Amulya Parmesh

Namaste, I am Amulya.

My path to yoga and teaching has been shaped by two worlds, and I have come to believe that this is precisely what I have to offer.

 

I was born in India and raised in Germany, completing half of my education in each country. That dual upbringing gave me something that is difficult to acquire any other way: the ability to hold two very different frameworks for understanding the human experience simultaneously, and to find what is genuinely useful in both. It is a perspective I bring into every class I teach.

 

My practice began with Bikram Hatha Yoga in Germany, where I spent over a decade building the discipline, physical awareness, and mental steadiness that serious yoga demands. That foundation led me deeper into the classical tradition, and I subsequently trained in Ashtanga Yoga under the guidance of Saraswati Jois in Mysuru, an experience that sharpened my understanding of what a structured, rigorous practice can build in a practitioner over time. The precision and internal consistency of the Ashtanga method continue to inform how I approach both my own practice and my teaching.

 

My academic background runs alongside my yogic one. I hold an MSc in Psychological Sciences from Brunel University London, where I studied the intersection of psychology and holistic healing with the same seriousness I brought to the mat. I am also trained in Pain Reprocessing Therapy and Compassionate Inquiry, two methodologies that have given me practical tools for working with students navigating chronic pain, emotional difficulty, and deeply held patterns of tension and avoidance. Before moving into yoga and psychology, I worked in structural engineering and construction management in Hamburg, an experience that, perhaps unexpectedly, gave me a lasting appreciation for the value of well-designed, structurally sound programmes built for long-term results rather than short-term impressions.

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I came to Ayushman Yog initially to complete my YCB Level 1 certification. What I found there engaged me far more deeply than I had anticipated. Rather than stopping at Level 1, I chose to prepare independently for the YCB Level 3 examination, a significantly more demanding undertaking that required sustained self-directed study alongside my existing academic and professional commitments. I cleared the examination and hold the YCB Level 3 certification as a Yoga Teacher and Evaluator, a government-recognised qualification under the Ministry of AYUSH. Following that, Ayushman Yog invited me to join as faculty for the TTC programmes.

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At Ayushman Yog, I serve as faculty across the YCB Teacher Training Courses and the Advanced Daily Yoga Practice programme. In the TTC, I work with aspiring teachers on the practical and philosophical dimensions of their certification, bringing to that role both classical training and a psychological understanding of how people learn, change, and develop. In the Advanced Daily Practice, I guide serious practitioners through a deepening of their physical and contemplative practice, with an emphasis on the kind of sustained, intentional engagement that distinguishes practice from exercise.

 

What I am most interested in, across all of this work, is the space where the body and the mind meet and where genuine transformation becomes possible. Yoga, for me, has never been primarily about postures. It is about what consistent, honest practice reveals about the person practicing, and what becomes available to them as a result.

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At Ayushman Yog, I am grateful to be part of a community that takes that possibility seriously. It is the right place to do this work.