Yogacharya Mary Cecil
Assistant Professor & HOD - Yoga
EDUCATION:
A practitioner of over 25 years she has studied in some of the best yoga schools in India and Abroad:
• Qualified as a Topper with Distinction in M.Sc. Yoga From SVYASA Yoga University, Bangalore.
• Also holds a M.Sc. Economics (Statistics, Mathematics) From Annamalai University, Chennai.
• Certified in Yogic Scriptures from Harvard University.
• Life Member, Indian Yoga Association.
• E-RYT 500 Yoga Alliance, USA
• Trained in CMA (Ministry of AYUSH), Kaivalyadhama, Lonavala
• Certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Kundalini Research Institute, USA.
• Studied Vedic Chanting, Ramakrishna Mission, Kolkata.
• Studied Raja Yoga, Bihar School of Yoga, Munger.
• Student Of Saraswathi Jois, KPJAYI Mysore.
• Student Of ICYER, Pondicherry Where She Was Awarded the Title Yogacharini in Advanced Studies in Nada Yoga.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
• She has mentored and trained over 5000 students and is actively involved in conducting yoga sessions & talks all over the country.
• She collaborates with New York based yoga teacher Eddie Stern (famously known as the yoga teacher to Dr. Deepak Chopra, Madonna & a host of Hollywood celebrities)
• She conducted the International Yoga Day, 2023 at Victoria Memorial in the presence of Honourable Governor, in association with Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture.
• Has been conducting the International Yoga Day for the last few years consecutively at WB Postal Circle, in association with the dept of posts & telegraph.
• Was invited as a speaker in the annual education conclave 2023 held by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries, in the august presence of the Honourable Education Minister Of WB; Principal Secretary for Higher Education, WB; Director CBSE and a host of other dignitaries.
• She was invited to deliver a Yoga Session in the International Yoga Summit 2023, at Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar.
• She has trained over 350 students in yoga in Fit India 2023.
• She has been honoured with multiple awards from govt as well as private bodies for her contribution in yoga.
• She devotes her spare time in research in newer perspectives in yogic sciences with her senior students.
PRESENT JOB TITLE:
· HOD & Mentor, NSHM School Of Health Sciences, NSHM
Knowledge Campus, WB
· MASTER TRAINER, Indian Knowledge System, Ministry of Education (trained by UGC).
· Chairperson (Academics), Indian Yoga Association, WB
· Visiting Teacher, Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh
· Council Member, Yoga WICCI.