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Yogashree N.V.Raghuram : He is the Chairman and Spiritual Founder of Yoga Bharati and Professor of Yoga Philosophy in Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation (SVYASA), Bangalore India. Sri N.V Raghuram is trained under some of the most renowned exponents of yoga such as Prof Satyanarayana Sastry and has been practicing yoga since early childhood. He is instrumental in introducing yoga therapy in a neurological clinic in Germany and starting yoga therapy in hospitals in Italy, Turkey, and China. He has traveled to several countries in Asia, Europe and America, giving discourses and stress reduction programs based on yoga. Raghuramji has been traveling the globe for the past three decades guiding research projects in England, Germany, Turkey and in Houston, Texas in addition to training hundreds of teachers and motivating thousands of lives. It is a long list of achievements and his involvement in several organisations like Disha, YFS,etc and several other organisations and centers all around the world.

Vijaya Hariharan: She is the Academic head and the Senior Yoga therapist of Yogabharati. She is a certified E-RYT 200, YACEP yoga teacher approved by YogaAlliance. She has been teaching since 2003. She specialises in prenatal yoga and Therapeutic yoga session. She has been part of YB since 2014 and is the Head of the Sikshana Vibhaaga team of Faculty since 2016.She has conducted workshops on health issues in several centers and online platforms. She specialises in teaching the streams of yoga, Kriyas, Pranayama and various philosophies of Yoga .Since four years she has been extensively studying deeper concepts in Yogic philosophy from Raghuramji.

Prabha Krishna: She is the Secretary of Yogabharati and the Senior Yoga therapist and a certified E-RYT 200, YACEP teacher approved by Yoga alliance. She has been teaching for 17 years therapeutic yoga, Prenatal Yoga and Kids yoga to participants. She is also one of the Senior faculty in the Shikshana Vibhaaga of YB. Her main expertise is using several props in the yoga session and dealing with people with back/neck /shoulder/joint aches and dysfunction. She is a certified Yoga Anatomy trainer, Lifestyle consultant and has established a consulting practice where she interacts with several participants (adults and kids) and designs integrated lifestyle programs that combine Yoga and Nutrition.

Dr.Shubha Chetan: She is the Senior Yoga therapist and the Senior faculty member of the Shikshana Vibhaaga. She is an Ayurvedic doctor by profession and has experience of consulting and counseling individuals for the past 15 years. She wanted to enhance healing for patients through Yoga, which is an integral part of Ayurveda and so completed her PGDYT to get an in-depth understanding of yoga therapy. She specialises in yoga therapy for multiple sclerosis, parkinsonism, astigmatism, prenatal yoga, Diabetes. Through her experience, she has witnessed therapeutic effects of yoga and its vast scope as a complementary mode of treatment. She is popular among the Yoga participants for her meditation sessions.

Balambika Raman – Balambika has been an ardent seeker in the spiritual path since her childhood, inspired by her grandfather. She is a software Engineer and pursued in the IT sector for nearly 10 years. She found a more fulfilling journey through volunteering as a teacher for special needs children. As part of this, she served Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, UK for two years as a Balagokulam sevika. This path still continues for her as she serves Chinmaya mission, Bangalore as a Balavihar sevika. She completed her Yoga training and PGDYT under the umbrella of Yogabharati and VYASA and is the Faculty in the Shikshana Vibhaaga. She continues to work with special needs children offering Yoga and Drama as therapy techniques. She also conducts workshops through YogaBharati that enable her to share her learning and insights that our scriptures offer.

Dr. Mayur V Kaku – He is the Head of Neurosurgery Department at Vasavi Hospital, Bengaluru. He completed his Neurosurgery training at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore. He is expert in Minimally Invasive Brain and Spine surgery and has special interest in Endoscopic and Pediatric Neurosurgery. He is active member of Neurological Society of India (NSI), American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and is trained by World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) in Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain and Spine. He is practicing yoga for the last 20 years and is certified and practicing Yoga Therapist too.