About Nataraj
Nataraj has led retreats, workshops, kirtans, and has directed yoga and meditation teacher training programs throughout the world for over 15 years. After beginning a daily meditation and yoga practice at the age of 13, Nataraj immersed himself in the teachings of yoga and tantra and at the age of 16, began to share these nectarean teachings with his students. He has inspired countless seekers to take up a spiritual practice and has dedicated his life to bringing the wisdom of yoga to everyday life. His love of teaching is evident in the enthusiastic and devotional manner in which he leads his classes. He strives to create environments and experiences where people from all walks of life can directly contact the fullness of their own Being.
Where the body goes, the mind will follow.
Nataraj’s group classes are a thoughtful, alignment-focused vinyasa class that encourages students to use their yoga practice as a way to create space in their lives for unceasing grace.
He has taught Classical Hatha, Yoga Nidra, Pranayama, Meditation, Yin Yoga, and Vinaysa yoga worldwide to a broad demographic of seekers of all ability levels.
A devoted Shiva Yogi, Nataraj firmly believes in the potency of the wisdom contained in yogic and tantrik philosophy and shares this wisdom with his students. His love of teaching is evident in the enthusiastic manner in which he leads his classes.
He is a founding member of Embodied Philosophy, an online yoga philosophy resource dedicating to bringing the wisdom of yoga to life in the everyday.
In January 2019, he was initiated into Chaitanya Diksha and became a formal initiate of the meditation tradition of Bhagavan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri by Mahamandaleshwar Swami Shankarananda, one of Swami Muktananda’s senior disciples.