The first three shops are quite touristy, but offer a one-stop shop if you are looking for ease and shipping services. The last two shops are where I found two of my favorite buys: a beautiful Ganesh carving and hand-made “business cards.”

Cauvery Arts And Craft Emporium
Sayyaji Rao Road, Mysore
Telephone: 821-252-1258
This is a bit of a touristy store but it has a good selection of craft items. You’ll find wood carvings, jewelry, tapestries, incense and furniture.

Handicrafts Sales Emporium
Ramsons House in front of Mysore Zoo
Mysore 570 010
E-mail: ramsonsarts@sify.com
Web site: www.ramsonsmysore.com
Telephone: 821-244-3669
Telephone: 821-244-9121
Fax: 821-256-3602
There are two floors to explore filled with statues, jewelry, gifts and textiles. They cater to Western tourists so the prices are on the high side.

Mysore Silk Emporium
3 Nethra Nivas, Hotel Sandesh Complex
Nazarbad Main Road, Mysore 570 010
Telephone: 821-252-1247
This store is run by the government and has a large variety of quality silk saris and fabrics. Tailors are onsite and the prices are fixed.

Sri Sathya Mohan Handy Crafts
1756 Akbar Road (near Ganesh Beedi Godown)
Mandi Mohalla, Mysore 570 021
Telephone: 821-244-8797
A small shop crammed with carved sandalwood and rosewood statues, inlaid articles and gifts. Around the back of the shop, you can take a peek at the artisan carvers as they whittle away. If you are looking to purchase a wood-carved statue, the prices are better here than at the fancy touristy showrooms.

Vaishnavi Marketing Designer Stationary
Telephone: 944-848-6434
These makers of handmade and recycled paper products have a display table each Sunday at the outdoor organic market from 10 – 1 pm on the grounds of the Green Hotel. One of their most popular items among yoga students is their beautiful business cards. You can place an order on a Sunday and pick them up the following week. 100 cards cost Rs. 200. If you need the order completed sooner than a week, they can often accommodate you, but you will have to pick them up at their home near the foot of Chamundi Hill.

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I’m not sure how I ended up on the CafePress.com website, but there I was. So I decided to search the word ‘ashtanga’ just for the hell of it.

Well, what do you know. A slew of yoga merchandise and some ashtanga specific. Even onesies! Wonder if these are “official?” And yes I know, I have too much time on my hands, better spent nailing those elusive jump-throughs.

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The Huffington Post – Life Cycle

by Simran Sethi
August 12, 2008

It’s the end of class. You’re breathing deeply, surrendering the weight of your body into your yoga mat. Breathing in…and out. Letting yourself go.

Who doesn’t feel better after a yoga class? Yoga is the union of the body, mind and spirit. It stabilizes the nervous system, decreases blood pressure, increases flexibility and endurance, and opens you up in ways that you may not have imagined.

Simran used to be a yoga teacher. She loves the practice even though she hasn’t spent much time on her mat lately. (”Yoga on the inside, baby!”) Sarah gets her yoga on every week and knows it does her body good. Read more…

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