Health, Wellness & Fitness

Devdatta Vasant Bharde, a Yoga Instructor Who Stabilised His Health with Yoga and Transformed His Passion into Profession

Yoga Instructor, California Fitness & Yoga Centersvietnam

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Devdatta Vasant Bharde started practicing Yoga and Gymnastics out of passion and before he could even realize it, his passion for Yoga became his profession too. Today, he is a well-known Yoga instructor based in Vietnam.

Devdatta Vasant Bharde is working as a Yoga Instructor in Vietnam.

Devdatta hails from Maharashtra. He completed his graduation in Yogashastra from Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal, Amravati - a leading institute in India for physical training.

Devdatta shares that growing up, he was a very naughty kid and would not focus on his studies. To channelise his energy in the right direction, his mother admitted him to a sports school. He was really good at sports. And soon after joining the school, he started playing various sports. However, he says he used to suffer allergic reactions due to the dust on the playground. And he was also an asthmatic kid. After about two years, he discontinued playing outdoor sports and instead joined classes for Gymnastics and Yoga at the school. In the morning, for four hours he would practice Gymnastics followed by four hours of Yoga practice in the evening. Later he also participated at the district, state, and national level Gymnastic and Yogasana competitions. He won a Bronze and a Silver medal in the National School competitions held by the School Games Federation of India.

After passing his 10th-grade from the school, Devdatta completed the rest of his schooling in Pune. He says that he was not serious about his studies. Though he liked to study, somehow he did not like his textbook and instead would read novels and other books. His parents suggested to him to pursue his graduation in his field of interest and so he did his BA in Yogashastra.

Talking about his achievements in life, Devdatta says that being able to follow his passion is an achievement for him. In his first year of participation itself, he won a Bronze medal at the National School Games. He attended several international conferences on Yoga and also participated in international Yoga championships. He won two Gold medals and one Silver medal in the International Yogasana Sports Championship held in Argentina. Besides, he was also awarded a Silver medal in his graduation ceremony. Furthermore, being able to motivate his teachers, friends,  and family members to take to Yoga and make it a part of their daily routine is also an achievement for him.

Talking about the Covid pandemic, Devdatta says that during the pandemic, everyone faced some problems. In March 2019, he had flown to Vietnam to teach Yoga there and in 2020 he flew back to India for his vacation. And soon after that, the first lockdown was imposed. He was stuck in his hometown and could not fly back to Vietnam. After eight months, he could fly back to Vietnam and after a few months of reaching there, the Vietnamese government imposed a lockdown there. But he says, irrespective of how unfavorable the situations are, you have to keep your motivation up and find reasons to continue doing what you do. And he is optimistic that we will get over the pandemic soon until then we just need to hang in there.

If he could travel back in time in a Time Machine, then Devdatta would want to relive the moment when he received a Gold medal in the International Yoga Championship that was held in Argentina. It is the proudest moment in his life to date, he says.

To Yoga and fitness instructors, Devdatta says that irrespective of the challenges that you face, just keep doing what you are doing. He says, working in the fitness industry entails its own set of challenges and making money is one of them. But if you’re honest with your profession and with yourself, then things will surely fall into place for you and you will be successful at what you do.

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Devdatta Vasant Bharde, Yoga Instructor at California Fitness and Yoga Centers, Vietnam

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