Dr. Günter Niessen, co-founder of the Therapy Training program at Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda, is an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, yoga therapist (c-IAYT) and also a trained physio- and manual therapist. He is an accredited chiropractor and studied sports medicine, acupuncture and analysis of the locomotor system. In Germany and in Kerala (India) he received teachings in Ayurveda from 2007 to 2009. Since meeting with the Mohan family, he merged his comprehensive knowledge to provide holistic treatment to thousands of patients in different hospitals and his outpatient clinic and is actively involved in conducting the Svastha Yoga Therapy Training programs all over Europe