Michele, the founder of Casa Ananda Retreat is a Sivananda Yoga teacher from Bergamo (Italy) with 500 h ryt plus a 150 h Pranayama intensive course called “Sivananda Sadhana Intensive”. He is a therapist with training in Ayurveda, chakra reading and Reiki (Level 2) and basic massage techniques.
He starts his spiritual journey in 2010 with the Italian Raja Yoga school Atman and since he met his master and mentor Isaac Vasquez Ampuero, yoga became part of his daily life first with meditation practice and later with asana postures. He traveled extensively in South America, south east Asia and India for many months and the experience of being in many retreats, Ashram and Buddhist monasteries brought him to start this project in the high Amazon Jungle. He is a writer (lucesulsentiero.com), avid reader, and he enjoys walking in nature and painting.