Bharata Surya is a Sivananda Yoga teacher and certified Ayurveda practitioner and counselor, Pancha Karma Specialist, Marma therapist, and vegetarian chef trained in the US, Europe, and India. For 18 years, he has maintained a private practice and led stress-reduction and pain-management programs in corporate settings. Bharata regularly teaches workshops on Ayurvedic cooking and is the lead chef and on-staff Ayurvedic practitioner at the Sivananda ashram in Grass Valley, California.