Team Leader Swami Mahesh
Swami Mahesh is the founder and team leader of SIYA International. Born in India, he had series of psychic experiences from early age that guided him on the path of yoga and spirituality and connection to his Guru Swami Satyananda Saraswati in 1994. He served in his Guru’s mission in various capacity over 14 years and entered in his wandering stage in 2008.
He is the first wandering yogi to conduct yoga program on all the seven continents of the world.
As an independent wandering yogi, he travels worldwide to conduct seminars, workshops and retreats on yoga and Tantra. He has conducted programs in various educational, social, and corporate institutions. His programs are organized in schools, colleges, universities, yoga studios, homes, temples, church, prison, open parks, resorts, etc. Over last 10 years he has shared the art and science of yoga with people of Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA, etc. He leads special yoga retreats in Tibet, Iceland, Peru, etc. His most popular program is yearly Yoga Ayurveda retreat in Bangalore, India.
He has conducted yoga workshops at many notable Universities around the world, including the Harvard, Princeton, JFK, Minnesota, UT at Austin, Oregon, Chicago, etc., in USA; Hamilton, Waterloo, Calgary and Langara College in Canada; Cologne and Bremen University in Germany; Sofia and New Bulgaria University in Bulgaria, and many more in Australia, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Ecuador, etc.
His educational qualifications are a Bachelor’s in Engineering in 1992, and a Master’s in Yoga Philosophy (Gold medalist) in 1998. He worked as a lecturer of Yoga Philosophy for seven years, teaching various philosophical and practical aspects of Yoga and Tantra at the under-graduate and postgraduate levels, and guiding students with their papers and thesis work. His special field of interest and teachings are in the advanced aspects of Yoga and Tantra, related to Prana, Nadi, Chakra, Kundalini, Meditation and Kashmir Shaivism. He is adept at teaching Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, and always provides a beautiful synthesis of Yoga.
Through his experiential understanding combined with the study of classical texts of Yoga and Tantra, and a rational approach to ancient spiritual wisdom he is able to present some of the most advanced and esoteric knowledge in down to earth style. His articulate and engaging teaching technique in an open caring environment creates an effective learning of Yoga and spiritual life. His lectures are very popular and well received due to his scientific and holistic approach, friendly attitude and personal interaction. He continues to guide aspirants all over the world into the art and science of Yoga.