Venkat Reddy
Email: venkat@yogabharati.org
Instructors
Ashwini Surpur
Gulshan Jit
Madhavi Jain
Sreejit Chakravarthi
Sathyan Narayanan
Venkat Puntambekar
Debasis Bandyopadhay
Anil Surpur
Thomas Weise
Sharat Joshi
Vijay Rayanker
Geetha Rayanker
Priya Candadai
Venkat
Reddy
Email: venkat@yogabharati.org
Spreading Yoga awareness
and its benefits in North America through Yoga Bharati.
Yoga Experience:
Yoga Instructor, Yoga Bharati (http://www.yogabharati.org)
Practicing Yoga since childhood.
Conducted Yoga classes (Asanas, Pranayama, and Meditation) at various places
in India and USA.
Yoga Education
Career
Sun Microsystems, Inc., CA, USA. Software Engineer.
Education
B.E. (Electronics and Communications Engineering) from Madras University, India.
M.S (Software Systems) from San Jose State University, CA. Studying.
UdayaKiran
Chaka
Email: udayakiran_c@yahoo.com
As Yoga Instructor with
Yoga Bharati, spreading awareness about Yoga and its manifold applications.
Yoga Experience:
Yoga Instructor, Yoga Bharati (www.yogabharati.org)
Yoga instructor, SVYASA (www.vkyogas.org.in)
Teaching Yoga at Sunnyvale Community Center daily (7.15AM - 8.00AM) Conducting
Yoga Foundation Course for Instructor Certification.
Taught Yoga at the Yoga Retreat, La Honda and many workshops.
Yoga Education
Career
Infosys Technologies Ltd (www.infy.com) Bangalore, India. Software Engineer
since July 1999.
Contributed to various projects in Bangalore for renowned companies like Aon
Risk Services Intl, Visa International etc. Working on software projects with
reputed clients in USA since Jan 27th 2001. Earlier worked with Franklin Templeton
Investments, San Mateo, CA for an year. Currently working with Cisco Systems,
Inc., San Jose.
Education
Indian Institute of Technologyi. New Delhi, India. Graduated in May 1999 Bachelor
of Technology
Engineering in Civil and Computer Science from India's top most Engineering
College (Only 2000 are selected from more than 200,000 applicants) where the
curriculum has a thorough application of programming and logic in the fields
of Engineering and Technology. The Institute is known for a very competitive
environment with an emphasis on Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Management.
Yogi Mahendra
Email: aumguru@yahoo.com
Phone: 510-449-8822
Objective
A Yoga teacher with a difference
The art and science of Preksha Yoga
Education
1987-2000, Yoga Therapist
training and practice, Adhyatma Sadhana Kendra, Mehrauli, New Delhi, India
(US affiliate contact: http:www.jainvishwabharati.org)
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2000, Yoga Achrya, Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwanthari Ashram, Kerala, India
1999, Initiation into Hindu Priesthood, the Hindu Heritage Pratishthan in conjunction
with Vishva Hindu Parishad, Dev Mandir, Modipuram, India.
1996, Yoga Siromani, Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwanthari Ashram, Kerala, India
1994, Black Belt Tae-Kwon-DO, Sang Raock Tae-Kwon-DO Academy, South Korea (affiliate
of World Tae-Kwon-Do Federation)
Summary of Qualifications
8 years
of teaching and therapy experience educating others on the management of ailments
such as low back pain, cardiac problems, diabetes, asthma and stress illness
such as insomnia and hypertension through low-impact
regimes os asana, shat karam (cleansing exercises), and pranayama.
Specially teach H.R.E. (Yogic Health Rejuvenating Excercises) to those of moderate
to severe limitation
Give instruction through encouragement that is inspirational
and engenders self-confident in a simple format that is accessible to anyone
of any ability.
Work well with children giving them positive instruction on self-esteem and
higher values while showing them whole-life energizing techniques.
Summary
of Experience
1996-2000, conducted
Surya Roshni Limited-sponsered 30-day residential programs giving course instruction
in Yoga techniques, prananyama, shat karam, meditation, relaxation, chanting
and laughing therapy.
1998-1999, Full time Yoga Consultant, State Bank of India Staff College; teaching
Yoga, meditation, chanting kirtan and bhajans, and laughing therapy.
1996, conducted three 10-day workshops for over 150 Indian Air force pilots
and Ground Training Instructors on Operational Efficiency through Yoga, meditation
and relaxation.
1995, taught therapeutic yoga for heart patients in 12 Bimal Chachar, MD 5-day
lecture/practicum retreats on the health benefits of yoga (Dean Ornish-style
program)
1994-2001 in-home Yoga consultation to hundreds of private clients in the US
and India; including many high-profile families like that of the CEO of Times
of India; can handle any difficult client with facility andd cheerful attitude.
Community Service
1998-2000, toured various grade schools in the Delhi
area giving free lectures and training on the benefits of yoga and yogic practices.
1995, conducted with local Jain saints a four day workshop to 3000 prisoners
at Tihar Prison at New Delhi on chanting kirtan and stress management through
Yoga and meditation.
Publications
2001, Yoga video for private clients in New York and Florida upon departure for California
More details and references available upon request.