Shri Shiva Shankar, director, leading instructor of Rishikesh School of Yoga and Naturopathy, was born in a Hindu Brahmin family at Jagannathpuri (Orissa) on 15th December, 1974 and raised by his spiritual masters in the ancient legendary cave monasteries of the great yogis, where countless generations of yogis have been trained and initiated into deepest mysteries of the sacred science of Veda and yoga. Conducting teacher training courses in Rishikesh and Goa. He is one of the most experienced teachers in teacher training. He has a vast experience of teaching yoga in India and abroad.

Yoga practice is always inspired by the teacher who is called yogi. Yogi Yogendra Mishra is the director - training of Rishikesh School of Yoga and Naturopathy (ERYT-100, ERYT-200, RYT 300, RYT 500). He is the most popular yoga teachers not only in India but also all over the world. He is considered to be one of the greatest yoga masters of the 21st century. He is a Brahmin Vedic Priest from India who specialized in philosophy, science, and then yoga. One of his many accomplishments of Yogi Yogendra Mishra includes the creation of the international yoga and mediation academies.