Ishan Shivanand is a globally acclaimed Acharya (Vedic educator), yogic scholar, and mental health researcher. Born into a revered lineage of yogis spanning twenty-one generations, he spent his early years in Indian monasteries, immersed in intense yogic grounding by his father and mentor, Dr. Avdhoot Shivanand. From breathwork to ancient martial arts, Ayurvedic medicine to deep meditative practices, Ishan mastered the long-guarded sciences of the Indian Knowledge Systems for over 20 years.
For centuries, these teachings remained hidden, passed down to only a select few. But Ishan chose a different path—one of sharing, healing, and transformation. His journey has taken him across the world with a singular mission: to make timeless yogic wisdom practical and accessible to all. Through the creation of Yoga of Immortals (YOI)—a set of revolutionary, evidence-based meditation protocols—he has helped millions overcome trauma, mental health conditions, and even life-threatening situations, empowering individuals and communities to reclaim vitality and redirect to their life purpose.
This impact extends far beyond personal transformation. Ishan is also a leading professor with expertise in non-pharmaceutical non-invasive meditative modalities. His mindfulness programs have reached students, corporate leaders, veterans, athletes, healthcare providers and everyday seekers alike, with Fortune 500 companies such as Google, Meta, Boeing, and Microsoft turning to his expertise for mindset-performance enhancement and resilience. His YOI wellness programs are derived from the ancient integrative healing sciences of India and consist of a combination of breathwork, disease-preventive yogic techniques, and cognitive and emotional stimulation. With a clinical efficacy of 72-82% on anxiety, depression and insomnia, these modalities further reduce academic stress and corporate burnout, prevent physician burnout and sports injury, and support trauma-focused recovery.
At the heart of it, Ishan is the current face of a legacy that goes back thousands of years. Using yogic and meditation protocols that are powerful, transformative, and practical, his simple aim is to help good people become better.
Reductions in anxiety, depression and insomnia in health care workers using a non-pharmaceutical intervention: Frontiers Front. Psychiatry Sec. Digital Mental Health.
Effectiveness of App-Based Yoga of Immortals (YOI) Intervention in Urinary Incontinence: The Journal of Urology, American Urological Association.
Intervention on depression and insomnia symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: Annals of Medical Research and Practice (ANMRP).
Yoga of Immortals Intervention Reduces Symptoms of Depression, Insomnia and Anxiety: Frontiers Front. Psychiatry Sec. Digital Mental Health.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India
Ministry of Health and Wellness, Mauritius
Ministry of Youth & Sports, Mauritius
Department of Veterans Affairs, USA
Mental Health Initiatives of the Health Council
WHEELS Global Foundation (an initiative of IIT Alumni)
Virginia, USA
University of SiliconAndhra
Professor, 3-credit Yoga Based Resilience Training (YBRT)
course
California, USA
Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research (SJICSR)
Bangalore, India
Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra
Professor, 3-credit YBRT course (Yoga Based Resilience Training)
University of SiliconAndhra, California, USA
https://www.uofsa.edu/team/ishanshivanand/
Neotech Institute Technology, Vadodara, India
https://neotech.ac.in/Core_Team
Rungta Universities, Chhattisgarh, India
https://rungta.ac.in/advisory-board.php
Wheels Global Foundation (an initiative of IIT Alumni), Virginia, USA
Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research (SJICR), Bangalore, India
Professor, 3-credit YBRT course (Yoga Based Resilience Training)
University of SiliconAndhra, California, USA
https://www.uofsa.edu/team/ishanshivanand/
Neotech Institute Technology, Vadodara, India
https://neotech.ac.in/Core_Team
Rungta Universities, Chhattisgarh, India
https://rungta.ac.in/advisory-board.php
Wheels Global Foundation (an initiative of IIT Alumni), Virginia, USA