A specific injury or a diagnosis
A disc problem, a shoulder that has been operated on, an arthritic knee, sciatica, a frozen shoulder. A group sequence can be adapted around one of these; it cannot be built around it. One to one can be.
One person, one sequence, 60 min
One to one, when a group is wrong
In one breath
A private session is 60 min built around one body: your injury, your diagnosis, your pregnancy or your schedule. It costs ₹2,000/session online, wherever you live, and ₹2,500/session in person in Bangalore. Four and eight session packs cost less per session. There is no package to buy up front.
Most beginners should read that second button before the first one. A group class costs far less and works better for them.
Who one to one is actually for
Five situations where a group sequence is the wrong instrument, not merely a slower one.
A body that will not follow a group pace
Severe stiffness, significant weight to carry, vertigo, a balance problem, or a condition that makes lying flat or getting up off the floor difficult. In a batch you would spend the hour half a step behind. Alone you would not.
A schedule that no batch fits
Shift work, a newborn, hospital rounds, a job in a time zone that turns every published slot into the middle of the night. Sessions are booked with you rather than drawn from a timetable.
Genuine nervousness about a group
Not mild shyness, which passes in a fortnight, but the kind of self-consciousness that would stop you attending at all. A few private sessions are often the bridge into a group class rather than a permanent arrangement.
Pregnancy, or a return after surgery
Both need a sequence built for the stage you are actually at, reviewed as it changes, with poses removed rather than modified. A general class sequence is the wrong instrument. Bring what your doctor has said, in writing if you have it.
And who should not book one
This is the most expensive thing on the site, so it is worth being blunt about when it is a waste of your money.
- Most beginners. If you are simply new to yoga and reasonably well, a group class will teach you more, cost far less and keep you going for longer, because turning up with other people is most of the habit.
- Anybody hoping to move faster. A private session is not an accelerated course. The same rule holds: the pose is held, the breath is watched, and nothing is asked of a body that is not ready.
- Anyone wanting a workout or a weight-loss programme with a number on it. That is not what is taught here, in a group or alone.
- Anyone who wants a rota of teachers or a session at short notice most days. There is one teacher, and his mornings belong to the group classes.
If you recognise yourself in that list, start with the free weekly class and then the group class in Bangalore or the live online batch. You can always add a private session later, once you know what you would use it for.
How a first session actually runs
Before it. You are asked four things on WhatsApp: your age, what hurts and for how long, what a doctor or physiotherapist has told you, and what you want out of this. If you have a scan report, a prescription or a discharge summary, a photograph of it is worth more than a paragraph describing it. Nothing is prepared blind, and a session booked without any of this is usually moved rather than run badly.
The first fifteen minutes. No poses. You talk and he watches you: how you stand, how you sit down and get up, which side you lean on, how you breathe when you are not thinking about it. Then a small number of very simple movements, done slowly, to see where the range actually stops rather than where you believe it stops. This part tells him more than the rest of the hour.
The rest of it. A short practice, built in front of you, from the movements your body agreed to. You will be stopped and corrected constantly, which is the point of paying for one person’s full attention. Nothing is added because it looks like progress, and anything that produces pain is dropped there and then rather than modified into something slightly less bad.
What you leave with. Your own sequence, written down: the poses in order, how long to hold each one, how many times a week, and the short list of things not to do at all for now. It is a page, not a booklet, because a page is what people actually follow.
The follow-up. A review session is usually suggested for two or three weeks later, by which point either the sequence is working or it needs changing, and both are useful information. Between sessions you can send a question on WhatsApp. Nothing renews on its own and there is no block of sessions you have to use up.
Online or in person
In person means the hall in MSR Nagar, north Bangalore, at a time arranged with you rather than during the group mornings. Its advantage is a hand on the joint that is not moving, which is worth a great deal in the early sessions of a real injury case.
Online means a video call with the same hour and the same attention. Set the camera side-on, roughly two metres back, so your whole mat is in frame, and have a wall and a sturdy chair within reach. What changes is that a correction sometimes takes three attempts instead of one hand, and that the teacher cannot feel whether a muscle is gripping. What does not change is that the whole hour is about you.
Many people do both: the first session in the hall if they are in Bangalore, then reviews online because it is easier.
What it costs
- One to one online, single session
- ₹2,000 per session
- One to one online, four sessions
- ₹7,600 per 4 sessions
- One to one online, eight sessions
- ₹14,400 per 8 sessions
- One to one, in person in Bangalore
- ₹2,500 per session
There is no package you must buy up front. No block of ten, no joining fee, no card kept on file and nothing that renews by itself. You pay for each session, and if one session is all you need then that is all you pay for.
Group fees are much lower and are set out in full on the fees page. If cost is the deciding factor, that is the page to read.
Questions people ask
If you came here with a problem rather than an ambition, start with the page written for it: yoga for back pain, yoga for anxiety and stress, yoga for weight loss, yoga for PCOS, yoga for thyroid, or starting yoga after forty. Each one says what helps, what to leave alone, and what the evidence actually shows. If you would rather practise first and read later, begin with Surya Namaskar, all twelve steps, the ten minute morning routine, or the guide to how to start yoga at home.
What does a one-to-one session cost?
₹2,000/session online, wherever you live, and ₹2,500/session in person in Bangalore, for a session of about 60 min. Four and eight session packs are cheaper per session, and the eight works out at ₹1,800 a session, but no pack is compulsory: there is no block of ten to commit to and no joining fee. You pay for the sessions you have, and if one is enough for you then one is enough. Every other fee on the site is published in full rather than sent on request.
Should I book one to one or just join a group class?
If you are new to yoga and generally well, join the group. It costs a fraction as much, the sequence is designed for exactly your situation, and the presence of other people is what keeps most beginners coming back. One to one earns its cost when something specific rules a group out: an injury, a diagnosis, a pregnancy, a post-surgical return, a schedule no batch fits, or nervousness that would otherwise stop you starting at all.
How many sessions will I need?
Nobody will quote you a number before meeting you, and be wary of anyone who does. Many people take three or four sessions, leave with a written sequence and then move into a group class or practise at home with an occasional review. Others with a long-standing condition keep a session every week or fortnight for as long as it is useful. It is your call, every time, and nothing renews automatically.
Is a private session online as good as in person?
For assessment and for teaching a sequence, online works well: the whole hour is about you, the camera is close, and there is nobody else on screen. What online cannot do is put a hand on the joint that is not moving, which matters most in the first sessions of a genuine injury case. If you are in Bangalore and the problem is physical, start in person and continue online if that is easier.
What do I need to tell the teacher beforehand?
Your age, what hurts and for how long, what a doctor or physiotherapist has said, any surgery, any medication that affects blood pressure or dizziness, whether you are pregnant, and what you are hoping for. A photograph of a report or a prescription is more useful than a description. Send it on WhatsApp before the session, not on the day, so the first 60 min is not spent on paperwork.
Can I do one to one and a group class at the same time?
Yes, and it is a common arrangement: the group class most mornings for the habit, plus an occasional private session to work on the one thing the group sequence cannot address. The group fee and the session fee are separate and neither discounts the other. If you want to try the group side first, your first group class costs nothing, in any batch, any day of the week.
Come to one class before you decide anything
Your first class is free, in any batch, on any day. No card, nothing to cancel. Come once and see whether the teaching suits you before you pay for anything. You will be asked your age and whether anything hurts, and the sequence will be adapted for you on the spot.
You message on WhatsApp, we send the link. No card, and nothing to cancel afterwards.