ABOUT TRADITIONAL YOGA
Traditional yoga is not a style of yoga but yogic practices rooted in the Ashtanga yoga of Patanjali and traditional hatha yogic texts taught in a living guru- shishya lineage emphasizing a holistic approach to well-being. Its goal is to facilitate effective practices that promote physical,, and spiritual health. The classes are based on the practices that come from the lineage of Gitananda/ Rishiculture Ashtanga Yoga & Kaivalyadhama institute, India.
What is Traditional Yoga
Join our yoga classes that embrace traditional teachings rooted in the wisdom of ancient yogic texts and guru- shishya parampara/lineage. The classes focus on three essential components as outlined in Patanjali's Yoga Shastra ( Yogic philosophy): Tapas (discipline), Swadhyaya (self-study), and Ishwar pranidhana (surrender to the divine principle).
Classes include & not limited to: Joint movements/Jathis, Kriyas, Asana (postures), Breathing & Pranayama, sound based practices/Nada, Relaxation techniques, Jnana Kriyas & Prakriyas leading to meditation.
You can join me every Wednesday at Oak Hills Community league from 6:30 - 7:30 pm starting 8th October, 2025.
Register here: Session 1: Yoga Foundation, a 6 Week session
Please visit the center to register for the following classes:
Monday: Yoga for Well-being @ Millwoods Seniors Association
Tuesday: Yoga for Beginners, Yoga for Arthritis @
West End Seniors center
Wednesday: Lunch hour yoga @ Energizer Fitness
Friday: Chair Yoga, Intermediate Yoga @
West End Seniors Activity Center
*** All the classes are live streamed and you can join from anywhere.
Learn more about the programs.
You'll find me teaching in-person classes, workshops and teacher training programs and wellness conferences at:
Yoga Within, Westend Seniors Activity Center, Energizer fitness, Millwoods Seniors Centre.
Classes include: Hatha yoga, Yoga to manage stress and Anxiety, Yoga to manage Arthritis, Relaxation through yoga, Chair Yoga, Breathing & Pranayama sessions, Yoga Philosophy, Anatomy & Physiology
About Us
NEERU'S STORY
Neeru is a devoted lifelong student of Yoga and Vedanta, deeply connected to the ancient teachings of Sanatana Dharma through her Indian upbringing. Inspired by her mother’s love for devotional singing and spiritual teachings, Neeru had a deep interest in the ancient teachings since childhood. She discovered Hatha yoga in 1998 as a teenager and felt its immense benefits at the physical, mental & spiritual levels. Her first teacher in Mumbai, always talked to her about Raja Yoga and the deeper teachings yoga has to offer and sowed the seed of yoga's real purpose in her.
Yoga always came & helped her during challenging times like a mother always there to shower love when needed the most especially after having health issues while working in the corporate world.
She has a degree in Commerce & Masters in Economics and her formal education in yoga began after many years but at a very prestigious & the oldest formal insitution,Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute, where she studied under experienced teachers.
Kaiva;yadhama is the oldest yoga institute which brought Science and yoga teacher by keeping the traditional teachings intact without dilution.
Continuously seeking to deepen her practice, Neeru expanded her knowledge through studies in Ayurveda, as well as workshops in Pranayama and Dhyana.
She constantly receives guidance from her teachers like Shri Sudhir Tiwariji and Sharad Chandra Bhalekar of the Kaivalyadhama Institute, that expands her understanding of the subject. Their expertise has been instrumental in her journey, enriching her practice and knowledge in this profound discipline.
Neeru's journey led her later to the lineage of Rishiculture Ashtanga Yoga, founded by Swami Gitananda Giri and
under the guidance of Dr. Ananda Balyogi ( the current lineage holder). This tradition is based on the guru shisya parampara too and the teachings are very unique and vast. She is continuously studying under this lineage now.
Neeru feels very fortunate to be a student of Vedanta under Swami Brahmanishtananda Swarawati from the past and Mantra studies under Pandit Shivshakar Dwivediji in Edmonton.
"The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know."
For over a decade, Neeru has shared the teachings through group and private yoga classes, wellness conferences, teacher training programs in Edmonton, catering to adults and seniors, high risk youth groups, and people with different health conditions. Her holistic approach blends the physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions of yoga, emphasizing yoga philosophy and Ayurveda to inspire deeper connections to the practice.
Teacher Training Modules & Workshops taught:
Breathing techniques & Pranayama, Lectures at wellness programs, Yoga philosophy & Pranayama for Yoga teacher training @ yogawithin, Empowered yoga, Anatomy & Physiology - Nervous and Respiratory System, Teacher training group, Taiwan)
In-person group classes:
West end seniors Activity center
Yoga Within
Millwoods Seniors center
Energizer fitness
(Please contact the center/studio to register for in-person classes)
Training & Certifications ( more than 2000+ official hours
of training)
Advanced Yoga & Wellness Teacher, Indian Yoga Association ( 500 HRS)
Teacher training & Certificate Course in Yoga, Kaivalyadhama Institute, India,
Pranayama workshops with Sudhir Tiwariji, Kaivalyadhama
Meditation teacher training , Yoga Sadhana Mandir
Meditation workshops with R.S Bhogal, Kaivalyadhama
Yoga Step by Step, Deeper Gitananda 1,2 & 3
Nada Yoga, ICYER
Sacred Sound of Chakras - ICYER
Ayurveda Course for Yoga teachers, Kaivalyadhama
Certified as 500 HRS Yoga teacher from the Yoga Association of Alberta.
200 HRS with Linda Dumont & Sean