Homeless to Celebrity Yoga Teacher & Studio Owner in Mumbai | EP12 with Anand Shrivastava

In today’s episode of House of Yog(a), presented by Yama Yoga Active, I sit down with Anand Sir - founder of Glu Studios in Bandra, Mumbai, and a dedicated yoga practitioner with over 30 years of experience.Anand Sir shares his extraordinary life journey - running away from home at the age of 14, living in ashrams, doing seva, sleeping on the streets, practising yoga in a Mumbai metro, and eventually teaching yoga professionally. From teaching expats and navigating money, to founding Glu Studios, where he now teaches thousands of students daily, including celebrities - this conversation is a powerful reflection on what it truly means to live yoga.We speak openly about empathy, greed, money, purpose, and integrity as a yoga teacher in the modern world. Anand Sir offers rare insight into the spiritual and practical realities of the yoga path.As a gift to listeners, Anand Sir closes the episode by sharing a powerful kriya to help engage the bandhas and lock energy within.As always, we begin this episode with a short grounding meditation led by Kavi, to help you arrive fully into the conversation.✨ In this episode, we explore:• Running away from home and questioning life at a young age• Living in ashrams, doing seva & sleeping on the streets• Teaching yoga professionally while navigating money and greed• What it truly means to live yoga off the mat• Building a yoga studio in Mumbai• Bandhas, kriya & working consciously with energy🤍 Episode presented by Yama Yoga ActiveConscious, comfortable yoga wear designed for movement and meditation.Use discount code: YAMAXKAVIExplore their collection here:https://yamayoga.in/🌿 Today’s Guest:Anand Sir | Founder of Glu Studios, Bandra🔗 Glu Studios Bandra:Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/glustudios/Website → https://www.glustudios.in/🔗 Anand Sir's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/yogpathic/🎙️ Hosted by:Kavi Kanani | International Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher & Founder of House of Yog(a)🔗 Connect with Kavi:Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/kavi.kananiThank you so much for listening and supporting the House of Yog(a) podcast.We'd love to know how this episode inspired you! What did you learn?See you next Thursday!With love,Kavi 🤍