Aadil’s experience of
holistic
healing was originally prenatal, as his mother practiced yoga with
B.K.S.
Iyengar throughout her pregnancy. Aadil began observing Iyengar’s
classes
at the age of three, commenced formal study at the age of seven, and
was awarded
his Advanced Yoga Teacher’s Certificate at the age of twenty-two.
Nearly
thirty years later, Aadil is recognized as one of the world’s top yoga
teachers. He is regarded as a “teacher of teachers,” and many of the
world’s
top yoga instructors have studied with him. He has a unique teaching
style,
mixing melodious instructions with recitations of poetry, philosophical
insights, and in-the-moment humor.
Aadil and
his wife,
Mirra, are the founders of Purna Yoga™, a holistic synthesis of yogic
traditions based on the work of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.
Aadil and
Mirra also founded Yoga Centers® in Bellevue, Washington, and The
College of Purna Yoga, a 200-hour,
500-hour and Certificate-Level teacher training program licensed by the
State
of Washington
and Yoga Alliance Certified. Aadil teaches seminars, classes, teacher
trainings, and workshops at Yoga Centers and throughout the United States,
Canada,
Mexico,
Europe, India,
and other parts of Asia.
Aadil is
the author
of Fire of Love: For Students of Life and Teachers of Yoga, a
book that
seeks to restore the essence of yoga. He has also written three manuals
used in
his beginning, intermediate, and therapeutic teacher trainings. In
addition, Aadil
has written extensively for Yoga Journal,
having been the Asana Columnist in 2003 and author of the Teacher’s
Column for
the website, as well as the “Asana Expert” for both the magazine and
the
website. He is frequently a keynote speaker at national events.
An encyclopedic
knowledge of
health matters informs Aadil’s teaching. He is a naturopath licensed by
the District of Columbia,
a certified
shiatsu and Swedish bodywork therapist, a clinical hypnotherapist, and
an
Ayurvedic health practitioner recognized by the American Ayurvedic
Association. He continues to be a student in the healing arts.
Starting
with a
bachelor’s degree in physics and math, Aadil eventually got a degree in
law. He
practiced law in Washington
State
until resigning to devote his energies to his life purpose of exploring
and
teaching Purna Yoga. He has a passion for the arts, especially poetry,
and has
intensively studied elocution, operatic singing, Japanese flower
arranging,
painting, and drawing.
Aadil has
served as
advisor/board member to many organizations including Prevention
Magazine, Yoga
Alliance, Yoga Journal, The Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States,
and
The National Association Certification Committee. His educational
lectures take
him throughout the U.S.,
Europe, Asia, Canada,
Mexico,
and India.
Aadil has been featured in newspaper and magazine articles locally,
nationally,
and internationally, and has been a guest speaker and presenter on
television
and radio programs and news shows. He has been the keynote
speaker at the
Body, Mind, and Spirit Symposiums, Yoga Journal Conferences, and Omega
Conferences.
Aadil is also the
president and
founder of Eastern EssenceTM, an
organically-grown-and-processed, dehydrated, Ayurvedic Indian food
line.
Aadil has spent nine years developing these dehydrated products to help
Indian
farmers produce more organic foods.
Aadil works diligently
with people
who desire a better quality of life through a humanistic approach to
wealth and
health. He is president and CEO of The
Innerworks CompanyTM, and lives in Bellevue
with his wife, Mirra, and daughter, Zenia.
