Chakkali Naresh

Sai Naresh, as he is known by his friends and students, is the founder and principal instructor of Lalitha Yoga Academy (LYA).Born and brought up in Puttaparthi, famous as the birthplace of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba and one of the important spiritual places of India, he started his yoga career in 2016 as a meditation teacher and then continued his studies in Hatha yoga, Yin yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa, Vinyasa flow, and teachers training course certification.He is currently teaching and practicing Multi-style yoga. Naresh started his deep meditation and self-discovery journey in Arunachala, the home of the great Sri Ramana Maharshi, where he was inspired to follow the path of yoga and become a yoga teacher.He joined Shivananda Ashram in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, where in 2016 he graduated from his Teacher Training Course. In 2017, he did an Ashtanga TTC in Mysore, followed by the TTC in Kerala and also in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala in 2018.He moved to the famous beach town of Varkala in 2018 to dedicate himself to yoga teaching in different schools and resorts. Becoming an influential and well-known yoga teacher, Sai Naresh was invited to teach dozens of times in Russia, Germany, Italy, and Austria.All of this further evolved his own practice and expertise, which led him to open the Lalitha Yoga Academy in 2023 with its own dedicated ashram and resort on Varkala North Cliff.