Yoga Centers and Ashrams of India

Directory of yoga centres in India - listing all yogic styles and traditions!
For descriptions of Yoga Styles and various Yoga Schools, please see our Glossary

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North India: Haryana & New Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
West Coast: Goa, Maharashtra  Central India: Madhya Pradesh
Eastern India: West Bengal  South India: Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu

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Color Code: Lilac = studio, Pink = retreat center / residential teacher training

~ North India ~

Haryana & New Delhi:  www.yoga-centers-directory.net/india/haryana.htm

Himachal Pradesh

Agama Dharamsala
Address: We are located in Bagsu, the village just above McLeod Ganj, north of Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayas. Simply walk to the end of the main road in Bagsu which leads to Dharamkot and veer left up the hill pathway going toward lower Dharamkot. Follow the signs to the Agama center, which is located just beside the Supna Guesthouse.
Contact: Phone: +91 [0] 98 167 84 131 or +91 [0] 98 167 84 191  /
Email: dharamsala [at] agamayoga.com
Website: www.agamayoga.com/centers/india/dharamsala/  |  Yoga Links
Instructor: Swami Vivekananda Saraswati
agama Yoga Style: Esoteric Tantra, Hatha, Kundalini and Laya Yoga
A branch school of Agama yoga, Agama Dharamsala offers the popular First Month Intensive Course and Course Month 2. We also teach Tantra and Dance workshops and hold meditation retreats. Please check the website for scheduling details and more general information.


Basunti
Address: Village Khatiar, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
Contact: Email: info [at] basunti.com
Website: www.basunti.com  |  Yoga Links
Description: Basunti Yoga ShalaBasunti is a lakeside yoga retreat center with a purpose-built yoga shala in the heart of a wildlife reserve in Northern India. It is perfect for workshops and holistic retreats. We welcome inquiries from students who wish to join retreats or teachers who wish to hire Basunti for their retreats.


Divya Institute (Yoga Research Centre)
Address: 'Divya Kunj', New Totu, Shimla-171 011
Instructor: Dr. Vivek Sood, YIC, CYSc, BSc.(Yoga), MSc(Yoga), M.Phil(Yoga) Ph.D (Yoga), MBA
Description: It is a unit of Divyayog Research Foundation (Trust) engaged in imparting training (residential and non-residential) besides academic education upto M.Phil. It is a Yoga Research Centre, Yoga Therapy Centre and Ashram. Yoga camps are also organized on demand.


Himalaya Yoga Valley
Address: Sidharth house Macleodganj, Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh
Contact: Phone: 00919816783605
Website: www.yogagoaindia.com  |  Yoga Links
Instructor: Lalit
Yoga Style: Ashtanga Vinyasa Hatha
Specialties: Teacher training
Description: Himalaya Yoga Valley offers the highest quality Yoga training, daily drop in classes and Yoga Teacher Training, Reiki, Yoga Therapy, meditation courses and retreats to both beginners and seasoned practicioners. For aspirants of our Yoga Teacher Training Course our centre offers a 200hr intensive, internationally certified, rapid learning method. Our students gain a deep understanding of the practice of yoga asanas, philosophy, anatomy, and meditation.


Kailash School of Yoga & Holistic Healing
Address: Yogi Cottage, Bhagsu Road, Mcleodganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh
Instructors: Sugathakumar N Nair (Yogi Sivadas)
Description: Ashtanga Vinyasa and Tribal Hatha Yoga classes are available daily to everyone on a drop-In basis. Reiki, Ayurvedic Massage, Meditation and Sound Healing available by arrangement.
The Yoga Teacher Training Course is recognized and approved by Yoga Alliance.


Neo Yoga Center
Address: Neo Yoga Center, Bhagsunag, Dharmsala {H.P}
Neo Yoga Center, Arambol beach, Goa
Contact: Phone: +91-9923857370  /  Email: neoyoga [at] yahoo.com
Website: www.neoyoga.net  |  Yoga Links
Yoga Style: Iyengar based Hatha yoga, Kundalani Yoga, Gayna Yoga, Krama Yoga.
Description: Yoga asanas done with understanding help us for better health, concentration, and longevity. More than that, to understand that just as the Body is a tool to experience this world, so too the Asanas prepare us for Meditation and Pranayama. Without asana, Pranayama is not possible. Without control of Pranyama, Meditation is not possible.

