Yogathilakam Deepika Giri
Yogathilakam Deepika Giri – Senior Acharya of the Gitananda Yoga tradition
Deepika is the lead Pranayama trainer for the Gitananda Yoga tradition, a system that has a wealth of practices focused on Pranayama, the science of energy control, enhanced through the combination of the direction of the mind and various disciplines of the breath.
Deepika is one of only 25 teachers worldwide with the 3000-hour advanced training in the tradition, and her passion is teaching pranayama as someone who overcame severe respiratory health issues through the powerful healing that pranayama and yogic living miraculously provided!
Deepika also Co-founded the Yoga Satsanga Ashram in West Wales 15 years ago, where classical Ashtanga Yoga of the Rishi culture system is taught in a residential immersive setting. Deepika is also a Senior Acharya at the Gitananda Ashram in Tamil Nadu, where she trains teachers in Pranayama regularly under the mentorship of Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, son and successor of Swami Gitananda Giri.