Founders

Manju Joshi, M.A. (Sanskrit and Yoga), Diploma in Fitness & Nutrition, ERYT has brought Yoga into Continuing Education Programs in universities, public schools, and health and fitness enters.

Prashant Joshi M.A., M.Phil, ERYT is a computer scientist and an electrical engineer and has been an IT professional for the past 25+ years. He has introduced Yoga-principles in the academic and corporate world at all levels of management.

Both Prashant and Manju Joshi have been ardent students of Yoga since 1984 and have formal Yoga training from various renowned institutions (Vivekananda Kendra, Kaivalyadham) and teachers(Dr. Rao, Ph.D. founder of Lotus wellness center; Padmashree Sadashiv Nimbalkar-ji, founder of Yoga Vidya Niketan) in India and the US. Both have committed their time with various community service activities and in sharing the science of Yoga since 1991 in the US and in India through articles, workshops, and classes.

They founded Gurukul, LLC, A Science Of Living Institution in year 2000 serving all ages with Yoga as a therapy with a mission of creating friends of yoga (Yoga-Mitra) bringing harmony, health, and happiness to all. Gurukul Yoga Holistic Center(GYHC) in Bridgewater, NJ is the result of the organic growth of their yoga teaching and has benefited thousands since April 2006.

Both Prashant and Manju are members of International Association of Yoga Therapists(IAYT) and are life members of Patanjali Yog Peeth(Baba Ramdev, Haridwar, India).