Who am I?
My name is Gowri Françoise Braive.
At the end of my studies, I started working abroad and this resulted in a long journey of 19 years in Europe, America from North to South, Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.
At 23, I was introduced to yoga in Montreal. After which, I continued to join classes of different traditions depending on the country where I lived.
Subsequent to a series of events in 2009, I decided at the age of 30 to go and learn yoga in immersion in India where I stayed for 7 years in all. I firstly did two yoga teacher trainings, over 3 years, with the Indian School of Breathing and the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai. Then I chose to follow the training of the Isha Hatha School of Yoga, which is the tradition of yoga I teach today.
The foundations of Ayurveda and Yoga are based on very similar sources and knowledge in India. This medicine has always fascinated me and I was able to learn the basics during my stay in Tamil Nadu. Therefore, I decided in 2022 to embark on the great adventure of studying this science of life in addition to yoga.
I am currently undergoing a 4 year training with the International School of Ayurveda in Brussels, Belgium.
Isha Hatha School of Yoga, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
The teacher training program of the Isha Hatha Yoga School of Yoga takes place in as a residential program for 5 months at the ashram of the Isha Yoga Center, in South India. It corresponds to 1750 hours of training.
The founder of the Isha Yoga Center is Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. Yogi of international renown, he is invited to conferences all over the world to share his views on the well-being of the human beings. He is also the initiator of many large-scale social and environmental projects. Isha Foundation is organized primarily by its 11 million volunteers worldwide.
International School of Ayurveda Sri Harish Johari
I am pursuing my studies of Ayurveda at the International School of Ayurveda, in Brussels. It corresponds to 1200 hours of face-to-face training.
My current lead trainer is John Marchand. He was trained by his late teacher, Sri Harish Johari, from North India. Sri Harish Johari was trained according to the ancient tradition of yoga. He had a profound knowledge of the Ayurvedic principles of health, food, massage, yoga and tantra. He was a pioneer in making this ancient doctrine available and understood for the West and the East. He taught for 30 years in India, Europe and North America.