In our Indian culture, the teacher (Guru) is a symbol of God because a teacher is a person who inspires and elevates the consciousness of the student. As it is written in our “Granth’s” that to find God you need a good teacher who can lead you to the right path. Although television and other social media platform give us a lot of information they cannot lead us toward proper knowledge and the real essence of yoga. Our teachers are extremely knowledgeable and qualified and can transfer this transmission into the students' lives with compassion, love, and continuous support.
The strength and reputation of our school lie in the power and quality of our teachers. We (AtharvYogshala) have a passionate, honest, and humble teaching team with us that are ready to spread and share the knowledge and the ancient wisdom of yoga to make you a better knowledgeable yogi.
At Atharv Yogshala, our teachers are more than instructors—they are the living embodiment of yoga’s wisdom, dedicated to nurturing your journey from beginner to certified teacher. Nestled in the spiritual heart of Rishikesh, our team brings together decades of experience in traditional Hatha, Ashtanga, Meditation, and Ayurveda, ensuring an authentic and transformative learning experience.
Unlike typical yoga schools, we select teachers not just for their mastery, but for their compassion, patience, and ability to inspire. Whether you join for a week-long retreat or a month-long TTC, you’ll leave with lifelong skills and a deeper connection to yoga’s roots.
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Swami Yogrtna Saraswati was trained as a sannyasin disciple of the Bihar School of Yoga (BSY), which was founded by Swami Satyananda Saraswati, a direct disciple of Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh. She has also been initiated by Swami Niranjanananda, the present guru.
Swami Yogrtna was born in Paris of Australian parents and raised in India. She went to school in Bombay, and went on to study art, education, and linguistics in Australia. After studying, working, and travelling, Swami Yogrtna committed her life to the spiritual quest. She joined the Bangalore branch of Bihar School of Yoga, Atma Darshan Yogashram, in 1984, and took sannyasa diksha the following year.
She received complete training in all forms of the Satyananda Bihar tradition of yoga, meditation, yoga therapy, and Indian spirituality.
She served as a sannyasin sevak (voluntary service) in the ashram for over 20 years by assisting in the running of the ashram from top to bottom, giving therapy and spiritual counseling, and running classes for all manner of people and institutions. She conducted Yoga Teacher Training courses, edited the ashram spiritual magazine: ‘Atmabha’, and established a reforestation project ELA.
In 1997, she went to the mother ashram in Munger, which is the world’s first Yoga University: Bihar Yoga Bharati. In 2004 she returned to Atma Darshan Yogashram in Bangalore and soon after received her Guru’s Blessings to ‘be free as a sannyasin’, independent of the ashram.
Since then, Sw. Yogrtna has given yoga programs all over South India and overseas. She spent several years developing specialized centers and departments focused on fusing yogic knowledge with naturopathy, Ayurveda, and humanitarian work.
Sw. Yogrtna’s aim is to help people relieve their suffering and develop themselves through the awareness and the science of Yoga. She offers individual and group classes and guidance at the Shankar Prasad Ashram, and she travels wherever requested for special programs.
She is particularly appreciated for her talent in leading Yoga Nidra (psychic sleep) and other Meditations from the tantras, yoga therapy, yoga for children, the higher techniques of Chakra Sadhana, Kundalini yoga and many others, including satsangs (talks) and kirtan (group singing).
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Kuldeep’s journey into yoga began at a point in his life where he felt unsure of the direction ahead.He left his familiar surroundings and traveled into the Himalayas, eventually reaching Tungnath — one of the highest Shiva temples in the world.Something shifted for him on that journey — not suddenly, but in a quiet and steady way. Through what he experienced, observed, and encountered along the way, yoga became more than a practice. It became a way of understanding life.
Over the years, Kuldeep deepened his studies in traditional ashram settings across India, including advanced training in Kerala, where he completed his 500-hour certification. He has since guided students from around the world through teacher trainings and retreats, always keeping his approach grounded, clear, and rooted in real experience.
Both the Himalayan retreat and the integration phase of this training are rooted in this experience.They are not designed as an addition, but as a continuation of the path he once walked himself.The places you visit are chosen for their meaning. Being there, moving through them, creates an understanding that cannot be taught in a classroom.Kuldeep teaches Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa, and Pranayama with clarity and attention to detail. His classes are structured, yet accessible, and he naturally integrates anatomy and philosophy in a way that helps students understand not only how to practice, but how to teach.
