Yogi Madhav

Yogi Madhav teaches traditional yoga as it is still taught in India: simply, calmly and with precise, clear instruction. Raised in a traditional Indian family, he has practised yoga since childhood, for more than twenty years. He is now based in the UK, where he leads the trainings, workshops and retreats of Avana Yoga.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Sanskrit and Hindi and a Master's degree in Yoga and Meditation. He has also studied the Vedas, classical Indian philosophy, Yoga Therapy, Ayurveda, Naturopathy and Pranic Healing. He has more than 500 hours of professional training, is a certified Science of Living coach, and won the Himalaya Yoga Olympiad in 2008.

Since 2012 he has taught in yoga schools, ashrams, universities, institutes and NGOs, guiding thousands of international students through 200-hour and 300-hour teacher trainings.

In his classes the postures are only the beginning. He teaches them as a way into breath, stillness and the philosophy that gives yoga its meaning. A student, Naomi, describes him as having "magic as a teacher".