Yogeswari is a world renowned Senior Jivamukti Yoga teacher and one of the most senior teachers in this method. She was named by Sonima as one of the 100 most influential yoga teachers in the US.  She travels and teaches Jivamukti Yoga internationally and has dedicated herself to inspire other human beings through her teachings and philanthropic leadership.  She is the founder & president of AZAHAR Foundation and devotes her resources to the growth and development of the organization.

 Growing up in a multilingual household in Switzerland, while also traveling the world with her family, she developed a keen interest for world cultures, their languages, arts and spiritual traditions.

 After two years of studying ethnology and theater at the FU Berlin, she studied dance and choreography in the US (BFA McL Temple U, Philadelphia; MA NYU, (New York). In her 20-year career as a dancer/choreographer, her main interest was the juxtaposition of different cultural aesthetics and media, as well as socio-political issues and multiculturalism.