Mysore Yoga Traditions
8th Annual Mysore Yoga Conference
January 19–28, 2027 · Mysore, India
Where does your practice actually come from? The Mysore Yoga Conference takes you there — ten days in Mysore with the scholars, sacred spaces, and living tradition behind everything you practice.
Each January, practitioners from around the world gather in Gokulam to learn from a yoga heritage that has been alive and flourishing in Mysore for centuries. Over ten days, daily Mysore-style Ashtanga practice is woven together with an extraordinary lecture series with scholars and elders from Mysore's Sanskrit community — people who have spent their lives inside a tradition that has been quietly shaping yoga for centuries. For many who attend, it reframes not just their practice but their entire relationship with it.
This conference is for sincere yoga students of all levels. You do not need to be an advanced practitioner, a teacher, or a scholar. You only need a genuine interest in practice and a willingness to learn.
From $108 online to $2,199 all-inclusive · A $100 deposit holds your place · Payment plans available
Reserve your place →The heart of the conference
The Lecture Series
Each afternoon a different scholar takes the floor — not a visiting teacher passing through, but someone whose life is dedicated to preserving and transmitting a tradition that has existed in Mysore for centuries.
This is what makes the Mysore Yoga Conference unlike anything else available to yoga practitioners worldwide. Past speakers have included the daughter of Śrī Kṛṣṇamācārya, the King of Mysore, heads of ancient spiritual lineages, college principals, and Sanskrit scholars of international renown.
These are not panel talks or brief appearances. Lectures run 60–90 minutes and are followed by an open group discussion — international, multicultural, and always alive. They often run long when the questions are good, which they usually are.
On the final day, we travel together to the Lakshminarayana Ashram — a place of living Vedic tradition — for a closing lecture with Dr. M. A. Alwar. It is an extraordinary end to ten days together.
The daily rhythm
A Day in Mysore
Mornings are dedicated to practice. Afternoons belong to the lectures — and to Mysore.
Past speakers
2026 Speaker Schedule
The 2027 speaker schedule will be announced soon. Below is the 2026 schedule, for a sense of who joins us each year.
Day 1Mon · Jan 19 · Opening at 4 PM
Dr. M. A. Alwar — Opening Address
Dr. H. V. Nagaraj Rao — Foundations of Indian Thought
Day 2Tue · Jan 20
Dr. Satyanarayana, Principal of the Maharaja's Sanskrit College
Dr. M. A. Alwar
Sri B. N. S. Iyengar
Day 3Wed · Jan 21
Day 4Thu · Jan 22
Day 5Fri · Jan 23
Day 6Sat · Jan 24
Day 7Sun · Jan 25
Day 8Mon · Jan 26
Dr. M. A. Jayashree and Kiki Flynn — The Art of Mantra
Day 9Tue · Jan 27
Day 10Wed · Jan 28 · Closing day
All-inclusive packages
What's Included
- Ten days of daily Mysore-style Ashtanga practice and focused study in prāṇāyāma, mudrā, mantra, and vinyāsa refinement with Andrew Eppler and guest teachers
- The full lecture series with Mysore's most respected Sanskrit scholars
- Ten days and nights of comfortable accommodation in Gokulam — kitchens, washing machines, hot water, clean linens, and wifi
- Two full meals a day prepared by Sahana Murthy of Mysore Rasayana Kitchen and Anokhi Gardens Restaurant
- Guided cultural excursions including the Maharaja's Sanskrit College and Jaganmohan Palace
- A closing day trip to the Lakshminarayana Ashram
- A certificate of completion recognized as continuing education by Yoga Alliance
Practical
Accommodation & Logistics
The conference is held at the Sri Krishna Temple in Gokulam — a traditional and beautiful space that offers an immediate glimpse into the living spiritual culture of Mysore. Gokulam itself is one of Mysore's most vibrant neighbourhoods, with excellent coffee, independent restaurants, and everything you need within easy walking distance.
Rooms
Comfortable rooms in Gokulam, each with a kitchen, washing machine, hot water, clean linens, and wifi. For shared rooms, let us know whether you prefer a queen bed for couples or two separate beds, and we will do our best to match roommates thoughtfully.
Food
All meals are vegetarian, prepared by Sahana Murthy of Mysore Rasayana Kitchen and Anokhi Gardens Restaurant. Vegan and gluten-free options are available — please let us know your dietary requirements in advance.
Arrival
Check-in begins at noon on January 19. The opening ceremony and first lecture begin at 4 PM at the Sri Krishna Temple, 6th Main Rd, Gokulam 3rd Stage, Mysuru, Karnataka 570002. Extra nights can be arranged — the sooner you let us know, the better the chance we can place you in the same room for the full conference.
Getting there
Taxis from Bengaluru Airport can be arranged for approximately 3,500 INR (around $45) each way. Send us your flight details, arrival time, and WhatsApp number — your driver will meet you at the airport holding a sign with your name. If it is your first time in India or you are arriving late at night, we strongly recommend this option.
Visas
Visas are required for most nationalities. Make those arrangements well in advance — we are happy to help guide you through the process.
Health & packing
Please bring any medications, supplements, or vitamins you take regularly. We are happy to answer any questions about health, safety, and what to pack.
I have been asked some version of the same question for forty years: what is yoga, really? My answer is always the same. Yoga is a vehicle for life. The Ashtanga series we practice are brilliant — rigorous and essential, like the scales a musician learns to become truly free. They are not the whole of music.
The Mysore Yoga Conference exists because I believe practitioners deserve direct access to the living tradition behind the practice they love — the scholars, the sacred spaces, the philosophical roots that have been quietly shaping yoga for centuries. Eight years in, scholars who have spent their lives inside this tradition sit down each January with practitioners from around the world, and something happens in those rooms that I have not seen happen anywhere else.
People leave with a relationship to their practice that feels more spacious, more grounded, and more their own. If it is calling you, come.
— Andrew Eppler
From past attendees
What people are saying
"If I'm ever going to find out what's true and real about Mysore and where this came from, it's going to be through this conference."
Christian Goldberg · Missoula, Montana
"What we were looking forward to most was being face to face with these doctors and scholars. And when you meet them, you realize how humble these people are. They know so much and they are so easy to approach — it makes you think, you really know nothing at all. And this is just a journey to start."
Meng Wei Chin · Taiwan
"The quality of the conference, the quality of the teaching, the quality of all the people here — that inspiration, that enthusiasm for life, is still there. To have that again, in a different way, is really beautiful."
Rowan Burkam · UK
Reserve
Join us — January 19–28, 2027
- Online attendance$108
- Conference only$799
- All-inclusive shared room$1,699
- All-inclusive private room$2,199
A $100 deposit holds your place. Payment plans available.
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