Yogi Maharaj

Yogi Maharaj, Dr Malik is the yoga guru and The Editor of YOGA Magazine being published in the UK, USA and Italy. The title of Yogi Maharaj was bestowed upon Dr Malik by His Holiness Jai Mari. Yogi Maharaj has written several and books and hundreds of articles on yoga, and is the founder of Malik-Laya yoga; a style of yoga based on his training in the Himalayan Region of Kashmir, his birthplace (www.yogimalik.com) Dr Malik speaks several languages of the Indian sub-continent, including Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi and Gujrathi. He is also Editor of the Mind Body and Spirit, a glossy magazine dedicated to mind body and spirit subject (www.mindbodyspiritmagazine.com).
Yogi Maharaj’s practice of yoga started at a very young age when he was six years old, in the Kashmir Valley, during his childhood. He came to the United Kingdom and pursued his academic studies in the legal profession and qualified as a Barrister and solicitor. He also continued to teach yoga and has taught at several establishments. Dr Malik is qualified to teach people of differing ability, from the novice to advanced student. He has been researching and writing about the subject for over 30 years.
He is a regular visitor to the Himalayas in Kashmir, Pakistan and India where he has continued to train, teach and research the subject of yoga. Yogi Maharaj Dr Malik has written hundreds of authoritative, definitive articles and columns, published in various media outlets including YOGA Magazine and Today’s Therapist and other newspapers and magazines. His work includes how yoga delays the onset of male andropause, detailed analysis of advanced yoga postures, how yoga can help overcome anorexia. He has interviewed and had his work published on leading contemporary yogis/Gurus including Swami Ram Dev, Sadhguru Shree Shivkupanand Swami, the founder of Samarpan meditation, Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath, Dr. Eric Pearl, author of The Reconnection, Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati of Bihar School of Yoga, Salvatore Zambito of Yoga Sutras Institute. His 14 yoga books being published and cover a spectrum of subjects such as Kundalini and Laya yoga, Vastu Shastra, Mantras, Mudras, yogology.
Yogi Maharaj is an advanced yoga practitioner and teaches all advanced asanas. He also qualified as a yoga teacher. In his very popular monthly column “Ask Yogi Dr. Malik” in YOGA Magazine he answers readers question regarding all aspects of yoga.
Areas of specialism
Yogi Maharaj is a specialist in the following styles:
Laya yoga combines Hatha and Kundalini style of yoga techniques. It is an ancient science made accessible to a contemporary audience using a range of techniques, including asanas, pranayama, meditation and netis (cleansing exercises). This style of yoga can be traced to Patanjali’s Yog Sutras, where yoga is described as the ‘stilling of the senses.’
Kundalini yoga: An ancient style with roots in antiquity.
He also regularly provides workshops on Netis (cleansing exercises (www.netiyoga.com).

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