Swati Kumari is a Yoga Teacher based in Ghaziabad. She takes Yoga as more than just a physical form of exercise and happily shares the knowledge with like-minded enthusiasts.

Swati is the Director of the International Federation of Yoga Professionals. She takes personal yoga lessons, and also organises yoga camps. She has worked as a Yoga Trainer at the ESIC Hospital in New Delhi and has also been part of a project with AIIMS, New Delhi.

In 2007, Swati did a one-year Diploma Course from Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga. Six months after completing the course, Swati developed an immense interest in Yoga and started understanding the Philosophy of Yoga. She started realising that through Yoga she learned something new every day.

Swati feels that in 2008-09, it was comparatively easy to find students and Yoga was easily approachable. Whereas, now there are many Yoga trainers who don’t carry a deep knowledge of the science and propagate incomplete information. She also shares that monetary gains have been stagnant in the field of Yoga. However, these struggles also give a sense of realisation that she cherishes.

Swati hails from Bihar and had a wonderful childhood. She completed her schooling from a Christian Missionary School and acquired a degree in Botany. She has also studied Law but due to health and other family issues, she left all of it. Thereafter, in 2013-14, she started her second innings with Yoga which helped her balance and harmonise her life.

During corona, she felt helpless seeing the miseries of the people, although she wanted to help. Hence, with the collaboration of other females in her society, she provided food to the needy. However, she did quite well professionally with the help of online communication modes such as Zoom Calls or Google Meet.

Swati thinks that Education and Experience complement each other. In Yoga, she says that both theory and practical carry equal weightage and one must master both to be a learned Yoga teacher.

Swati feels that leadership in the field of Yoga means moving and communicating with conviction. Maintaining polite and friendly behaviour with the concept of ‘cause & effect’ is also necessary.

Swati’s mother and husband are her role models. Her mother’s teachings of endurance, family management, realising than reacting, and eliminating arrogance are some of the values and principles she leads her life on. Moreover, her husband’s unique style of motivating her inspires her to work hard.

Swati is also associated with NGOs and tries to help the underprivileged and needy in whatever way she can. She feels that the blessings of the people she cures with Yoga are her real achievements and success.

If she gets a Time Machine, Swati would like to relive her amazing childhood.

Swati advises the yoga aspirants to meditate and attain a peaceful state of mind to help others cope with their stress. She says that one should not blame others and realise their own mistakes to grow in life.