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    About Acharya Pratishtha
 
    
    About Acharya Pratishtha
    
    Born at Saharanpur in
    U.P. India a convent educated arts graduate but master of body, mind, soul
    and life management Acharya Pratishtha started learning yoga in the womb
    of her mother as she is the daughter of world acclaimed Yog Guru Bharat
    Bhushan ji, the only 'Padma Shri' recipient in the field of yog sadhna. She
    started learning the science of yog under the expert guidance of her father
    at the tender age of three and joined him on several concerts, tours,
    demonstrations and camps of National and International repute.
     
     She took official training of yog under Guru Shankar Apte for 5 years at
    Kathak Kendra, New Delhi.
     
     Inherited spirituality and convent education combined together made
    Acharya Pratishtha find the logics behind each and every aspect of yog as
    well as religion.
     
     She inherited yog as a lifestyle which carved her as 'the best' in all
    spheres of life weather it be academic education, classical dance, music,
    theatre or poetry, yogic lifestyle proved her as a topper in all spheres of
    life.
     
     Honored with the titles like 'Shrashtha Nagrik Samman', 'Natya Kala Ratna',
    'Kathak Samragyi' , 'Manasi Kala Ratna' by different organisationa she is
    blessed with the real blessings of Lord Shiva who is yogiraj as well as
    Natraj at the same time. She is a topper of National Institute of kathak
    dance and is a world renowned kathak performer, she is an empanelled artist
    of ICCR (Indian Council for cultural relations) as well as Doordarshan. She
    believes her dance is an innocent offering to the divine where the divine is
    seen as the beloved. She reflects feminity in its totality and is a perfect
    example of culture, logic, grace, glamour and magnetism. She is a perfect
    daughter, a friend, an artist, a philosopher, a guru, a master and a woman
    of substance.
     
    
    
    
    
      
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    Born in a family of Sanskara, Sahitya and
    Sanskriti, grand daughter of India's National awardee educationist, social
    reformer, freedom fighter and Vedic thinker Pandit Bishambar Singh ji, She
    started doing Yajan at the tender age of 5 as through her logical mind she
    discovered the scientific benefits of it. 
     
     Perfect yogic lifestyle discovered her as the YOUNGEST YOGAcharya and the
    MIND THERAPIST, she was appointed professionally as a yoga consultant on
    September 2004, when she was only 20 years old and media launched her as the
    youngest yogAcharya on 1st Nov 2007.
    She has,
    
      
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          Worked as the yoga consultant at Amatrra Health Spa, Ashoka
            Hotel, New Delhi.Worked as a Yoga instructor in International Yoga Festival for
            many years.Worked as a yoga demonstrator in famous T.V. Serial "Yog
            Sadhna" at Delhi Doordarshan and "Total Tandurusti"
            at Zee News.Conducted a series of Yog sessions for Indian & foreign yoga
            enthusiasts at 'Mokshayatan International Yogashram' at Saharanpur.Conducted Yoga sessions at different countries like Japan,
            Indonesia etc.Choreographed a yoga presentation for 'Arogya 2006' by Ministry
            of Health, Govt. of India.Performed Yoga postures for popular advertisement film
            'Incredible India' by Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India.Imparted yoga training at Taj Mohatsava, Agra.Shared the joy of yoga with very senior scientists of DRDO
            Ministry of Defense, Govt. of India at ITM Mussorie.Shared the joy of yoga with students, army personals, police,
            armed forces, women, patients, mentally retarded and public at large
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     Acharya Pratishtha believes that purpose of life is a life of purpose
    and she wish to do her best to make this world a better place by exploring
    the great science of living i.e. Yog which she has learned from her father.
     
     No matter she has given innumerable lectures on Yog and has given her
    kathak performances in almost all reputed dance festivals but she love to
    share with youth as she believe that they are the real NATION BUILDERS.
    Hence special youth programs are conducted by Mokshayatan International
    Yogashram in which as a MIND THERAPIST she teach them how to master their
    mind and become architect of their future due to which she has become the
    youth icon.
     
