A yoga acharya, Dhakaram has been practicing and teaching yoga for several years now. He believes that the power of yoga can improve the overall lifestyle of a person and advises everyone to practice yoga regularly.

Yogacharya Dhakaram is the founder of Yoga Peace Sansthan. He has trained thousands of students in yoga at his institution.

Recalling his childhood, Dhakaram says he is from a farmer family and grew up in a village. His family’s only means of sustenance came from farming. He came to Jaipur with his maternal uncle when he was nine years old and worked in his hotel. Then, his uncle enrolled him in a school there. He faced a language problem as he could only speak Nepali. But he learned to read Hindi through spiritual comics.

He remembers that he started doing yoga asanas after reading a yoga book. He was also interested in learning Karate. He joined an academy for learning karate and his teacher advised him to also continue yoga which would help in Karate too. He started teaching yoga in 1993. In 1998, he went to Puducherry for a yoga competition with his guru. There he realized that he was lacking so much and needed to practice more. He again participated in a yoga competition held in Jaipur and won a gold medal there. Thereafter, he won many awards and medals in several yoga and karate competitions. He also took a course in Acupuncture. He holds a diploma in Naturopathy and Yoga Sciences.

Dhakaram shares that he was already teaching and was advised by one of his friends to start his own yoga institution. Although initially he was joined by only a few people, gradually his followers grew day by day. After meeting guru Karunakar, he was influenced by him and implemented his teachings into his own workshops and lessons. He believes that power yoga can help treat even the most complex diseases.

Sharing about his accomplishments, Dhakaram says that in 2017, he got the chance to work with Jackie Chan in a movie and met several celebrities from the film industry.

To all, Dhakaram advises to do yoga, as it makes one healthy physically as well as mentally. Yoga strengthens one’s soul, he says. He starts his day with yoga and says that yoga impacts our metabolism and improves our entire lifestyle. He also requests everyone not to waste food, as having food on our plates is like a blessing because not everyone is lucky to have it.