Meet our Advisory Team
Our expert advisory team members bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to our organization. With diverse backgrounds in various industries, our team is committed to providing valuable insights and guidance to help our organization achieve its goals. Get to know our advisory team members and discover how they can help your you thrive holistically.

Rajesh Rabindranath
Founder, Project Self
US
Rajesh Rabindranath is a highly skilled Mergers & Acquisitions Implementation Specialist who possesses a keen interest in technology and management. Apart from his professional career, he is a devoted learner of Vedanta and is enthusiastic about sharing his knowledge with others. Rajesh is one of the founding members of Project Self, an organization dedicated to providing weekly classes on spiritual teachings. With his extensive experience in the corporate world and spiritual studies, he simplifies complicated spiritual concepts and makes them easily understandable for a broad audience. Rajesh's thought-provoking and insightful classes motivate people to embrace a more conscious and meaningful lifestyle.

Suryananda Saraswati
Presidentof EYF
Italy
Mahamandaleshwar Swami Suryananda Saraswati Yogacharya Amadio Bianchi Maharaj is an esteemed figure in the world of yoga and Ayurveda. He is the founder of the World Yoga and Ayurveda Community and President of the World Movement for Yoga and Ayurveda. He has also served as the President of the European Yoga Federation and the Vice President of the International Yog Confederation. As a founding member of the European Ayurveda Association and an advisor to United Consciousness Global, he has worked to promote these practices around the world. He has been recognized for his contributions, receiving the title of Ambassador of Yoga and Ayurveda at an international conference in Dubai. With a presence in many countries and a wealth of knowledge, he is a frequent speaker at major congresses and the author of numerous books on yoga and Ayurveda.

André Riehl
yoga teacher
France
Andre is a yoga teacher who has been practicing yoga since 1972. He spent several years in India among masters and instructors of diverse traditions before returning to France to devote several years to the study of teaching yoga within the schools of various renowned teachers. He has authored a tale adapted from the Ramayana and translated a dozen spiritual works. He is also the president of the Federation of Traditional Yoga and has opened five schools of Yoga teaching in France and Switzerland. He offers courses, seminars, and trainings in authentic teachings combining ancestral knowledge with contemporary attitudes, and accompanies groups to traditional India.

Sofia Stril-Rever
yoga teacher
France
Sofia Stril-Rever is a spiritual teacher and writer based in Paris. She has coauthored four books with the Dalai Lama (including his My Spiritual Autobiography, translated in some twenty languages). With lawyers of the Paris Bar, international climate experts and renowned scientists, she has initiated the Better We Better World training program to tackle environmental and societal challenges with the practices of compassion and universal responsibility, promoted by the Dalai Lama as keys to human survival in the twenty-first century.
She has also released Dakini, a CD of healing mantras.

Sukadev Volker Bretz
founder of Yoga Vidya
Germany
Sukadev Bretz is a spiritual teacher and founder of Yoga Vidya, one of the leading Yoga movements in Europe, with 4 major Ashrams, nearly 100 Yoga centres and 20,000 yoga teachers. He is the author of 10 books and is known for motivating Yoga aspirants to practice intensely, see a higher meaning in daily experiences, and bring more energy and heart into everyday life. Sukadev also spreads Yoga via the internet in Yoga videos and podcasts in English and German. He had spiritual experiences from childhood and started practicing meditation as a teenager.

Vibhuti Jha
SPIRITUAL LEADER
USA
Vibhuti is a seasoned leader who came to the US in 1991 with American Express Bank to develop Indo-US business relationships. He promoted NRI businesses and encouraged US businesses to explore the Indian market. He completed his education in economics and international management in India and developed a deep understanding of Indian culture and traditions. Vibhuti is an entrepreneur who hosted a TV program on India and participated in a PBS live program. He contributes articles to The Times of India and has accepted a coaching and consulting role with the Academy of Leadership Sciences Switzerland. Vibhuti practices Transcendental Meditation and believes in constant learning. He is married with a son who has his own consulting practice.

Shri Vivek Gupta
spiritual teacher
Canada
Shri Vivek Gupta is a contemporary spiritual teacher who offers a unique blend of formal monastic training and life experience to inspire people of all ages to pursue purposeful, independent lives. He shares his insights through various mediums, including weekly courses, workshops, international retreats, a podcast, a YouTube channel, and social media. He has authored two books and offers daily Meaningful Mornings sessions. Vivekji serves as the spiritual guide of Chinmaya Mission Niagara Falls and has started centers in London and Cleveland and supported centers in Albany and Pittsburgh.

Karine Shellshear
Yoga Therapist
Australia
Karine is an advocate for social justice and has a background in social research, planning, policy, and community development. She has a Masters of Philosophy in Housing and has played a leadership role in social housing development for disadvantaged communities. Karine has been a teacher in higher education and was the President of the Australasian Association of Yoga Therapy (AAYT) between 2015-2020. She has been practicing and teaching Yoga for many decades and is a qualified Yoga Therapist. Karine's teaching and therapy focus on synchronised breath-focussed yoga in the tradition of Krishnamacharya, with attention on addressing functionality and alignment for healing and wellbeing.

Dr. Valdmer Prado
Senior Research Fellow
Mexico
Valdemar Prado is an accomplished Senior Research Fellow in Science and Technology for Development with over two decades of experience. He is currently the Executive Vice President of the World Association for Former United Nations Interns and Fellows, where he has been serving since 2003. Prado has held teaching and research positions at multiple universities in Mexico, Latin America, and the United States, where he has focused on developing and implementing technology solutions for emerging and developing countries in various fields. His expertise in these areas has led him to participate in various forums and conferences related to the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the transfer of technology at the United Nations. Additionally, Prado has worked as a consultant, advisor, and facilitator for science and technology transfer for several governments worldwide, particularly in the creation of local capacities for development projects in different regions of the world.

Geshe La
Buddhist scholar
Tibet House
Damdul is a Buddhist scholar who earned his Geshe Lharampa Degree from Drepung Loseling Monastic University in 2002 and studied English at Cambridge University in 2003. He has been a translator for the Dalai Lama since 2005 and has co-authored several books. He serves as Director of Tibet House in New Delhi, where he teaches Buddhist philosophy, psychology, logic, and practice. His passion is to help students understand the Nalanda tradition of Buddhist philosophy and apply it to transform their lives. He has a unique ability to teach Buddhist philosophy with a modern twist, drawing on his knowledge of science and interactions with physicists. He is currently writing two books.

Ms. Valentina Cortini
life coach
South Africa
Valentina Cortini-Nutt is a consciousness shaper, transformational therapist, Pranic energy healing practitioner, dream analyst, crystal healer, life coach, and intuitive Tarot reader. Born in Italy, she spent 24 years in Kenya as a successful businesswoman before moving to South Africa in 2017, where her spiritual awakening was fast-tracked. During this time, she began experiencing spontaneous and induced deep trance channeling. She was guided to establish Wings and Me, a Healing Sanctuary and Wellness Centre in Johannesburg. Valentina has developed her own gifts and created classes and healing therapies that she shares with others. Her mission is to help humanity, one soul at a time, uncover the truth about the eternal life of their spiritual body and reach a higher level of consciousness. With the guidance of her Sirian Council, The Michael Group of Souls, Valentina shows people how to navigate their emotions and reach past the Portal.

Dr. Vikrant Singh Tomar
Global Convenor
India
Dr. Vikrant Singh Tomar is a scholar, academician, writer, trainer, and management consultant with expertise in ancient spiritual wisdom and modern living. He has conducted talks and programs on life management and ancient Vedic wisdom for over 240,000 beneficiaries across 30 countries, including Cabinet Ministers, MLA, officers of Defense, Paramilitary, Government, Public Sector Undertakings, and Multinational Corporations. He has authored a book and is a founder director of several organizations, including United Consciousness Global and Project Inc. USA, and serves on the board of the European Yoga Federation and the Spiritual Council in Africa.
United Consciousness Board of Yoga Accreditation

Siddviho Çabuk
yoga teacher
Turkey
Master Yogibaba Adnan Ananda Siddviho abuk, also known as the Mesopotamian Yogi, was born in Mardin, Turkey and was influenced by the cultural richness of his homeland. He chose yoga as his path of existence and dedicated himself to serving humanity through yoga. He founded the Siddashram Yoga Center in Istanbul in 1997 and the nonprofit Yoga Foundation in Turkey in 2012. He owns an authentic ashram in Taurus Mountains of Alanya, Antalya, where he teaches Classical Spiritual Yoga with his wife and other masters. He has an autobiography called Without Disturbing the Silence: The Life Adventure of a Mesopotamian Yogi, published in 2008.

Andrey Lobanov
yoga master
Russia
Andrey Lobanov is a yoga master with a unique path and experience. He founded the first official yoga school in USSR and Russia in 1983, and in 1989, he established the first yoga teacher training school in Russia. He worked out the yogatherapy educational courses that were included in medical higher education institutions. Andrey Lobanov's vast experience in yoga, ancient and modern medicine led him to create a unique multilevel system called "Yoga LAM," based on principles of classical yoga Patanjali, scientific research, and original technologies and practices. "Yoga LAM" helps modern humans govern themselves, develop ecological consciousness and overcome ecological crisis, making them free from different manipulators.

Emy Blesio
UPF Ambassador for Peace
Italy
Emy Blesio is a Yoga Paripurna schoolmaster and UPF Ambassador for Peace, recognized by the UN. She has been involved in the Yoga discipline and Indian culture since 1965 and received an Honoris Causa doctorate by Techno India University. She is the founder and spiritual guide of Suryanagara-Ashram in Milan and president of various organizations related to Yoga and peace. She has organized many events to spread Indian culture and philosophy, including "MITICAINDIA" and the spiritual Symposium "Rays of One Unique Light." She also trains Yoga Paripurna Teachers at her school in Milan. Over the last 20 years, she has published 12 books on her experiences.