Students often describe his teaching as calm, present, and supportive — with a quiet strength that allows them to feel both guided and independent. His intention is not to shape you into something.It is to help you come closer to what is already there.
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Lisa has been practicing yoga for many years, allowing it to shape the way she listens, moves, and relates to life. Her approach to teaching grows from continuous personal practice and a deep trust in yoga as a path of awareness and inner alignment.
Through her own experience, she has learned the value of slowing down, turning inward, and meeting each moment with presence. These qualities naturally inform her teaching, which is grounded, attentive, and guided by sensitivity rather than effort or performance. In her classes, Lisa creates a calm and supportive space where students are encouraged to develop a conscious relationship with body, breath, and mind. The practice unfolds as an exploration of awareness, stability, and balance, with space for both physical refinement and inner clarity.
Lisa’s work within the yoga school is guided by respect for tradition and openness to lived experience. She offers yoga as a steady, integrative practice that quietly supports clarity, connection, and continuity, both on and beyond the mat.
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Abhishek Rawat was born and bought up in the World's Yoga Capital, Rishikesh. Abhishek was inclined towards Yoga from Childhood. Abhishek received a Master's Degree in Yoga Science from Sanskrit Gurukul Vishvidyalaya, in Haridwar, India. He has completed 500 hours of teacher training, studied with various great Indian teachers, and attended intensive Ashtanga and Iyengar yoga courses in Rishikesh.
He is an experienced Ashtanga yoga teacher who believes in spreading this art of wellness to eradicate the disease naturally. He is a true believer in the power of yogic practice and meditation but always likes to remind his students that The power is not in Yoga itself, the true power is already within you. Yoga is just the key to unlocking this treasure.
His vision is to spread the learning he has earned from his teachers and help them live meaningful lives.
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Celina’s teaching is rooted in mindfulness, embodiment and deep respect for the individual body. With over seven years of dedicated self-practice and trained over 950h in yoga, somatic approaches, sound, breathwork, and nervous system regulation, she creates spaces that are both grounding and gently transformative in a holistic way.
Her path into yoga grew from lived experience - learning how mindful, aware movement and self-inquiry can support safe spaces for healing and reconnection, especially in bodies that are hypermobile or for sensitive or stressed nervous systems. This is why her teaching places strong emphasis on presence, embodied understanding and sustainable alignment rather than performance.
In her classes, Celina invites students to slow down, observe, and listen inward to their own inner wisdom - exploring not only how we move and live, but why.
She integrates conscious movement, breath awareness, somatic principles and Ayurvedic-inspired perspectives to help students understand the body, nervous system and energy as interconnected systems. Her intention is to create a safe and welcoming space where students feel supported to deepen their self-awareness, refine their teaching voice and trust their own embodied wisdom - dropping from the head into the body and heart, and remembering their own light, strength, and innate capacity to heal.
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Sofía Zavalia Teruel was born in Argentina and currently lives in Spain. From a young age, she immersed herself in the world of meditation and dance, developing a deep connection with body and spiritual awareness. Later, she spent time in Mexico, where she learned about ceremonies, community, and yoga practices, enriching her vision of life and wellbeing.
She holds a 500-hour yoga certification from India and additional qualifications from Central America. She has studied with various gurus and teachers, allowing her to teach yoga with a rigorous and traditional foundation, while adapting it to the Western context. Sofía firmly believes that yoga is a tool to live a more conscious, full, and luminous life.
Her philosophy is that “if the light grows within you, it grows in the world. ”Her vision as a teacher is to guide her students toward a path of wellbeing, self-discovery,and fulfillment, helping them connect with their inner light and bring it into every aspect of their lives.
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Meet Ms. Neha Racca, if you haven’t already. Neha’s passion for yoga began in school as an extension to gymnastics. She started her Yoga learning through B K S Iyengar style, Hatha yoga at the age of 8. Focusing only on the Asanas part she mastered and won several yoga awards consecutively for several years. Gold medalist in International yoga competitions across India. BSc in computer science but Yoga was imbibed in her since her childhood so finally was pulled back to continue the journey and did a TV show for DD Sports named SAHAJ SWASTHYA for 2 years . She then went on to complete her diploma and then MSc in Yoga from SVYASA, Bangalore in 2005.
