About - Indica Yoga

Asana + Alliance is a global network of teachers who share our diverse and inclusive approach to Yoga that is authentic, immersive and transformative.

We seek collaborations to organise workshops, courses and retreats around the world.

To join our alliance write to us at namaste@indicayoga.com

Our Team & Advisors

Hari Kiran
Vinayachandra Banavathy
Vishwajith
Kiran Kumar
Anuradha Choudry
Omkar
Vijaya

Hari Kiran

Hari Kiran Vadlamani, is a social entrepreneur and founder of Indic Academy.

Vinayachandra Banavathy

Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy, is the Director of Indica Yoga, a platform that offers authentic,
immersive and transformative yoga experiences across the world. He holds a PhD on
psychological insights in the Vedas from Pondicherry University, besides Masters’ in Sanskrit,
English, Yogic Science and Applied Psychology.
Vinayachandra is a dedicated teacher who travels across the world conducting courses, lectures
and workshops on a unique blend of Yoga, Psychology and Sanskrit.
His publications include a report on Standardization of Yoga Terminologies for WHO; a book
co-edited with Dr. Anuradha Choudry titled ‘Perspectives on Indian Psychology’, published by
Jain University Press, another book co-authored titled ‘Happiness: Indic Perspectives’, published
by Development Foundation, besides a few articles, papers, booklets on Yoga, Indian
Psychology, Culture and Spirituality.

Vishwajith

Vishwajith is a Coordinator at Indica Yoga.

Completing his early education at Prabodhini Gurukulam with focus on Vedas, Sanskrit and Yoga Vishwajith holds a Bachelors' and Masters' degree in Yoga from S-VYASA University, Bangalore.
He has had the privilege of studying Vedanta under Swami Visharadananda Saraswati Ji and Dr. K. K. Subramani. In the past, he has worked as Sanskrit teacher and Coordinator for Cauvery Sannidhi for Indian Culture, Srirangapatna. He has taught Yoga, Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy for students from various countries at Samana Mysore; Rishkesh Yoga Peeth, Rishikesh.

Kiran Kumar

Kiran Kumar is a coordinator and teacher at Indica Yoga. An Engineer in Electronics & Communication by training, he has worked for over 10 years in IT industry, managed projects extensively on multimedia client devices and web applications in organizations like HP, TATA ELXSI, CISCO.
He started on an Entrepreneurial journey 4 years ago with a passion of creating products with the emerging technologies on Healthcare, Education & Transport domains and currently working on Education platform which makes K-12 STEM education affordable to every kid.
With the zeal of perceiving Spirituality Yoga with evidence-based practices, he has completed formal
training in Yoga Instructor's Certificate course from SVYASA and is also certified with RYT 200 of Yoga Alliance.

Anuradha Choudry

Dr. Anuradha Choudry, is guest teacher at Indica Yoga.

She is currently working a joint Faculty at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and at the Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. A multilingual Sanskritist, she works in the areas of Indian/Yoga Psychology, Philosophy and Culture and travels across the world to deliver lectures and conduct workshops on these topics for national and international organisations and events including the Annual Yoga Congress organised by the European Union of Yoga in Zinal, Switzerland. She has published in various journals and has co-edited and co-authored books titled 'Perspectives on Indian Psychology;' and 'Happiness: Indian Perspectives'; respectively along with Dr. Vinayachandra B. K. Last year, she was the recipient of the Excellent Young Teacher Award art IIT Kharagpur.

Omkar

Omkar, a guest teacher at Indica comes with with a background of Bachelors’ & Masters’ degree in Yoga from the prestigious SVYASA Yoga University, has nearly 2 decades of experience in training and teaching Yoga. He is loved and respected by his students and clients for the gifts he brings to their professional and personal lives as a Yoga teacher, Therapist, Counsellor, Coach and a Stress management consultant.

Omkar travels widely conducting workshops, seminars, retreats etc. on both philosophical and practical aspects of Yoga including meditation and guided relaxation.

Vijaya

Vijaya, a guest faculty at Indica Yoga, is a passionate Yoga teacher with specialization in Yoga therapy. She has been trained as a Yoga Therapist for six years in prestigious Indian universities, and several hospitals within India as well as Singapore.
Vijaya took up Yoga education for her graduation in Yoga Therapy and Spirituality. As a Yoga Consultant and Therapist at an Ayurvedic hospital, she discovered the ample dimensions of therapeutic aspects of Yoga, as well the clinical pathology and pathophysiology of various common ailments. This led her to pursue her Master’s degree in Yoga therapy, where she got an intense exposure to the knowledge of science and art of the human body and the basics of Ayurveda.

Her focus -as a Yoga Teacher Trainer– is to create a safe space for students to deepen their self-awareness, inspire them to make healthy lifestyle choices and to educate them about the importance of acceptance in order to facilitate healing.