Ayurveda Consultant and Therapist

Piyush Mittal is a yoga and Ayurveda teacher, lecturer, and the founder and president of the Nirmala Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda. He is the initiator, author, and co-author of numerous workshops and instructor courses preparing people to work as, among others, a classical yoga instructor, Ayurveda consultant and therapist, holistic body-and-mind therapist, Marma therapy specialist, and workplace wellbeing lead — a yoga ambassador. He graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Management.

He has consciously practised yoga for more than four decades. The foundations of this path were laid much earlier, when as a child he attended a school operating in the Vedic tradition of Saraswati Shishu Mandir. His first formal yoga teacher was Chandra Mohan Bhandari, who organised and deepened his knowledge of yoga, pranayama, and meditation.

He gained experience passing on the Indian art of working with the body, mind, and consciousness as, among other things, the organiser of more than 180 workshops and courses in 2012–2024, and four International Scientific Conferences of Yoga and Ayurveda in 2013–2017, held in cooperation with the AYUSH Ministry of Yoga, Ayurveda, and Naturopathy in India.

He completed certified training with teachers of yoga, Ayurveda, and related sciences, including Sadhguru and Swami Sarvapriyananda. He studied Marma therapy and Ayurveda especially under dr Sunil Kumar Joshi and dr Vasant Lad, and further deepened his knowledge of the classical Marma points as the author of the Polish translation of the book "Marma Chikitsa". He deepens his knowledge of the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and Yoga Sutras in contact with teachers of the Vedanta tradition. He holds Yoga Alliance RYT® 500 and E-RYT® 200 certifications and serves as a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP®).

In his work he combines the language of modern science with the wisdom of classical texts, passing on knowledge in a way that is simple and understandable even for people without prior preparation. He continually deepens his own practice and learning, treating this process as a personal svadhyaya — ongoing learning and self-knowledge.

Ritu Mittal is a qualified Ayurveda therapist, beauty-services technician, and yoga teacher, who has lived and worked in Poland for many years. She gained her knowledge partly in India, where she completed specialist Ayurveda training at traditional centres in Kerala. In her work she combines the classical Ayurvedic approach with a practical, modern understanding of health and wellbeing.

In Poland she runs a therapeutic and educational practice, offering Ayurvedic consultations, treatments, and massages at the Ajurweda na Urodę salon, which she has run for more than 15 years. She supports people who want to improve their quality of life through a well-chosen diet, lifestyle, and conscious work with the body.

Ritu co-founded Instytut Nirmala, where she is involved in training future Ayurveda consultants and therapists. She leads professional courses, training, and workshops on Ayurveda, a healthy lifestyle, and Ayurvedic cuisine.

She is the author of the vegetarian Indian cookbook „Kurkuma — smaki Indii” (Turmeric — Flavours of India), in which she shares recipes inspired by traditional Indian cuisine and Ayurvedic principles.

Ritu Mittal holds the GOYA-CPYT (Certified Prenatal Yoga Teacher™) certification from the Global Online Yoga Association for prenatal yoga teachers, confirming she meets GOYA's standards for prenatal yoga teaching preparation and practice.