Signing up for Samyak Yoga's Ashtanga yoga teacher-training is one of the best decisions I've made. I signed up for the teacher-training in Sept 2019 and truth be told, I knew very little about the Primary Series let alone Sanskrit counts and names. Yet being that "fresh energy" I learned as much as I can while I was there and asked questions from teachers Rakesh and Arvind, who are both talented, knowledgeable, helpful and very reliable. Rakesh would lead the morning practice and the asana clinic, while Arvind would lead the philosophy class and the meditation/pranayama in the afternoon. Their energy is just amazing. You will definitely learn a lot from them. Rakesh explains in detail the right alignment in all postures, while Arvind is entertaining and he knows how to engage students in understanding the yoga philosophy that may be hard to comprehend at first. The course is very intensive, and it challenges you in many ways. When it comes to accommodation, the staff makes sure it's clean (just beware - the mattresses are a bit hard, but it's tolerable for me). Chef Jitu and his kitchen team makes wonderful Indian vegetarian meals everyday. As a solo female traveling to India for the first time, the staff has also made me feel safe ensuring Samyak Yoga's drivers are trustworthy as they picked me up from Bangalore Airport. If you're looking for a place to reconnect with yourself, gain new knowledge, know more about Ashtanga and its lineage, and deeply understand the philosophy behind 'why practice yoga', this is the place to be. Such a transformative experience and I couldn't recommend Samyak Yoga highly enough.

One of the best yoga schools in india. Rakesh is an exceptional teacher not just with his yoga asanas but also his approach to yoga philosophy and how to relate it with the modern world we all live under. Rakesh makes you feel a part of the samyak family and is a wonderful guide to begin a complete spiritual yogic experience with. Kamal has a unique style of sharing his knowledge of yoga be it asana clinic or philosophy or kirtans. Nagendra has been really helpful with improvising our yoga asanas and adds a fun balance being tech savy and encouraging in sharing this beautiful experience with everyone on the web world. The food is absolutely delicious and the rooms are simple yet exceptionally clean. The property at which samyak is located is beautiful and serene. Would most definitely visit again and highly recommend Samyak to anyone looking to learn yoga in the right way as the teachers are very well trained and highly knowledgable with the subject ! PS : all solo travellers, its been absolutely safe , amazing fun and a friendly atmosphere at Samyak Yoga

I am so happy I did this at Samyak. The teachers' knowledge and skills of teaching were professional, and the whole course was put together of many parts such as asanatraining, pranayama, meditation, yoga philosophy and anatomy, kriyas and ayurveda, and through it all always training us at the skill of what we were doing as well as the teacher training view. Doing our own practise as well as the practise of adjusting as a yoga teacher and the thinking around it, what to pay attention to. We were 21 in the group, and a really lovely group. The indian english was new for me and sometimes difficult to understand but questions were welcomed. Many people washed their clothes themselves although you could get help with the washing too, and the laundry dried quickly outdoors. Situated in this beautiful countryside landscape by the river in the lovely house with rooms for all that we needed; accomodation, food, yoga, just hanging out in the pauses, outdoors recreation or resting etc. It was an intense program, full of yoga, full of life, and it felt like the teachers took the time to get to know us all during the month and wanted us to be well and I felt they welcomed us all as we were🙏