New to Yoga

Path to wellness through yoga

Are you ready to start your yoga journey?

The best place to start is with our Beginners’ Yoga courses. A structured course with the same teacher and same group of students–not rushed and with plenty of individual attention—provides for ideal learning. You’ll acquire the basics and also build the confidence and the discipline to continue to grow your practice into the future as well.

Our city yoga centres offer in-person Beginners’ yoga courses in various timings to suit your schedule. The two week residential Yoga Vacation programme at our Ashrams offers a similar learning for those with the time for an immersion in a yogic lifestyle. We also offer online Yoga Foundations courses, consisting of 16 classes over 8 weeks, offering experienced and instruction from India to anywhere in the world.

Once you have completed a Beginners’ Yoga course, you may choose to continue your learning in a more structured environment by continuing with intermediate courses, Yoga Vacation, or drop-in Open Classes, scheduled at different times each day in our city centres, or online.

Looking for weight loss?

By keeping up a regular practice of yoga asanas (postures), proper breathing, and relaxation, we tend to maintain healthier eating habits and a natural body weight without making effort. In fact, no special techniques are needed. We gain the discipline and confidence to make yoga a part of life going forward. Specialised programmes for weight loss are offered at our city centres and Fasting and Detoxification retreats as well as Ayurvedic treatments and Panchakarma are offered at our Ashrams on a regular basis.

How to stay inspired?

Once you’ve learned the basics you can stay inspired in your practice by attending Workshops and Specialised courses. These are offered at all of our locations: city Centres, Ashrams, and Online. Sivananda TV, our on-demand video platform offers courses which can be completed on your own schedule.

And, who knows, you may decide to attend our world-renowned Teachers’ Training Course — for your own personal development, or to make a fresh start in your career!

Learning something new, meeting like-minded people, and getting involved with our international Community of yoga practitioners are great ways to integrate yoga more fully into your life and to make lasting change.

The following playlist on YouTube introduces some of the basics which are taught in our Beginners’ Yoga courses:

Students practising standing balance poses in a group yoga class.

Frequently Asked Questions

The best place to start is a Beginners’ Yoga course. You learn with the same teacher and the same group for the whole course, so you get plenty of individual attention. Our city centres run in-person beginners’ courses at different times of the day.

A regular practice of postures, proper breathing and relaxation helps many people keep healthy eating habits and a natural body weight. Our city centres offer special weight loss programmes. Our ashrams also run fasting and detox retreats and Ayurvedic treatments.

Yes. The two-week residential Yoga Vacation programme at our ashrams teaches the basics while you live the yogic lifestyle. It is suitable for people who have never done yoga before.

Yes. Our online Yoga Foundations course has 16 classes over 8 weeks and is taught live from India to students anywhere in the world. You can also learn at your own pace with the video courses on Sivananda TV.

You can continue with intermediate courses or drop-in open classes at our city centres or online. Many students also join workshops, a Yoga Vacation or the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Course to deepen their practice.

Regular workshops and special courses at our centres, ashrams and online help you keep learning. Joining our international community of yoga practitioners is another good way to make yoga part of daily life.