With a former career as a Neuromuscular & Craniosacral Therapist and senior faculty member at Heartwood Institute in Northern California; Iyengar trained Brahmananda Giri has been teaching Anatomy & Alignment during our Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2016.

Born and raised in North America, Brahmananda Giri first came to India in 1997 and since has spent decades living here.

Brahmananda Giri spent her early 30s traveling by foot around the Himalayas of both Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

Exploring famous pilgrimage places, temples and caves, she spent those years as a wandering sadhu, learning vedic pujas and doing her own sādhana.

Whenever she got the opportunity to live in a small kutir (cottage) given to her by local villagers, she also spent time taking care of the dhuni (sacred fire place) and serving guests.

Eventually settling down, devoted to her satguru Mātā Amritānandamayī Devī, (better known as Amma) she lived over fifteen years doing seva at Amritapuri “Amma’s Ashram” in Kerala, South India.

Those years she spent her days volunteering in the Ayurvedic Doctor’s office, teaching yoga, and offering craniosacral therapy and massage treatments; she spent her nights serving her guru during Amma’s all night darshan programs all around the world.

Also during her years in Kerala, she attended several Kumbh Melas; while each spring or winter she would come up north to Rishikesh to practice Iyengar Yoga with Usha Devi at Omkarananda Patanjala Yoga Kendra.

Obtain an Authentic Hatha Yogic Education under the guidance of experienced yoga teacher trainers, in a traditional ashram on the bank of the Ganga River, between Rishikesh and Haridwar, in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas.