Gaia Bergamaschi, founder of Studio Jyotir, is a psychologist and psychotherapist registered with the Register of Psychologists of Lombardy, n. 18966, practitioner and yoga teacher. YANI member, recognized experienced yoga teacher E-RYT 500 by Yoga Alliance, she obtained the Master in Yoga Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

The intimate inclination to help others has fueled a transformative process of inner growth, which has guided her towards helping professions in contact with the “wounds of the soul” and psychological distress, following studies in economics and management, an MBA, and a professional career in this field.

Author of the book Vidya Setu: un ponte di dialogo tra lo Yoga e la Psicologia, she believes that a fruitful interactionism can be developed between the yogic psychology of Patañjali and Vedānta and some elements of Western psychology and psychoanalysis.

She deepened her study of yogic discipline in India, Canada and the United States, becoming an “experienced yoga teacher” recognized by Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500), the first certified teacher to transmit the lineage of Sri Dharma Mittra in Italy. She also trained at Swami Sivananda’s ashrams in Val Morin Quebec and in Italy, followed the teachings of Giovanni Formisano in Milan, and took intensive courses with Sri Sheshadri, Venkatesha and Chitananda in Mysore and Jean Claude Garnier in Mamallapuram, as well as attending specialized trainings in ashtanga vinyasa with Richard Freeman, Matthew Sweeney, Joanne Darby and David Swenson.

She continues to study with Ty Landrum and to deepen her knowledge of Indovedic philosophy with master Marco Ferrini, Matsyavatara Das, at the Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta.

Below is a short interview with Gaia published by Yoga Journal magazine, which can be viewed by clicking on following link.

Extract from the master’s thesis in clinical psychology – “Yogic psychology: an example of a clinical protocol”