Shiva Rishi is a spiritual name given to him by his Guru
Swami Niranjan! He has even received a Karma Sannyasa Diksha from his Guru and
is guiding thousands of people!
About 30 years ago, back in 1986, M.Jayagopal (As he was
known then) should have passed out of +2 from DAV School, Goplapuram, but two
years prior in 1984, he moved out of DAV to The Hindu Higher Secondary School,
Triplicane, since he could not cope with CBSE curriculum.
His parents had to arrange for tuition for Mathematics,
since he found it very difficult. Shri.D.Murugesan a great math teacher, was
engaged by his parents to help him understand and do better in Maths. It was
one of the toughest teaching experience for Shri.D.Murugesan, as Jayagopal was
lazy to study, distracted, reluctant student. He was playful, interested in
having fun and very mischievous! Not a day passed without Jayagopal being
punished by one teacher or the other.
Such a child was touched and transformed into a seasoned
and intense practitioner of yoga when he was 20 years old. In 1988, he joined
his first yoga classes in Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, in Chennai.
Jayagopal's life took a new turn. The inner journey started when he
continuously practiced Asanas and Pranayamas for over four years guided by
Swami Vishnudevananda's centre in Chennai.
He found the inner experiments intense, invigorating and
illumining. The same child who could come no where near concentrating even for
minutes, could practice yoga for hours together, which he continued to do for
over four years.
The intense practices had increased his pranic
frequencies, clarified the mind of useless thoughts and realigned entrenched
self limiting habits. Jayagopal found it very interesting to read and learn
about yoga and became a voracious reader
of yoga, yoga philosophy!
From a lazy,
reluctant, distracted student, yoga had transformed Jayagopal into a keen,
enthusiastic, focused student! Yoga came into the young boys life like a magic
wand!
Just Give Yoga a chance!
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