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Dr. Asana Andiappan is a highly accomplished yogi of International repute. He first trained in Yoga with Yogacharya S. Sundaram of Bangalore as a child, and later developed his own sequence of curative asanas based on the teachings of Sage Thirumoolar.

He was endowed with the title of “Asana” by Swami Sri Sankaracharya for his unrelenting pursuit of yogic therapy for common ailments. This privileged title is passed down the generations.

After completing his Yoga Teacher Training at the ICYER in Pondicherry, Dr. Andiappan established the “Sundara Yoga and Natural Living Trust”. This is a popular and immaculately run yogic healing centre in South India that administers desease-specific therapy through a yogic discipline endorsed by leading medical practitioners.

Dr. Andiappan was awarded the Yogarathna Jewel of Yoga for his distinguished yogic achievements, and has been especially commended for his approach to yoga in curing senility and dementia, and quite recently for his immaculate research on yoga for a healthy heart.
Today, Dr. Andiappan is the Founder and President of Asana Andiappan College of Yoga, with thirteen centres in South India that cater to clients, students and teacher trainees from all over the world.

Dr. Andiappan has trained and motivated hundreds of yoga teachers around the world in the powerful and therapeutic techniques of Sage Thirumoolar.

Dr. Andiappan was recently recognized for his tremendous contribution to Yoga with the 2003 Gandhi Award. A prestigious award in India, this is the first time someone has been acknowledge in the field of Yoga. Such recognition, along with the medical validation of his research, the popularity of his televised yoga series around the world.