Career Switchers Part 3: Mumbaikars who plunged into new professions
In this five-part series, five Mumbaikars tell us how they abandoned their comfort zones to plunge into new professions. Meet Ajit Tapaswi who quit his modelling career to become a yoga instructor.
Ajit Tapaswi: Co-owner, The Yoga House, a yoga studio and organic café
BIO: Tapaswi worked as a model in Italy, but has now found happiness in creating the best environment for people to learn “authentic” yoga. He also ensures that the studio and café he runs in Bandra with his partner Maud Chuffart adheres as closely to a holistic existence as possible, using no plastic and serving pure vegetarian sattvik food. The Yoga House is also a pet-friendly place.
I started learning yoga when I was seven years old. My name is Tapaswi – one who meditates – so I don’t think I had too much choice in the matter! But on a serious note, my family had always been inclined towards yoga and a more spiritual life – I always ate sattvik food growing up, and have always been a strict vegetarian. I didn’t learn Patanjali yoga from any teacher or school – I just practiced it on my own.
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