Acharya Bharat Shetty (Founder)
Acharya Bharat 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 3 decades of yoga teaching experience, he has trained more than 2100 teachers from over 80 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. To spread the benefits of Yoga to masses, he decided to become a professional yoga teacher. In this pursuit, he underwent training at Pune, under the legendary Yoga Guru B.K.S. Iyengar, one of the most inspiring and revolutionary teachers of 21st Century. This, helped him gain deep insight into the Iyengar style of Yoga.
Today he is a certified teacher with qualifications from the Indian Yoga Institute, Vivekananda Kendra, Bangalore (Grade A); International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, Trivandrum (Grade–Excellent). He was awarded Yoga Siromani and Yoga Acharya titles on completion of the trainings. Bharath is the winner of Himalaya Yoga Olympiad (Indian National Yoga Championship), Haridwar, 1998; and Bangalore, 2001. He has also specialised in Pranayama, Kriya, Meditation and Special Therapy classes for women, children and ailing people. He has organised several Workshops in Malaysia, Switzerland, Bangkok, Belgium, Germany, Bangalore, Bombay and locally in Mysore. He has also organised many workshops at Union Bank of Switzerland, Oracle, ANZ Information Technologies, Theorems in Mysore and is regularly holding a group of workshops for the Staff Management and large number of visitors who come to visit Mysore.
At present, he is the Director of IndeaYoga and Ashtanga Yoga Bharata in Mysore. Since 2005 he has been conducting Teacher’s Training courses, which are internationally recognised by Yoga Alliance USA. Till date, he has successfully trained over 2100+ certified teachers from more than 80 countries all over the world. On personal front, he is married to Archana Shetty from his hometown. They are blessed with two smart and independent daughters – Aajna Shetty and Abhijna Shetty.
Archana Bharath Shetty
A serious & passionate advanced Yoga practitioner who has balanced her life from home to learning & spreading awareness about Yoga. Mrs. Archana is married to Acharya Bharath Shetty & has been trained under him. She is one of the Directors of IndeaYoga. She is also one of the senior teachers of Ashtanga Yoga Bharata & IndeaYoga with the teaching experience of more than 10 years. She is experienced in teaching beginners as well as advanced practitioners & focuses more on back bending & hip opening asanas. She also takes pre-natal & post-natal yoga classes at Ashtanga Yoga Bharata as well as assists Mr. Bharat Shetty in Mysore Style classes at IndeaYoga if required.
Testimonials:
The teaching method of yoga makes to relax our body & mind. It made me to refresh my mind by removing all the stress. They taught us according to our requirement. It has improved my concentration.