Shani Dayal

Shani Dayal is one of those rare yoga teachers who makes you feel that the practice was designed specifically for where you are right now, not where you wish you were. Her approach is grounded, clear, and deeply compassionate, with a particular focus on mobility, body conditioning, joint health, and pranayama that makes her content valuable for practitioners at every level.
What makes her story especially compelling is how she got here. She holds a professional degree in Architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi and spent years working at a high-pressure design firm, until the physical and mental toll of that lifestyle pushed her back toward the yoga mat that had been a constant since childhood. She completed her 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher training through Yoga Alliance, studied under Dr. Tejvinder Monga at Namah Shivaya International School of Yoga and Meditation, and has since trained with some of the most respected teachers in the field. In 2018, she opened Shani Yoga, her own studio, where she teaches Hatha, Vinyasa, and Yin yoga. She now also offers certification programmes in Yoga Sutras, Pranayama, and Pre & Post-Natal Yoga, and has coached some of Bollywood’s biggest names including Alia Bhatt, Sara Ali Khan, and Janhvi Kapoor. She may have started with architecture, but the structure she has built through yoga is something altogether more lasting.