Yogis Celebrate: Recent Episodes
Vineet Basantani
Some of the finest IT professionals, businessmen, artists, homemakers, attorneys, professors, academicians and volunteers share their personal spiritual journey. Hear them talk about the fun-filled, sometimes comical, experiences while being introduced to a spiritual path.
Vaishali Khola is an R&D device engineer in the US.
She holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from University of Florida.
She has also been a faculty with the Art of Living for the last 6 years.
Suman Yadav is school teacher in a govt school in Rewari, Haryana.
She has been a faculty with the Art of Living since past 2 years.
Shivangi Sinha is a teacher in Vidyaniketan school in Nalanda, Bihar.
She has been practicing Sudarshan Kriya since last 14 years.
In this conversation, we'll discuss the challenges she faced while teaching kids or if it was a fun thing to do.
Rittvik Parmar is an economics student at Carleton University, Ottawa.
He's a volunteer with the Art of Living and has fun things to share.
Ram Kumar works at the Income Tax department in Noida, Delhi NCR.
He was previously working in the Central Excise and Customs department in Mumbai.
He has also been a faculty with the Art of Living for the last 3 years.
Rakhi Mittal is an agripreneur and a kitchen gardening specialist in Noida, Delhi NCR.
In this conversation, she talks about the importance of kitchen gardening and desi cows.
Raj Kumar used to work in the Indian Railways in Kalka, Haryana.
He has been a faculty with the Art of Living since past 19 years.
In this conversation, he shares his very personal spiritual experiences.
sudarshankriya #sudarshankriyayoga #kalka #haryana #halifaxns #yogiscelebrate
Prateek Verma and Heeru Lalwani ji are the Director of Programs and Country Coordinator for Art of Living Laos in South East Asia.
They're pioneers in the wellness field in the country and have been guiding the people around them with their dietary and fitness plans.
They've been faculties with the Art of Living for about a decade.
Pranay Kumar is a sports fitness coach and has been teaching sports enthusiasts in Delhi.
He is also a diabetes educator and informs people about managing diabetes.
He is an alumnus of Sri Sri School Yoga.
Mit Prasanna is an International Yoga teacher and an alumni of Sri Sri School of Yoga.
He has been actively teaching yoga in his hometown, Ranchi and has previously taught in Vietnam. He has also been a guest faculty at the International Yoga Festival in Rishikesh in 2020.
Manjusha Sinha is an Eternity Process facilitator with the Art of Living in Delhi NCR.
She holds a MA in Pali and Buddhism from a University in Nalanda.
In this conversation, she shares some secrets about the eternity process.
Deepak Sharma, previously known as RJ Sharad who ran a radio show called Love Guru in Jaipur, which had the highest TRP in all over Rajasthan, India.
He is now a faculty with the Art of Living and is a suicide prevention specialist, has been remarkably successful in lowering the suicide rate in the city with possibly the highest amount of academic stress on this planet, Kota Rajasthan.
Aksshat Goel is a businessman in India.
He has been practicing Sudarshan Kriya for the last 13 years.
In this conversation, he answers some fun questions about his spiritual journey.
@mr.aksshatgoel
generousyogi #halifaxns #yogiscelebrate #businessyogi #rudram #craniosacaltherapy #sudarshankriya
Aditya Gupta is a Senior Mentor in Byju's Jaipur, India.
He has also been the founder of Giveclass which is an online tutoring platform
for high school kids.
He is also a faculty with the Art of Living since past 3 years and talks about his spiritual journey.
@aaditya93gupta
jollyyogi #yogiscelebrate #halifaxns #jaipuryoga #sudarshankriya #sudarshankriyayoga
Suma Pathapati works as a manager at Gainwell Technologies in Bangalore, India.
She is a faculty with the Art of Living since 2010 and is also a yoga teacher from Sri Sri School of Yoga.
In this conversation, she mentions her views on the current education system in India, about non-vegetarian food and walks us through her spiritual journey.
