Meet the Founder of Avatar Yoga School, Rishikesh

Who is the founder of Avatar Yoga School?

Brajesh Yogi founded Avatar Yoga School and leads its teaching. He is an ERYT-200 and RYT-300 registered teacher. He studied at Agra University and earned his Yoga Diploma (D.Y.Ed) at Kaivalyadham in Lonavla, Pune, one of the best-known yoga institutions in the world. He is a direct disciple of Shri O.P. Tiwari Ji, the head of Kaivalyadham. He has also studied Upanishadic and Vedic knowledge, Vedanta and Guru Parampara in satsang with Shri Guruji of Vrindavan. His students have included people in Switzerland, China, Japan, Russia and Ukraine, where he has taught.

Brajesh was born into a deeply spiritual Brahmin Hindu family in Bateshwar, near Agra. Yoga caught his interest when he was very young, and he saw early how much it could do for a person’s growth.

Since 2005 he has been teaching in Rishikesh. His classes cover asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha, meditation, Kundalini Yoga and Kriya Yoga, and he shares the knowledge of Guru Parampara along the way. In his view, the difficulty of a pose matters less than the awareness you bring to it. He teaches every level of traditional Hatha Yoga, along with yoga therapy for healing, yogic sleep, yogic cleansing, Vedanta philosophy and Yoga Teacher Training Courses.

Teacher Training Courses are what he enjoys teaching most, and he runs them throughout the year. They suit students ready to become teachers, working teachers who want to deepen what they know, and anyone who wants to take their practice much further.