Dr. Sowmya

Founder and Director of Prafull Oorja Charitable Foundation based in Bangalore.

Through Prafull Oorja, Sowmya has trained hundreds of yoga therapists to serve communities in vulnerable conditions, focusing on special needs children.

A native of Cupertino, she completed one Master's degree from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, on Yoga for International Peace Builders; and another one from the UN University for Peace on Yoga for Trauma Survivors. Sowmya holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Peace Studies from Banaras Hindu University.

Lalithashree Rajesh is a yoga and meditation teacher with a combined 800+ hours of certification in Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, and Meditation.

She is certified by Prafull Oorja to teach yoga and remedial dance movement to neurodivergent and other underprivileged individuals and children undergoing cancer

treatment. Lalitha has also been a faculty member in various yoga teacher training programs in Bangalore. For over two decades she has explored various paths to Self realisation and her teaching comes from the knowledge and wisdom gained along the way.