Learn the benefits of a meditation practice in this session with Sudeepta Shanbhag. She will cover the basics including how to sit in meditation comfortably and common obstacles in the practice. In this session you will learn a simple meditation technique that can be incorporated into your daily life easily fitting into your busy schedule. Eka is a yoga and meditation app, and we are offering all the live sessions free in the week leading to Yoga day.

About the teacher:

Sudeepta began her yoga journey in her teens and has been teaching for over ten years. She studied with teachers in India and the US in different yogic traditions including Hatha, vinyasa, prop based, restorative and yin. She started Pranayama and Yoga Nidra practice about 15 years ago, and has completed Yoga Alliance certified 200 and 300 hour teacher training in the US under Kim Manfredi, a 200 hour training in Yoga Nidra under Swami Yogaratna Saraswati, and Level 1 and Level 2 training for teaching individuals with special needs. In addition to teaching Asana and Yoga Nidra classes to adults, she teaches yoga classes to children with special needs like cerebral palsy (improve mobility and strength), autism (motor skills, balance, changing behaviour patterns) and kids with cancer (pain relief, emotional resilience). She is a mother to energetic twin boys who help her appreciate the practice of sitting in stillness.

Sudeepta has a Masters in Biomedical Engineering and ten years of work experience in research and business analysis.