About

Ac. Pashupati Steven Landau is an Ananda Marga Acarya and his alter ego is Dr. Steven Landau who has practiced yoga since 1971, training in India, Jamaica and the United States. He has been teaching for 25 years in prisons, hospitals, mental health centers, schools, health food stores and yoga centers. Pashupati means, “he who controls the base propensities” and is one of the names of Hindu god Shiva. After becoming a 200 hour RYT, he was honored to be elected as a member of the Yoga Alliance Board of Directors. A practicing family physician, he is board certified, Family Medicine, and has given lectures on the medical aspects of yoga and meditation at various medical schools. A disciple of of Shirii Shirii Anandamurti, he has also studied with Peter Sage, (DaDa Vishvarupanada). Focus of teaching is the attainment of bliss and rendering of service to humanity. A master guitarist, music plays an important and magical part in his classes. He is also president of Amurt (Andna Marga Universal Relief Team) in the USA, and has traveled extensively to third-world countries rendering medical relief to hurricane, earthquake and poverty-stricken victims. He has taught classes in Spanish and French. Happily married, with three wonderful grown children his “marriage Tips” have saved many a marriage. “Do something concrete for suffering humanity,” Baba told him. And so he does. Dr. Landau has been certified at the 500 hour RYT in India and as and Acarya.