Her services in the therapeutic yoga in treating various ailments n psychosomatic disorders started with Arogyadhama in Bangalore and since then she is taking therapy classes too. She Completed certificate course in advanced Pranic Healing & Pranic Psychotherapy from All India Yoga Vidhya Pranic Healing Foundation Trust, Pune, 2006.
Also a Certified Hypno Therapist and NLP Coach with a diploma holder In Professional Psychotherapy, which in turn she uses in her counselling sessions for all sorts of stress related troubles people face in this life and thus Neha has bought out the Happiness quotient in her sessions and takes Motivational and Life Coaching workshops too. So with Neha you can be assured that you will experience a complete yogic energy flow through her pranayama, asanas with various relaxation techniques. A complete holistic approach towards a healthy living. Come experience the journey of yoga with Neha and have a BETTER WAY OF LIFE.
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Nitin Rawat was born and raised in Rishikesh, the city of yoga, near Ram Jhula. From a young age, he had the opportunity to live in an environment steeped in yoga, spiritual practices, and a spiritual lifestyle. He received his initial yoga training from local and experienced yoga teachers, which further deepened his connection to yoga.
Nitin has successfully completed a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course from Atharv Yogshala, as well as a three-month Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Course. With a deep understanding of the traditional and practical aspects of yoga, he has gained special expertise in Hatha Yoga asanas, breathing techniques, and meditation practices. He has approximately three year of experience teaching yoga, where he believes in teaching yoga as a natural, safe, and effective therapeutic method. His aim is not to limit yoga to just physical exercise, but to make it a means of achieving balance, awareness, and inner peace in life.
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Isabel is a certified Yoga, Breath-Work and Meditation Teacher (500 YTT Yoga Alliance). Monkeymindretreats is her idea to bring the concept of yoga, meditation, mindfulness and intentional living to people all over the world. She is passionate about traditional practices and wants to make them accessible for everyone.
Influenced by her teachers, peers, environment and travels she is bringing a unique sense of empowerment to each of her classes. Through the combination of asana practice , pranayama, meditation and mindfulness Isabel has her students leave each class and retreat feeling refreshed, grounded and renewed.
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Steffi is from Austria and is an internationally certified yoga teacher with over 500 hours of training in Thailand and India. She teaches Hatha, Vinyasa, and Yin yoga, combining traditional practices with modern approaches to harmonize body, mind, and spirit. In addition to yoga, she is also dedicated to sound healing, Reiki, and breathwork, which allows her to support her students on a deeper level and facilitate transformative experiences.
For Steffi, yoga is far more than just movement—it is a philosophy of life and a calling. Her purpose is to continuously learn and deepen her understanding of these diverse methods and to share her knowledge with others. Through her empathetic nature, she creates a space where people can find strength, peace, and inner balance. Her international experience and holistic approach make her work unique, authentic, and inspiring.
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Anjali has been Practicing yoga for 6 Years. She has studied Hatha, Vinyasa, and Yoga Alignment. She is a native of the Greater Himalayas, with a Master’s degree in Yoga from the Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar (India), and 200YTTC from Yoga Alliance (USA), under her Guru Ji’s guidance. Anjali first came to yoga for the physical benefits hoping to lose weight and become fitter.
As her body became stronger and healthier, she soon discovered that her yoga mat was a place to find a sense of contentment, self-awareness, and the mind-body connection. When Anjali decided to enroll in the Master in Yoga, she only hoped to deepen her own practice, however, the more she learned and grew as a yogi, the more her intention turned to teach and share the practice she loves with others.
As a teacher, She tries to offer her students the opportunity to take the yoga path in their own way at their own pace, to modify when needed, and to honor how they feel at all times.Anjali finds immense joy, satisfaction, and inspiration in seeing students discover their own yoga journey and hopes to nurture and encourage them.
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Being born in a spiritually well-established family in Karnataka, Kavitha's up bring happened with all the values and teaching of Basavanna (one of the greatest saints in 12th-century). She spent her early days in her hometown in Karnataka. Because the environment at home was well suited for spiritual studies she easily got into the path of spirituality at a younger age.
It was the year 2006 when her actual and intense journey in the path of spirituality started. She first practiced pranayama under the guidance of Sri Ganeswer Avadhut in Srisailam's forest. Then her journey leads her to one more great master Swami Veda Bharthi who is the disciple of Swami Rama. She mastered the art of meditation and philosophy in Swami Rama Sadak Gram under the careful guidance of Swami Veda Bharthi.
