Fully qualified yoga instructor at Sivananda traditional hatha yoga from Sivananda Ashrams, India. Curruntly self employed as an yoga instructor and continuously studying in the path of Hatha yoga & Jnana yoga.

From its inception of the business yoga in Sri lanka and later its evolvement academically and upto the present day popularity, contributed as volunteer to propagate yoga and its use in Sri lankan society over decades. 

Ø  Volunteer yoga assistant at YMCA – 2001-2005

Ø  Volunteer yoga assistant at Gampaha Wickramarachchi Institute of Indiginious Medicine– 2011-2015

Ø  Volunteer yoga teacher for Police training school, Kandana – 2018

Arrange & Support for various events & workshops together with world yoga day celebration at Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of Indigenious Medicine.

Currently conducting classes at below institutions

01. German Embassy in Sri Lanka

02. YMCA – Head Office Colombo 01

03. House of Sports - Kiribathgoda 

# Ability to teach in English & Sinhala both languages.

Academic qualification  

Local & international certifications have obtained from below institutions.

Ø  Certificate in Yoga & Relaxation techniques-Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya-, Sri Lanka 2011

Ø  Diploma in Yoga & Relaxation techniques-Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka -2015

Ø  Yoga Shiromani (Teacher training certification) -  Sivananda Yoga Vedantha Dhanwantari Ashram, Neyyar Dam, Kerala, India-2014

Ø  Yoga Bhashkara (Pranayama training certification) -  Sivananda Yoga Vedantha Uttarkashi Ashram, Uttarkhand, India - 2015

Ø  Yoga Acharya (Advanced teacher training certification) -  Sivananda Yoga Vedantha Meenakshi Ashram, Madurei, India – 2019

Other activities

#  Junior editor & coordinator for only Sri lankan Yoga Magacine – Isipathpiyasa published from 2015-2018 period.

#  Continuously propagating the true vedanthic knowledge from 2021 with collaboration of Chinmaya Mission Sri Lanka under the guidance of Achrya Br. Karthick Chaithanya & Pradhana Acharya Swami Gunathithananda Saraswathi

Accordingly below books had been discussed through online platform from 2021-2023.  

Ø  Pathanjali Yoga sutra of Maharishi Patanjali

Ø  Tattvabodha of Sri Shankaracharya

Currently facilitating lecture series on Bhagavad Geetha with swami karthick chaithanya at Chinmaya Mission – Kandy from 2023 onwards

Also arranged sanscrit classes for those who are interested in learning sanscrit to gain typical vedantha knowledge with the support of brahmachari Thanvi chaithanya at Hanuman temple, Ramboda, Sri lanka.

Ruwan Bandara was the Chief organizer of first Sri Lankan cycle tour for propagating yoga from Kandy to Anuradhapura held on 28/29th June-2024 .