DR. ATUL PEDNEKAR
He is a Counselor, Motivator and a Personal Empowerment
Facilitator. Coming from a Medical background his interest is
especially in Holistic Healing. His belief in Lifestyle Management as
a part of healing brought him in contact with the field of Yoga and
philosophy. He is a trained Yoga teacher and a counselor. He has
also been associated with various research projects related to Yoga,
including;
o The Caring Heart Project and
o The Role of Yoga in Alleviating Anxiety
At present he has been appointed as a Senior Research Fellow for
a research program that studies the role of Yoga on mothers of
students appearing for Board exams.
He is attached as a faculty at The Yoga Institute, where he
regularly conducts lectures for the teacher trainees on topics
related to medicine (Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology) and
Counseling for more than 12 years.
He was attached as a counselor at the prestigious Institute of
Chemical Technology (formerly UDCT) and Ram Ratna Vidya
Mandir. He has conducted over 500 workshops on First- aid for
Merchant navy cadets as also for various other groups. He has
conducted
various
workshops
on
Stress
Management
for
corporates as also social and other groups in India as well as
abroad.
He has given talks on Yoga to medical as well as non-medical
audiences, which have been largely appreciated.
He has also worked on a new module on behaviour, which can be
used in the field of counseling with an improved efficiency. He is
presently conducting a Certificate Course on Yoga Counseling in
association with the INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF YOGA. The
course is based on this same module which is an integration of age
old principles of Yoga and Chakra Psychology, with modern
techniques of counselling.
The teacher trainees at The Yoga Institute (Santacruz) are also
being trained in counselling through this module since four years.
He has authored a book on principles of Psychology and
Counseling for healers and common people titled “MENDING THE
MIND”. This book has been published by an international
publishing house, “St. Paul Publications”.
He is the Founder and Director of INSTITUTE OF YOGIC
SCIENCES. This institute was founded to spread awareness about
the scientific aspects of Yoga Psychology, which go beyond the
conventional practices of Asanas and Pranayams.
He is also the Past President of Santacruz Medical Social
Association, which is a premium medical association, conducting
academic and social functions for its member doctors.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
1.
B.H.M.S (M’bai University) – 1990 - C.M.P.H.M.C.
2.
M.A. (Philosophy – part I) – M’bai University – (2003)
3.
Teachers Training Course (Yoga) – The Yoga Institute – 1997
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
1.
Completed the MILLENIUM COURSE - advanced course in Yoga
for senior faculty at The Yoga Institute
2.
Training course in counseling (St. Xavier’s College)
3.
Hypnotherapy – Basic Level – (International Academy of Life)
4.
Integrated Healing – (International Academy of Life)