VitaYogiNitinGill

Education:

! HealthandWellnessandFitnessProfessionals, Inc., Jacksonville,FLCertifiedPersonalTrainer(CPT),2011.

! Massage Therapy Program, Florida State College, Jacksonville, FL.CertifiedMassageTherapist(CMT),2011.

! TraininginUsuiReiki(aJapaneselineage)acquiredwhilelivingintheUS(Masterlevel);additionalReiki training at Rishi Yoga Centre, McLeod Ganj, India; and Elemental Dragon Temple Reikitraining,(Thailand).NitinutilizesandteachesacombinationoftheseReikiHealingforms

! TheAhamBrahmasmi YogMandir Trust forHealthCare, Education,Research andDevelopment,Rishikesh, India.TeacherTrainingCourse forYoga,Ayurveda,andNatureCure.CertifiedTeacherforYoga,MeditationandAyurveda,2006.

! Ayurveda, in thetraditionalway,aspasseddownforuntoldgenerations, fromelder toyoungerfamilymembers,who,likeYogiNitin,learnedthesehealingpracticesandmethodspassedalonginastreamofculturaltraditionsandancestralwisdomderivingfromtheHimalayanregionofIndia,Nepal,andTibet.

Awards:! AmbassadorofPeace,awardedbytheUniversalPeaceFederation,Jacksonville,FL,2008.

ABriefBiographyofYogiNitin:

Forover13yearsYogiNitinGillhasbeenteachingYoga,Meditation,ReikiandAyurvedic Healing in the spiritual city ofMcLeodGanj, India, nestled in theHimalayanfoothillsoftheDhauladharmountainrangeandhomeoftheDalaiLama in exile. YogiNitin has served hundreds of travelers fromall over theworld who have come to visit this unique spiritual city and to learn theseancient healing practices. While living in McLeod Ganj, Yogi Nitin alsoperformed volunteer work for Tibetan Refugees and other McLeod Ganjcommunitymembersseekinghishelp.

Duringhischildhood,Nitin’sthirstforknowledgeledhimtohisguru,ShriShri108 Baba Dhuni Nath – respectfully called Baba-ji – who remained in theHimalayas in a state of super-consciousness (samadhi) for 35 years. YogiNitin’snaturalpassionforyogaandhealinggrewthroughouttheyearsasheparticipated innumerousannual retreats,guidedbyhisguru,Baba-ji, athisHimalayanashram.

FromaveryyoungageYogiNitin,andhisbrotherShivam(whoteachesyogaand meditation in both India and Paris, France) had the very uniqueopportunityofbeingincloseproximitytotheirspiritualteacher,Baba-ji,andalsoamongHimalayanyogis,whotaughtthebrothersthedisciplinesofyogaand meditation. Yogis Nitin and Shivam have both dedicated their lives to

spreadingtheancientwisdomoftheEast-theknowledgeofyoga,meditation,andnaturalhealing–toseekerslivingintheWest.

YogiNitin frequentlyreturnsto Indiawherehecontinuestobeadedicatedvolunteer inhis local community,McLeodGanj,workingwithorganizationssuchasAsiaHealthResortandtheTibetanDelekHospital.

YogiNitin’sdevotiontothecontinuousstudyandpracticeofyogahealingledhimtoBiharandmanyothercitiesinIndia,and,inparticular,Rishikesh,thefather cityof Yoga,wherehe studiedat theAhamBrahmasmi, YogMandirTrustforHealthCare,Education,ResearchandDevelopment.Hecompletedtheteachertrainingcoursetherein2006andearnedhisTeachingCertificatein Yoga, Meditation and Ayurveda. Yogi Nitin studied massage therapy,

Jacksonville,FL,andearnedhisMassageTherapyCertificate.In2008YogiNitinbecamecertifiedasaProfessionalTrainerfromtheHealth,WellnessandFitnessProfessionals,Inc.,Jacksonville,FL.In2011,whileintheUnitedStates,YogiNitinreceivedanawardas“AmbassadorforPeace”,fromtheUniversalPeaceFederationofJacksonville,Florida.

YogiNitinhasbeentouringtheUnitedStatesformorethannineyears,workingwithvariouswellnesscentersinFlorida,NorthCarolina,MichiganandVermont.Hehas taughtyogainplacessuchastheLakeEdenArtsFestival,BlackMountain,NC, and the Song of the Morning Ranch Yoga Festival inVanderbilt, Michigan. Over the past 10 years he hascontinued to return to India to be involved in varioustrainingsandretreats.IntheUnitedStates,YogiNitinoffersgroupyogaclassesandalsoprivateYogaTherapy sessions for individuals with specific health needs. He is knowledgeable in healing yogatherapies,suchasYogaforAsthma,YogaforArthritis,andotherconditionsaswell.

Recently,YogiNitinconductedoutdoorweekendSunriseYogaclassesatOneOcean,on theAtlanticbeach(FL),inspiringpeopletoconnectbodymindandsoulwiththefivegreatelements.YogiNitinhasworked as an Ayurvedic Consultant and Massage Therapist, Reiki Master, and Yoga Teacher atSnowflakeSpa(Stowe,VT).SubsequenttohismostrecenttriptoIndia,YogiNitinreturnedtotheUStocontinuehishealingworkasamassagetherapistinVermontatTimberlaneMedicalCenterandtaughtPilatesandWellbeingattheEssexCulinaryResortandSpa.Hehasalsoestablishedhisownpractice–Rishi Yoga Healing Centre – in Burlington, VT. He offers yoga on donation for the Vermont HinduTemple,thefirstHindutempleinVermont,whichalsoservesNepaliandBhutaneserefugeesfromtheHimalayas.HeworksasamassagetherapistandyogateacherwithotherhealingcentersinVermontaswell.

Theartofhealthy living throughyogahasbeenenjoyed formillennia.Yogaandancientmethodsofhealinghelptorelievephysicalandmentalstressfromone’sinnercore.YogiNitinhasbeenteachinghis students and seekers the ancient and authentic form of Yoga that descended from a lineage ofyogisandsages,whichhelearnedfromhisreveredguru,Baba-ji.

YogiNitinhelpshisstudentstobecomefreeofphysicalandmentaldistractions inordertofocusontheSelfwithgreatconfidence,sothat,inturn,hisstudentsinternalizethetraditionofYogaandsharethatlineageofloveandpeacetoothers.