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Steve Dwelley is relocating the shala, Ashtanga Santa Barbara to the Santa Barbara Yoga Center in October. I dropped into a few classes last year while road-tripping through California. He’s a wonderful teacher! Read his message to the community below. [click to continue...]

Boise Weekly
Sept. 10 , 2008
by Johanna Kirk

This month, Sarah Durney threw open the doors of her new studio, Ashtanga Boise, the first local yoga venue with a daily Mysore practice. Competitive skier, rock climber, environmental studies student, firefighter, tango dancer, metal worker, special education teacher … Durney lives a life as multi-dimensional and fascinating as the postures she teaches in her classes. Although her life has unfolded in many directions, she’s remained consistently devoted to yoga since her teens. Yoga, which originally entered her life as a way to heal sports injuries, eventually inspired a spiritual journey that motivated multiple trips to India, where she studies at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute with the innovator of the practice, S.K. Pattabhi Jois and other yoga legends. She relocated to Idaho in 2006 after leaving her job with a Hotshot fire crew. On her most recent trip to India, she decided to open a studio in Boise. Read more…

Atma Vikasa Centre Of Yogic Sciences

Yogacharya V. Venkatesha
Opposite State Bank of India
Kuvempunagar Double Road
Mysore 570 009
E-mail: atmavikasa@gmail.com; atmavikasa@hotmail.com
Web site: www.atmavikasayoga.com
Telephone: 821-234-1978
Mobile: 984-545-0091; 944-845-7978

Venkatesha and his wife offer a variety of classes at their center including yoga, pranayama, massage, chanting, kriyas and philosophy. The yoga system he teaches is his own and not Ashtanga. His emphasis is on proper alignment and precision and he does not do hands-on adjustments. Known as the “rubber yogi,” his backbending course that runs for 4 weeks for Rs. 12,000 is one of his most popular classes. No drop-ins are allowed.

Yoga India

#144/B, 7th Main, Gokulam 3rd Stage
Mysore 570002, Karnataka-India
Mobile: +91 98860 90291
Phone: +91 821 2416779
E-mail: yogaindia9@yahoo.com
Website: www.yoga-india.org
Price Range (Rs.): 5,000 – 7,500/month; 1,500 – 2,500/week; 250/drop-in

Yoga India is run by Bharath Shetty who has studied with BKS Iyengar in Pune and is certified by the Indian Yoga Institute, Vivekananda Kendra and International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. He teaches three main courses: Foundation, Advanced and Teacher Training. The Teacher Training course lasts 6 weeks and is recognized by the Yoga Alliance. An Iyengar-style practice class in the morning from 7:30 to 9:00am and a technical class in the evening from 4:00 to 5:30pm. For beginners, classes are at 10:30am to 12pm and 5:30 to 7:00pm respectively.

An official list of authorized and certified Ashtanga teachers was released this week by the newly renamed K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI.) Compared to the Ashtanga.com teacher directory, the number of teachers officially “allowed” to teach Ashtanga has been greatly reduced. Also of note in the new KPJAYI guidelines are the following:

• No Ashtanga-related workshops allowed
• Requirements for Ashtanga shalas
• Authorized and certified teacher criteria

Visit the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute website to read about the new guideline details and view the official teacher list.