Then she started serving in an ashram where she took charge to spread her knowledge to common people in Karnataka and she was very successful in spreading the teaching of her master to more than 42 villages. She was able to influence common people's lives by sharing knowledge. In 2015, she moved to Rishikesh and started the journey in yoga under Highly qualified yogis.
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Introducing the young and dynamic Yogi Rahul Negi, a true prodigy whose love affair with yoga began at the tender age of 13. Graduating with a degree in Yoga, Rahul's passion for this ancient art only grew stronger, leading him to begin a transformative journey of self-discovery and mastery.
At just 18 years old, he delved deeper into the realm of yoga by completing his Teacher Training Course at the prestigious Rishikesh Yogpeeth in 2018. Armed with knowledge and wisdom beyond his years, Rahul fearlessly stepped into the role of a yoga teacher, leaving a trail of inspiration in his wake. Rahul Negi His boundless expertise in Hatha Yoga Asanas and Ashtanga Yoga, coupled with the enchanting art of Mantra Chanting, sets him apart as a true luminary in the world of yoga. But what truly makes Rahul shine is his specialization in adjustment and alignment, allowing his students to experience yoga postures with perfection and grace.
From the serene landscapes of Rishikesh to the lush surroundings of Kerala, Rahul's journey as a teacher has taken him far and wide, enriching the lives of students from all walks of life. Having collaborated with various Yoga Alliance yoga schools and Yoga Studios across India, his reach extends to yogis seeking guidance and transformation nationwide. Prepare to be captivated by the magic of Yogi Rahul Negi, whose youthful exuberance is matched only by his profound knowledge and skill. Join him on a journey of self-discovery and enlightenment, as you delve into the heart of yoga under his expert guidance. Embrace the art of adjustment and alignment, and witness the transformative power of yoga unfold in your life. Allow Rahul to be your guiding light on this incredible odyssey of inner peace and self-realization.
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Vikas Singh was born and brought up in world capital Rishikesh Uttarakhand. Vikas was inclined towards yoga from childhood. Vikas received a yoga scholarship from ved Niketan dham in Ram jhula next to the Parmar Niketan.
He has completed 500 hours of yoga teacher training ( program by yoga alliance)Studied with various great Indian teachers, and attain intensive astanga and Iyengar yoga course in Rishikesh.He is experienced ashtanga yoga teacher who believes in spreading these art of wellness to eradicated the disease naturally and smoothly way.
He has a true believer in the power of yogic practice and meditations but always likes to remind his students that. The power is not in yoga itself the true power is already within. Yoga is just a key to unlocking this teasers. His vision is to spread the learning has learn from his teacher and help them live meaningful lives.
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Rajat Purwal is an accomplished Yoga Teacher and Naturopath with a strong educational and practical foundation in holistic wellness. He completed his Diploma in Yoga and Naturopathy, Graduation in Yogic Science, and Master’s in Yoga from UOU. Additionally, he holds a Naturopathy Doctorate (ND) from the renowned Gorakhpur School of Naturopathy. Rajat has been deeply influenced by prominent yoga masters such as Dr. Avdhoot Baba Shivanand, Swami Ramdev, and Shri Praveen Nair, under whom he refined his yoga practice.
Since 2017, Rajat has been dedicated to teaching yoga and spreading the transformative power of yoga and naturopathy across the globe. He conducts comprehensive 200-hour and 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training Programs in locations like Rishikesh, Bangalore, Kerala, and Nepal, offering students an in-depth understanding of yoga and its therapeutic benefits. Rajat’s commitment to nurturing well-being and his passion for sharing knowledge make him a sought-after yoga educator and healer.
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Born and brought up in Trivandrum, Dr. [Name] has always been passionate about sharing knowledge and healing through Ayurveda. She completed her graduation in Ayurveda from Kerala University and has been practicing as an Ayurvedic doctor for over 13 years.
After her marriage to Dr. Anish, she moved to the beautiful coastal town of Varkala, where they are now happily settled. For the past few years, she has been guiding Yoga Teacher Training (TTC) students by sharing her deep knowledge of Ayurveda, yogic diet, and nutrition—helping them understand how food and lifestyle support their yoga journey.
Alongside teaching, she actively practices at their own clinic, VYAS Ayurveda, Varkala, where she provides authentic Ayurvedic consultations and treatments.Her approach combines traditional Ayurvedic wisdom with practical lifestyle guidance, making Ayurveda simple, relatable, and easy to apply in daily life.
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