Yoga Guru
Dr. Madhavan
Vivekananda Institute of Yoga Therapy
ARUTPERUNJOTHI YOGA HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Кarur, Tamil Nadu, India
Thambi Ramesh's Yoga Guru
Dr. Madhavan Munusamy belongs to the South-Indian branch of Swami Sivananda tradition of yoga. Yogacharya Madavan is Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery from Venkatramana Ayurvedic Medical College (Chennai); he also received a Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga Therapy from Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana in Bangalore and attended the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta ashram TTC and Advanced TTC courses. He was initiated by Swami Chidananda Saraswati (1916 - 2008), a disciple of Swami Sivananda, who was President of Sivananda ashram in Rishikesh. While teaching, Dr. Madavan also follows Tirumandiram, the ancient sacred Tamil scripture. He was instructed in it by his father, who practises yoga and meditation throughout his life. Dr. Madavan's Institute is registered by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
Yogacharya Madhavan is an expert in pranayama and yoga therapy, and his yoga students are frequent champions of International Yoga Festival run by Swami Gitananda ashram, Puducherry (Pondicherry).
Classes for foreign students. While in Karur, yogacharya Madhavan teachs groups of students in English by appointment.
M. Madhavan also taught many Russian instructors of Yoga108 Center (Moscow) and Ashtanga Yoga Center (St.Petersburg) shatkarma and pranayama practices. Every year he gives workshops and TTC classes in Moscow and other Russian cities, as well as in ex-USSR countries. He also teaches TTC courses in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.
In Yoga Institute you can practise asanas in Sivananda Yoga style, study shatkarmas (traditional yogic cleansing practices) and yoga philosophy. If you can perform shatkarmas, have some asana expirience and follow vegetarian diet, if you do not take alcohol or other intoxicants and follow traditional moral rules of Yama and Niyama, you can study practise of yogic breathing - Pranayama. Pranayama classes will be given to you if you are ready for them, by decision of Yogacharya Madhavan. Yogacharya has rich experience in yoga therapy, especially in curing asthma.