When my family moved to India in 2016,  I started seriously pursuing yoga and weight training along with my day job of high school teaching. We moved back to California in 2019. During lockdown I resumed my journey in yoga and meditation through online classes. I further honed my practice through personalized private sessions 2022 onwards and was able to cure my frozen shoulder within a year and regain complete range of motion through yoga and assisted stretching. This experience reaffirmed my belief in yoga and self healing modalities. Learning and practicing yoga consistently transformed all areas of my life — from improving my physical fitness levels to handling day to day stress effectively by staying calm and peaceful within; to improving my focus, clarity and decision making through mindfulness practices.

In 2023, I decided to work in the fitness industry. My first step was to gain professional certifications, including the Yoga Teacher and Flexibility Coach certifications. I simultaneously started teaching yoga, stretching and meditation classes online and at my home. I am presently pursuing 300 Hr yoga therapy certification and I teach stretching and meditation at multiple local senior centers and senior living.  I continue to teach private and group yoga,  stretch, meditation, breathwork sessions at my home studio, both in person and remotely. I am constantly upgrading my skills and knowledge by attending seminars, retreats and workshops in the field of Yoga / Mindfulness and Assisted Stretching. 

My qualifications and experience include:

• Registered with the Yoga Alliance as E-RYT200 (Yoga Practitioner since 2016)

• 1 year of teaching experience – Private & Group classes in Yoga/ Stretching / Therapeutic /  Breathwork & Meditation

• Continuing Education for 300H Yoga Therapy towards E-RYT500 from the Svastha Yoga Therapy Foundation.

• Stretching and Flexibility Coach Certification by NASM

• Roll Model Method Training Certification for Self Massage with Therapy Ball Sequencing by Tune up Fitness

• Mindfulness, Yin Yoga and Restorative Yoga Certification by Yogarenew Teacher Training

• Certified Pelvic Floor Yoga Teacher Training by Leslie Howard Yoga

• Continuing Education by attending Workshops: Therapeutic Yoga for Stress Relief, Yoga for Glutes

• Sudarshan Kriya, Sahaj Samadhi Certification by Art of Living, Cupertino Center, CA

• Yoga Teacher at Jiaren Yoga Studio, Santa Clara

• Stretch and Flexibility Instructor at Saratoga Senior Center, Saratoga, CA

• Chair Yoga and Mindfulness Coach at Senior Living at Saratoga Retirement Community,  Rincon Gardens, Campbell and Morrone Gardens, Almaden, John Burns, Santa Clara and Atria Senior Living, Sunnyvale

• Online Remote Classes in Therapeutic Yoga at Swaying with the Souls, An Emotional wellness initiative by Shreya Kaushik