natanaga Zhander, Tony Briggs, Arkady Shirin, Sianna Sherman, Karl Erb and Dan Barry. Since 2001, he has taught unique vinyasa forms from Shadow, Ashtanga and other Flow Yogas. In 2005 he created Prasana Yoga from an integration of these systems and exploration of traditional texts. Eric has earned Masters degrees in Teaching and Religious Studies and notice for his Ph D work in yoga. His classes are vigorous but relaxed, serious but fun, meditative but expressive—and informed by years of formal training in alignment and scholarly work. Eric’s lectures on Yoga Philosophy and History are offered worldwide at conferences, studios and universities. He is writing a book on the History of Modern Yoga for Anusara Press and contributes regularly to periodicals. Eric is the creator of Prasana Yoga, Alignment in Movement, and Yoga Education Through Imagery. www.prasanayoga.com Singapore Pallavi Ghosh Yoga Instructor / international sales / Teacher Training Administrator A post graduate in Yoga Psychology, had taken up the course to boost her efficiency to heal, in the non profit organizations,she used to work in India. But at the end of two years residential course, she could discover the balance that a CLEAR MIND can bring. And from there, started the never ending journey to spread the techniques of Yoga that help tremendously in enhancing effectiveness and awakening the higher mind. She specializes in Yogic Counseling, in which she helps people to use the techniques of Yoga to combat the demands of life and the associated stress. Five years in India and two years of experience in Singapore has allowed her to work with different corporate, social organizations as well as challenging areas like the children of the prostitutes. Pallavi has been widely covered by the media, viz.,India Today (India),The Straits Times,CLEO,SHAPE etc (in Singapore). speciality: prenatal yoga Malaysia Regeesh Vatta Kandy yoga instructor / teacher trainer / facilitator He started his yoga studies when he was seventeen with the traditional teachers from Kerala. The happiness and health he gained through yoga inspired him to delve more into yoga studies so that he could help other to enhance the quality of their life. The searches for higher studies in Yoga lead him to the great Bihar Yoga Bharati (the first university of Yoga in the world). Since the mind and its functioning has always been allured to him, he choose YOGA PSYCHOLOGY for his masters in Bihar. After that he has been teaching Yoga in India as well in abroad. He has done an advanced course in PRANAYAMA from Kaivalyadham, the oldest school of yoga in India, under the guidance of Sri O P Tiwari. To understand the dynamics of meditation he has been practising different types of meditation like vipasana, tantric meditations, contemplative mediation, and this has led him to Osho International Meditation resort where he did two months residential course. During this course he gained the experience of various kinds of mediation techniques like dynamic mediation, kundalini meditation, No dimensional meditation. Regeesh is an expert in understanding the imbalances in the elements in one’s body and its affects in personality and to guide them to a happier, balanced and fulfilling life. His experience combined with the techniques like yoga Nidra make his relaxation class a very unique one At the moment he is working with Atmayaan wellness teaching yoga, training yoga teachers, conducting workshops and retreats in India as well overseas http://www.yogabharati.orghttp://www.leverayush.com/pages/AyushTher/yoga.htmhttp://www.prasanayoga.comshapeimage_8_link_0shapeimage_8_link_1shapeimage_8_link_2
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