Insta: @sumapath
empatheticyogi #yogroute #bangaloreyoga #halifaxns
Rudra Upadhyay is a security consultant at DXC Technologies in Bangalore. He is a volunteer with the Art of Living and a dear friend of mine.
In this conversation, I asked him fun questions related to his spiritual journey and he mentions the funny things he had done to get a spiritual high.
Insta: @uyrudra
zerostateyogi #yogroute #banswara #halifaxns
Shivam Kumar is a fresh alumni of Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario in Building Automation Systems.
In this conversation, I ask him fun questions about his spiritual journey.
He also mentions how at one point, he doubted if he was human due to lack of his engagement in spiritual practices.
@vasu.shivam35
optimisticyogi #ottawa #yogroute #halifaxns
Arsh Narula is the co-founder of HumHain in Ludhiana, India which is a very successful concierge company in Punjab.
HumHain has been a champion in providing people with delivery solutions. With the core idea of helping the community, Arsh and his partner have made it a profitable service.
https://humhain.com
Insta: @humhainservices
yogroute #humhain #halifaxns #ludhiana
Puneet Jindal runs a printing and packaging business called Prolabels in Ghaziabad, Delhi NCR. He is also a yoga teacher from Sri Sri School of Yoga.
In this conversation, I ask him fun questions about his spiritual journey.
Insta: @jpuneet87
onepointedyogi #yogroute #halifaxns #delhiyoga
Akshay Joshi is a Mechanical Engineer and a permaculture designer.
He's the owner & founder of two Companies: 48 Degrees & Urban Gardeners selling wide Range of Products on E-Commerce Platforms from Nagpur, India.
Some of their products are listed here:
https://www.amazon.in/s?k=Urban+Gardeners&ref=bl_dp_s_web_0
He's also a faculty with the Art of Living Foundation.
Insta: @akshay_jgd
Siddharth Mathur is a senior software engineer in Deloitte in Mumbai, India.
In this conversation, I ask him fun questions about his spiritual journey and how easily he was able to manage a mishap in his life.
Insta: @siddharthamathur.jecrc
yogroute #humourousyogi #halifaxns #mumbaiyoga
Ragini Singh is a Yoga teacher in Ghaziabad, Delhi NCR.
She is an alumni of Sri Sri School of Yoga.
She talks about how she doubted her parents' love for herself as a child and walks us through her spiritual journey.
Insta: @ragini.singh.986
yogroute #dilseyogi #halifaxns #delhiyoga
Suman Paul runs a construction business with his family in Silchar, Assam.
He also has a yoga studio called The Yogi in the same city.
He mentions how yoga poses were a means of him to express his power, and eventually led him to be more regular on the spiritual path.
@suman_the_yogi
yogroute #halifaxns #silcharyoga #assamyoga
Aman Gupta is a businessman in Agra, Uttar Pradesh and a dear friend of mine.
He is the encyclopedia of great food in the city for us in our circle.
In this conversation, he shares his very personal experiences on the spiritual path and how spirituality helped him in his business.
Insta: @amangupta111192
foodieyogi #yogroute #agra #halifaxns
Rajiv Ranjan is a guest faculty with Delhi School of Journalism.
Faculty with the Art of Living Foundation for the last 10 years, and had conducted the first Youth Empowerment and Skills Workshop in China.
He talks about how India and China have a relationship of millenniums, and the recent outrages amongst the countries are very short lived, compared to the history.
Insta: @rajivlajifu
academicyogi #yogroute #nalanda #halifax #delhincr
Manjusha Adlakha is a Sr Lead Partnerships at Charities Aid Foundation, Delhi NCR
She's also a moderator with Association Chamber of Commerce.
A faculty with Art of Living and Yoga teacher from Sri Sri School of Yoga.
She has taught yoga to employees of various organizations like JKTyre, Modi Analytics, Panasonic.
She is also a guest faculty for Communication and Partnerships with Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi.
