About the Talk
Our sense of well-being, above all, is defined by our current state of mind. To understand how yoga works as a therapeutic tool, one has to be able to work with the body, breath and mind in such a way that there is an experience of a better sense of well-being. And when such a state is sustained and improved upon, we can call that healing. Healing therefore is a function of the mind even if it appears like we are working with the body and its myriad symptoms. How can one move from dependence to independence through yoga therapy? This sessions charts the path and explores the tools and process for deeper healing: from illness to wellness.
About the Speaker
Saraswathi Vasudevan is an internationally renowned yoga teacher, trainer and therapist. She has two Masters Degrees in Nutrition and Psychology from the University of Madras, Chennai, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Yoga Studies from Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM), Chennai. She has close to three decades of study, practice and teaching experience in this tradition, having studied directly with Sri TKV Desikachar for over 17 years. In 2010, she founded YogaVahini, a Specialised Yoga Training, Therapy and Research Centre along with her husband Sundar, with the aim of making the transformative and healing wisdom of yoga and personalised yoga therapy more accessible to everyone. YogaVahini has centres in Chennai & Hyderabad and presence in other cities in India and around the world.
In 2016 she co-founded Yoga Vahini Foundation, a Public Charitable Trust that aims to bring yoga and yoga therapy to rural and under served populations through yoga camps, trainings and awareness programs.
Saraswathi currently serves on the Voluntary Board of Directors of Yoga Alliance, the largest international yoga certifying and credentialing body which provides strategic direction that advances the development and livelihood of yoga professionals across the world.
