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Namaskar!
Yogis and Yoginis

​I’m Ash, a Yoga Therapist from South India. Yoga, for me, is not just a profession or physical discipline. It is my culture, my religion, my tradition, and my spiritual practice.

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The Beginning of My Journey

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My journey into yoga began from a place of deep personal struggle, navigating liver disorder, unhealthy habits, weight fluctuations, and spiritual uncertainty. 

 

Having a degree in nursing initially gave me a scientific understanding of modern medicine, and I explored modern yoga, but I gradually came to realize that these commonly practiced approaches are limited in their healing scope. During this time, I often found myself recalling the stories my mother used to tell me about my grandfather, a well-respected Ayurvedic healer. Inspired by his life’s work, I made the choice to turn away from conventional medicine and give holistic yoga a sincere, wholehearted try. That decision became a turning point, one that reshaped my life on every level.​

Ash's old selfie of him being overweight

Immersion and Transformation​​

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What started as personal experimentation in a therapeutic form of yoga called Vinyasa Krama evolved into full immersion. I realized it wasn’t just a physical healing that was occurring. I was being transformed. I wanted to go deeper. I ended up walking the full path living as a monk in a South Indian ashram, spending countless hours meditating and contemplating in ancient Shiva temples, and going on sacred pilgrimages in South India. Those experiences weren’t just healing, they were affirmations of the depth and transformative power of authentic yoga.

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A Responsibility to Preserve​

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Throughout my years of study, my gurus, teachers and mentors placed a deep responsibility on me which is to preserve ancient yoga in its purest form, as it was, not as it has become. Modern yoga has often reduced this sacred tradition to fitness routines, stripping away its soul. I teach to reverse that trend.

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Why I Teach

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I teach because yoga changed me. And because I believe it can change others too, not just in body, but in mind, soul, and spirit. It’s not about becoming more flexible, it’s about shedding the old skin, the old story, and being reborn.

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While many branches of yoga have emerged over time, my offering is rooted in the source. I teach Vinyasa Krama taught by the great master T. Krishnamacharya. In Vinyasa Krama, each movement, each breath, and each pause is purposeful and tailored to individual needs. I am not an asana-flow yoga teacher. While I respect that culture and do work within it, my offering goes far beyond that. My niche is personalized yoga.

Ash sitting cross leged meditating near a fire

Offerings & Services

  • Yoga Therapy – personalized 1:1 and group classes rooted in ancient Vinyasa Krama

  • Workshops & Retreats – immersive and healing spaces for transformation

  • Teacher Trainings – traditional Vinyasa Krama and Bhakti Yoga with strong philosophical grounding.

  • Courses & Mentorship – deepening your understanding of the roots of yoga

Professional & Spiritual Training

  • RYT 200-Hour Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training from The Alternative Medicine College

  • Ashram Life & Monastic Study – lived, studied and served in a traditional South Indian ashram

  • Temple Pilgrimages – meditation in sacred Shiva temples across Tamil Nadu

  • Bachelor of Nursing – clinical background in modern medicine.

  • Healer’s Lineage – descendant of Ayurvedic Varma Kalai healer

Wisdom Lineage

  • T. Krishnamacharya

  • T.K.V. Desikachar

  • Srivatsa Ramaswami

  • Mark Whitwell

  • James Vishnu

  • Madeleine Maciel

  • Swami Satchidananda

  • Swami Satyananda Saraswati

  • Swami Muktibodhananda

  • Sri Sri Ravishankar

  • Swami Vivekananda

  • Swami Prabhupada

  • Sadhguru

  • Bramarishi Easwaran Guruji

  • Vethathiri Maharishi

Scriptures & Source Texts

  • Yoga Makaranda / Yogāsanagalu – T. Krishnamacharya

  • The Heart of Yoga – T.K.V. Desikachar

  • The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga – Srivatsa Ramaswami

  • Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha – Swami Satyananda Saraswati

  • Hatha Yoga Pradipika – Swami Muktibodhananda

  • The Bhagavad Gita – Translated by Swami Prabhupada

  • Srimad Bhagavatam – Translated by Swami Prabhupada

  • Inner Engineering – Sadhguru

  • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – Swami Satchidananda, Swami Vivekananda

Sacred Spaces That Shaped Me

  • Perur Pateeswarar Temple – Tamil Nadu, India

  • Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple – Tamil Nadu, India

  • Sri Ranganatha Swami Temple– Tamil Nadu, India

  • Shri Ananda Vedashram – Tamil Nadu, India

  • The Himalayan Ranges

  • ISKCON Temple – Kumeu, New Zealand

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Some part of your consciousness has brought you to yoga, and to me, and I’m so happy that our paths have crossed.

 

Congratulations on doing something so significant and life-changing for yourself! 

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