Neelam

As a derivatives trader at an international investment bank in Hong Kong, Neelam Harjani accepted high levels of stress as part of the job. But in her late 20s, Harjani’s health began to suffer and she spiralled towards burnout.

Neelam Harjani is the founder of Inspire Yoga, operating in Hong Kong since 2011 with her vision of ‘providing an
antidote for fast paced city life’ through personalized onsite programs of yoga and mindfulness. By the HKSAR Government she was awarded representation on the Diversity List 2020 to counsel government statutory and advisory bodies in wellness, female empowerment and multicultural inclusion.

She is driven by a passion for personal transformation and equipped with a team of dedicated instructors to serve the
benefits of the practice to those suffering from chronic pain, postural misalignment, anxiety, fatigue and stress related
conditions. As the author of “Secrets to Live Stress Free” her vision to create self-awareness as a starting point for balance has been well received by busy executives and high performing corporations. She structures her mind-body paradigms with science and experience, taking an integrative approach of meditation, breathwork, positive psychology and energy healing to release occupational tension and connect with holistic health, physical, mental and emotional.

Having more than 20 years of experience in yoga she has formulated a system that draws attention to our intentions, launching “Transforming Stress to Success” online learning course to provide support to the global community amidst Covid-19. Bringing out the need for silence during stressful times and how to nourish our energy by adopting values of harmony, acceptance and gratitude. Her journey and somatic techniques have been published on SCMP, Vogue and the Asian Entrepreneur which highlights personal anecdotes of how a shift in mindset releases suppressed tightness and delivers tremendous energy in her clients. As a mother of 2 young children she provides the next generation techniques to free ourselves from judgment and create an inner balance from the over stimulus of the information age and advocates conscious lifestyle choices in International Schools throughout the city.

As a mother of 2 young children she is determined to share her message of raising consciousness through yoga to provide the next generation techniques to free ourselves from judgment and create an inner balance from the over stimulus of the information age. She focuses on energetic alignments of poses, with precision to adjustments and functional sequences. She has successfully completed a Sivananda Yoga training in India and Svastha Yoga Therapy course in Hong Kong. These courses strengthened her knowledge of the healing style of yoga as she learned how to modify poses with regard to various medical conditions that an individual may have.

Moreover, she also learned how to apply yoga techniques to prevent diseases such as arthritis and relieve chronic pain. The approach Neelam takes to Inspire Yoga is objectives driven and problem solving working with her clients. She is a qualified pre- and post-natal yoga Teacher certified by Samadhi Yoga, New Zealand. She is also a certified kids yoga teacher, specifically for children with learning difficulties and social adaptive problems, in this setting she focuses on stimulating the right pressure points from yoga postures to increase concentration and emotional balance. As well as traditional forms of meditative yoga, Neelam also incorporates other forms of healing techniques to optimize the restorative element of her classes. She uses Korean meridian healing to release energy blockages, Chinese principles of yin and yang balance, circulation of “Chi” and Russian Buteyko breathing exercises to increase lung capacity and alleviate symptoms of asthma.

Neelam strongly believes that the essence of a mindfulness practice is that it is integrative, connecting to restorative rhythms of the breath, body and mind. Hosting wellness retreats in Asia Pacific she uses DAS-10 diagnostic measures of mental health by the WHO to recognize the impact her methodologies have in an immersive setting. Inspire Yoga was born out of the philosophy that curating practical sequences to a personal level will bring the most balance from the practice, when we are balanced our self-healing mechanisms are at optimal.