Answer the following question: Facts:   - website: -lsb- http://www.kundalini-yoga.ch www.kundalini-yoga.ch -rsb-      - birth date: 09 may 1953    - name: reinhard gammenthaler    - nationality: swiss    - image: reinhard_gammenthaler_portrait_in_st . _ petersburg_2009 . jpg    - birth place: bern , switzerland    - occupation: yoga adept , teacher , author   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of reinhard gammenthaler .
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reinhard gammenthaler -lrb- born 9 may 1953 -rrb- -- yoga adept and renowned teacher from switzerland and disciple of indian yogi swami dhirendra brahmachari , who himself was the successor of the great seer and saintly yogi shri maharshi kartikeya .author of the book `` kundalini-yoga-parampara : the living tradition of kundalini-yoga '' , a comprehensive work about philosophy and practice of hatha yoga .practices yoga since 1979 following the teachings of his guru .in 2002 , he started to teach yoga and founded a school for traditional hatha or kundalini yoga in his hometown bern -lrb- switzerland -rrb- .