Ulises Calatayud
After a successful 17 year career as an international executive (VP of Sales at Reuters), Ulises Calatayud is now dedicated to help people become the best version of themselves. Ulises has been teaching Bikram yoga, Dharma yoga, Meditation, Breathing techniques, Mental Physics, Reiki and Tantra for over 30 years under the traditions of Ding Le Mei, Osho, Margot Anand Skydancing Tantra Facilitators program and Jean Houston’s Mystery School and has led retreats all around the world ever since.
Ulises has been blessed with teachings and initiations from many elders of Original Nations in North and South America. Some initiations he has received include, Maria Juana an Andean Shaman in Otavalo, Ecuador; by Don Agustin Ranchero, an Otomi Elder in Central Mexico; Sun dancer with the Lakota Nation at the Sun Dance organized by the families Afraid of Bear and American Horse in the Black Hills.
In 1994, Ulises was attuned as a Reiki I practitioner. This began his passion for sharing healing experiences for people. Ulises has been a Reiki Master (Usui Shiki Ryoho) in the Lineage of Usui-Takata-Furumoto for 20 years. He regularly teaches Reiki I and Reiki II workshops and has attuned more than 1,000 students.
He began practicing Bikram Yoga in 1997 and in 2006 he became a Bikram Yoga certified teacher. He is now a Senior Teacher in the Bikram Yoga community and is responsible for establishing and expanding the practice in Latin America. In 2007, he opened his first yoga school in Mexico City and, since then, has opened seven more schools.
Ulises has been studying with Sri Dharma Mittra and has completed his internship to become a 1,000 hours Certified Dharma Yoga Teacher.
In 2014 Ulises created a revolutionary and life-changing program – The Full Circle. Since then, the program has been taught to over 1000 people in Mexico and New York City. The Full Circle is based on a Yoga philosophy that transforms one from the inside out, not outside in. This program was hand crafted after years of practicing and researching techniques that help people fulfill their potential. The unique combination of services offered for this program includes Bikram yoga, Dharma Yoga, Personalized Nutrition, Deep Breathing classes and Meditation.
In 2016, Ulises opened up YogaCare studio in New York City in order to create a loving space to build a community of people who want to work on themselves consciously.
In 2019,Ulises was elected the President of the International Sports Federation (IYSF). IYSF is the international governing body for the sport of Yoga Asana worldwide. IYSF aims to promote, unify and increase the interest in Yoga Asana globally.
In 2020, although the pandemic forced the doors of the physical yoga studio to be shut, Ulises continued to offer the programs of YogaCare and kept the community alive.
Ulises sees his role as an opportunity to further spread the knowledge of yoga in the world. He aims to inspire more people, especially children, to begin practicing as well as support the vibrant, growing community of Yoginis and Yogis that are currently involved as athletes, coaches, judges, and spectators around the world.
Ulises considers that meditation is the perfect human state, thus he teaches this through simple practices that are accessible to everyone.