Bruce was given the Sanskrit name Shankar directly by his Guru Sri Swami Satchidananda. Shankar is one of Swami Satchidananda’s senior disciples and a teacher having taught all aspects of yoga to many hundreds of students in the US and Canada. He practices deep spiritualty while actively living in the world as a householder. He will be the first to tell you anything good that comes from him comes from the Divine Force which of its own accord chooses to use him as an instrument. Shankar is an Integral Yoga Minister who does humanistic coaching and spiritual counseling (he was trained as a psychotherapist) as well as spiritual wedding ceremonies, family and pet memorial services, birth ceremonies and house blessings. He is also on the Board of Directors of the NY Integral Yoga Institute, the Vice Chairman of the Integral Yoga Global Ministry Board of Trustees, and a Chaplain in the NY Putnam County SPCA. In the business world he is the president of Change-Ready Solutions which provides business with coaching and consulting to help them curate of culture which elevates people to achieve remarkable business results. Prior to this role, Shankar was an executive with Citibank, IBM and other consulting and business organizations.