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POONAM STECHER SHARMA

Poonam started in 1996 with formal training as a yoga and meditation teacher first with the YogaLife Foundation and then with the Bihar School of Yoga. She is following a yoga tradition which combines ancient wisdom and modern science. Since 2001, she has been teaching yoga professionally in India and in Switzerland. She has taught in many international organizations and corporations such as the World Metrological Organization, UNHCR, IFRC ,WHO, Webster University and Proctor & Gamble, Geneva.

Poonam brings a calm clarity to her yoga classes. With her gentle coaching, she heightens an inner awareness to listen to oneself. She understands the needs of the students and is able to encourage a person to go to the highest level of his or her ability, often far beyond any expectation. Poonam teaches yoga to her students in a natural and friendly way that it is a real pleasure. Her classes enable the development of yogic skills for all levels. She helps the students to connect positively with their body, spirituality & the world.

She is committed to practice yoga as a lifelong endeavor, and she wishes to share it with as many people as possible.

MANOJ SHARMA

Manoj was born into a lineage and heritage of health, Yoga and spiritual teachers. He was privileged to grow up in the right settings, which paved the way for his Yoga journey. It is difficult to say when exactly the formal introduction with Yoga took place but a few childhood pictures reveal his natural inclination at an early age. He grew up listening to Bhagavad-Gita and breathing the Hindu and Yoga philosophy. His formal education of anatomy, biochemistry and physiology contributed to his deep understanding of the physical aspect of Yoga.

Manoj has the natural ability to connect with people through his intuitive psychological understanding, sense of humor and his communication skills. He is an inspiring teacher and his students simply love him.

Bihar School of Yoga, Sivananda Vedanta Ashram and YogaLife Foundation are a few of the places where he got his formal Yoga education and earned his titles as Yoga Shirimani and Yoga Acharya.

Manoj dedicated a few years in innovating and developing Yoga products like nasal wash pots and eye wash cups in order to revive the forgotten and distinct practices of Yoga and Shatkarma. Since 2004, Manoj started teaching Yoga and he is continuing his journey of Yoga under the flagship of YogaLife Belgium and YogaLife Foundation India.

Manoj currently lives in Belgium.

SAVIRA GUPTA

Savira Gupta is a Yoga Alliance RYT. She obtained her certification from White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara, USA (200Hrs) and with Yoga Life in India (200Hrs). Her teaching style is eclectic, fun and filled with compassion. She brings her passion of Indian classical dancing into her teaching, bringing out the dancer within each of her students.Savira teaches a holistic approach using breath, movement and humor. She will take you through a variety of styles like Vinyasa, Gentle or Yin Yoga. She can be gentle as a lamb or as firm as an ox!

Savira focuses on combining Breath and Movement to bring harmony and balance of the Mind, Body and Spirit.

When not teaching in India she teaches in California at the Saratoga Senior Center and the Recreation Department of Saratoga. Savira enjoys her private sessions with her clients and has taught at Micronas a german company in Santa Clara.

A yoga practioner for over 10 years, her ongoing education has been attending workshops with Max Strom, Sean Corn, Cindy Walker, Mark Stephens and others. She is currently studying Reiki under the guidance of Reiki Master Mamta Nanda.

MR MALCHAND TIWARI

Mr. M.C. Tiwari is a renowned poet, writer and scholar in the area of Language and mythology and Indian literature.
He is an executive member of Sahitya Akadamy (Academy of Literature).
He has served for many literary institutes of national and international reputation.

Mr. Malchand Tiwari has been practicing yoga since 1978. He has also been teaching Indian mythology and yoga scriptures since 1991.

Mr. Tiwari have been awarded grandfathering by YogaLife in the year 2007. He is also an Academic Director in YogaLife Foundation since 2000.

TRIPTA BHANOT

Tripta is a experienced and senior yoga teacher. She was one of the pioneering yoga teachers in Delhi and has been active for the last 22 years. Mrs Tripta Bhanot started her learning of meditation with Pandit Ravishankar. She worked with Guru Shisya Parampara for several years. Her keenness to learn more about yoga and Naturopathy inspired her to become a Naturotherapist. She is also trained in Siddha Samadhi Yoga. In July 1995, she went to Bihar School of Yoga and was initiated by HH Swami Niranjanananda.

When Reiki was introduced in Delhi, she could not stop herself to become a Reiki Master. She continued Reiki training under many Masters.

She has conducted sessions for UNDP, FORD Foundation for the last 15 years, she has conducted sessions for UNDP, Ford Foundation UNHCR, KFW in Frankfurt, Fock Shock Schule, GTZ Group Germany, Lawyers Collective in Berlin and New Delhi, Yoga Schule in Berlin, National Thermal Power Corporation, Doordarshan in New Delhi, UNHCR, UNAIDS in Uganda, World Bank and many famous personalities like C.K. Birla, K.K. Modi, Priya Paul, etc.