Ramya Vimal
YCB Level 2- Yoga Wellness Instructor | Faculty YCB TTC , Kids Yoga TTC | Former Cancer Research Associate | Ayushman Yog
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+91-8148196540
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Areas of Expertise
Children's Yoga and Developmental Awareness | Classical Ashtanga Practice and Pedagogy | YCB Teacher Training | Yoga for Neurodiverse Learners | Evidence-Based Approaches to Yoga and Well-being |
About Ramya
Ramya's path to yoga is not a straightforward one, and that is precisely what makes it useful to the students she teaches.
She began her professional life as a research associate in cancer research at a reputed centre in Hyderabad. That work gave her something she carries into every classroom: an evidence-based, analytical approach to understanding the human body; how it responds to stress, how it heals, and what it needs to function at its best. Science, for Ramya, was never separate from well-being. It was the language through which she first understood it.
What changed the direction of her life was a conscious decision to step away from that career and be present for her family. Motherhood, as it turned out, became one of the most educationally rich experiences of her life. As a mother of two, she encountered firsthand the physical, emotional, and behavioural complexity of growing children, the ways in which each child develops differently, the environments that support them and those that do not, and the profound role that movement, breath, and stillness can play in a child's sense of safety and self. That lived understanding is something no certification alone can provide, and it informs everything she teaches about children's yoga.
Yoga Training
Ramya's classical foundation is in Ashtanga Yoga, which she practised under the guidance of Saraswati Jois in Mysuru. That training deepened her respect for the rigour and intelligence of the classical tradition, and sharpened her understanding of what it means to practice with discipline, precision, and genuine inward attention. She brings those qualities into her teaching, and particularly enjoys sharing the subtleties of classical practice with students in the Teacher Training programmes who are encountering this depth for the first time.
Qualifications & Credentials
Ramya holds a YCB Level 2 certification as a Yoga Wellness Instructor, a government-recognised qualification under the Ministry of AYUSH. Her undergraduate foundation in the life sciences, combined with postgraduate-level research experience in oncology, gives her a dual lens that is rare among yoga educators; one grounded equally in classical practice and scientific rigour.
At Ayushman Yog
Ramya serves as faculty at Ayushman Yog across two programmes.
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In the YCB Teacher Training Courses, she works with aspiring yoga teachers on the practical dimensions of their certification, bringing together classical training, therapeutic understanding, and the kind of teaching clarity that only comes from years of working with real students in real contexts.
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In the Kids Yoga Teacher Training, her focus is on preparing teachers not just with techniques, but with genuine developmental awareness, an understanding of how children grow neurologically, emotionally, and physically at each stage, and how yoga can be adapted to meet them where they are. This includes working with children who have diverse learning needs, including those on the autism spectrum or with other developmental differences.
Teaching children's yoga responsibly requires more than enthusiasm. It requires knowledge, sensitivity, and a structured approach. That is what Ramya aims to build in every teacher who completes this programme.
Teaching Philosophy
Ramya's broader aim at Ayushman Yog is to help teachers experience yoga as a complete, integrated way of living, and to ensure that when they carry that practice into a room full of children, they do so with the skill, the awareness, and the care that children deserve.