Mysore Yoga Traditions
Study With Us in India
Mysore and Melkote · January 12 to February 8, 2027
Each year we gather in Mysore to practice and to spend time with the teachers and scholars who have shaped our understanding of yoga.
You can join us for the full 28-day Traditional Ashtanga Immersion, come for the ten-day Mysore Yoga Conference, or travel with us to Melkote for eight days of practice and study in one of South India's old centers of traditional learning.
Three ways into the same month of practice and study.
One month, in four parts
The full immersion begins in Mysore on January 12 and ends in Melkote on February 8. You can come for the whole month, or join one of its parts.
Jan 12 to 18
Opening Week
Asana adjustment, body mechanics, pranayama, and mudra.
Jan 19 to 28
Mysore Yoga Conference
Morning practice and afternoon study with Mysore's elders.
Jan 29 to 31
Rest and Practice
Three quieter days in Mysore between the Conference and Melkote.
Feb 1 to 8
Melkote Immersion
Sunrise chanting, temple practice, and daily study with Dr. M. A. Alwar.
The full 200-hour immersion includes all four parts. The Conference and Melkote can also be attended on their own.
The complete month
200-Hour Traditional Ashtanga Immersion
For twenty-eight days we practice and study together. Mornings are Ashtanga practice, breath work, mudra, mantra, and meditation. Afternoons are teaching methodology, adjustment, anatomy, and Indian philosophy taught by senior Sanskrit scholars. The full immersion is for those who want to take the month as one continuous course of practice and study, rather than attend its parts separately. It includes the Conference and closes with the week in Melkote.
- Practice six days a week
- The Mysore Yoga Conference, included
- The Melkote week, included
- Our full online 200hr curriculum, to study before and after
- Accommodation and meals throughout
$3,500 shared room · $3,900 private
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Ten days in Mysore
Mysore Yoga Conference
The Conference brings practitioners into direct conversation with Mysore's Sanskrit and scholarly community. Mornings are practice: Ashtanga, breath work, mudra, mantra, and vinyasa refinement. Afternoons we sit with scholars, philosophers, teachers, and elders whose lives have been spent studying and carrying these traditions. There are also visits to places tied to Mysore's history of yoga and Sanskrit learning.
- 10 days of morning practice and afternoon study with Mysore's elders
- Visits to the Maharaja's Sanskrit College, Jaganmohan Palace, and other historic sites
- Attend in person or online
- No 200hr enrollment required
$108 online · $799 conference only · $1,699 all-inclusive, shared room
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Eight days in Melkote
Melkote Yoga Immersion
An hour from Mysore is the temple village of Melkote, a center of Srivaishnava philosophy, Sanskrit learning, and devotional practice carried from one generation to the next for centuries. Our days begin before sunrise with the climb to the Yoga Narasimha Temple for mantra chanting. From there we practice at the Kalyani Temple. Afternoons are with Dr. M. A. Alwar, studying the philosophy and traditions of the community in the places where they are lived. If you are already in Mysore, you are welcome to come out for a day, join the afternoon outing, share a meal, and head back.
- Sunrise mantra chanting at the hill temple
- Daily asana, breath work, and meditation
- Study and temple visits with Dr. M. A. Alwar
- An introduction to the Srivaishnava traditions of Melkote
- Accommodation, meals, and local transport included
- Can be attended on its own
- Day passes available for those staying in Mysore
$1,500
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Which program is right for you
I have about ten days, and I want the time with the scholars.
The Mysore Yoga Conference.
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The thread that connects them
Mysore Yoga Traditions began with a question: what is the larger tradition this practice came from? That question kept bringing us back to Mysore.
Here we have had the good fortune to form relationships with Sanskrit scholars, philosophers, teachers, families, and institutions whose knowledge reaches well beyond what is taught in an asana class. These programs are a chance to spend time with that community. We practice, we study the texts, we ask questions, and we visit the places where this history happened.
You do not need to know everything before you come, and you do not need an advanced asana practice. Come ready to practice, listen, study, and learn.
Come to India with us
January 12 to February 8, 2027
Come for the whole month, or for one part of it. If you are not sure which would suit you, write to Andrew.
Questions about which program would suit you, travel, accommodation, visas, or payment? Write to Andrew at andrew@ashtangayogastudio.com.
Photographs by Andrew Eppler and Santiago Pinto