Amita Ghosh

My Background

I started practicing yoga as a child in India, where I grew up.  I moved to Louisville, KY in 1991 to attend graduate school to get a master's in psychology and continued to practice yoga by taking a summer class at the university in 1992.  I have been working as a psychologist since 1993 and yoga helped me to improve health and maintain a balanced lifestyle outside of my busy and stressful job. I felt refreshed and alive after each yoga class, yet there was something more about yoga and I wanted to dig deeper into the philosophical side of it. As I continued to practice yoga in my own home, the notion of “yoga”—union in the body and mind, started to dawn on me more, and has helped me appreciate its healing power and the gift of our health. My passion and interest in learning more about and sharing this practice has grown so much that I decided to become a certified yoga instructor.  That journey started formally when I got certified by LifeForce Yoga to teach Yoga for Depression and Anxiety in 2015.  Same year I joined Cincinnati Yoga School and started my 200 level YTT.  In March of 2016 I got a certification from California College of Ayurveda to incorporate Ayurvedic knowledge and practices into yoga.  I feel I have come full circle by getting the formal education and training in Ayurveda, Yoga and Psychology, and am able to incorporate all three aspects of my knowledge to helping my clients heal.

Primary Yoga Style

I absolutely love teaching the Yin style of yoga.  It aligns with my knowledge of Ayurveda, Chakra systems, Chinese Medicine and somatic psychology.  I am able to teach flow but that is not where my heart lies.

Past Teaching Experience

2024 November Peru Counselor Retreat Yoga Teacher for Mental Health

2024 August Kentucky Continuing Education course for therapist on Yoga and Breath Work for Mental Health

2022 July Club Med Ixtapa 2 classes a day of Yoga for a week

2022 February Club Med Yucatan 2 classes a day of Yoga for a week

2019 April Club Med Yucatan 2 classes a day of Yoga for a week

2018 July Club Med Yucatan 2 classes a day of Yoga for a week

2017-June Club Med Turk and Caicos 2 classes a day of Yoga for a week

Future Endevours

August 2025 Club Med Yucatan

September 2025 Club Med Miches, DR

In October 2025 I will be taking 18 therapist/mental health professionals to India.  We will be traveling through the northern and western pasts of India for sight seeing and end at an Ayurvedic Resort at the south of the country.  At the resort I will be providing two training that earns the participants continuing education credit hours for mental health, nursing and possibly towards their yoga certification as well.  The trainings are on Yogic and Buddhist Psychology and Ayurveda and Mental Health.  This will be my second time leading a retreat and I am very excited.