Yogananth started learning yoga from his guru, who also happens to be his father, at the age of two. He is founder of Anahata Yoga and the International Yoga Academy, and runs the Andiappan Yoga Community, which offers classes to people who can’t afford yoga or who have special needs. He recently completed a PhD on the benefits of yoga for recovering breast cancer patients, challenging the idea that yoga is a pursuit only for the healthy and wealthy.