Why Mysore style Astanga yoga practice? People come to yoga from all different backgrounds, and it is a highly personal practice. Ultimately the fruits must be experienced, not explained, and what is most worth expressing often escapes definition. However, some of the common benefits of regular practice include:
Light and energized physical feeling
Replenishes lost energy and life force to the body
Calm mind, improved concentration, focus and awareness
More positive and balanced outlook to everyday life and life situations
Well-tested therapeutic tools for stress and pain
Improves quality and consciousness of breath
Makes physically fit, and keeps both body and mind youthful, fresh and powerful
Offers an effective and supportive practice for any activities and goals in your life
Helps to manage the ups and downs of life with equanimity
Functions as an effective supplementary practice for sport and physical activities
Regular practice is a genuine path towards meeting your true self, where you are happy and already content with the present moment, as it is
Why Mysore practice?
You get individual attention and work one-on-one with a qualified teacher
You will develop and internalize a logical practice that follows you anywhere you go
Private instruction within a group setting helps you to improve and grow where you need it most.
You can show up anytime within the class hours, whenever it suits you
Mysore style practice allows the body and mind to adapt to the changes on its own pace
It cultivates a meditative experience, and leads to a natural self-practice
One class is for everybody
We encourage to commit to minimum of 2-3 times per week in order learn the technique and sequence correctly and to maximise the benefits of the practice.
”Do your practice and all is coming.” ― Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
”Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind.” ― Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
"Astanga yoga is 99 percent practice, one percent theory." ― Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
”Everyone can practice Astanga yoga. Except lazy people.” ― Sri R. Sharath Jois
"Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is." ― Bhagavad Gita
“The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice.” ― Bhagavad Gita
“Asana practise is for 2 hours. Yoga practise is for 24 hours.” ― Sri R. Sharath Jois
”When the mind is quiet, the asana is correct.” ― Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
”This is not a gym, you are not here to work out. You are here to bring peace to yourself, to know who you are.” ― Sri R. Sharath Jois
”With practice anything is possible.” ― Sri R. Sharath Jois
“The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it.” ― Bhagavad Gita