N Seshagiri

N. Seshagiri is a Yoga Guru, known chiefly for the Uday TV show Yoga. The yoga expert also has the credit of directing the Kannada animation movie Chintu School.

Seshagiri is a yoga expert who began his training in the art at the tender age of nine itself. The maestro has the credit of learning over five hundred asanas.

The eminent maestro has taught the art to many celebrities across the world. Many of his shows have been telecast on channels like Uday TV and others. The maestro has won numerous awards like Yoga Rathna, Yogacharya, Vishwa Yoga Nidhi, Yoga Sadaka, Yoga Bhishma, etc.

He also bagged Raghavendra Sadbhana Award by Mantralaya as well as Patanjali State Award. The adept has been honored by the Government of India with a gold medal for an oral and written exam, conducted for yoga trainers in the country.

His seemingly unlimited achievements include the Award 2014 by the Government of Karnataka and the India Brand Icon Awards 2020, which he received in Mumbai. At the time of receiving the award, Seshagiri delivered a speech broadcast on prominent television channels like CNN, IBN7, India Today, and News India.

The virtuoso has over 37 years of experience as a yoga practitioner and has worked as a trainer for about 27 years. He pursued a bachelor’s in commerce and later trained at the Vivekananda Yoga University, Jigani, Bangalore. He is also a member of the SGR Yoga International Research Centre.

The yoga guru has taught yoga to people of all age groups, including children and the elderly. He also has the honor of being bestowed with the Yoga Bhushana award by Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal. The maestro owns a yoga school named Raghavendra School of Yoga, Basaveshwaranagar.

Seshagiri features on the Uday TV show Yoga, where he discusses various ailments suffered by all and sundry, especially women and the older people, and ways to cure them. The show’s format is such that a new disease is taken up in every episode, where it is thoroughly discussed, with the host providing knowledge about the asana to get rid of that particular problem.

For the sake of clarity, the expert demonstrates the yogic asana concerned in an open field in the morning. Along with discussing the postures, he also gives information about the side effects of doing a particular asana and the body part. Along with the cure, he also educates on a diet and yoga to be free of a particular disease.

Besides being a yoga master and featuring on television shows, Seshagiri is also known for helming a Kannada animation titled Chintu School. The fantasy animation film, produced by V. Raghavendra and Anand Kidimba, focuses on a little boy Chintu who imagines becoming like his favorite superheroes, whom he learns about in comic books. However, his parents disapprove of his habit. The movie carries a lesson for the kids.