Uttar Pradesh

Bhakti Yoga India Retreat Tour
Address: Barsana, Uttar Pradesh
Contact: Phone: (303) 642-1996  /  Email: info [at] bhakti-yoga-meditation.com
Website: www.bhakti-yoga-meditation.com/bhakti-yoga-retreat-tour.html  |  Yoga Links
Instructors: Nikhileshwari Devi, Siddheshvari Devi
Yoga Style: Bhakti Yoga
Specialties: Kirtan, Karma Yoga, Hatha Yoga
Description: Experience the bliss of bhakti on a yoga retreat that journeys to the heart of spiritual India. Join us for a ten-day guided tour of the land of Braj. Located only 150 kilometers south of New Delhi, the district of Braj is acknowledged by scriptures, saints and scholars as one of the most sacred pilgrimage places of India. It is the land of Divine Love. The presence of God permeates the atmosphere of Braj and is especially felt in hundreds of shrines, temples and natural locations dedicated to Radha Krishna that commemorate where divine pastimes were enacted 5,000 years ago. Explore this sacred land through field trips and classes, gain hands-on experience of the local culture and customs, and enhance your inner devotional journey through kirtan, meditation and yoga in an ashram environment. Offered bi-annually.


Kriyayoga Research Institute
Address: Nai Jhunsi, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh  211019
Instructors: Swami Shree Yogi Satyam / Yogmata / Gyanmata / Shantimata / Zena / Meeramata
Description: Kriyayoga gives realization of Truth of Immortality where we realize our Infinite GOD-consciousness. We feel that SELF is presence of GOD and perceive that illnesses and sufferings never exist. Kriyayoga is the True Healer of Body and Mind.


Kundalini Yoga Center, Lucknow
Address: C-3, Sector C.S, P.O. Niralanagar, Sitapur Road Lucknow (LKO), U.P.  226020
Instructor: Swami Shukla
Description: This yoga center is a very well known center of Lko city. Tel: 09415466563
Teaching the yoga style of Lko University. Specialist in Kundalini Yoga.


Mahatma Jagdishwaranand Arogya Ashram
Address: Meerut, Jalgaon, Nagpur, Delhi, Mumbai, Madras, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahemdabad, Surat, Hyderabad, Akola, Nasik, Nanded and all over india.
Instructors: Dr. Vinod Kumar Sharma, Smt. Madhu Sharma
Description: Yoga Center, Yoga Training, Meditation, Naturopathy.


Shree Bindu Sewa Sansthan
Address: Sant Bindu ji Marg (Parikrama Marg) Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh  281121
Website: www.jaisiyaram.com  |  Yoga Links
Instructors: Swami Balendu "Swami ji", Sri Yashendu Goswami
Yoga Style: Hatha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Gyana Yoga, Prem Yoga
Description:

Swami-ji

Come to India to relax body, mind and soul. Join an Ayurveda Yoga Holiday and enjoy daily oil massages, Panchakarma treatments, an individualized Ayurvedic diet and Yoga workshops. Choose a spiritual retreat from one to four weeks.
In a Advanced Yoga Training for Teachers you can enhance your yoga practice and teaching as well as deepen your knowledge about the yoga philosophy while seeing how it is directly implemented into life. Gain experience of doing Yoga in its country of origin, in India!
The profits of all retreats and activities go to Children Charity Projects. In the primary school run by the Ashram poor children can learn and receive warm food for free.
By participating you support the education of these kids.
You can also help by sponsoring a child or their food for a day.

