Top 10 Indian Yoga Influencers on Instagram

Radhika Bose, also known as Yogasini, is the person who makes yoga look calm, graceful… and slightly intimidating because somehow she can balance on one arm while the rest of us struggle with basic stretches.
She’s been practicing yoga for years, and shares flows, workouts, and everyday wellness tips on her blog and socials. Brands like Fabindia and American Eagle have worked with her, but the vibe of her content stays pretty simple: move your body, breathe, and challenge yourself a little.
Her posts mix yoga, travel, lifestyle, and body-positivity, basically motivation with a side of “okay fine, I’ll finally do that workout.”

Anshuka Parwani is one of India’s most respected celebrity yoga trainers, widely recognized for her work with some of Bollywood’s most prominent figures. Her expertise extends well beyond conventional yoga. She teaches Yogalates, a thoughtfully designed discipline that blends Mat Yoga and Mat Pilates to enhance core stability and posture, as well as Flyfit, an innovative fusion of Aerial Yoga, Aerial Pilates, and Aerial Fitness.
Her approach to wellness is progressive, disciplined, and results-oriented. For anyone seeking to be inspired or to genuinely advance their understanding of yoga, Anshuka’s page is an essential follow.

If there is one story in the Indian yoga world that encapsulates what this practice is truly capable of, it belongs to Deepika Mehta. Her journey to becoming one of India’s most respected Ashtanga Yoga teachers began not in a studio but in a hospital room, after a near-fatal rock climbing accident in 1997 that left doctors convinced she would never walk again. She proved them wrong, through yoga, discipline, and an extraordinary will to heal.
She went on to study under the legendary Shri K. Pattabhi Jois at the Sivananda Yoga Kendra in Kerala, beginning her formal training in 2002, and has since earned her Level 2 Authorisation from KPJAYI, one of the most rigorous credentials in the world of Ashtanga. Her influence has reached well beyond the mat: she served as a master trainer on The Biggest Loser, helped Priyanka Chopra prepare for her role in Don, delivered a TED Talk at the UN Headquarters in New York, and was honoured with the Yoga Expert of the Year title by Vogue India. She has been featured across publications including India Today and Elle, and appeared on the cover of India Today. Now based in Bali with her husband Mark Robberds, himself a globally celebrated Ashtanga teacher, Deepika continues to teach, travel, and share her practice online, bringing the richness of traditional Ashtanga to a worldwide audience. Her YouTube channel is a treasure trove of asanas, philosophy, and living proof that yoga can do things medicine sometimes cannot.

Sunaina Rekhi’s career reads like a study in how far one person can carry a practice they truly believe in. Born in Germany, raised in South Africa, and educated in London, she brings a genuinely global lens to Indian yoga, one that makes her content as accessible to a corporate professional in Mumbai as it is to a wellness seeker in New York.
She holds the distinction of being the first Indian woman to represent India for yoga at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, where she led more than 5,000 world leaders through a practice during International Yoga Day celebrations. She has delivered a TEDx Talk, won the Iconic Health and Wellness Award, the Influential Women’s Award, and has appeared on the cover of Women’s Fitness Magazine. Her own yoga shows are broadcast on Hotstar and Tata Sky, and she has delivered corporate wellness programmes for organisations including Google, Apple, Vodafone, and Porsche. Her collaboration with Clinique to advocate for self-care among women reflects the breadth of her influence beyond the yoga world. More recently, she has launched SunainaStays, her own experiential Airbnb properties in Mumbai and Goa, designed around the principles of tranquility and wellbeing that define her entire brand. With over two decades of experience now woven into a system she calls Yoga for Pain and Emotional Resilience, Sunaina continues to be one of the most compelling and complete voices in Indian wellness.

Suvarna Choudhury’s path to yoga was forged through personal adversity. Her recovery from a slipped disc injury became the catalyst for a profound career transformation, leading her to pursue rigorous training across multiple yoga disciplines, including Ashtanga Vinyasa, Therapeutic Yoga, Aerial Yoga, and Airo Yoga.
A qualified Yoga Alliance teacher and certified Ashtanga Yoga instructor, Suvi has continued to evolve her practice by incorporating Pregnancy Yoga, Acupressure, Therapeutic Yoga, and Face Yoga into her training repertoire. Her dedication to the craft and her genuine warmth make her content both educational and deeply inspiring for practitioners at all levels.

Neha Gulati is a Reebok and ACE Trainer, FLR Pilates Trainer, and Fitness and Lifestyle Blogger who embodies the belief that personal commitments and a passion for fitness can coexist beautifully. As a mother of two, she serves as a powerful role model for women who aspire to prioritise their health without compromise.
Yoga is central to Neha’s identity, it fuels her energy, defines her discipline, and shapes the inspiring content she shares with her community. Her page offers far more than yoga poses; it offers a genuine and relatable narrative of how yoga can reshape one’s life, confidence, and sense of self.

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.

Tanny Bhattacharjee approaches yoga the way the best teachers always do, by meeting people exactly where they are. Based in Bangalore, she is a certified yoga coach, fitness blogger, and wellness influencer whose content cuts through the noise with its warmth, practicality, and genuine care for the women she reaches.
Her specialisms tell you everything about where her priorities lie: aerial yoga, prenatal yoga, and targeted routines for conditions like PCOD and PMS sit alongside general fitness guidance that is always grounded in the belief that movement should feel empowering, not punishing. She champions yoga as therapy, not just a workout, and has spoken repeatedly about its capacity to reduce chronic pain, lift mental health, and improve quality of life in ways that go far beyond the physical. Her guiding philosophy is simply stated but deeply felt: tailor fitness to make women feel unstoppable. Watching her content, it becomes clear she means every word of it.

Namita Piparaiya brings a rare combination of corporate experience and deep wellness expertise to her platform. Before discovering her true calling, she spent over a decade in leadership roles at prominent multinational corporations; a background that informs her structured, results-oriented approach to yoga and wellness.
Through her platform Yoganama, Namita integrates the three foundational pillars of mindful living – Philosophy, Ayurveda, and Yoga – into a cohesive and practical wellness framework. With extensive certified training in Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Ayurveda, and Corrective Exercise, she offers her audience a comprehensive understanding of yoga that goes far beyond physical postures. For anyone seeking a truly transformative and well-informed approach to wellness, Namita’s content is an invaluable resource.