Wellness Experts

Bavani Sivananda – Yoga Teacher & Holistic Nutritionist

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Bavani Sivananda was born and raised in Sri Lanka and moved to Canada with her family in the early 1990s. Her passion to study and practice Holistic Nutrition and yoga started when she was suffering from IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and realised that allopathic treatments were not helping her.

In 2011, she started Holistic Nutrition and Yoga training formally for the next two years to understand human health and nutrition in depth. After completing the nutrition certification and Yoga training, she started practising, teaching and continued her research which helped her to adopt a more holistic lifestyle.

The knowledge gained through the training and its application into her life has significantly improved her health condition. This inspired her to start the health and wellness practice (Holistic Nutrition and Yoga with Bavani) which is based in Markham, Ontario, Canada.

In 2015, she attended the 5-month intensive (1750+hrs) Classical Hatha Yoga Teacher’s training at Isha Yoga in Coimbatore, India. This transformative training process has deepened her understanding of Yoga as a profound science, which helped her to restructure her life the way she wanted it, and to reach a certain level of equanimity and freedom within. Bavani has conducted many workshops, private and weekly sessions in Classical Hatha Yoga over the last 5 years.

Her passion to cook wholesome meals from scratch led to culinary nutrition training in Toronto. In 2018, Bavani completed a program called Culinary Nutrition Expert at the Academy of Culinary Nutrition. This program unleashed her creative potential to experiment with various healthy recipes while deepening her love for using food as medicine.

Bavani’s formal training in Nutrition and Classical Hatha Yoga has helped her develop a great understanding of the body-mind connection and the power of food over the body and mind. IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) is a complex digestive condition that requires a comprehensive approach to take control of it.  There is no quick fix for it. Her research and personal experience with this condition has helped her to design a 12-week online IBS program “iControlIBS” to teach people who suffer from painful IBS symptoms and to reclaim their health.

​She helps people who are seeking holistic, practical, and evidence-based solutions for their IBS symptoms, seeking to enhance their health and well-being through Classical Hatha Yoga, or interested in learning to cook simple, wholesome food from scratch.

You can connect with Bavani Sivananda at:

​Isha Certified Hatha Yoga Teacher (1750+ hrs) | Certified Nutritional Practitioner (Holistic Nutritionist) | Culinary Nutrition Expert

Email:info@bavanisivananda.com
Website:https://www.bavanisivananda.com/
Instagram:@bavanisivananda
FB:https://www.facebook.com/HolisticBavaniSivananda/
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bavani-sivananda-88346743

Monu Harnal – Yoga Teacher

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Yoga Teacher

Monu Harnal was introduced to the Sivananda organization through her father who lived in Haridwar in India. At a young age, Monu was encouraged by her father to learn and practice yoga through the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. Eventually she decided to take the teacher training course (TTC) at the Sivananda Ashram in Neyyar Dam, Kerala and followed with the Advanced Teacher Training Course (ATTC) in Val Morin, Quebec.

Monu has been teaching yoga in the Washington DC area for the last several years. Having learned the many principles of yoga, she continuously strives to bring the profound positive effects of it into her own life. Monu incorporates methods of Sakshi Bhav in her teachings, a very important aspect for one to learn and progress in the spiritual path. This helps her students in observing thoughts, actions, emotions and feelings without judgement.

She is an Instructional Designer who designs and develops training programs as well as conducts training around the world. Teaching is the common thread throughout her career as she guides and coaches everyone to speak their truth, to see their own light, and to create their own path to progress.

In service to the community, locally and globally, she put together Spirit over Mind over Body (SOMOB) World, a coalition of yoga teachers, mindful practitioners, holistic and ayurvedic doctors, healers, coaches, and more. She believes collectively we can change the negative mindset of the society, and bring peace into our consciousness through our spirit, mind and body.

Monu Harnal is a student of life – and she loves to learn and experience everything to its fullest. You can contact Monu through her contacts below:

facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/somobworld/

Instagram: @SOMOBWorld

Dr.Vishnu BAMS (Ayurveda), MD – Physician

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Dr. Vishnu holds a Bachelor’s of Ayurvedic Science and Surgery from Rajeev Gandhi University in Bangalore, South India. He is specialised in the treatment of neurological, rheumatic and bone degenerative diseases. After receiving the Bachelor’s degree, he pursued a Master’s degree in Panchakarma, which is a popular treatment method in Ayurveda to eliminate toxins from the body due to disease, food and environment.

Currently he works as the Director of the Sivananda Institute of Health (SIH) at Sivananda Ashram, Neyyardam, Kerala, India, which was established in 1985. He examines thousands of patients every month from all around the world. As an expert in Panchakarma, he conducts Panchakarma classes for over 300 students every year and also conducts various Ayurvedic courses at Sivananda Ashram in Neyyardam. He also travels every summer to the Sivananda Ashram, Val-Morin, Canada and to Japan to conduct Ayurvedic classes and consultations.

His sharp diagnosis and effective treatment methods are making him popular around the world and new patients are seeking his health advice and guidance every day. If you want to reach Dr.Vishnu, please use the following contacts:

Dr P.R. Vishnu, BAMS, MD is director of the Sivananda Institute of Health at the Sivananda Dhanwantari Ashram, Kerala, south India

Phone: +91-97478-35091

Email:  dr.vishnu101@gmail.com

 

Mariana Rebollo Moreira – Yoga Teacher

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Mariana Rebollo Moreira, also has a spiritual name Maya Savitri, and was born and raised in Mexico. At the age of sixteen, Maya joined a meditation group with her mother and started practising Saja Yoga, which is a form of Kundalini yoga.

After started practicing Hatha yoga, her strong passion to learn and teach yoga lead her to taking the Teacher Training Course (TTC) in the Sivananda Ashram in Quebec, Canada.

Maya is a practising psychoanalyst and a yoga teacher with more than ten years of personal practice and teaching yoga. Maya teaches to large group of students in Mexico and is helping them to have a balanced lifestyle by practising yoga and meditation.

Her teaching style includes restorative movements and meditation techniques which help students to connect with the body and bring more peace of mind. If you want to reach Maya, please use the contacts below:

Facebook:  @Yogamayasavitri

Instagram:   @savitri199