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Gyöngyi Bartha
1. chairwoman
retreat coordination
Gyöngyi Bartha is a board member of YOGA and helps with the planning and realisation of meditation retreats. Among other things she is also responsible for raising awareness of the association and maintaining contacts.
In addition to her involvement in YOGA, Gyöngyi is a professional musician. Her main and favourite instrument is the guitar, but singing is also one of her passions.
In her free time, besides meditation, she enjoys the beautiful nature and spending time with family and friends.
Daanish Raj
2. chairmen
website & retreat coordination
Daanish Raj is a member of the YOGA Board since 2023. Along with his fellow board members, his main responsibility is the facilitation of meditation retreats across Europe, with the aim of helping YOGA members deepen their sadhana.
A young adult who is originally from India, he found the SRF path after reading the Autobiography of a Yogi while in New York a few years ago. A Kriyaban, he now lives in München, where he works as a software engineer, designing the front ends for apps for users.
In his free time, he loves basking in the sun especially after swimming in Alpine lakes, and touring on his stand up paddle board.
He is grateful beyond words to have the opportunity to serve the members of YOGA.
Oliver Günay
treasurer
finances
Oliver Günay is a Kriyaban and lives in Cologne. He works as a software developer and holds the position as the treasurer for Youth of Golden Age. He is responsible for the financial report, the tax declaration, the membership fees, the membership statistics and the insurance.
Oliver loves board games. He is working on creating his own board games with a friend. He dreams of establishing a work environment that supports their employees to find balance between work and a conscious way of living.
Simone Brancolini
secretary
communication & protocols
Simone Domenico Brancolini is a member of YOGA since 2022 and starting from 2024 is serving as secretary for the Board of YOGA. He is from Italy and lives in Modena. He is a Kriyaban and he loves devotional chanting, kirtan and hiking in nature. He works as a dentist in his country, with a special attention for volunteering projects in Italy, India, Cambodia and Guatemala.
His tasks in the team are to write minutes of the meetings, to keep up to date the website and to communicate with devotees and members of YOGA through our mailing list about general information and incoming retreats. This is for him a great opportunity to serve and to be useful to other devotees.