Nimai Lila Das is the Head Philosophy teacher at Govardhan School of Yoga. He has been a resident of Govardhan Ecovillage(GEV) for almost a decade serving in various capacities. He is known by his students for his ability to convey complex philosophical topics in a simple to understand way using humor and metaphors. His areas of expertise include Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, Mind & Meditation and Yoga Nidra. He is also a faculty in the Bhaktivedanta Vidyapitham, a traditional Vedic school at GEV teaching Srimad Bhagavatam and other Bhakti scriptures.

Dr. Aditi V Mishal is social innovator, research scholar, corporate trainer and senior academician with over 18 years of diverse experience in corporate and academics. She has taken charge in April 2020 as Head of projects -School of Sustainability at GEV. In her present project, she is implementing a vision for GEV&Dharamsinh Desai Foundation with collaborative team of BSE, Ryerson and Simon Fraser University a World class Centre of Excellence with state of the art Innovation labs mapped with inter-disciplinary Zones for growing startups into viable and eventually globally acclaimed organizations. With a doctorate in Green Marketing, she has to her credit a patent on “Smart Toilet Tracking System” and a Copyright on “Empowering Sanitation Decisions with Global System Science for Sustainability”. Driving research and experiential learning has got her 11 publications in Journals of national and international repute and has presented over 16 papers in conferences internationally and nationally. She has spearheaded numerous short-term and long-term research projects pertaining to social initiatives and environmental issues in the areas of Water, Sanitation, Waste Management etc. aiming to achieve a transformative shift towards Sustainable lifestyle. Widely networked with Government authorities, Corporates, Educational institutions, NGOs and local community leaders to help mobilize resources for piloting and implementation of these projects for long-term sustainable results. She has been recently empanelled as Environmental Impact Assessment Consultant- Socio-economic expert by Quality Council of India under NABET.Inspired by her spiritual father and disciplictradition she is acting towards better common future for all.

Diego França has graduated in Biological Sciences from Integrated Regional University in Brazil. He is specialized in restoration of degraded areas through Agroflorestry Systems (food forest), waste management, wastewater treatment, bioconstruction, low impact technologies and rescue of ancestral knowledge.

In Brazil, he acts in projects to reduce environmental of events and as a researcher and educator in the area of agroecology and sustainability. He manages one of the largest urban spaces of permaculture and agroforestry in Brazil. He has theoretical and practical knowledge in the areas of biodynamic/natural/organic/syntropic agriculture, aquaponic systems, bikemachines, ecological landscaping, live feeding, beekeeping and meliponic culture, bamboo, botany, carpentry, organic waste composting, food preserving and processing, creole seed conservation and replication, electrical, electronics, hydraulics, computing, carpentry, mechanics and unconventional food plants.

Iris Kühnlein has a BA of honors in Liberal Arts and Sciences from Maastricht University (Netherlands) and was awarded with distinction a MA in Environment and Sustainable Development from University College London (UK). She is a Sustainability Specialist and Faculty Member of the Govardhan School of Sustainability.

Iris Kühnlein specialized in sustainable urban planning in developing countries and has worked with sustainability across different fields: the urban and rural, academia and practice. In Brazil, she worked with sustainable extractivism projects of non-timber forest products, urban agriculture and has been involved with green economy movements, being a representative of farmer's cooperatives and board member of two city councils. Besides her work at the societal level, she is also interested in herbalism and has started her own natural cosmetics brand. Passionate about the transition towards low impact lifestyles, she manages internal sustainability practices at Govardhan Ecovillage and is also developing different ecofriendly products.

Anmol is exposed to fitness & sports since childhood. He took up various courses along with Teachers Training at Yoga Vidya Gurukul, especially to explore the importance of Yogic practice in different sports. Anmol believes that yoga is all about challenging your limits and reaching new stages of physical and mental strength. He has a unique dynamic way of teaching yogic practices with a big smile & positive attitude. It is more to be experienced than explained! Students stay inspired even during intensive training due to his joyful nature & sense of humor.He has stayed and completed his classical & advance yoga training under the great teachers from traditional set-up of Sivananda Ashram, Kerala.

Anmol’s further training in Ashtanga Yoga, Mysore made him discover an exclusive approach to bring together the traditional practices of the east with modern yoga techniques. Anmol’s special interests are reflected through his teachings in anatomy, alignment & adjustments in technique classes. Anmol also took a certified training in yoga therapy which makes it easy for him to recognize an individual’s needs with respect to modifications, variations and pose-adaptions in the classroom.

His Yoga practice certainly extends off the mat as a compassion for all forms of life. It is very easy to understand Anmol’s spontaneous love and care for animals as you may quite often spot him around animal shelter at Ecovillage! At Govardhan Ecovillage, Anmol conducts Asana & Pranayama Yoga classes, technique classes & continues his spiritual practices with Vaishnava Tradition.

Aarti is an eternal student, a preacher of traditional yoga who holds a Master’s Degree in ‘Yog-Shastra’. She is also a QCI certified Level II Yoga Teacher under Government of India-AYUSH Ministry. Aarti’s first acquaintance with Yoga came at quite a young age with Yoga Vidya Gurukul, Nashik (Swami Satyananda lineage-Bihar School of Yoga) where she enrolled for Pranayama course, after which she had a longing to deepen her knowledge, especially in ancient, scriptural & traditional practices of Yoga.

So further, she took up the basic course in the same mentioned school (YVG, Nashik) & finished all the levels up to Yoga Pandit, now with more than 8 years of wide variety of teaching experience, conducting seminars & workshops for all age groups. Aarti believes that whether one is in the role of teaching or practicing, Yoga is about continuous learning and growing and with this faith she has traveled to various ashrams like Sivananda Ashram for advanced trainings, Mysore for Ashtanga Vinyasa, and specialized certification in pre-postnatal yoga from Yog Vidya Gurukul.

In her teaching experience, she came across various inspirational stories of healing through yoga and thus she took a dedicated training in Yoga Therapy to bring focus into new and wider perspective of health and wellness. Back at Govardhan Ecovillage, she continues her Yoga teachings, practices, personal sadhana & study of Bhagavad Gita in the Vaishnava Tradition. Aarti’s motto is to find true happiness by taking yoga practice off the mat as well!