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Practice with experienced guides who honour traditional yoga while giving every student the care, clarity, and encouragement to grow.

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4Dedicated Teachers
42+Years of Shared Experience
7Traditional Subjects
10–12Students Per Batch
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Meet Your Yoga Teachers in Rishikesh

Each teacher brings a distinct depth of knowledge, united by a shared commitment to authentic yoga and personal care.

Joshan Kotnala Ji

Founder and Lead Teacher

An experienced and dedicated Yoga Teacher with a Master’s Degree in Yoga and more than 9 years of professional teaching experience. Over the years, he has guided students from different backgrounds and levels, helping them develop a deeper understanding of yoga as both a physical discipline and a holistic way of life.

His teaching combines traditional yogic knowledge with practical and accessible methods. His experience includes Yoga Philosophy, Meditation, Pranayama, Hatha Yoga, mindfulness practices, relaxation techniques, and the application of yogic principles in everyday life.

With a strong academic foundation and years of practical teaching, he focuses not only on physical postures but also on breath awareness, mental clarity, self-discipline, inner balance, and personal transformation. His classes encourage students to understand the deeper purpose of yoga while developing a safe, consistent, and meaningful personal practice.

During his teaching journey, he has worked with beginners as well as experienced practitioners, adapting his guidance according to each student's ability and needs. His approach is calm, supportive, traditional, and focused on helping students experience yoga beyond the mat.

Joshan Kotnala Ji — Founder and Lead Teacher

Abhishek Sood Ji

Founder & Director

Abhishek Sood is a management and business professional with over a decade of experience across sales, marketing, business development, operations, customer relations and sports management.

His professional journey includes serving as a Sports Academy Manager at Omkarananda Sports Academy, where he managed day-to-day academy operations, coordinated coaching staff, established responsibilities and workflows, and supported the development of a collaborative sporting environment. His earlier experience as a Business Development Executive involved developing partnerships and working closely with educational institutions.

He has also worked in wellness-product marketing, developing customer networks, conducting product presentations and participating in business and networking events. His international experience with Qatar Airways in Doha and his subsequent role with Michael Kors further developed his customer-service, communication, sales, and relationship-management skills.

With a Post Graduate qualification in Sales & Marketing and a BBA in Marketing, Abhishek brings together business management, operational experience, sports-sector exposure, and people-oriented leadership to the development of Savasana Yoga School.

As Founder & Director, he is responsible for the school's overall development, administration, partnerships, and organizational direction.

Abhishek Sood Ji — Founder & Director

Vikas Badoni Ji

Pranayam, Yoga & Anatomy

Vikas Badoni was born and brought up in Rishikesh, where yoga is not just practiced — it is lived. Growing up in the spiritual heart of yoga, he has been connected to the practice since childhood. With over 8 years of teaching experience and a Master’s degree in Yoga, Vikas specializes in pranayama — the science of breath. He also teaches yoga and anatomy, blending traditional wisdom with modern biomechanical understanding. His approach is simple yet deep: move with awareness, breathe with intention, and understand the body rather than forcing it.

Vikas Badoni Ji — Pranayam, Yoga & Anatomy

Ankit Negi Ji

Lead Hatha Teacher

Meet Ankit Negi ji, a dedicated yoga instructor committed to guiding individuals on their journey to physical and mental well-being. With 9 years of experience,and 6 months training experience in China (Shenyang, Lioning Province) ,His yoga techniques and calm nature blends traditional yoga principles with modern techniques to create classes that are accessible and transformative for all levels. Ankit ji is dedicated to empowering students to explore the depths of their practice. Through precise alignment cues, dynamic sequences, and breath-centered movement, Ankit ji creates an immersive experience that challenges the body and nurtures the spirit. Specializing in Hatha and Ashtanga , he works on alignment, and mindfulness in every session. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned practitioner,his classes provides a supportive and nurturing environment to help you find balance, strength, and inner peace.

Ankit Negi Ji — Hatha Yoga & Ashtanga Yoga

Yogi Abhishek Ji

Ashtanga Vinyasa, Iyengar & Acro

Yogi Abhishek Ji is an experienced Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher with the sublime knowledge of Pranayama and Yogic science. Yogi Abhishek Ji is a master of the various styles of yoga, such as Ashtanga, Hatha, Iyengar and Acro. He is fully committed to the expansion of techniques of true yoga to the different parts of the world.

He has been actively participating in yoga classes from the age of 15. He is a certified teacher in yogic science from the reputed Uttarakhand Sanskrit University. He conducted several yoga classes ranging from beginner to advanced level yoga courses like Vinyasa Yoga, Yogic Stretch, Iyengar Yoga, Dynamic Yoga, etc. Yogi Abhishek Ji emphasizes mainly the correction of Yoga Asana and the flourishment of true Yogic Knowledge.

