Our Team.
Our Team is dedicated to helping you deepen your practice through precise alignment and mindful movement. With our training and passion for yoga, we aim to create a supportive environment where every student can thrive. Join us on this transformative journey towards greater health and well-being.
Amina Sarkar Bharatram
A slipped disc in 2004 introduced Amina to the practise of Iyengar Yoga. She resonated with it because of its scientific approach, the attention given to alignment and the various methods of improvisations. Inspired to become a teacher, she worked hard and in 2011 she received her certificate from BKS Iyengar himself.
With Geetaji’s blessings she opened Iyengar Yogamandala in 2016. Amina's passion and dedication to yoga comes through in the classes she teaches. Each class is unique and a fresh experience for her students and she aims to boost their confidence and take them out of their comfort zone and introduce them to advanced asanas.
Her classes are not just about the physical movements but also enriched with tidbits of information on anatomy, benefits of various poses and guidance to students encourage them to explore each pose for themselves based on their body.
As she says, “Yoga is not my life…my life is yoga”.
A regular student at RIMYI she has been taught by Geetaji, Prashantji and Abhijata. She has also studied under Jawahar Bangera, Birjoo Mehta, Raya Datta and Firoza Razvi.
In 2010 she was part of the demonstrating team at the conference ‘Yogic And Buddhist Techniques Of Mind Training And Cultivating Happiness” – a historic conversation between BKS Iyengar and The Dalai Lama. As part of Guruji’s centenary celebrations, she is involved in workshops to spread Iyengar Yoga to cities in India.
“If you get, give.
If you learn, teach."
- Maya Angelou
In her endeavour to give back to society she also teaches yoga to children with intellectual disabilities.
Aside from Iyengar Yoga Amina is passionate about trekking and travel, where she enjoys interacting with people from various walks of life.
Meera Gopalan Mehta
Meera started her journey with Iyengar Yoga in 2009. She joined Iyengar Yogamandala and started her teacher training under Amina in 2020.
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Yoga has helped her to accept and deal with her autoimmune problem, physically mentally and emotionally with equanimity. She is a communication skills specialist and helps at “Chennai Volunteers” as a motivational speaker for the students of Corporation schools, giving their Board exam.
She has a deep understanding of Iyengar Yoga, instructs with clarity and teaches straight from her heart. Her sequences are intelligent and well thought through. Her commitment and connection with the students only enhances her teaching skills. She patiently eggs them on and inspires them to give more than their best.
Of her own teachings Meera says “ I want to build in myself and my students a sense of discipline, commitment and an approach to life that will help us grow together into compassionate and balanced human beings.”
Srishti Chopra
Srishti has been an ardent yoga practitioner since childhood. She has a natural interest in human anatomy and would often notice people's postures and observe how they walked or sat.
Being deeply spiritual, she immediately resonated with Guruji's teachings when she joined Iyengar Yogamandala in 2016. Srishti started her teacher training under Amina in 2019. Since then she has overcome many ailments like IBS, PCOS and thyroid and wants others to benefit from it too.
Her love and sincerity for the subject makes her teach with compassion and creativity so that the poses are challenging yet accessible to the students. Her teachings reflect both her in-depth knowledge and her calm nature.She teaches with patience and enthusiasm and is much loved by her students.
Srishti is also passionate about dancing and has learnt classical Kathak and Bhangra folklore.
Refer to
http://bksiyengar.com/modules/teacher/teacher.asp for the list of recognised Iyengar Yoga Teachers in the world.