Bassanti Pathak

Bassanti Pathak, a keen yogini since her Indian father taught her at age eight, is cofounder and director of Pathak Yoga, a London-based health and wellbeing services provider for the corporate world, specialising in yoga and mindfulness to reduce work- related stress. She has a diploma in Yoga and Naturopathy from Delhi's International Foundation for Natural Health and Yoga, a Masters from Bonn University and studied at Harvard and Clark University, focussing on social psychology. A former Fulbright scholar, banker, film producer and screenwriter, she knows the different physical and mental challenges academia and fast-paced, volatile industries can pose. After nannying her niece and nephew, she created a TV-series for CBeebies, empowering nursery-aged children to overcome frustrations through movement and breath.