Raji is the co-owner of Yoga Synthesis Online and Program Director of YS Teacher Trainings. He is registered with Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT-500, lead trainer and continuing education provider and certified through International Association of Yoga Therapists (CIAYT) as a Yoga therapist. Raji has studied extensively and directly with well-known teachers from prominent Hatha Yoga lineages including: Pattabhi Jois and Richard Freeman in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Dharma Mittra in Shivananda Yoga/ Dharma Yoga, Aadil Palkivala and others in Iyengar Yoga, Gary Kraftsow and Fran Ubertini in Krishnamacharya Yoga, John Friend in Anusara Yoga, Ravi Singh and others in Kundalini Yoga, and Glenn Black at the Omega Institute. He has taken teacher trainings at The Colorado Yoga Institute, The Santa Barbara Yoga Center (with Erich Schiffmann), The White Lotus Foundation (with Ganga White and Tracy Rich), the original Yoga Works in Santa Monica (with Maty Ezraty, Chuck Miller and others), and Yoga Centers in Bellevue Washington (with Aadil Palkivala). Raji’s passion for the integration of different methods and styles allows him to express creativity and engage in open exploration using dynamic flowing movement to passive poses and active holds with alignment and props. His depth of knowledge of various practices and the creative combination of them has led him to be known as a leader in innovative and creatively inspired Hatha Yoga. Raji applies his creative spirit in the areas of breathwork, energy awareness and meditative practice with continual practice and study in various meditative and contemplative traditions. The Yoga Synthesis method is a culmination and integration of all that he has learned and explored. Raji has written three books: Mastering Vinyasa Yoga, One Breath, and The Complete Guide to Gentle Yoga which are all available on Amazon.