Dhananjaya Kumar
Dhananjaya Kumar, born in India – the land of yoga – is an internationally recognized master yoga teacher and the founding director of Yoga System. He has left no aspect of Yoga untouched!
Inspired by a strong background of spiritual teachings from great gurus like Swami Satchidananda, Maharishi MaheshYogi, TKV Desikachar, Swami Rama, Swami Sivananda, and Paramhansa Yogananda, and having studied all major Yogic scriptures, Dhananjaya Kumar has mastered all the major branches of yoga including Raja, Hatha, Kriya, Kundalini, Tantra, Karma and Bhakti.
With the solid foundations in the various philosophies and spiritual traditions of the East and the West, Dhananjaya Kumar has synthesized his knowledge of modern science to cover the entire spectrum of the Yoga techniques and philosophy.
He has striven to share this wealth of Yogic knowledge by writing, producing and directing a series of 71 Yoga Therapy Programs for various ailments and interests. He has also produced an audio program for guided deep relaxation (Yoga Nidra). Besides having lectured extensively and conducted seminars and workshops on Yoga, he has also written a Yoga Therapy Manual for Yoga Teachers and Therapists. He is now in the process of launching a series of books on the “Healing Science of Yoga.” He has published a series of 10 display charts entitled “Yogic Knowledge in a Nutshell,” and has compiled a book entitled “Soul Speaks to the Seeker,” containing over 1000 inspirational passages from the greatest minds of the East and West.
Dhananjaya Kumar- a man of varied talents as broad as the breadth of his mind- has not only made it his mission to bring Yoga in its purest form to the thirsting public but also enriched them with his offerings of poetry, plays, and music. To name just a few of his numerous publications of poetry collections, “Adhuri Baat” published in 1995 and “Barf Ki Deewar,” published in 2001. Kumar has published English poetry and songs as well. He has written and directed a deeply spiritual stage play “On The Hill,” which was successfully staged in 1996.
He has also created audio and visual delights with his writings and directions of plays in the US and has composed and directed music for numerous plays and television programs in the US. Being a popular and in demand public speaker he has eloquently spoken on a wide range of topics from classical music to cross-cultural interface and is the author of a major proposal ” Vision for the American Youth: Drive to Overcome Violence Through Education (DOVE). Having worked for 25 years with the World Bank during which time he traveled extensively across the globe, he has now devoted himself to public service and making known to the world Yoga in its uncorrupted form. He is a certified Yoga instructor and is recognized as a Senior Yoga Teacher by the Yoga Alliance in USA. He is also Yogacharya and Director of International Yoga Federation, and is the Vice President of International Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda Association.