Bharat Gaurav Acharya Ishan Shivanand-Founder Yoga of Immortals

Raised and trained in Indian monasteries, Ishan Shivanand is an acclaimed authority on non-pharmaceutical meditative modalities. As a mental health researcher, professor, Shiv Yog Acharya, and Founder of Yoga of Immortals (YOI), Ishan has taken Indian Knowledge Systems to over 1 billion people — including healthcare professionals, military personnel, international athletes and youth — across nearly 150 countries. On the advent of COVID-19, Ishan curated app-based scientific Yoga of Immortals Resilience Training Programs derived from Indian integrative native medicine comprising breathwork, disease-preventive yogic techniques, and cognitive and emotional stimulation for total well-being.

Research and peer-reviewed journals published at Rutgers, American Urological Association, Frontiers, etc have clinically proven that Ishan’s scientific yoga-based YOI protocols have reversed anxiety, depression, and insomnia by 72–82% and led to improvement in quality of life by 77%, within 4–8 weeks of consistent practice. Ishan’s YOI wellness programs help reduce stress and burnout among youth and professionals, physicians, international sports athletes, and military personnel and have been integrated into government, healthcare, university, and corporate institutions globally.

Currently, Ishan serves as the Director of Mental Health Initiatives of the Health Council at WHEELS Global Foundation (an initiative of IIT Alumni), USA, the Head of the Department of Yogic Sciences at the University of Silicon Andhra, California, Visiting Faculty of Integrative Yoga Therapy at Sri Jayadeva Inst. of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research (SJICR) Karnataka, Advisory on Students Wellness at Rungta Universities, Chhattisgarh, and Faculty of Students Wellness at Neotech Institute Technology, Vadodara.

To commemorate his scientific contributions to mental health, American Flags have been flown over the US Capitol by the US House of Representatives, USA, and presented to him by the United States Congress. He has received the proclamation of Ishan Shivanand Day by the Office of the President, City of NY, USA, for his work in preventative and promotive healthcare. Recently, the Hon’ble Union Health Minister of India, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, has personally recommended his modalities and research in mental health.

Ishan is recognized for his environmentalist efforts and philanthropic contributions through his organic farm, free pastured Gaushala in Rajasthan that is an abode to more than 800 abandoned cows, youth empowering scholarship programs for STEM students in India, and for his generous support to PM care fund during Covid. He has partnered with leading medical research universities in the USA, such as; the University of Cincinnati, the Mayo Clinic, the Robert Wood Johnson Rutgers University Medical School, and the NeuroPsych Center of Greater Cincinnati, to perform research demonstrating the health benefits of YOI.

The Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research (SJICSR) in Bangalore, the largest cardiac healthcare destination in South East Asia, is benefiting from Ishan’s YOI protocols by integrating his yoga and meditation-based therapy and behavioral modification methods with their modern clinical practices. He has also collaborated with the Medical and Pharmacy Council of Mauritius, training doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and therapists in his coveted 2-CPD mental health programs. The opening speech for one such recent session was delivered by the Hon. Minister of Health and Wellness of Mauritius, Dr. Kailesh Jagutpal. To institutionalize affordable preventive and promotive healthcare, Ishan is dedicated to educational, healthcare, and ecological initiatives impacting lives across the globe.

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2. Image 1: Hon’ble Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare of India, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, recognizing Ishan’s meditative modalities for integrative healthcare
3. Image 2: Ishan being felicitated with a Proclamation of Ishan Shivanand Day by the Office of the President, City of NY, USA, for his contribution to preventative & promotive healthcare
4. Image 3: Ishan being felicitated by New York City Mayor Eric Adams for his work in preventative & promotive healthcare
5. Image 4: Ishan being felicitated with a Veterans Citation by New York, USA, for his science-based research-led yogic modalities for preventative and promotive healthcare
6. Image 5: Padma-Shri Dr. C. N. Manjunath has felicitated Ishan as Visiting Faculty for Integrative Yoga Therapy and Behavioural Modification at Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research on World Heart Day 2022
7. Image 6: Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Tourism of India, Shripad Naik, recognizing Ishan for his mental health modalities