MAHESH KOTHARI
Mahesh Kothari Ji started dabbling with yoga when he was a really young age. His mum did transcendental meditation during her pregnancy and labour and he copied her on the yoga mat as a child, so he reckon that he may have been a yogi in his last life and choose a Mum for the same in this life, so he can continue to work on practicing Hatha.
Mahesh’s started formal classes at very young age like 19 years in a very small local classroom based on donations or free of charges. His reason of teaching is wanted to make everyone happy and also spread the wisdom of yoga to peoples who want to healthier physical and metal. Although his students are all local, with the dream enable to perform on stage, participating in yoga competitions or be a yoga teacher. On that time there is very minimum student who have a desire of healthy to join his class. However these never stop his teaching journey. Because he believed as long as the students continue participating his class and continue practice. Each of them will get healthier physically follow mentally. Ever since Mahesh Ji practising with very devoted to it. It has taught him the importance of precision and structural intelligence. These gifts have served him over the years; the precision taught him the importance of self-care and that the little things do matter and the structural intelligence has provided him with the base to practice deeply without injury and planted the seed for his fascination in yoga alignment, flexibility and mindfulness, which he continue today in his studies as well as teaching in step by step from warm up, joint movement, Stretching, Bearth, Mantra, Kirtan, alignment, adjustment, mindfulness, space, joyful, Neuromuscular Physical and Therapy.
For years of operating few local classes daily with the humble fees, some class on donations based even on free of charges. Regards number of student some time one student in the classroom. Sometime there were 100 of students in one classroom. He has created thousands of local teachers who are now teaching in India and aboard. Hundreds of them are well known teacher who teaches at Teacher Training School, workshop and also running own academy / Ashram. Mahesh Ji is very high demand in most events especially yoga festival (Local and international), Asana practice in Ganga. Charity work to help local communities. Inspire talk to special events. His motive is continuing sharing the wisdom of classical Hatha without expectations.