Krishna (KP) is a post graduate in management with a bachelor degree in mathematics. Prior to 2003 Dec, for 6 years, he worked his way through diverse roles such as data entry operator, office assistant, IT startup specialist, Associate Faculty (IT) and as Entrepreneur through spatikam (life skills coaching) & Firstresource.net (IT & ITES consulting).

 

On his teacher's advice, he joined Shreyas Retreat in Dec 2003 and left in Sep 2010 as Vice President (Research). In these 7 years, he was part of the team that nurtured and developed it (www.shreyasretreat.com) into one of the top Yoga & Lifestyle resorts of the World, recognized by publications such as Conde nast Traveler, Harpers Bazar, Harpers & Queen, Departures, Etihad In-flght, Express Hospitality etc.,

 

For a brief period of 4 months, under the tutelage of Sudhakar Jayaram, he headed the Product Development and Trade Relations aspects at The Tamara Coorg, promoted by Shruti Shibulal (daughter of one of Infosys founders, SD Shibulal).

 

The call to start a traditional Yoga based learning school based on ancient gurukul model, overpowered all other ideas and thus 'Project Authentic Yoga' was born on April 1st 2011, which later was given the name 'Shrimath Yoga.'

 

Since 1997, Krishna is a student of Sri, a direct disciple of Swami Poornananda (Srisailam) & Sri 'Anna' Subramaniam (Ramakrishna Mission, Chennai). 

 

On Sri's advice, he formalized and enhanced his understanding of the Yoga system by completing the 'Yoga Adhyapak' certification from the Bihar School of Yoga (Rikhiapeeth). He is vastly experienced in handling sessions on Pranayama, Yoga Nidra, Mudra, Trataka, Antar Mouna, Parayana, Mantra, Meditation as well as the classical Yoga philosophy.

Smrithi dons the hat of 'executive chef' as well. Along with Shoba she ensures that all of us are well fed with a balanced nutritious diet, time after time, day after day. She shares her knowledge in traditional Indian cooking with program participants, if there is a request!

 

During 'Shakti Yoga.' she leads sessions on cooking & preparation of seasonal herbal concoctions and shares knowledge on Tulsi Puja and other traditional aspects of the Yoga system.

 

Without her support and backup Shrimath would just have been another good idea. Together with Hema, she ensures that Shrimath stays true to its vision of providing 'Ashram Learning, Home Food and Retreat Living.'

People

We thank from the bottom of our heart ...

- Saraswathi Venkateshwaran, for intuiting our logo and praying for our well being always!

- Sriranjani Ravi, for recognizing our unique way of operations and hightlighting the same in her business report at Babsons College, USA

- Namrata Malik, for introducing to the way Yoga programs are run in the West

- Dr N Ganesh Babu, from IHST University, Bangalore, India, for creating thematic forest area 

 

- Pawan, the one who took care of our lives for 7 years from 2003 to 2010 and continues to bless us

- Sri Anantharaman, Sri Parthasarathy, Venkatesh Sukkal, Robert Bridgeman & Monique, for sharing their visions for Shrimath Yoga

- Radha & Srinivasan, for suggesting how to convert 'a building' into Yoga School

- Savithri & Chandiramouliswara, for introducing us to the world of Switch Words, Mantras and Vastu

- Dinesh, Ram, Nags, Anand, Jai, Narayan & Chitra and Rudraswamy for being our well wishers, right throughout

- Lalitha & Hariharan and the entire Sri Vani Vilas family, for allowing us to flower the way we are today

- Sri, our beloved Master, the reason for our existence - who, like a breeze & breath, wishes to remain subtle and invisible

Hema is part of the founding team at Shrimath. She is both a Masters and Graduate degree holder in Yogic Sciences from SVYASA University, India.

 

Hema is Shrimath's Program Manager, as well as leads the Yogasana, Pranayama and Yoga Nidra sessions. She actively assists Krishna in content development and in background tasks that ensure Shrimath is up and ready each time a student walks in. 

 

Since 2011, Hema has personally trained more than 140 candidates from 30 countries and ensured that they meet the Yoga Alliance International’s certification standards.