Avni Talsania

Avni Talsania is a core team member of SRMD Yoga. Hailing originally from New Jersey, USA, Avni shifted to India to pursue a spiritual path. She is a Registered Yoga teacher (RYT 500 hours) with Yoga Alliance and holds a Masters of Science in Yoga from the world-renowned Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana. Avni has extensively studied the Yoga Sutras, yoga therapy for diseases, Sanskrit texts, Physiology and advanced asana techniques in the two yoga capitals of the world, Mysore and Rishikesh. Avni regularly teaches classes in her studio and online for hundreds of students worldwide. She has conducted workshops and sessions for Microsoft, IBM, TATA, Four Seasons Hotel, Aditya Birla Capital, Yoga International, and many more organizations. She has been featured in various publications like Vogue, Mumbai Mirror, and DNA.

Avni previously worked as a yoga therapist at VYASA Arogyadhama (an Alternative Healing Hospital) where patients with various diseases from Arthritis to Schizophrenia to Cancer come to be treated with yoga therapy and Ayurveda. Her forte is being both highly advanced in her asana practice but even more advanced in her theory. She is able to break down complex philosophical concepts and jargon into practical and impactful lessons for the urban yogi in the 21st century.