About me

Hi, im nausheen.

Im a yoga instructor living, teaching & learning each day in this wonderful city of mine - Bombay (Mumbai). I am trained as a Yoga teacher from the The Yoga Institute, Mumbai. This is a beautiful course which includes 900 hours of practise. It in such a manner that one gets to understand Yoga - philosophy, technology and phisiology. Its a wonderful course which actually is a self development course. It stretches over 7 months (12 months in my case!) which gives you enough time to assimilate, digest & apply all that is been taught. Also, the teaching technique at the institute lets you develop at your own pace. I know, we all tend to be lazy & fool ourselves when it comes to important, inner stuff, yet i feel, the institute way is very effective.

I have also done my teachers training course from the Sivananda Yoga ashram at Trivandrum, Kerela. This again was a fantastic learning experience - right frm living in a dormitory with 50 girls from all over the world to waking up at 5 20 in the morning & the awesome practise sessions twiice a day!! Phew... i was so glad when this course was over. all in all a fab, hands on learning.

As for my teaching .......... i visit my students place & try to practise yoga for 75 minutes. I mostly teach individuals but have some lovely couples who practise together.

each session includes some quiet time to begin & quieten the mind. Then we start asana practise for about 50 minutes and end with savasana for 10 minutes. prayanamas follow for the remaining 15 minutes. Kriyas are also taught & encouraged to practise in the day.

I love this profession for the beauty that is yoga because it means so much to me. Yoga has brought meaning into my chaotic life. I was a furnishing consultant for 12 years and doing rather well. However, as time went by things seemed less interesting & left me dissatisfied. I happened to just go for a dance yoga workshop by Shamim Akhtar & loved it so much that i took a 7 day course at the Yoga Institute. Things snow balled & i landed doing the TTC & without even realising i had become a teacher at The Yoga Institute. For some reason people liked me & encouraged me to take classes privately. From then on i quit furnishing & yoga was on full time. I can now say that this is what i enjoy doing the most & love to help people do the same through yoga.