Pradeep Sattwamaya
Principal Teacher at yogasiksa.com
About me
Pradeep Sattwamaya (Deep) had the blessed opportunity to be accepted as a disciple by his guru, Paramhamsa Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati ( In the Sanyasa lineage of Shri Adi Shankara, Swami Sivananda, Swami Satyananda ). Pradeep spent two full years living and imbibing yoga at Gangadarshan, a Yoga gurukula along the banks of river Ganga in Bihar. He completed first 12 year phase of discipleship in 2016.
Pradeep has also studied the Mysore Astanga Yoga and Iyengar Yoga (with props). He is currently pursuing his studies in Ayurveda and modern Neuroscience.
He started practicing yoga as a seven year old, learning some simple classical asanas from his father, post an engineering degree, devoted full time to studying yoga, graduating from M.Sc. Applied Yogic sciences (from the world’s first yoga university, Bihar Yoga Bharati, Munger, India, with a university gold medal).
He has been teaching yoga in India, Europe and South East Asia, He successfully built a chain of yoga studios in Bangalore which was later acquired by a major Health/Fitness brand. Pradeep currently resides and teaches at Yoga Sattwa, Mysore. He has been training and mentoring over 2000 budding yoga teachers since 2006.