An International Yoga Expert, Nisha aims to spread health and happiness through yoga. Facing many challenges in her life, she learned from her mistakes and experiences and has earned a good name among her students.An International Yoga Expert, Nisha aims to spread health and happiness through yoga. Facing many challenges in her life, she learned from her mistakes and experiences and has earned a good name among her students.

Dr. Nisha Joshi is an International Yoga Expert. She is the Founder-Director of a Yoga academy named “Nisha Joshi Yoga Academy”.

Nisha has been working in the field of Yoga for more than ten years. Along with yoga, she is also invited to deliver lectures on Bhagavad Gita. She has worked as a guest faculty in a college and is currently working as a HOD of the Yoga Department in a college. Also, she has started an NGO named Yog Ganga Yogic Scientific Spiritual Research Foundation. Along with that, Nisha is also the Director-Founder of Global Awards and also runs a mission that aims to help financially weak children and provide them with yoga education for free.

When asked how she got interested in the field of yoga, Nisha says that she did not come into this field out of her own interest, rather she came into the field due to some particular circumstances. She says that she got herself admitted for a PhD. in Philosophy in which her topic was ‘Physical, Mental, and Moral Development through Raja Yoga and Hatha Yoga’.

She gained enough knowledge in philosophy and started giving lectures, but at a point in time she realized that people are not getting much practical benefit from philosophy. However, she says that her research subject was yoga and when she herself started doing and getting people to do yoga, she realized that people are getting healthier physically and mentally. That is when she decided to move forward in the field of Yoga.

Recalling her childhood memories, Nisha says that she has several good memories of her childhood. However, her father was not financially strong enough, and she had to work in her father’s restaurant to earn money for her school fees. She says that even though she could not spend much time with her friends as she had to work, that time also helped her learn things through her struggles. She says that whatever challenges and difficulties she faced during her childhood, it has only made her stronger and more capable.

Talking about the challenges and difficulties throughout her journey, Nisha says that due to the financial issues in her family, getting educated was a great challenge for her. During her college, she used to pay her fees in installments and even had to request her HOD at times for allowing her to give her semester exams without depositing the fees. She says that if she would have been financially strong at that time, she could have learned more new techniques related to yoga.

Nisha says that she knew that if she did not learn, she won’t be able to go much forward in her life. Therefore, she started learning from her seniors, borrowing books from them and learning about various yoga asanas, and applying those on herself. After she learned the techniques, she used to offer free yoga sessions to the ladies around her residence. Thereafter, she used to learn from the experiences of the people. From these experiences,  she gained enough knowledge to share them with the people.

Speaking about her accomplishments, Nisha says that accomplishments vary from person to person. For some, degrees are valuable, for some being in a good position is an accomplishment, and for some awards are achievements, but for her love and respect from the people and her students is the accomplishment. She says that teaching people for free and being recognized as Guru Maa by her students is an achievement for her.

Talking about her role models, Nisha says that her parents, husband, and kids are her role models by default. However, she is closely and deeply inspired by Bhagavad Gita and Lord Krishna, his teachings, and his persona.