Deepak is the founder of Sampoorna Yoga, Goa and Costa Rica. He founded Sampoorna in 2008 after taking part in a 10-days Vipassana meditation retreat in Sri Goenka Tradition. He has been practicing yoga for 30 years and has been teaching actively for the last 25 years. He has graduated more than 11,000 international yoga teachers till date.

Yoga has been part of his family for many generations. Be it his grandfather, father or his mother, they all have been spiritual seekers. Yoga started to become part of his life when he was merely 12 years old. It started when his father asked him to assist him in his yoga workshops. His role was to merely organise the yoga mats and supply ‘warm & salted’ water to the participants during yogic cleansing techniques. It was through the keen observation of his father’s teaching style and people’s gratitude towards his father’s efforts that inspired him to learn more about yoga.

His father was a renowned yoga teacher in his home town in central India. Although he was in a job, he used to conduct free yoga workshops for the locals quite often. His father was so passionate about helping people through yoga that he used to literally take loans to conduct his workshops. His both parents have been spiritual seekers and have been visiting their Guru’s ashram for decades. His mother follows the path of bhakti yoga.

Deepak’s journey as a yoga student started by assisting his father in the yoga workshops his father used to conduct for the local people in the town when he was merely 12 year old. He became truly inspired with the power of yoga when he saw the value his father was adding to people’s lives through yoga.

Although he had been reading various yogic texts on yoga and spirituality since the age of 15, his journey of real yoga had not begun yet. He went on to become an engineer and worked various jobs just like many others. It was, when he was 24, when his real journey of yoga began. It was when he was in Mumbai railway station waiting for his train with four hours in hand to kill. He decided to go out to look for a movie theatre but ended up buying the most respected book on yoga ever, the Bhagavad Gita. In a non-stop reading spree of the next 26 hours he had finished the 850-page book. The book and its teachings had a profound impact on him and he was not the same person anymore.

While still in his 9 to 5 job he started to study more and more spiritual texts, visiting spiritual ashrams, attending satsangs, practicing more yoga and meditation. At the same time he also started to teach yoga to his colleagues for free to help them. When he was 30 he left his job and went to an ashram for two years to study with his guru. It was in the ashram where it was revealed to him that yoga was his path.

Apart from his father, Deepak has studied with various Gurus like Swami Sivananda, Swami Satyananda, Swami Niranjanananda, Osho, Eknaath Eswaran and J Krishnamurty and has studied hundreds of spiritual texts.

Laia is from Barcelona. She studied Human Resources and worked for more than 10 years in personnel departments in public and private companies. After some time and after collaborating with NGOs in Peru and Nepal, she decided to change her life and decided to live in Kathmandú.

She spent more than 5 years living between India and Nepal where she went deep in breathing and meditation techniques, but above all, on the practice and study of Ashtanga Yoga. It was in Kathmandú that she made her first Ashtanga class and from the very first breaths she knew that it was what she was going to do for the rest of her life.

Laia travels every year to Mysore, India, to study with her teacher Sharath Jois to the Sri. K Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute KPJAYI, from whom she received in 2017 the blessing to teach with Authorization Level 2. She also studied with Saraswathi Jois, the first woman admitted to the Sanskrit College of Mysore.

Since she started practicing Ashtanga Yoga she has been fortunate and had the privilege to study with senior Ashtanga Yoga teachers such as Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor “month long teachers intensive july-august 2019” in Boulder (Colorado); and Rolf and Marci Naujokat in Goa.

During all her trips to Mysore, Laia has been able to practice, learn and share shala with experience students and teachers.

She has attended workshops of Ashtanga Yoga uch as Ty Landrum, David Svenson, Peter Sanson, Manju Jois or John Scott.

She has been teaching full time since 2014 in different yoga studios and Mysore programs, and collaborating and teaching regularly Ashtanga Yoga in the Business. Ashtanga Yoga back to the Business.

