Blending Inner Peace and Dynamic Action

Shriramji began his yoga studies at the age of 11 under the guidance of his Guru Yogacharya R. Subramanian in Chennai. During the 14 years he spent with his Guru, he received thorough foundations on yoga practices (asanas, pranayama, dhyana, etc), and also studied the classical yoga texts including the Patanjali Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Bhagavad Gita. He continued to deepen his study and practice under the guidance of several Masters including Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Yoga Siromani Krishan Verma, Yogacharya Srivatsa Ramaswami and Swami Bodhananda Saraswati. He has taught over 300 yoga workshops and retreats all over the USA, led numerous mega-yogathon events, and has given lectures and demonstrations at prestigious yoga conferences. He is a faculty of Yoga Teacher Training programs for several yoga institutions and studios, including Yoga Bharati, a branch of S-VYASA Bangalore. In 2019, Shriram and his wife Ekaterina co-founded the non-profit Institution EkaShri Schools of Yoga with a mission to share the joy of yoga with the world. Shriram is a recipient of the “Exemplary Service Award in Yoga” given by the Consulate General of India, and the “Yoga Service Award” given by ISKCON.

Sophia has been a journalist for over 15 years, and she has been practising hatha yoga for 20 years. She completed a yoga and Vedanta course at the Sivananda Yoga and Vedanta Ashram in Netala, and she's been practising hatha yoga in the Iyengar and Krishnamacharya systems. She is currently studying Indian philosophy and is a regular journalist