In the tradition Vineet grew up in, Yog describes a state: the inner balance that practice aims for. Yoga is the discipline that leads there, through physical, mental and spiritual methods practised over time.

Aadiyog brings those methods together with naturopathy, meditation, and attention to food and daily routine. The central idea is simple. Many difficulties do not resolve by changing the world outside; they begin to shift when we become aware of what is happening within.

That is why Aadiyog has no single programme for everyone. Each person’s condition, habits and needs are different, and the practice is adapted to them.

Vineet Naithani was born in Rishikesh in 1982 and raised in a traditional Brahmin family, where daily rituals and mantras were part of ordinary life. Growing up among gurus, sadhus, yogis and monks, he learned early to sit quietly and observe within.

From 2005 he lived and studied with his teacher of Yoga, naturopathy and tantra, spending around a year in a forest hut. He trained at Vishwa Shanti Mission in Rishikesh, studied asana and alignment with Iyengar teacher Rajiv Chanchania, and in 2009 returned to Rishikesh to learn traditional Hatha Yoga with Rudra Dev Gaura. In 2013 he completed a Doctor of Naturopathy (N.D.) diploma at the Gorakhpur School of Natural Therapeutics.

He has taught Yoga in schools in Dehradun, worked as a Yoga teacher and naturopath in Pushkar and near Rishikesh, and led 200-hour Yoga teacher training. Throughout, his teaching returns to the same point: self-awareness, individual needs and balance, rather than the physical body alone.

Some people come to Aadiyog for a defined programme. Each begins with a consultation, and the practices and number of days are agreed together.

A programme of yogic and naturopathic purification practices, planned around the individual.

Vineet teaches Yoga as he learned it: asana with careful alignment and individual adjustment, together with breathing, concentration and meditation. The physical practice is where Yoga begins, not where it ends.

Sitting quietly and observing within was Vineet’s first practice, long before he taught. Meditation at Aadiyog continues it: regular, simple practice that builds concentration and awareness. Courses are offered privately or in groups.

In the Yogic view, food carries qualities (sattvic, rajasic and tamasic) that affect both body and mind. Aadiyog’s cooking lessons are vegetarian and vegan and follow sattvic principles: fresh ingredients, food freshly made and eaten soon after it is cooked, and whole grains at the centre.