Asokananda

Asokananda (Harald Brust, born in 1955 in West Germany) studied community development. Since 1978 he has made regular journeys to Asia, spending much time in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand teaching yoga, meditation and traditional massage. He was temporarily ordained as a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka. He studied Thai massage at the Massage Hospital of the 'Foundation of Shivago Komarpaj' in Chiang Mai, Thailand.