Founder

Aruna Venkat RYS 500

Yogipreneur aspiring to empower everyone to end suffering and awaken to inner peace and happiness. Successfully used yoga, meditation and nutrition as part of a holistic lifestyle to prevent/reverse insomnia, allergies, pain, stress, fatigue, cardiac issues, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc

Yoga/meditation training/experience includes:

-Intermediate Level (RYS500)-Asanas and Pranayama, with Swami Ashokananda and Padmashri, Yogaville, USA, 2020

-Yoga of the Heart with Nischala Joy Devi, Yogaville, USA, 2019

- Eastern Wisdom - Authentic Yoga Tradition Advanced Meditation Teacher Training by Acharya Girish Jha at Shreyas USA, 2018:

In addition to learning all aspects of yoga required for yoga teacher training per Yoga Alliance guidelines, we also learned the philosophy, psychology and techniques of Ashtanga/ Hatha/ Raja/ Bhakthi/ Karma/ Jnana Yoga such as Asanas ( 4 essential,8, 16, 32 and 84 principle asana out of the 8.4Million ), Pranayama, Hatha Yoga Mudra Vs Tantra Mudra, Bandha, Shat karma, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi, yogic diet -Mitahara  & Ayurveda from the following scriptures:

• Patanjali's Yoga Sutra with Ved Vyasa's Bhasya; 

• Bhagvad Gita, Dattreya's Avadhoota Gita, Astavakra Gita; 

• Gheranda Samhita; 

• Hatta Yoga Pradipika; 

• Buddha's Dhammapada; 

• Shankarcharya's Tattva Bodha, Nirvana Shatakam, Ekasloki & Viveka Chudmani;  

• Yoga Vashishta; 

• Gorakshnath's Gorakh Vani & Goraksh rahasayam, etc; 

• Shiva Samhita; 

• Natha and Siddha traditions; 

• Vedas, Upanishads, Sutra, Purana, and other ancient texts of Indus Valley(Saraswathi) Civilization, 

• yoga commentaries by Swami Vivekananda & Ramakrishna Parama Hamsa, Sri Aurobindo, Kabir Das, G Krishnamoorthy, etc.

We learned hundreds of meditation techniques such as:

• Self Realization Meditation

• Mantra Meditation (using Shanti Mantra from Upanishads)

• Chakra/Kundalini Meditation ( Kundalyo Upanishad)

• Mindfulness ( Buddha's Dhammapada)

• Yoga Nidra

• Trataka  meditation  with internal, external and non-physical Lakshyas

• Dhyanams: Sthula, Jyothir, tejo and Sukshma 

• Samadhi meditation techniques for the dhyana, nada, rasananda, laya/advaithe,  bhakthi and raja yoga samadhi 

• Relaxation techniques: Autogenic, Biofeedback-Assisted, Deep Breathing, Guided Imagery, Progressive Relaxation, Auto Suggestions or Affirmations, Self-hypnosis, Visualization, 4  & 6 Step relaxation practice

Additional trainings/workshops:

- Yoga for kids and Yoga for Trauma workshop by Sat Bir Khalsa, Sivanda Ashram, 2022

- The Essence of Buddhist Psychology  - Jack Kornfield 2021

- Murugan Rahasiyam retreat with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Art of Living 2020

- Guru Purnima - Silent Retreat - Advanced Meditation, with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Art of Living, 2020

- Holistic Spirituality Workshop with Oren Jay Sofer, Insight Meditation, 2020

- Power of Awareness Workshop with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, Insight Meditation, 2020

- Mindfulness for Anxiety and Sleep with Tara Brach, Insight Meditation, 2020

- Mindfulness Daily with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, Insight Meditation, 2019

- Introduction to Ayurveda, Kerala Ayurveda, 2029

- Sahaj Samadhi - सहजसमाधि - Art of Living, Boone, NC 2019

- Happiness Retreat ( Sudharshan Kriya सुदर्शन क्रिया) Art of Living, Boone, NC 2019

- Heart  Meditation with Gail Seckrettar, 2018 

- Divine  Meditations  with Jaya Gupta, 2018

- Yoga at the wall with Liz Alvarez, 2018

- "As You Think So You Become" meditation training on positive thought power by Swami Hridyanda at Sivananda Ashram, 2018

- Integrated Rest ( IRest) Yoga Nidra and Foundations of Meditation by Dr. Richard Miller at Kripalu yoga center, 2017 

- Restorative Teacher Training - Module 1 and 2 from Gisele Morgan at Yoga Soul, 2017

- Meditation and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction with Corinne Zupko  at Bank of America, 2016

- Sri Aurobindo Ashram's Eye Yoga at Aravind Eye Hospital, 1991 

-Traditional yoga, meditation and sanskrit training at Kendriya Vidhyalaya, 1982 - 1983