a center for Yoga and Vedic Chanting
ārogya – good health
viveka – clarity
samatva – equanimity
ārogya – good health
viveka – clarity
samatva – equanimity
At Yoga Nidhi, the goals of ārogya, viveka and samatva are achieved through the integration of the three pillars of yoga practice – asana, pranayama and dhyana.
The breath is of paramount importance in all the work done.
Vedic Chanting is integrated with the yoga, especially as a method for meditation. It results in a sense of deep relaxation and also focuses the mind bringing it to a place of quiet and stillness.
Ravi Shankar has been on the path of Yoga for more than 25 years. He is a student of TKV Desikachar and has spent a number of years working under him and continues to teach in the same tradition.
He has completed the intensive 2-year teacher training Diploma in Yoga at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram. The learning he cherishes most is the years spent working in association with TKV Desikachar on the KYM yoga journal Darsanam
He was the Scholar-in-Residence (2008-09), Denison University, Granville, Ohio. He was earlier the Lilly Scholar at the Laura C. Harris Symposium, March 2007 at Denison University, Granville, Ohio. He has conducted yoga programs for leading corporate houses in India in areas of Wellness, Stress Management, and Learning.
Sheela Shankar is also a student of T.K.V. Desikachar. She has undergone the 2-year teacher training Diploma in Yoga at the KYM and was working with Ravi in the editing and production of the journal Darsanam. She was one of TKV Desikachar’s foremost teachers of Vedic Chanting and is also a trained classical singer in both the Carnatic and the Hindustani tradition.
Over the years, Sheela has continued to practice and teach Vedic Chanting and bhajans to several individuals and groups from different parts of the world. She was the keynote speaker at the Association of Yoga Studies Convention, UK in 2019 with Ravi Shankar.
She has an abiding interest in education and has been connected to education at different levels .
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