Yogi Abhishek Ji — Ashtanga Vinyasa, Iyengar & Acro

Rajesh Rawat Ji

Vinyasa Flow, Body Alignment and Hatha Teacher

Born and raised in Rishikesh — the world capital of yoga — Rajesh Ji was immersed in ancient yogic traditions from childhood. Surrounded by holy saints and spiritual seekers, he cultivated a profound connection to the yogic path that now shapes every class he teaches. His style is both playful and elastic: accessible for beginners, powerful for the experienced, and always deeply human.

Teaching Philosophy: Rajesh Ji brings rare clarity to complex movement — breaking down poses into steps that are not only understandable but genuinely achievable. His classes are joyful, deeply engaged, and quietly demanding. You will laugh. The next morning, your muscles will know why.

Alignment & Prop: Using blocks, straps, the wall, and partner work, he guides students deeper into poses than they thought possible — methodically, creatively, and without ever making it feel like work. Intuitive & Attuned: His instruction flows naturally — never forced, never rehearsed. He reads the room instinctively, knowing when to challenge and when to hold space with softness and care. Trusted by Teachers: Experienced yoga teachers and practitioners seek out Rajesh Ji’s classes because his approach expands their own teaching — giving them fresh language and new pathways for guiding their students.

Education: M.A. in Yoga — Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar. In depth study of Ashtanga & Vinyasa. E-RYT 500 Registered Yoga Teacher.

Expertise: Vinyasa Flow, Ashtanga Yoga, Body Alignment, and Hatha Yoga.

Experiences: 15+ years of overall teaching experience; 12+ years of teaching yoga instructors; 12+ years of leading yoga retreats worldwide; 10+ years teaching across worldwide student communities.

Rajesh Rawat Ji — Vinyasa Flow & Body Alignment

Naveen Ji

Ashtanga Yoga, Body Alignment & Teaching Methodology

Naveen Ji is an experienced and dedicated yoga teacher with around 10 years of teaching experience, specializing in Ashtanga Yoga, Body Alignment, Adjustment, and Teaching Methodology. His approach combines traditional yogic discipline with a practical understanding of the body, helping students develop a safe, strong, and mindful yoga practice.

With extensive experience in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Naveen Ji guides students through the relationship between breath, movement, concentration, and awareness. His classes focus not only on performing asanas but also on understanding correct technique, stability, balance, and the deeper purpose behind the practice. He encourages students to progress gradually while respecting their individual body structure and physical limitations.

A major strength of his teaching is Body Alignment and Adjustment. He helps students understand the correct positioning of the spine, joints, muscles, and limbs within different postures. Through clear demonstrations, verbal guidance, and appropriate adjustments, he teaches students how to practise asanas more safely and efficiently while reducing unnecessary strain and risk of injury.

As a Teaching Methodology instructor, Naveen Ji plays an important role in Yoga Teacher Training Courses. He guides aspiring teachers in class sequencing, demonstration, observation, communication, alignment cues, modifications, adjustments, and classroom management. Students learn how to teach confidently while creating a safe and supportive environment for different levels of practitioners.

With nearly a decade of experience, Naveen Ji brings discipline, practical knowledge, patience, and personal attention to his classes. His aim is to help students become not only stronger practitioners but also knowledgeable, responsible, and confident yoga teachers capable of sharing the practice with authenticity and awareness.

Naveen Ji — Ashtanga Yoga, Body Alignment & Teaching Methodology

Yogesh Yogi Ji

Anatomy & Physiology Teacher

Yogesh Yogi Ji is an experienced Yoga Anatomy and Physiology teacher with more than 9 years of teaching experience. His teaching focuses on helping yoga students understand the human body in a practical, accessible, and yoga-oriented way.

With his strong understanding of anatomy, physiology, and yogic movement, Yogesh Ji helps students explore how the muscles, joints, bones, spine, respiratory system, nervous system, and other major body systems function during yoga practice. Rather than treating anatomy as a purely theoretical subject, he connects anatomical knowledge directly with asana, pranayama, alignment, movement, and everyday practice.

In Yoga Teacher Training Courses, his classes help future teachers understand how and why the body moves, what happens physiologically during different yoga practices, and how individual anatomical differences can influence a student’s experience of an asana. Special attention is given to safe movement, joint stability, spinal health, muscular engagement, flexibility, mobility, and injury prevention.

Yogesh Ji has a clear and practical teaching style that makes complex anatomical concepts easier for students from different educational backgrounds to understand. Through explanations, demonstrations, and practical examples, he encourages students to observe the body rather than simply memorize anatomical terminology.

His classes also help aspiring yoga teachers develop the knowledge required to guide students safely and responsibly, recognize physical limitations, offer appropriate modifications, and understand when a posture should be adapted for an individual practitioner.

With over nine years of teaching experience, Yogesh Yogi Ji brings together scientific understanding and traditional yoga practice, helping students see anatomy as an essential foundation for intelligent, safe, and effective yoga teaching.

Yogesh Yogi Ji — Anatomy & Physiology Teacher
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