Yogacharya Bharath Shetty is the first yoga teacher in India to be certified as E-RYT 500. He also has RCYT and RPYT to his credit. Having more than 2 decades of yoga teaching experience, he has trained more than 600 teachers from over 70 countries.

Born in a small village next to the temple town Udupi in Coastal Karnataka, Bharath was drawn to Yoga after experiencing the alleviation of his sufferings from chronic asthma. He practiced Yoga and regained the good health ever since. His first teacher was Mr. Kumara in Shantivana Trust, a Yoga and Naturopathy center close to his hometown.