LALIT

Lalit is the Director of Himalaya Voga Valley. He has completed his Masters Science in Yoga and is currently undertaking a Masters PHd in Yoga Philosophy in conjunction with writing a book on yoga for teachers.

Lalit has studied Ashtanga and Hatha yoga from the age of seven at the traditional yoga school Gurukulam. He has studied with well known yoga Master Swami Vedabharti. Lalit conducts deep yoga therapy sessions and intensive yoga workshops. He also undertakes yoga therapy on a one to one basis for persons with injuries or particular illnesses. Lalit is also a Reiki Master. His unique teaching methodology comes from the heart which makes it unique and interesting for yoga practitioners and trainees.

Lalit accepts invitations to teach yoga retreats, yoga holidays, yoga classes and workshops, and yoga teacher trainings any where in the world bringing ashtanga yoga, vinyasa yoga, hatha yoga, yoga philospohy and a deep undestanding of the yoga sutras to an ever increasing number of people.

His Yoga courses and Yoga teacher's training courses are held every year at Goa, Bali and Dharamsala.

MAEVE

Maeve O’Brien was born in Ireland and has lived in Perth Western Australia since 1989. Maeve joins Himalaya Yoga Valley management as Program Director. Her previous experience in management covers spanned 17 years in WA Department of Justice She is also a lecturer in Justice Studies at Edith Cowan University Perth for the past eleven years. Maeve holds a Batchelor Arts (Justice ); Honours Degree ( Justice) from Edith Cowan University ; a Diploma of Business and a Masters of Leadership and Management from Curtin University.

Maeve credits her yoga practice and meditation with providing her with clarity and calmness of mind for effective business and personal decision making. Yoga has nourished my mind , body and spirit and given me the inner peace and harmony I have long been searching for to be able to operate at my optimum in a busy world. Maeve is a graduate of Himalaya Yoga Valley teacher Training Course in Goa

SCARLETT

Scarlett Dee Mehigan, Born to Jamaican and Irish parents in England nowadays Scarlett spends the majority of her time living in Goa, India. In India her passion of music and dance has led to studies of Katak (Indian classical dance), playing the bansori (bamboo flute) and tabla (Indian percussion drums).

Scarlett has been practicing yoga and meditation for more than 15 years and sharing her experience of yoga with students for 4 years.

“At the age of 20 frazzled by my circumstances and the age-long question ’what should I do with my life?’ I headed out to Asia. Through my travels encountering different people and places it became transparent that I was at my happiest either deep in the heart of nature or in a place of worship. So I travelled exhaustively through Asia and most extensively through India, which I had a special affinity for. A country deeply rooted in spiritual practices throughout the whole of society, from which for thousands of years great teachings and teachers have emerged.

As well as teaching yoga Scarlett complements her understanding of the body, mind and spirit through her well trained skill as a massage therapist. Trained in 8 different styles of massage Scarlett has developed her own style of a deep therapeutic massage using a combination of different techniques/styles. This means she offers unique treatments which are personalized to each individual she treats.

BHAGWAT

Yoga teacher, Bhagwat was born in Haridwar & brought up at reknown Parmarth Niketan (Ashram) Rishikesh, the Himalayas, since the age of 4 years. He lived & spent almost his entire life time in the pure & peaceful atmosphere of the ashram for more than 30 years.

He did his Bachelor's degree in Science (Biology), one year P.G. diploma course in coputer information & management & One year Diploma course in Yoga & Naturopathy from Parmarth Niketan Nature cure & Yoga center, Rishikesh . This course is affiliated with CCRYN Govt. of India (Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy). He served as a Yoga & Meditation Teacher & therapist at Parmarth Nature-Cure & Yoga-Center from 1995 to 1998.

He also Worked as a Yoga & Meditation therapist with one of the largest & No.1 resort & Spa in South Asia, Ananda in the Himalayas, the palace estate, Narendra Nagar Uttarakhand in the year 2001 to 2002. He joined Sri Ramakrishna Math & Mission 's Himalayan branch center in Almora & then the headquarters Belur Math, Calcutta , West Bengal as an aspirant in the year 1993 to 1994. Bhagwat travelled extensively in Garhwal & Kumoun Himalayan regions unto Nepal , living in different ashrams & religious institutions from the year 1994 to 1995 & then again from the year 1998 to 2001. During this period of time of his spiritual journey he learnt & experienced spiritual disciplines & different methods of meditation.

He went Florida , USA in the year August 2002 & served as a volunteer assistant priest & Yoga teacher with South Florida Hindu Temple. He served in this Hindu temple & organization for 3 years & then he moved to Georgia & served at some other Hindu temple for about 6 months. During this period of time he visited North carolina, South Carolina & New York city to impart his spiritual & yoga experience to the interested Yoga students there.

Presently Bhagwat is giving his on call Yoga services to the senior officers of Govt. of India, IAS officer trainees & other officers at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand since October 2006. He practises & teaches Indian traditional Yoga, Hatha-yoga, Ashtanga yoga & different meditation methods & other spiritual disciplines for last 12 years.

HARI OM JI

Hariom has vast understanding of the mind and human behavior. He has used adversery as an opportunity to learn and develope his own practical understanding of life and its importance.

His vast and rich experience of dealing with different difficult life time situations has inspired many to move out of depression, unhappiness and humdrums of life.

His discourses provide immense sense of motivation, self healing and rejuvenation of Mind and Body. His one to one discussions can lift the person out of any difficult situation.

His talks have enriched lives and people have found a purpose of living.

KEN THE ROLFER

Authorized Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher
Certified Advanced Rolfer® & Rolfing Movement Practitioner
Rolf Institute Teacher in Training

Ken began studying at the Rolf Institute in Boulder Colorado in 1995
and is now a Certified Advanced Rolfer and Rolfing Movement Practitioner. There, He also began studying Yoga, spending much time with one of Patabhi Jois’s old students Richard Freeman and Anusara Yoga founder, Ken first went to Mysore in 2002, and is authorized to teach Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga from his teacher Sri K. Patabhi Jois of Mysore, India.

That same year he began teaching at the Rolf institute in boulder Colorado
and is working towards becoming a faculty member.

In this decade of study, Ken has been exploring the similarities and
complimentary benefits of Yoga and Rolfing in Mysore. He practices at
the AYRI while Rolfing many of his fellow dedicated yogis that also
practice there. Ken’s other laboratory is in Boulder Colorado. Here he studies and teaches at Richard Freeman’s ‘The Yoga Workshop´, while working on fellow yogi’s there and also teaches at the Rolf Institute. In the four years of living in Boulder and Mysore, he has developed and taught a basic and advanced Yoga Anatomy program that is a unique synthesis of knowledge and embodiment from both Yoga and Rolfing practices. Ken can be contacted by email at kentherolfer@yahoo.com