Uttarakhand / Uttaranchal

Agama Rishikesh
Address: We are situated in Rishikesh, Uttaranchal, Himalayas.
To find us, cross the Ram Jhula bridge into Swargashram. Bear immediately right and then left. Walk straight and you will see the famous restaurant Chotiwalla on your left. Continue up the twisting sloped path into a large open yard, and Swargashram Gaddi Hall will be right in front of you.
Contact: Email: rishikesh [at] agamayoga.com
Website: www.agamayoga.com/centers/india/rishikesh/  |  Yoga Links
Instructor: Swami Vivekananda Saraswati
agama Yoga Style: Esoteric Tantra, Hatha, Kundalini and Laya Yoga
Agama Rishikesh teaches the classic program from the beginners' First Month Intensive Course through the third month course level. From there, we encourage our students to continue their studies under the direct guidance of Swami Vivekananda in Thailand.


Bharat Heritage Services
Address: 273, Haridwar Road,Opp. Akhand ashram, Koyal Ghati, Rishikesh - 249201, Uttarakhand
Instructor: Vivek B. Gaur
Description: We teach from Beginners to Teacher Training Levels. Rishikesh is famous for yoga and has a spiritual touch due to the Holy River Ganga, Himalayan foothills, environment and ashrams. We teach Hatha, Astanga, Raja, Kundalini and TANTRA yoga to individuals, small/large groups, Corporates, etc.


Mahayog Academy
Address: Mahayog Academy, Talla Gethia, Nainital, Uttarakhand  263 130
Instructor: Mahayogi Kapil Adwait (Pilot Baba)
Description: The Mahayog Academy has been founded to impart Yoga teachings directly from the Himalayan Masters. Sankalpa Shakti is the power that is born of resolve, will and determination to manifest thought vibrations to reality.


Patanjali International Yoga Foundation (PIYF)
Address: Rishikesh, Uttrakhanda
Contact: Phone: +91 94 11 36 18 25  /  Email: info [at] patanjaliyogafoundation.com
Website: www.patanjaliyogafoundation.com  |  Yoga Links
Dr Jitendra Das Instructor: Dr Jitendra Das
Yoga Style: Ashtanga Yoga, Patanjali System of Yoga, Ancient Yoga style
Specialties: Research on Patanjali Yoga and Ayurveda
At Patanjali International Yoga Foundation (PIYF) - Tapovan Rishikesh, We conduct professional Yoga Teachers Training Courses, Yoga -Ayurveda Therapy Courses, Yoga certificate courses. Also we conduct short and long term courses and classes on Yoga-Ayurveda Therapy.


Satvik Sadan
Address: 'Shree Kailashmukhi' Bhimtal, Uttarakhand  263136
Contact: Phone: +91 999 70 927 94  /  Email: thesatvikmode [at] gmail.com
Website: www.thesatvik.com  |  Yoga Links
Instructor: Shukla Acharya (Pulak Ranjan Shukla)
Yoga Style: Classic, Hatha, Raj, Chakra, Kundalini Satvik, Ayurvedic Constitution based
Specialties: Pranayama variations, meditation, Ayurvedic Constitution based, yogic exercises
Description:

The Satvik, Bhimtal, Indian Himalayas offers a satvik yoga experience. That is an authentic pure yoga lifestyle experience. We have yoga retreat, customized to the individual of ten days or more as well as weekend yoga retreats. We also conduct yoga teacher training courses. Details are listed on our website www.thesatvik.com
The special feature at The Satvik is that Shukla Acharya of Himalayas personally conducts the yoga sessions. Shukla Acharya ( Pulak Ranjan Shukla) has been a vedic scholar and yoga practitioner since 1979 and is closely connected to the renowned Himalayan Masters, being their protege.


Yog-Ganga Centre For Yoga Studies
Address: 101 Old Rajpur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand  248001
Instructors: Swati and Rajiv Chanchani
Description: - Pupil of B.K.S. Iyengar since 1975
- Have taught at leading institutions in India and overseas
- Have evolved a yoga syllabus for school children.

~ Indian West Coast ~

Goa:  www.yoga-centers-directory.net/india/goa.htm

Maharashtra

Bharatiya Yoga Vidya Dham
Address: Yogabhavan, College Road, Nasik, Maharashtra  422005
Description: Yoga Vidya Dham is a Gurukul (University) which imparts Yoga training to students and those aspiring to be yoga teachers. It runs a well equiped Yoga & Naturopathy treatment center. Yoga Vidya Dham has 150 Branches all over India.


Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute
Address: Lonavala, Maharasthra
Contact: Phone: 00919769695135  /  Email: kdham.alumni [at] gmail.com
Website: www.kdham.com  |  Yoga Links
Yoga Style: Traditional
Specialties: Yoga Research
Description: Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute is one of India's oldest traditional schools. Stress is given on the age old methods of practising yoga. It is also one of the oldest yogic research institutes.


Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh (Himalayas)
Address: 5, sagar kunj,78, Nepean Sea Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra   400006
Instructor: Mrs. Pratibha Joshi
Description: A spiritual reunion of body and soul through yoga on the banks of the Holy Ganges River, at Rishikesh (Himalayas), India. Ancient and traditional forms of yoga are taught. Some of the classes are in English, for our frequent Western guests and others are in Hindi.


Yogam Sharanam
Address: Shrikalanagar, Opp. St. Philomena School, Jailroad, Nashik Road, Maharashtra
Instructors: Sn. Shrimurti, Sn. Neelapadama, Sn. Mantrajyoti, Sn. KripaSagar, Sn. Divyaprabha
Description: Classical style of Hatha yoga, Pranayam, Meditation, Ashtanga, Kundalini, Ashtanga, yoga for kids, yoga for women, yoga during pregnancy

~ Central India ~

Madhya Pradesh

Paramanand Institute of Yoga Sciences & Research
Address: Paramanand Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Instructor: Om Prakash Baweja
Description: The unique techniques taught here beautify & purify your Body, Mind, Intellect, Brain and Soul. Millions have benefited from various teachings guided by Swamiji himself and his beloved disciple Baba Om. This institute promotes not only physical fitness but also spiritual realization.


Yoga Way International
Address: E-8/290, Trilochan Nagar, Saha Pura, Bhopal (M.P.)
Contact: Email: arun_231248 [at] hotmail.com
Website/Links: www.yogaway-International.com
Instructor: Dr. Arun Raghuwanshi
Yoga Style: Scientific/free style based on Classical Yoga
Specialties: Guides spiritual seekers in Kundalini awakening and self realization (Enlightenment).
Description: Arun Raghuwanshi is an International Yoga Master, with 40 years of experience in the field of yoga. He has been a Professor of Life science in Bhopal university, Bhopal (M.P.), India for the last 30 years. Besides teaching Ecology in his department, he was involved in teaching the scientific aspects of yoga in the Yoga Science Department of the University for quite some time. Recently he has visited Canada and America collecting Literature for his D.Sc. research work on Environmental ethics in which Green Yoga is an important component of his thesis. During his stay abroad he visited several universities and also many yoga studios, gathering rich information and gaining first hand knowledge in state of the art Yoga.
Dr. Arun Raghuwashi teaches and preaches yoga free personally and through his website.
He helps yoga students/teacher-trainees in preparing projects and theory papers and practical aspects when needed. He is always ready to interact with yoga students and people interested in yoga to provide resources for deeper understanding of Yoga techniques.

~ Eastern India ~

West Bengal

Ramakrishna Temple at Belur Math
Address: P.O. Belur Math-711202, Dist Howrah, West Bengal  - an hour's drive from Kolkata
Contact: Tel: (91-33-) 2654-1144
Website: www.belurmath.org
Yoga Style: Practical Vedanta
Description: Belur Math, sprawling over forty acres of land on the western bank of the Hooghly (Ganga), is a place of pilgrimage for people from all over the world professing different religious faiths. Even people not interested in religion come here for the peace it exudes.
The serene campus of Belur Math includes temples dedicated to Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda, in which their relics are enshrined, and the main monastery of the Ramakrishna Order.

~ South India ~

Karnataka:  www.yoga-centers-directory.net/india/karnataka.htm
Kerala:  www.yoga-centers-directory.net/india/kerala.htm
Tamil Nadu:  www.yoga-centers-directory.net/india/tamil_nadu.htm

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