THREE DECADES OF EXPERTISE DEVOTED TO THE TRANSMISSION OF AYURVEDIC YOGA MASSAGE
- As an AYM method instructor, he has trained over 2,800 students worldwide and conducted more than 420 AYM therapist training courses since 1996.
- As a massage therapist, Ananta has performed over 25,000 individual AYM treatments, including sessions with numerous international celebrities.
- Furthermore, Ananta has contributed his expertise as a spa consultant by providing training, assessments, and exclusive treatments to leading luxury Hotel and Spa Resorts worldwide.
Ananta has taught AYM in over 40 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Bhutan, Brazil, China, England, Scotland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Morocco, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the Turks and Caicos Islands, as well as other Caribbean islands, South Korea, and the United States.
A HUMBLE JOURNEY IN AN EXTRAORDINARY ROLE
Ananta’s ARYM journey began in 1996 when he met the creator of Ayurvedic Yoga Massage, Kusum Modak, during a training course led by her in Pune, India. He was immediately captivated by the depth and intelligence of the AYM method.
For seven years, he served Kusum as her principal assistant and personal secretary, organising 28 training programmes in India and accompanying her on international travels.
This formative period profoundly shaped his path and deeply enriched his foundation in bodywork. To this day, he remains unwaveringly committed to honouring Kusum Modak’s legacy and preserving the integrity and development of Ayurvedic Yoga Massage.
With gratitude to my great teachers
Dear Ananta, I am grateful to see our work spreading across so many countries through your dedication. Congratulations, and I send you my blessings.” — Kusum Modak, creator of the original Ayurvedic Yoga Massage method (AYM).
Gisele Bündchen - Top Model
MASSEUR TO THE STARS
Parallel to his teaching and training activity worldwide, Ananta has worked with an exclusive clientele composed of singers, actors, designers, supermodels, Olympic athletes, and members of royalty.
Among his clients are Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones), Gisele Bündchen, Catherine Deneuve, Tom Ford, Kenzo, Yohji Yamamoto, Albert Elbaz (Lanvin), Nicolas Ghesquiere (Balenciaga), as well as many other personalities particularly attached to their discretion.
He has also provided his treatments at prestigious events such as Fashion Weeks, the Oscars, the Cannes Film Festival, and various musical tours.
Kusum Modak - Creator of the Method Ayurvedic Yoga Massage (AYM)
AN EXTENSIVE LEARNING JOURNEY
In the early 1990s, Ananta stepped away from the world he had known to open himself to a different way of being, settling at the Osho International Meditation Resort in Pune, India, where he would live for nearly a decade. During this time, he engaged in intensive inner work, participating in numerous meditation retreats and therapeutic groups. This immersion in meditative practices and the exploration of consciousness profoundly shaped his understanding of the body, presence, and the quality of relationship expressed through conscious touch.
In 1996, he fully dedicated himself to training in Ayurvedic Yoga Massage (AYM) under the guidance of his mentor, Master Kusum Modak, whom he assisted for many years.
Alongside his training and later his teaching of AYM, he continued his path in Pune by studying Iyengar Yoga with Dharmavir Singh and Restorative Yoga with Dr. Shrikant Karandikar. These teachings would deeply inspire the creation of ARYM (Ayurvedic Restorative Yoga Massage).
In 2000, he discovered Ashtanga Yoga with Michel Besnard in Hong Kong and continued his studies in India with Sharath Jois in Mysore and Rolf Naujokat in Goa.
In the early 2000s, Ananta further enriched his teaching of Ayurvedic Yoga Massage by integrating the Anatomy for Movement method, which he studied for over ten years in France with its creator, Blandine Calais-Germain. During this period, he conducted several trainings at the two Calais-Germain centers in Limoux and Paris, maintaining a close professional relationship with his mentor for more than a decade. She regularly contributed to ARYM trainings during those years.
In 2002, in Bangkok, he met Master Yupin Toaium, massage therapist to members of the royal family, and learned Thai massage and foot reflexology directly from her. For several months, he accompanied her in her teaching work across various hospitals throughout Thailand. During this period, he also participated in several Vipassana retreats in the tradition of S. N. Goenka.
Between 2006 and 2009, he deepened and refined his practice by training in Cranio-Sacral Therapy in Brazil with Aziza Noguchi, and later in Biodynamic Osteopathy (Phases I and II) with its founder, Dr. James Jealous, D.O., in the United States. These studies further developed his subtle perception and heightened sensitivity within a holistic understanding of the body and its interrelationships.
Since then, Ananta has continued to teach Ayurvedic Yoga Massage tirelessly, remaining open to experiential learning and ongoing evolution through his travels around the world.
With passion, joy, and discipline, he continues to refine the ARYM method, making it ever more precise, structured, and safe. His extensive hands-on experience and pedagogical rigor allow him to offer teaching that is clear, grounded, and deeply rooted in professional practice.
A TEACHING THAT FLOWS THROUGH HIM NATURALLY
Ananta’s teaching is grounded in his extensive experience as a practitioner of the AYM method, anatomy and physiology, yoga, and meditation. Rich, warm, and precise, he emphasises a compassionate approach that encourages us to discover and explore the healing potential of conscious touch and assisted stretches based on the science of yoga, while remaining firmly rooted in the original AYM method of Master Kusum Modak.