Swami Aatma

Swami Atma Jnanananda Giri is a Homeopathic doctor from Kerala, residing in Rishikesh for 11 years. He learned yoga meditation from Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama ashram, Vedanta (knowledge of Indian Philosophy) from Dayananda ashram, and is currently leading students on yoga and meditation. He offers insightful lectures on these topics and philosophy, and draws his inspiration for enlightenment practices from the Mandukya Upanishad. The students are guided to a state of relaxation through Yoga Nidra and taught exercises to optimize the functioning of joints and glands and purify the nadis, which helps the prana flow throughout the body. The Bhagavad Gita is a scripture beyond religion, and its relationship to yoga is explored. Learners are brought to an understanding of yoga as a way of life and a means of achieving balance within themselves in a stressful and fast-paced existence, rather than exclusively physical exercise.