Ashiya Sumiyoshi is an amazing yoga exponent. At the age of 76 years she is doing things a 25-year old cannot even dream of. Her understanding of yoga is impeccable and her performance astounding.

Ashiya is from the old school of yoga and learnt the intricacies of this art form from the country of its origin – India. She started learning yoga in the year 1967 under the tutelage of the then renowned Yoga Master, Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari at his Vishwa Yattan Ashram in New Delhi. Ashiya was among his foremost students, and later along with the Swami imparted yoga lessons to the then Prime Minister of India, Mrs.Indira Gandhi.

Ashiya Sumiyoshi is a widely traveled lady and finds diluting of the established yoga techniques, to feed the fad, a disturbing trend. According to her, Yoga, developed by the Master Yogis of yore, can only help mankind of its physical and mental maladies in its purest form. She cannot be wrong with a 39-year experience backup. Ashiya’s routines consist of what she terms “the most powerful stretch-yoga techniques”. You can see from her pictures how effortlessly elastic and flexible she is at an age where people barely manage their daily routines. And, she very humbly credits her state of the body and mind to the great science of her yoga. Greed, according to her, is the root cause of our maladies. The philosophy of yoga guides the practitioner away from greed and leads him to light that makes life a beautiful experience.

Ashiya has held many yoga workshops and programs worldwide during her visits to various countries. She has been, in her own little ways, instrumental in introducing yoga to the world during her younger days.  She dreams of a world free of health problems through Yoga. May her dreams and efforts help bring good health and inner harmony to all.

She still holds private classes in Hong Kong, where she is residing at present. Ashiya can be contacted at +852-98131806. Her email ID is ashiyarani@hotmail.com.