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Ilya Zhuravlev (M.A. in Philosophy, Yoga Teacher)
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Namaste dear friends! This is my brief biografy. After I got a Master’s Degree in Philosophy at the Russian State University for
the Humanities (Moscow), I started teaching yoga, visiting India and
spending a lot of time there.
My first yoga-teacher was Jayakumar Swamishri from Mysore. He taught
in the tradition of Swami Kuvalayananda and Bangalore Yoga Institute,
giving classes at the Indian Embassy in Moscow for several years. I
started my practice with him in 1995-96. At the end of the 90’s I also
started practicing Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga with Igor Mededev and the
seminars of Andrey Sidersky and Andrey Lappa, yoga teachers from
Ukraine. In 1999 was one of the founders of Moscow Ashtanga Yoga Center
and became one of its leading teachers.
My first trip to India was in 2001. There I practiced in Morarji Desai
National Yoga Institute in Delhi (Dhirendra Brahmachari’s school) under
the personal supervision of Bal Mukund Singh. In the same year I
continued the practice of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga in Mysore with B.N.S.
Iyengar (Bramatantra Parakala Mutt). It was in this hall on the second
floor of Hayagriva Temple where Shri T. Krishnamacharya (BNS Iyengar’s
teacher) taught in the 30’s. I also practiced Ashtanga Vinyasa with V.Sheshadri (Mysore Mandala Yogashala). Since then I have been visiting
India every year, spending several months there. In 2003 I started
studying at Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute and my teachers were Shri
K. Patabhi Jois and R.Sharath.
In addition to this, I attended the classes of Yogacharya Gopala
Krishna in Bangalore, classes in ashrams of Rishikesh (Yoga Niketan
Ashram, Yogashala of Swami Samarpananda Saraswati from Bihar school) and
Pondicherry (Swami Gitananda Ashram). I studied shatkarmas, pranayamas
and meditation in the tradition of Sivananda Yoga with Doctor Madhavan Munusamy (Vivekananda Yoga Therapy Institute, Tamil Nadu), who granted
me a certificate in 2006. I accomplished a training course in Sivananda
Yoga Ashram (2008, Neyar Dham, Kerala). I have participated in the
intensive training courses by Shandor Remete (“Shadow Yoga”), Kali Ray
(“Tri Yoga”), Gabriella Giubilaro (Iyengar Yoga), David Swenson
(accomplished a certification course in 2010), Mark and Joanne Darby
(Canada), Andrey Lappa (teacher training course in 2004, “Universal
Yoga”, intermediate level).
I am familiar with Tibetan styles of asana practice (Yantra Yoga in
the tradition of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, taught by Fabio Andrico; Trul
Khor in the tradition of Yundrung Bon, taught by Tenzin Wangyal
Rinpoche). I accomplished David Frowley’s course “Yoga and Ayurveda”
(American Institute of Vedic Studies). I am practicing kriya yoga in the
tradition of Lahiri Mahasai (taught by Shri Shailendra Sharma,
Govardhan).
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