Namaste again!
I thought I’d write a little post about the teacher we ended up finding… We are very excited about having him on board! Sushumna is deeply honored to introduce Dr. Abhay Keste, who will be joining the teacher faculty for Sushumna Yoga Teacher Training “A path on the way to rediscovering that we come from Enlightenment” (read more on http://www.sushumna.in/teacher-trainings) to teach Iyengar yoga and anatomy lessons to the students. Dr. Keste is a remarkable disciple of BKS Iyengar, who, after finalizing his Iyengar yoga training at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Institute in Pune, opened Shrikant Yoga Centre (read more on http://shrikantyogacentre.org/) in Belgaum with the aim to offer his instruction and share his knowledge of perfect, holistic health. By now, there are two Shrikant Yoga Centres, one of which was inaugurated by the Guruji, BKS Iyengar himself. Perhaps the success of Abhay’s centres can be accredited to his degree in homeopathic medicine and
surgery, which enables him to teach yoga with a very strong focus on proper alignment, as well as
physiological perspective. He started his journey on the path of yoga along with his father, who
took up a yogic lifestyle himself as a means to improve his health. Dr. Abhay Keste has since come
to the great realization that yoga can pose as a highly effective and powerful source of rejuvenation
on the physical as well as the mental and, ultimately, the spiritual level. He maintains that health is
linked to one’s mind and thus, the body-mind connection can not be underestimated in light of
optimum health and well-being. Abhay claims that nowadays, we are confronted and at times even
threatened by our busy lives and fast-paced daily routines, which often tempt our minds to wonder
and focus on various external information, while the inner self is discarded. This leads to imbalance
and detachment that in turn can begin to manifest as pathology. It is for this reason that he believes
yoga to be the best system to achieve true freedom, serenity and bliss. He also stresses that yoga is
universal – every person can use it to their advantage, it is like a free medicine that we always carry
with us. Dr. Keste keeps up with his personal practice under the guidance of the Guruji, who has
visited Shrikant Yoga Centre on occasion, as well. Often claimed to be the personification of yoga,
Abhay is a wonderfully joyous person with a radiant smile, kind word and helping hand. And by the
way, he can stand on his head for 105 minutes – practice makes perfect indeed!
We still have some spots available for the training in November, just FYI. 
Om Shanti.
