In 1924 Swami Kuavalayananda established the Kaivalyadhama Institute at Lonavla to develop the study of yoga in all its aspects - textual, scientific and experiential. In 1932 a branch was established in Bombay. Dr Shrikrishna was Principal from the 1970's until 1999, when he withdrew to deepen his own practice. Under his leadership, the Institute became a major centre fro yoga and yoga therapy. Every year, some 4,000 members attend the centre to learn yogic practices, either for maintaining health or specific assistance in the natural process of healing when suffering from illness. Medical supervision by doctors, training in yoga therapy, and personal teaching by yoga teachers and therapists, are among its activities.

Dr Shrikrishna is himself a medical doctor and a PhD, having carried out research on respiratory physiology and pranayama. He is also widely versed in traditional yoga texts, advanced in his own yoga practice. At his Retreats, Dr Shrikrishna unites the varied strands of his experience to give an integrated presentation. His teaching of pranayama, and his use of it to lead into the deeper appreciation of yoga philosophy is particularly inspiring.

Underlying Dr Shrikrishna's work is the understanding that yoga acts on two levels: one as the science of health and healing paving the way to uninhibited personal growth; and as a facilitator, helping us enter a transcendental transpersonal state.