We are a team of like-minded people working together to promote and teach Yoga and Ayurveda in a professional and ethical manner.
Today in this era of the internet, students have many options and they are confused with which course or workshop to pursue and sometimes make the wrong decision. We always review the course material by first studying it themselves and if they are satisfied with the content then they will agree to offer them.
We value our members highly and work hard to deliver tremendous value to each and every one of you and will be there with you as you grow in your yoga journey.
Founders
Ruchica Patni
Founder and Yoga Teacher and Therapist
Ruchica is a certified instructor and therapist from SVYASA – Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandana Samsthana, India. She is a certified Kids yoga teacher, trained by Loraine Rushton, and a certified Yin Yoga Teacher trained by Bernie Clarke and Sarah Manning. She is also a certified pre/post-natal yoga teacher.
She continues to study Ayurveda and uses that knowledge during therapy for specific conditions, and has helped clients manage issues like thyroid, diabetes, sciatica and slipped disc. She believes yoga can help prevent, manage and cure psychosomatic conditions, with regular practice as the key.
Her passion for yoga has taken her to yoga centres in London, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Korea, India, Vietnam and Singapore. She was a former teacher with Vyasa Yoga Singapore, teaching modules in their 200Hrs Teacher Training Course. She organized the Asian Yoga Therapy Conference in Bali in 2019, which drew over 400 participants and speakers from around the world, and has been invited to speak on topics including Yoga for Osteoarthritis, Yoga for Back Pain and Yoga for Weight Loss.
She led yoga sessions during International Yoga Day at 50 centres across Singapore, bringing yoga to more than 3,000 people in June 2018, and supported 77 locations across Singapore in 2019. She continues to support old age homes and the Institute of Mental Health with regular yoga sessions.
Anand Goyal
Co-Founder and eRYT200 / YACEP Yoga Teacher
Anand holds a Bachelor's in Engineering and a Master's in Financial Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh. He was drawn to yoga as a way to balance a busy corporate banking career, and is a certified yoga instructor from SVYASA as well as a certified Yin Yoga Teacher.
His passion for yoga has taken him to centres in London, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Korea, Bali, India, Vietnam and Singapore. He conducts classes for students, corporates and personal training, focusing on Hatha yoga, and has led sessions of more than 300 people at community centres. He has also been invited by the Diabetes Society Singapore to speak on Yoga for Diabetes.
Senior Teachers
Malini Goyal
Educationist and Yoga Teacher
Dr Malini Goyal is an educationist and yoga enthusiast with a doctorate in Economics and 42 years of teaching experience in India, including as former principal of Mahadevi Birla World Academy, Kolkata, Lokhandwala Foundation School, Mumbai, and Mangalam Vidya Niketan, Kolkata. She currently supports Manovikas Kendra, an institution for special and gifted children, in an honorary capacity.
Vanasri Upadhye
Senior Yoga Teacher
Vanasri began her yoga journey in primary school and pursued a yoga instructor course from SVYASA. She holds a Masters in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA, and conducts Ashtanga and Hatha yoga classes for adults and kids, as well as therapy sessions for migraine, diabetes, arthritis, back and neck pain, asthma, cardiac issues and menstrual cycle disorders.
Duraisamy Pushpalatha
Senior Yoga Teacher
Duraisamy holds two Master's degrees and two Post Graduate Diplomas, and has completed extensive yoga instructor and therapy training through SVYASA and other institutions. She was awarded the PA STARS Trainer Award (Merit) in 2015 and received a Certificate of Honour at the National & International Himalaya Yoga Olympiad.
Nathalie Sofia
Senior Yoga Teacher
Nathalie began practicing yoga in 2009 and completed a 200-hour teacher training with SVYASA in Singapore in 2017, followed by an alignment-based 200-hour training with Space and Light Yoga at Como Shambhala. She has since completed Yin Yoga and kids yoga certifications and continues to study Yoga Therapy.
Dr. Jeff Lou
Senior Yoga Teacher, eRYT500, TCM Practitioner, Healer
Jeff began practicing yoga and meditation at age 8 and has studied Hatha, Ashtanga, Jivamukti, Yin, Anusara and Vinyasa styles. He is a qualified practitioner in Acupuncture, TCM, Shiatsu, Remedial massage, Spiritual Healing and Aromatherapy, and is a registered senior yoga teacher with Yoga Australia and ERYT 500 with Yoga Alliance.
Sarah Manning
Senior Yoga Teacher, eRYT500
Sarah has more than 24 years of teaching experience across Hatha, back care, prenatal, postnatal, fertility and yoga therapy. She conducts Yoga for Fertility workshops and Conscious Conception retreats, teaches the IYTA 50-hour Yin Yoga Teacher training course, and supports the National Arthritis Foundation with workshops for arthritis sufferers and their carers.