Shri Sabnis

Shri Sabnis is a certified teacher (ERYT-500, YACEP), trained in various styles of yoga. He has been practicing yoga for the last 24 years and teaching yoga for the last 12 years. Shri Yoga is a calming but challenging style of yoga practiced in an informal group environment The vision of Shri yoga is to provide everyone an opportunity to learn yoga techniques freely in a friendly environment. When the pandemic hit, Shri believed that Yoga’s power could help people to cope with anxiety and uncertainties. In 2022 Shri received a lifetime achievement award from the USA President for community service promoting yoga. He also received an award at BMM convention (Marathi group USA) for community service during the pandemic. With help from some volunteers, he formed a non-profit 501c3 charity and created a virtual platform. The virtual platform provides people of all ages to meet family and friends and attend various types of yoga classes. Shri yoga was a savior for the community during the pandemic. People call this as Shri Yoga online Ashram. Seniors look forward to attending daily Pranayama, Chair Yoga, meditations, and easy classes. Learning and Teaching yoga is making kids more creative and confident. There are many daily in-person classes also in Maryland. Over 2000 people all over the world attend these classes, and use freely available resources. Over 35 people were inspired to get teacher training and are enjoying teaching yoga classes for the community. Over 75 classes are conducted every week. All services of Shri Yoga are free with voluntary donations accepted.