Hema Prakash is general manager Asia Pacific for MINDBODY, a California-based technology platform for the wellness industry.

How did you get into yoga and how long have you been practising?
I was introduced to yoga by a friend in 2013 while I was living in London and terribly disheartened that I couldn’t exercise after a shoulder reconstruction. Olivier nudged me to go to our local yoga centre, which was a stone’s throw from home. I am so grateful. I needed something in my life that wasn’t about moving and doing, and yoga taught me how to savour my “human being” mode.