Studies in India
Bhakti Caitanya (aka Dr. Aza Eleni) has studied Advaita Vedanta and Sanksrit in the tradition of Adi Shankara under Chief Acharya Mahamahopadhyaya Swamini Brahmaprakashananda Saraswati, senior disciple of Late H. H. Swami Dayananda Saraswati of Arsha Vidya Pitham, Rishikesh. She has studied in traditional way at the Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam in Nagpur, India, in the four-year period October 2022 – October 2026 during which she attended among other courses the “Three-year residential course of Advaita Vedanta and Sanksrit”. During this period she has studied Prasthana Traya (Upanishad, Brahmasutra, Bhagavadgita), Prakarana Granthas and Paninian Grammar.
Yoga Vidya Ashram in Bad Meinberg (Germany)
Prior to her stay in India she has lived in the Yoga community of Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg, Germany, Europe’s largest seminar house engaging in spiritual practises in the tradition of Swami Sivananda. In Yoga Vidya she has been trained as Yoga Teacher with the X-hours Yoga Teacher Training with further training in Vedanta (X hours), Bhagavadgita (X hours) and XXX, Meditation Teacher (X hours) and Training in Indian Rituals.
Professional Career
Bhakti Caitanya (aka Dr. Aza Eleni) has originally acquired a Bachelor’s Degree in “Applied Mathematics and Physics” from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 2009, a Master’s Degree in “Physics and Technological Applications” from the National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos” (NCSR) in Athens in 2011 and a PhD in “Nuclear Physics” from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) in 2016. She has worked as Researcher in the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland and in the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching, Germany.
