ALAN'S TEACHERS

Paramahansa Yogananda: Author of Autobiography of a Yogi, Yogananada was Mani Finger's introduction into yoga, his foremost teacher and his initiator into kriya yoga.

Swami Nishraisananda: A scientist and engineer turned yogi and disciple of the Ramakrishna Mission, Nishraisananda's understanding of the links between spiritual yogic concepts and modern science is a foundation of ISHTA's conviction that we are only now beginning to understand in a 'scientific' perspective the physical and energetic effects of yoga, which ancient yogis intuitively understood thousands of years ago.

Swami Venkatesananda: A friend of T. Krishnamacharya and a leading student of Sivananda's. 'Venkatesananda wrote many books on yoga, and with Kavi Yogiraj Mani Finger they wrote a book on Laya yoga together. Venkatesananda, along with Mani, initiated Alan into Yogiraj. Venkates stayed with Mani and Alan for several weeks each year.

Shuddhanand Bharati: A Tantric master, he initiated both Alan and Mani into Tantra and was the driving force behind the systematization of ISHTA as a system of yoga.