Founder
Aruna Venkat RYS 500
Yogipreneur aspiring to empower everyone to end suffering and awaken to inner peace and happiness. Successfully used yoga, meditation and nutrition as part of a holistic lifestyle to prevent/reverse insomnia, allergies, pain, stress, fatigue, cardiac issues, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc
Yoga/meditation training/experience includes:
-Intermediate Level (RYS500)-Asanas and Pranayama, with Swami Ashokananda and Padmashri, Yogaville, USA, 2020
-Yoga of the Heart with Nischala Joy Devi, Yogaville, USA, 2019
- Eastern Wisdom - Authentic Yoga Tradition Advanced Meditation Teacher Training by Acharya Girish Jha at Shreyas USA, 2018:
In addition to learning all aspects of yoga required for yoga teacher training per Yoga Alliance guidelines, we also learned the philosophy, psychology and techniques of Ashtanga/ Hatha/ Raja/ Bhakthi/ Karma/ Jnana Yoga such as Asanas ( 4 essential,8, 16, 32 and 84 principle asana out of the 8.4Million ), Pranayama, Hatha Yoga Mudra Vs Tantra Mudra, Bandha, Shat karma, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi, yogic diet -Mitahara & Ayurveda from the following scriptures:
Patanjali's Yoga Sutra with Ved Vyasa's Bhasya;
Bhagvad Gita, Dattreya's Avadhoota Gita, Astavakra Gita;
Gheranda Samhita;
Hatta Yoga Pradipika;
Buddha's Dhammapada;
Shankarcharya's Tattva Bodha, Nirvana Shatakam, Ekasloki & Viveka Chudmani;
Yoga Vashishta;
Gorakshnath's Gorakh Vani & Goraksh rahasayam, etc;
Shiva Samhita;
Natha and Siddha traditions;
Vedas, Upanishads, Sutra, Purana, and other ancient texts of Indus Valley(Saraswathi) Civilization,
yoga commentaries by Swami Vivekananda & Ramakrishna Parama Hamsa, Sri Aurobindo, Kabir Das, G Krishnamoorthy, etc.
We learned hundreds of meditation techniques such as:
Self Realization Meditation
Mantra Meditation (using Shanti Mantra from Upanishads)
Chakra/Kundalini Meditation ( Kundalyo Upanishad)
Mindfulness ( Buddha's Dhammapada)
Yoga Nidra
Trataka meditation with internal, external and non-physical Lakshyas
Dhyanams: Sthula, Jyothir, tejo and Sukshma
Samadhi meditation techniques for the dhyana, nada, rasananda, laya/advaithe, bhakthi and raja yoga samadhi
Relaxation techniques: Autogenic, Biofeedback-Assisted, Deep Breathing, Guided Imagery, Progressive Relaxation, Auto Suggestions or Affirmations, Self-hypnosis, Visualization, 4 & 6 Step relaxation practice
Additional trainings/workshops:
- Yoga for kids and Yoga for Trauma workshop by Sat Bir Khalsa, Sivanda Ashram, 2022
- The Essence of Buddhist Psychology - Jack Kornfield 2021
- Murugan Rahasiyam retreat with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Art of Living 2020
- Guru Purnima - Silent Retreat - Advanced Meditation, with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Art of Living, 2020
- Holistic Spirituality Workshop with Oren Jay Sofer, Insight Meditation, 2020
- Power of Awareness Workshop with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, Insight Meditation, 2020
- Mindfulness for Anxiety and Sleep with Tara Brach, Insight Meditation, 2020
- Mindfulness Daily with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, Insight Meditation, 2019
- Introduction to Ayurveda, Kerala Ayurveda, 2029
- Sahaj Samadhi - सहजसमाधि - Art of Living, Boone, NC 2019
- Happiness Retreat ( Sudharshan Kriya सुदर्शन क्रिया) Art of Living, Boone, NC 2019
- Heart Meditation with Gail Seckrettar, 2018
- Divine Meditations with Jaya Gupta, 2018
- Yoga at the wall with Liz Alvarez, 2018
- "As You Think So You Become" meditation training on positive thought power by Swami Hridyanda at Sivananda Ashram, 2018
- Integrated Rest ( IRest) Yoga Nidra and Foundations of Meditation by Dr. Richard Miller at Kripalu yoga center, 2017
- Restorative Teacher Training - Module 1 and 2 from Gisele Morgan at Yoga Soul, 2017
- Meditation and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction with Corinne Zupko at Bank of America, 2016
- Sri Aurobindo Ashram's Eye Yoga at Aravind Eye Hospital, 1991
-Traditional yoga, meditation and sanskrit training at Kendriya Vidhyalaya, 1982 - 1983