About Raj


I currently teach Yoga on Long Island, New York – mostly in Great Neck, Port Washington, Woodbury, Syosset, Cold Spring Harbor and Huntington.

My Yoga Experience:

Practicing yoga for about thirty years using a variety of approaches including Iyengar, Astanga, Sivananda and Biomechanical Yoga.  In the last twenty four years have concentrated on yoga as a teacher.  Practice includes asana, pranayama and meditation.

Yoga Training:

 Completed Astanga yoga training for certification from Omega Institute with Beryl Bender Birch (The Hard & Soft Astanga Yoga Institute)
· Completed 500 hour Yoga Training Course from YTTI (New York)
· Completed Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Course from Ma Yoga Shakti International Mission.
· Completed the following workshops: “Assisting Techniques and Meditation”, “Kundalini Yoga & Bandhas”, “Prenatal Yoga” and “Anatomy of Asanas”.
· Workshops with Dharma Mittra, Swami Bhuva, Mokshapriya Shakti, among others.

 Taught intermediate and advanced Yoga classes at New York Sports Clubs , Equinox, Life Time, Om Sweet Om, Ma Yoga Shakti Center and  East Coast Athletic Club.