The journey
Biography
A celebrated Yoga personality, acknowledged as one of the top 10 Yoga teachers from India, Sumit Manav is an E-RYT 500 certified yoga teacher with 25 years of teaching and practice experience. His revolutionary fitness techniques have been well acclaimed by both regional and international media. By understanding modern lifestyles, he has successfully created a fusion of ancient Yoga practices to support well-being through his brand, Lifestyle Yoga.
Sumit’s journey began in the North Indian town of Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh and took him to the Himalayas, where he discovered Yoga as a path to human consciousness and overall well-being. Sumit began practising Yoga in 1998 at the age of 18 under the guidance of his Guru, Shreeram Sharma Acharya, in the Himalayas. During his four-year training, he interacted with mystics, an experience that brought him closer to understanding the physiology and psychology of the human body. In 2005, he earned his Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga Science and Human Consciousness from Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya (DSVV), Haridwar, India. Since then, he has been acclaimed as a professional yoga trainer and therapist, spreading the practice and wisdom of Yoga throughout the world.
Today, he spreads his wisdom of Yoga through practising and facilitating progressive yoga through dynamic asanas, pranayamas, counselling, reflex actions and therapy. He has trained and facilitated many corporate workshops and has conducted induction programs for beginners as well as professional group classes. Hundreds of people, particularly those suffering from diabetes and hypertension, have benefited from his Pranic healing therapy.
From training corporate groups for leadership skills, to providing consultancy and advice to people regarding correct methods of exercising using fitness equipment to actual body pump, backbends and arm balances with Astanga Yoga to actual fitness coaching, he has touched upon every aspect of well-being that he personally considers important.
