Our Team
The Team
Our teachers are all qualified with at least one 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training certificate from SYZ. They all share the same principle of doing no harm, to themselves or others. Each teacher brings their own unique experience and training to their classes.
Sharmila Hirendernath
Founder
Sharmila is trained in the Bihar, Iyengar and Ashtanga Schools of Yoga is a certified 200 hrs Yoga Works Teacher, USA with an extensive teaching experience of almost 20 years. She is also a 500-hours graduate from Absolute Yoga. She is recognized as one of India’s few registered EYRT yoga teachers by Yoga Alliance.
Sharmila believes that Yoga is for all age groups and has devised Yoga sequences for all levels from beginners to advanced practitioners. She believes that Yoga is about being comfortable in one’s own skin and coming to terms with our personality. Yoga should be practiced off the mat as much as on the mat.
It is about self-transformation and the ability to live life with joy and self-awareness. Yoga is not about standing on your head as much as it is about taking responsibility for the state of your being.
Achala Kumar
Business Partner
Achala discovered SYZ in 2020 and fell in love with the practice from her very first class. Having practised high-impact exercise for many years, yoga very quickly made a positive impact on her physical as well mental wellbeing.
Achala is a staunch believer in the wholesome goodness of her favourite form of exercise, yoga. "I became fully converted when I had a severe back muscle pull and a wall-supported squat in Qmart, literally made it vanish."
With an experience of 32 years in the corporate world after a degree from Columbia University in NYC, Achala is also an avid traveller, a keen golfer and loves a good swim.
Apoorva Deepak Ingle
Yoga Instructor
Coming from a family of yoga teachers yoga became a part of her life from a very young age. At 18 she completed her 200hrs Yoga Teacher Training at Sharmila's Yoga Zone which helped her on the journey of self-discovery.
"Taking up psychology in my bachelor's guided me towards understanding the connection between the body and mind. Yoga inspires me to live each moment more mindfully. My practice has helped me grow stronger, more flexible and fearless both on and off the mat."
Things she loves - Chocolates and Crime Fiction