8th to 12th November, 2019 | Atmantan Wellness Centre, Mulshi
The Anahata Yog Utsav is an event that brings together wellness experts in the field of yoga, ayurveda, healing and nature therapies from all around the world. It has been designed for the enthusiasts, beginners & advanced level practitioners alike. Those in search of alternate healing therapies may also find cures for long standing issues at this event. During the course of these magical 5-days, you will experience pure and authentic forms of yoga like hatha, ashthanga vinyasa & kundalini yoga. Your enriching experience comes in the form of a perfect daily schedule that offers back to back yoga sessions all day long interspersed with sprinkles of wisdom with our speakers during the entire length of your stay with us.
All this in the company of like minded individuals, seekers and beautiful souls from around the world.
Atmantan is an integrated wellness destination spa and is one of India’s most luxurious at that. Here it helps you understand the relationship between sound nutrition and the functioning of the body. At this pristine destination you coalesce your body, mind and soul and return as a renewed individual, heart whole and fancy free.
The menu for our esteemed guests is personally curated by Bijay J. Anand in consultation with ayurveda and naturopathic doctors of Atmantan. Delicious vegetarian Indian cuisine, balanced to nourish the three doshas of kapha, vata and pita, the cuisine is designed to be healing and detoxifying.
For those who wish to enhance their festival experience with some authentic ayurvedic treatments such as abhyanga masssages, facials and shirodhara, Atmantan offers the best therapists who will pamper you and use their considerable knowledge, experience and expertise for treatments.
The teachers for the 2019 event have been carefully curated by Anahata to offer a rounded, wholesome and enriching experience to our participants. Respected and renowned in their respective fields our presenters are looking forward to helping you to charter new courses of health regimen, map new paradigms of knowledge and discover a wide array of healing sciences to help you discover your path to Health * Happiness * Divinity
A Kundalini Yoga teacher certified by the Kundalini Research Institute, Los Angeles, Bijay combines the wisdom gleaned from his years of practicing Hatha, Ashthanga and Iyengar Yoga and exposure to ayurveda and naturopathy to offer a holistic programme geared towards enhancing the health and happiness of his students. The underlying philosophy behind all his teachings is love and the key role that our Anahata Chakra has to play in the happiness quotient of our lives.He was introduced to Kundalini Yoga for the first time by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa in 2012, and this was the turning point in his life.
Zia has been in the study of ancient sacred dances since 1994. Her journey started with Gurdjieff movements, Sufi dances and whirling. In 2006 she embraced the study of Odissi Indian Classical Dances and in 2008 originated her show Sufi Splendour, recently relaunched as Realms of Dance, presenting Sacred Dance & Whirling Mandala.
Zia has performed at prestigious festivals and events across the country and internationally, sharing the mystique of our sacred heritage.
The Sacred Dances workshop invokes the awareness of energy and forces that are continuously forming our body. It brings us to a state of continuing presence. Working with the body from a space of meditative awareness develops within us a ‘presence of being’.
Yamuna studied Yoga, Dance & Healing Arts for most of her life. She started with training Kung Fu at the young age of 8. Then She went on to explore various styles of Dance like Contemporary, Jazz & Hip hop. She began her Career as a professional dancer touring internationally in Europe and the Far East for 10 years.
In 2007 she gave up her life as a professional dancer to train as a Yoga Teacher. She qualified as a Hatha Yoga teacher in London and continued to become also a Acroyoga teacher in Greece and went on to do her Level two and become a Lunar Immersion Teacher.
Yamuna has been sharing Yoga & Acroyoga internationally since 2008 till today. She has worked in Yoga studios & Retreat Centres worldwide offering Workshops, Retreats, Yoga Classes & Yoga Teacher Trainings.
Dr Arun Gupta is a professor of Ayurveda and head of the Panchakarma department at Choudhary Brahm Prakash Ayurved Charak Sansthan, a renowned Ayurvedic medical college in Delhi. He specialises in Panchakarma, the classical system of detoxification.
Dr Gupta is an advisor to the Hungarian Ayurvedic Medical Foundation and has spent many years working in Hungary. He believes that through a deep understanding of our body systems and following Ayurvedic principles, we can open the channels to radiant, glowing, abundant health.
With decades of experience, Dr Gupta makes the ancient science of Ayurveda simple, accessible and enjoyable. His lucid introduction to the subject is a boon for all students in general and Yoga teachers in particular. Dr Gupta shows people how to adjust their diets to best suit their bodies and simple home remedies that can be used to fight off disease, decay and even battle chronic illness.
Ajinkya Meher, is a practicing Yoga therapist who has received his Yoga Teacher’s Training from prestigious schools such as The Yoga Institute, Santacruz, Mysore School of Yoga and Prana Vasiya Yoga.
For the past 8 years, he has successfully trained thousands of students and currently spends his time spreading his yogic wisdom between The Yoga Institute, Santacruz and at his own yoga center, Ajinkya Meher Yoga Shala.
Ajinkya believes in sharing what he’s learned on his spiritual journey and his approach to yoga is very simple, “Yoga for me is not only on the mat, it’s off it too”.
She is a certified Level 1 & 2 Kundalini Yoga Teacher. After practicing Hatha Yoga for 10 years she switched to Kundalini in 2011 and is teaching on a daily basis ever since via her own Yoga Shala; Kundalini Yoga Amsterdam, which in a short time became one of the most popular yoga schools in the Dutch capital. In 2013 she also completed her Kundalini Yoga Therapy training and was chosen to be Yogi of the Year in The Netherlands by Yoga Magazine. In the Netherlands she appeared on several TV shows, in magazines and in 2011 she shared her passion in a TedXWomen talk. Marieke has taught in several yoga festivals, organises workshops on the yogic lifestyle and teaches Rebirthing Intensives. She also leads yoga journeys and retreats to France, Italy, India and Nepal.
She loves to share her broad knowledge about yoga wisdom and lifestyle in her classes to empower everybody to live healthy and happy lives using yoga as a key to overall well being of body, mind and spirit.
Tim Schipper is a Kundalini Yoga teacher from the Netherlands. In his classes he always guides his students to establish themselves in their hearts, towards a life filled with compassion and kindness. Besides group sessions Tim is specialized in Yoga-psychology consultations with individuals and leading Kundalini Yoga Journeys & Retreats at inspiring locations worldwide.
