With over five years of dedicated practice in traditional hatha yoga, Juhi Kapoor has immersed herself in learning and accumulating over 1500 hours of formal yoga training.
She holds an advanced teacher training certification from the Yoga Certification Board (YCB), Ministry of Ayush, Government of India. Juhi’s journey towards health and
healing began as she battled obesity, PCOS, vaginismus and binge-eating disorder. Through yoga and food wisdom, she restored her health physically and mentally. Juhi conducts regular yoga sessions and workshops for lifestyle ailments.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in food, nutrition and dietetics along with multiple advanced teacher training certifications.
Riri G Trivedi is a certified parenting coach, psychotherapist and trainer whose dedication to positive parenting extends beyond working with individual clients.
Anagha Nagpal is a certified parent educator specializing in positive parenting techniques and a regression therapist skilled in helping clients overcome childhood trauma and limiting beliefs, phobias, and relationship issues.
A medical doctor by profession, Anoop Prathapan is an alumnus of the Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College and an MBA graduate from Aberystwyth University, Wales. Silent Journeys is his third translation and first for Benyamin. Anoop is also a subtitle artist and a trained mridangist. He resides with his family in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Vaishnavi Patel is the New York Times bestselling author of Kaikeyi and Goddess of the River. She is a lawyer specializing in civil rights litigation, including issues of gender and racial justice. Ten Incarnations of Rebellion is her third novel.
Barsali Bhattacharyya has over fourteen years of experience in researching and writing on economics, business, consumers and everything in between. She is currently deputy director at the Economist Intelligence Unit and has previously been a journalist at Business Standard and the India Today Group. She lives in Delhi.
Sidharth Sreekumar has over fourteen years of experience as a technologist, market researcher and writer advocating for ethical technological advancement. Most recently, as senior product manager at the Economist Intelligence Unit, he focused on content platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) adoption by research teams. His writings have been published by the South First, the Wire and Mind the Product. He currently lives in Toronto, Canada.
Sundaravalli Narayanaswami is an accomplished academic, policy advisor and well-regarded thought leader in the fields of gold markets strategy, transport, logistics infrastructure and good governance. A tenured faculty at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), she currently serves as chairperson of the India Gold Policy Centre, where she leads pioneering research on bullion markets, gold policy and economic formalization. With over two decades of interdisciplinary experience spanning operations research, public policy, transportation and financial systems, Narayanaswami has been passionate in driving national discussions on gold as a strategic economic asset.
Her work has bridged scholarship and practice, providing actionable insights for many public institutions including the India International Bullion Exchange (where she serves as public interest director), the International Financial Services Centres Authority and the World Gold Council. Her research and case studies—many of them cited by policymakers and industry stakeholders—explore the transformation of India’s traditional gold economy into a formal, transparent and responsible system.
Narayanaswami is the author of more than forty
peer-reviewed publications and many books. Her academic excellence and policy influence have been recognized through national and international awards.
Salone, a sociologist by training, moved towards education once she became a parent recognizing the need for meaningful education, she co-founded Ukti, the first Waldorf school in North India. With daily, hands-on work teaching children, training teachers, developing curricula, and supporting parents, Salone grew the school from the grassroots to a thriving learning community, creating systemic and long-term positive impact in the lives of children, parents, and teachers. Today, she offers guidance to parents on helping children learn and grow in developmentally appropriate ways. She remains committed to inspire and be inspired and to create change and be transformed through her work.
Aprajita co-founded Ukti, the first Waldorf school in North India, as a passion project. With her vision and guidance, Ukti grew into a place where teachers taught from inspiration and children learned with joy and vigor. Inspired by the work, she quit her career as an economist to teach middle-schoolers through the COVID-19 pandemic–a powerful, transformative experience. Today, she teaches highschoolers at San Francisco Waldorf School and enjoys learning from the younger generation. Her conviction in the human potential to create a life of purpose drives her to grow new capacities in herself and inspire others to do the same.