In this conversation, she talks about how one can make their passion also their profession.
Insta: @yoga_thy_wellness
comminucatoryogi #yogroute #halifaxns #halifaxyoga #noida #noidayoga #delhincr
Chanderkant Tiwari is a Technical Lead at Tata Technologies in Pune, India.
He is also a yoga teacher from Sri Sri School of Yoga.
He talks about how life give us subtle signals and we must listen to them carefully and I ask him some fun questions about his spiritual experiences.
Insta: @chanderkan7
insightfulyogi #yogroute #halifaxns #halifaxyoga #puneyoga
Amit Bharadwaj holds Master of Science in Yoga & Naturopathy from Sri Sri University and has worked at various corporate offices around India.
He talks about his spiritual journey and the importance of realizing that we are a one world family.
Insta: @bharadwaj_amit
sweetyogi #yogroute #halifaxns #bulandshahar
Madhurima Dubey is a homemaker in Pune, India.
She is an amazing singer and talks about the importance of music and how melodies helped her connect with herself.
melodiousyogi #yogroute
Soumya Shukla is a Quality Analyst with Master Card in Pune, India.
She talks about the importance of trying and experiencing rather hearsay in words or texts and walks us through her spiritual journey.
techieyogi #yogroute #puneyoga #halifaxns
Priyanka Rudra Upadhyay is an artist and a fashion designing student at International Institute of Fashion Design.
She mentions how it is important to be in silence and solitude to "download" creative ideas, contrary to the belief of being stressed to be creative.
Insta: @uypriyanka
creativeyogi #yogroute
Sumit Chandra has a masters in biochemical engineering and has worked at Central Drug Research Institute.
Currently he runs an educational institute called Advait in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
He has been a friend of mine since my university days in Manipal.
He mentions how his devotion to spiritual practices have changed his life completely.
Insta: @sumeet_kumar_jgd
bhaktyogi #yogroute
Komal Sharma is a PhD scholar in Chemical and Molecular Biology in Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon, South Korea.
She is also a yoga teacher from Sri Sri School of Yoga.
In this conversation, she answers some fun questions related to her spiritual journey and mentions how she doesn't judge people around her since she feels no barrier with them.
Insta: @komal.besharma
thoroughyogi #yogroute
Shivam Sharma works as a manager at his own family firm Vaasu Logistics in Ghaziabad, Delhi NCR, India.
He mentions how spirituality has taught him to respect people from all strata of the society and how he now feels utterly comfortable in talking to people of all ages and backgrounds.
Neha Saraswat is an IP attorney with Saraswat and Co. in New Delhi, India.
She mentions how she contracted COVID-19 and came out of it unharmed. Also talks about how spirituality has made her excellent in managing the many areas of her life.
Sachin Garg is a fun-loving, humorous corporate employee and enjoys reading the Bhagwad Geeta.
In this conversation, he talks about the importance of introducing children to spirituality.
Dhruv Chawda is a Combustion Performance and Emissions Engineer at Cummins Inc. in Columbus Indiana.
He talks about how he finds it easy to uplift someone's mood around him and other experiences of his spiritual journey.
Sanskar Sharma is a wellness entrepreneur in Agra, India.
I ask him questions about how to he achieves his goals and how did spirituality help him understand death better.
Rohit Banka is a software developer in Bangalore and a faculty with the Art of Living.
He talks about the huge changes in his personality since he has been on a spiritual path and he how feels one with everyone around him.
Gaurav Maskara works at the Sumeru Software in Bangalore, India.
I ask him questions about maintaining a cool mind while dealing with tonnes of serious problems in his life at one point.
Mayur Dugar works as the Head of Sales and Marketing at Bytebeam.io.
I ask him tough questions about dealing with losses in life, and what meditation means to him.
Vishal Murgai is a SAP consultant at HCL technologies in Noida, India.
In this conversation, I ask him fun questions about his stay in Netherlands and how his family occasionally supports/discourages him with his spiritual journey.