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‘Yoga is the Journey of the Self,
Through the Self
To the Self’
Bhagavad Gita

Preet’s love of yoga began as a connection to the physical aspect (savasana was a struggle!) and matured into a spiritual journey. Never being involved in dance or anything athletic growing up, the physical aspect was quite a challenge, but her true love for yoga blossomed when she began to dive into the spiritual side of yoga. Suffering from anxiety and depression, the mindfulness aspect of yoga became the most challenging and most important to Preet’s growth. After several years of feeling the pull to get certified, she finally leapt into an immersive experience, & completed 500 hr Hatha & 200 hr Ashtanga teacher training. She brings the discipline of Ashtanga Yoga with the freestyle of Vinyasa to her classes.

Her teaching style is inclusive for all to create a safe space that allows each student to show up exactly as they are.

With the healing Preet has received from yoga she is passionate to create the same opportunity for others in the community.

Disha grew up learning Hatha yoga from her mother who is also a Yoga teacher. But it was only at the age of 21, after feeling astray, that she became more intrigued with the foundation and the philosophy of the practice of Yoga. She enrolled in her first TTC in 2016 after which she realised her passion for teaching. She traveled to Mysore, Dharamshala and Bangalore to pursue her education in various styles of Yoga and also spent some time studying Yoga therapy. She has trained in Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Hatha.

Through all these years of learning, imbibing and understanding the link between the external and the internal, Yoga has been an anchor for Disha and nothing gives her more satisfaction than sharing it with others.

She also has a background in Hindustani Classical music, Bharatnatyam and Digital Marketing.

Coming from a family of yoga practitioners, Aishwarya was introduced to yoga from a very early age. More than the physical practice, she was always fascinated by the philosophy behind these practices.

Her Parents were a big influence in the journey of yoga. Her mother suggested she pursue yoga as a degree so she went on and pursued a bachelor’s degree in yoga science for three years studying the Timeless teachings of yoga And how they can be applied to modern day life.

Then she got a chance to delve into the ancient wisdom of yoga philosophy. She read many philosophy books, ancient Scriptures and their commentaries to gain deeper knowledge of the philosophy. After completing her bachelor’s degree, she went on and pursued a master’s degree in yoga therapy.

Using the pranayama and meditation techniques for the physical, mental and spiritual benefits of this ancient discipline to treat and manage diseases. Along with yoga she has a wealth of knowledge and experience in Ayurveda to offer students, encouraging them to find their balance both on and off the mat.

Her classes are engaging, thought-provoking, and designed to challenge students to think critically and creatively about some of life’s biggest questions. Whether you’re a beginner or have been studying philosophy for years, Aishwarya’s classes will deepen your understanding of this rich and complex subject and inspire you to keep exploring.

Born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, Ankita was naturally brought up in a spiritual household where values of Guru-Shishya Parampara were inculcated from her childhood. After receiving the fundamentals of a divine life from her parents, she proactively sought the life of a yoga practitioner and devotee at the age of 17.

Academically, she graduated in Bachelor’s of Science and her specialisation in the field of Physics Chemistry and Mathematics encouraged her scientific temperament. She had completed her RYT 500 Hours of yoga training by the age of 20. But her scientific temperament further motivated her to pursue the study of Yoga from a more experiential and rational approach and therefore she went on to pursue a two years Master’s of Science in Yogic Studies.

Ankita’s journey of Yoga is constituted from a blend of family upbringing, personal interest, passion for divinity and formal rigorous training.

She has been part of various spiritual organisations working as a volunteer from her teenage years in school which followed from her inner desire to promote spiritual life among her friends and society members. Professionally, she has been teaching as a teacher of philosophy for over five years. Her core course is philosophy of Yoga and her soft spokenness and kind demeanour makes her one of the best teachers at guided meditation and Yoga Nidra. Due to her calm and charming nature she adds a special energy of tranquillity when she shares divine knowledge with her students.

Ankita is our most young and highly qualified teacher. Her personal goal is to become useful in the lives of those who seek yoga or spirituality as a better way of life. She wishes to create an impact towards spreading the message of yoga and divinity in the world through her work.