     According to her, Yog is not a mere set of physical exercises, it's a
    lifestyle, it's a journey from ordinary to extra ordinary, it's a journey of
    inner world which provide astonishing changes in the working of the mind,
    body and even soul of an individual, provides more energy, enthusiasm and
    inner harmony, it unlocks the infinite potential and help the practitioner
    to cherish life and to see the divinity in each and every aspect of it. In
    just one word, make the practitioner Extra Ordinary.
     
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Individuals and media have said a lot about Acharya Pratishtha:
    
    
      
        |  | 'You are not
        only the youngest but the best.' H.E.APJ Abul Kalam, President Of
        India | 
    
    
    
    
      
        | 'Oh God ! She
        is too young.' | 
    
    Sushma Swaraj
    
    
    
    
      
        | 'A novel effort
        to preserve the classical & Cultural heritage of India.' | 
    
    Jagmohan
     Minister of tourism & culture, Govt. Of India
    
    
    
      
        | 'I can see the
        cultural talent & spirituality in Pratishtha inherited from her
        family. Blessings and Good luck.' | 
    
    'Padma Shri' Ruskin Bond, Writer
    
    
    
      
        | 'Pratishtha is
        too mature at such a young age.' | 
    
    Swadesh Deepak, Writer
    
    
    
      
        | 'I can see a
        multi dimension talent in this young girl' | 
    
    Nawaz Deobandi, Poet
    
    
    
      
        | 'You know how
        to spell bound your audience.' | 
    
    Isabele ana, Israel
    
    
    
      
        | 'I love India
        because of you and your yoga teachings my Guru.'  | 
    
    Kenichiro Toyofuku, First secretary,
    Japan embassy
    
    
    
      
        | 'I never knew
        yoga can be co interesting.' | 
    
    Shimtz, Monk
    
    
    
      
        | 'I have never
        found a yoga teacher like you.' | 
    
    Helga, Iceland embassy
    
    
    
      
        | 'I was in
        another world when I practiced your meditation.' | 
    
    Asahiko, Japanese student
    
    
    
      
        | 'I never knew
        my body is a temple and my soul is the only God, thanks a lot for
        letting me know this though your wonderful teachings. I wish to give
        birth to my baby at this holy land of India only.' | 
    
    Yuka, Japan
    
    
    
      
        | 'I never know
        yoga can be so scientific.' | 
    
    Christia Germyn, Yoga Teacher, Canada
    
    
    
      
        | 'I met and
        spoke to my dead mother while practicing your meditation.' | 
    
    Kavita, Beauty Therapist
    
    
    
      
        | 'You are my
        ideal, I always wish to be like you.' | 
    
    Shikha, Student from Bhopal
    
    
    
      
        | '' Acharya
        ji's words have fire which provides a new enthusiasm.' | 
    
    Karvaris, student from Aligrah
    
    
    
      
        | 'I'm greatful
        to Acharya ji for changing my life with her meditations' | 
    
    Mukulini, Student from Jammu
    
    
    
      
        | ' Youngest Yoga
        teacher.' | 
    
    Nick, Britain
    
    
    
      
        | 'Never seen a
        person with such a lot of energy like Acharya.' | 
    
    Natasha, Sweden
    
    
    
      
        | 'I love my guru
        she never called me LINDY, she always called me HINDI, she is full of
        humor she is master of life.' | 
    
    Lindy, America
    
    
    
      
        | Reflections
"Yogiraj and Natraj Pratishtha Sharma is the special
        combination of two great sciences of India Yoga Dance. There is a
        dancing rhythm in her yogic discourses and a yogi's skill in her dance
        performances."
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    Bhopal Chronicle
    
    
    
      
        | "She has
        the skill to spell bound the audience and travel straight into their
        minds through her deep spiritual interaction in her meditation sessions." | 
    
    Hindustan Times
    
    
    
      
        | "Talented
        Pratishtha trained under acclaimes Guru, presents a quality of response
        into her presentation." | 
    
    The Hindu
    
    
    
      
        | "She has a
        breathless quality of unceasing speed giving her viewers a brain fag." | 
    
    The Hindu