02 — The practice

I don't teach poses. I teach you back to your body.

Yoga isn't about touching your toes. It's how you come back to a body you stopped listening to — and learn to live inside it again.

Plate 02 · how I teach Pune · 2026
The method

First I listen.
Then we move.
Then it makes sense.

When someone comes to me with a bad back, sleeplessness, or a body out of rhythm, I don't begin with a pose. I begin with a question.

First — you are heard

We talk before we practise

Your body, your day, what hurts, what you're hoping for. Being truly listened to is where healing starts — often the first weight lifts here.

Then — you move

The body leads the way

Gentle, simple, within what you can do today. When the body opens, the breath follows on its own.

Then — it makes sense

Understanding comes through practice

You feel it work, then you understand why. Experience first, knowing after.

An hour with me

An hour with me is never only exercise.

Same shape each time, so your body learns to trust it. A small return, every session:

We begin
A moment to arrive

We settle, and leave the day at the door.

We learn
A little on how to live

A thought on rhythm, on food, on the small disciplines that hold a life.

We move
Asana — the body

Steady, mindful movement. Not performance. Presence.

We breathe
Pranayama — the breath

The bridge between body and mind. Where the nervous system softens.

We rest
Deep relaxation

We close in stillness — often Yoga Nidra — so the hour settles in.

One hour, practised well, can hold the other twenty-three.

The first month

Where a month can take you.

I won't promise to fix you in thirty days. I will promise this: the practice barely gets harder — but you grow far closer to yourself.

Days one to ten

Coming home to the body

Very little, very gently. Joints, spine. Beginning to feel where you are.

Days ten to twenty

Body and breath, together

Balance, a steadier core. The breath woven in, until movement and breath become one thing.

Days twenty to thirty

The quiet energy within

You're not chasing a harder pose. You're aware — of body, breath, the living energy underneath. From here, we can go deeper.

The journal — twenty subjects across ten themes

What I know about the body, written for you.

Not a blog. A slow library — the things I've learned from the lineage, from the science, and from years of teaching. Read from the top if you're beginning. Or find the feeling that brought you here.

01The way we beginfoundations
teachingYoga is not exerciseComing back to a body you stopped listening to. teachingStart with the bodyWhy every real practice begins here. teachingThe discipline that sets you freeStructure isn't punishment — it's how the restless mind goes quiet.
02Yoga & the bodyasana
conditionThe ache that won't leaveWhy your back hurtsA spine built to move, held still for eight hours. teachingThe morning that decides your dayThe first thirty minutes set the rhythm. teachingSurya Namaskar — the whole practice in twelve movementsDone slowly, with breath. Not exercise.
03Pranayama & breaththe bridge
conditionNever quite a full breathYou're breathing at 30%And it may be feeding your anxiety. teachingNadi ShodhanaThe reset button you carry everywhere. teachingBhramari — the hum that calms the mindVibration on the vagus nerve. The world goes quiet.
04Yoga sciencethe ashram & the anatomy
conditionThe reading you're afraid ofBlood pressure: not a number, a rhythmSystole, diastole — and why rhythm matters more. conditionWhen sugar won't settleSugar and the digestive fireInsulin, sitting, stress — and the digestive fire (अग्नि). conditionA cycle out of rhythmThe hormone rhythm: PCODThe cascade, and how to steady it. teachingThe five layersWhere your problem actually lives.
05Cleansingshatkarma
teachingJala NetiClear the nose, clear the mind. Five minutes. conditionThe mind that won't focusTrataka — getting your focus backThe phone ate your attention. Take it back.
06Yoga Nidraconscious rest
teachingAn hour of sleep in twenty minutesMy best-kept secret. Anyone can do it. conditionWhen sleep won't comeWhen you can't sleepThe OFF switch the body forgot.
07Meditationthe witness
teachingYou don't have to stop thinkingAntar Mouna — watch the thoughts instead. The gap between you and them is where freedom lives.
08Lifestyle & disciplineoff the mat
teachingThe other twenty-three hoursThe class is one hour. The practice is the day — and the art of returning when it slips.
09Yogic dietthe first medicine
teachingEat for your digestive fireNot restriction. Keeping the digestive fire (अग्नि) strong — when and how you eat matters as much as what.
10Modern livingcoming soon
Volume twoScreens, comparison, burnout, the always-on mindMore articles as the library grows.
The doorway

The best way to understand my practice is to feel it.

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