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Introduction: Yogi
Pramod Ji was initiated into yoga 23 years ago and got
initiated by Swami Rama of the Himalaya in 1994.
For the last 15 years he's been teaching "Traditional
Style Hatha Yoga" and "Indian
Style of Asthanga Yoga".
Background: Yogi Pramod Ji's family background
comes from ashram life. His parents were working at the
Sivananda Ashram (the ultimate stage of practicing
Yoga & Meditation in the world).
He spent most of his childhood in the holy and pure
atmosphere of Sivananda Ashram which gave him a
sense of knowing his true self and working for the mankind.
He started practicing Yoga at the age of 6 under the guidance
of his elder brother who happened to be a Yoga Teacher.
Sister Komal initiated to yoga by Yogi Pramod in 1999.
Since then she is teaching as Assistent yoga teacher in
Yogahut Tapovan.
Education:
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Bachelor
of Commerce (B.Com)
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Yoga
Teacher's Training Course(1986-90) from Yoga Study
Centre, Rishikesh
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Yogic
Healings & Crystal Pyramid Healings study in Lhasa(Tibet)
from LAMA KUNCHA in 1998
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Personal,
Spiritual & Yogic Growth Development Study under
the guidance of Swami Nityananda of Sivananda Ashram,
Rishikesh(1999-2001)
Awards:
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Certificate
of excellence in teaching and leading an American
Group to India, Nepal & Tibet in 1998 by Dr. Jonathan
Eugene Boyd - President of VISION FOUNDATION, Dallas
(USA)
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Certificate
for studying yoga as "The Self Development Science"
by Swami Nityananda of Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh
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Selected
as "PRESIDENT" of Rishikesh Yoga Teachers Welfare
Association.
Work
Experience:
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Teaching Traditional Style of Hatha Yoga, Kriya
Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Meditation, Pranayama, Yognidra
etc. at Yoga Hut Tapovan for last thirteen years.
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Giving
Seven Chakra Crystal Pyramid Pranik Healings
for last seven years.
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One
year teaching experience at Vision Foundation
in Dallas-USA.
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Yoga
teaching experience at most of the major ashrams
in Rishikesh.
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Yoga
teaching experience to all age groups and also
with 'Mental & Physical Disordered People'.
About
Swami Ram
Born
in 1925 in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to a learned
Brahmin family, Swami Rama was raised from early childhood
in the Himalayas by a great yogi and saint of Bengal.
He was ordained a monk in his early teens. He practiced
the various disciplines of yoga science and philosophy
in the traditional cave monasteries of the Himalayas
and studied closely with many spiritual leaders.
At the age of thirteen he began teaching Hindu and Buddhist
scriptures in several monasteries. He received his higher
education in Prayaga, Varanasi and at Oxford University,
England. At the young age of twenty-four he became the
Shankaracharya of Karvirpitham in South India, one of
the highest spiritual positions in India. He renounced
the dignity and prestige of this high office in 1952.
Swamiji subsequently lived in Germany, Holland, England
and other parts of Europe studying Western psychology
and philosophy before coming to the United States in
1969, on the instruction of his master, to present yoga
and meditation to the West.
In 1970 he participated in experiments at the Menninger
Foundation that revolutionized medical theories of the
relationship between body and mind. Among other feats
of yogic control, Swami Rama demonstrated his ability
to stop his heart from pumping blood for seventeen seconds,
to voluntarily maintain production of various brain
wave patterns, and to produce a 10-degree difference
in temperature between adjacent parts of the palm of
his hand, while monitored by a battery of instruments.
Reports of this work have been documented in the World
Book Science Annual, 1974, the 1973 Encyclopedia Britannica
Yearbook of Science, the Time-Life 1973 Nature Science
Annual, as well as in numerous other publications.
In 1971 Swamiji established the Himalayan International
Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy of the USA,
an organization devoted to the scientific and spiritual
progress of mankind. Swamiji’s work in the United
States continued for twenty-three years. His models
of preventive medicine, holistic health and stress management
have permeated the mainstream of western medicine.
Swami Rama was the author of many books including, Living
with the Himalayan Masters, Lectures on Yoga, A Practical
Guide to Holistic Health, Book of Wisdom, Perennial
Psychology of the Bhagavad Gita, and many others.
In 1989 Swamiji established the Himalayan Institute
Hospital Trust in the foothills of the Garhwal Himalayas,
to serve the millions of poor and needy people of the
region.
Swamiji left his body in November of 1996, but the seeds
he has sown continue to sprout, bloom, and bear fruit.
His teachings embodied in the words “love,
serve, remember” continue to inspire
the many students whose good fortune it was to come
in contact with such an accomplished, selfless, and
loving master. |
