Vanita Pai has been a Iyengar yoga practitioner since 2004. Over the years, she has attended several in-depth workshops* conducted by Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI), Pune to understand the discipline better. Vanita has also completed a 200 hour Teachers’ Training Course and is an AYUSH certified Yoga Protocol Instructor.

She continues to learn and hone her practice under the guidance of her beloved teacher, Shobha Shetty (Shobha is a shishya of Late Yogacharya BKS Iyengar, Late Geeta Iyengar, and Prashant Iyengar).

*Courses & Workshops:

• Intensive Workshop-Teachers and Apprentices, RIMYI, Pune, August 2024
• Advanced Online Classes by Abhijata Iyengar, RIMYI, Pune, July 2021-2024
• Yoga Protocol Instructor Certification from the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH), India, March 2021
• 200 hours TTC, Ekam Yoga, Jaipur, January 2021
• Guruji BKS Iyengar Centenary, RIMYI, Pune, December 2018
• Yoga Classes by Prashant Iyengar, RIMYI, Pune, February 2018
• Yoganusanam (classes by Abhiijata Iyengar, Rajvi Mehta and Birjoo Mehta), Bellur, July 2016
• Yoganusanam, Pune, December 2014