Born in the Himalayas, Mahendra graduated from Delhi University and aspired to become a yoga teacher. In pursuit of his aspiration and to attain this knowledge in a holistic way, he went through a regressive learning and completed one year Diploma in Yoga and Naturopathy from Gujarat Ayurveda university.
Putting his scientific knowledge to practice, he worked in a naturopathic and Ayurveda hospital in India. Mahendra has been a full-fledged yoga teacher since 1998 but he never stops learning and always feels the great need to attain the ancient wisdom of Yoga and Vedanta in the traditional way. So he returned to his birthplace - the Himalayas and was blessed by the teachings of Swami Sivananda Saraswati.
Mahendra moved to Singapore in 1995 and worked with Pure and True yoga. Now he is a freelance yoga teacher working with select few studios and private clients. With 20 years of extensive experience he brings with him the art of yoga, philosophy of sutras and the synthesis of different classical forms of hatha, vinyasa, therapy and yin yoga.
Conducted 200 Yoga Alliance Hours, Yin & Vinyasa Teachers Training, Singapore 2018
200 Yoga Alliance Hours, Hatha Vinyasa TT, Singapore 2017
Yin Yoga, TCM and Anatomy Teacher Training, 100 Yoga Alliance Hours, Singapore 2014
Executive yoga teacher Training(level one), Singapore 2010
Diploma in Yoga and Naturopathy from Gujrat Ayurveda University, Jamnagar, India 2001 - 2002
Certificate in Yoga Vedanta from Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy, Divine Life Society, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, India 2002