Practitioner profile
Prashant Jakhmola
Traditional Yoga · Pranayama · Meditation
- Years active
- 2
- Based
- Southeast Asia, International
- Works with
- Leaders & professional teams · Individuals · Groups
Teaches traditional yoga through asana, pranayama, meditation and philosophical study, with an emphasis on sustained personal practice.
Background & training
- Credentials
- Founder of Yoga Vidya School in Rishikesh, India and Bali, Indonesia
- Undergraduate degree in biology.
- Significant training
- Yoga instructor training at Bihar School of Yoga.
- Postgraduate study in yoga at Uttarakhand Sanskrit University.
- Training and practice across Sivananda, Iyengar and Ashtanga yoga traditions.
About
Acharya Prashant Jakhmola is a yoga educator from Rishikesh and the founder of Yoga Vidya School. He began practising at seventeen at Sivananda Yoga Ashram, later studying at Bihar School of Yoga and developing his practice across several traditional yoga lineages. His teaching brings together asana, breath practice, meditation and yogic philosophy. He leads in-person and online programmes, while the school offers teacher training and retreats in Rishikesh and Bali.
Areas of support
Approach
- Breathwork
- Coaching / guided practice
- Yoga & movement
- Meditation & mindfulness
Specific modalities
- Pranayama
- Meditation
- Mantra
- Yogic Philosophy
- Yoga Nidra
- Ashtanga Yoga
- Hatha Yoga
Practical
- Works with
- Leaders & professional teams · Individuals · Groups
- Languages
- English · Hindi
- Availability
- In person · Online