International Day of Yoga Ira teaches yoga around the world, and was part of the team leading the first ‘International Day of Yoga’ at Rajpath New Delhi, where two Guinness World Records were created for the ‘Largest Yoga Lesson’ and the ‘Most Nationalities In A Yoga Lesson’. She is the founder of ‘Yog Love’, a yoga studio and ‘Namami Yoga’, a foundation that teaches yoga and life skills to underprivileged kids. 

Apart from being an exceptional Yoga Guru, she is also a Best-Selling author with 8 books to her credit including fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books. Her works include ‘India in Love: Marriage’ and ‘Sexuality in the 21st Century’, ‘What Would You Do to Save the World?’, ‘The Great Indian Love Story’, and ‘There’s No Love on Wall Street. Her social media feed is the ultimate guide on Yoga.

Awards and Accomplishments

She received the ‘Devi Award for dynamism and innovation’ in 2015. That same year, she received a ‘UK Media’ Award for best investigative piece on bride trafficking in India. She was named one of the BBC’s ‘100 most influential women in the world’ in 2017.