Kerala, India
SWARUPA
Yoga as an Art of Being Human
Swarupa is often translated as one's own nature or true form. A human space for exploring movement, awareness, and the possibility of seeing ourselves more clearly.
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Kerala, India
Yoga as an Art of Being Human
Swarupa is often translated as one's own nature or true form. A human space for exploring movement, awareness, and the possibility of seeing ourselves more clearly.
Welcome
For over two decades, yoga has been one of the ways through which I continue to explore life.
What began as a childhood curiosity gradually became an ongoing exploration shaped by practice, teaching, art, nature, relationships, questions, mistakes, and learning.
Along the way, yoga revealed itself to be far more than a collection of techniques.
It became a way of paying attention.
A way of understanding.
A way of participating more fully
in life.
SWARUPA emerged from this continuing exploration.
Not as a system.
Not as a destination.
But as a space for practice, inquiry, and learning.
About
Artist · Practitioner · Teacher from Kerala, India
I am an artist, yoga practitioner, and teacher from Kerala, India.
Alongside yoga, poetry, storytelling, movement, visual expression, and creative inquiry have always been important parts of my life.
Over the years, my journey has been influenced by different teachers, traditions, practices, and experiences. While these influences continue to inform my work, I find myself increasingly interested in the meeting point between yoga and everyday life.
Not yoga as an escape from life.
But yoga as a way of engaging with it more deeply.
Yoga as an Adaptive Art
Many approaches to yoga focus on a single doorway.
Alignment. Breath. Energy. Meditation. Philosophy.
I have come to see these not as separate paths, but as different ways of approaching the same human experience.
Every individual arrives with a different body, history, temperament, and life situation.
Practice becomes meaningful when it responds to the uniqueness of the individual rather than asking the individual to fit a method.
For me, yoga is not a fixed system.
It is a living and adaptive art.
Each role asks something different from us.
Living Many Lives
Each role asks something different from us.
Yet we often carry the emotions, tensions, and unfinished stories of one moment into the next.
Practice, as I understand it, is not only about flexibility or stillness.
It is also about cultivating the sensitivity and adaptability needed to respond fully to the life we are living.
Practice
Through years of observation, experimentation, and teaching, two complementary streams of exploration gradually emerged.
A journey from Sahasrara towards Muladhara.
Descending awareness through the body — from the expansive to the grounded, from the subtle to the dense.
A journey from Muladhara towards Sahasrara.
Ascending awareness through the layers — from the earthly to the expansive, building and refining as we move upward.
Form as inquiry
Life energy in the body
Energy centres & relationship
Self in context & space
Self Reading
Inspired by the yogic principle of Swadhyaya, Self Reading is an invitation to understand ourselves through observation.
Not as self-improvement.
Not as self-judgment.
But as self-understanding.
By learning to observe our thoughts, emotions, habits, reactions, and relationships more clearly, we become better equipped to respond intelligently to life.
The clearer we see ourselves, the more freedom we have in how we respond.
Online Practice
Classes are adapted according to individual needs, experience levels, interests, and life circumstances.
Zoom Sessions
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
9:30 AM & 4:30 PM (IST)
$15 · 90 minutes
Join Group Class
One-on-One Sessions
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Time chosen by students
$30 · 90 minutes
Book Private SessionRetreats
"Retreats create a space for practice, reflection, conversation, silence, and community. A space to slow down. To reconnect. To see more clearly."
Less about escaping life. More about meeting it more fully.
Beginning August
Program 01
1 Yoga Practice Daily
Program 02
2 Yoga Practices Daily
Program 03 — In-Person or Online
Philosophy, sattvic living & self-reflection
Retreat Contribution
$50–100 / day
Depending on location and accommodation.
Includes: Ashram or homestay accommodation ·
Daily practice sessions · Traditional Kerala vegetarian meals · Village and nature experiences
Kerala Backwaters
Village & Nature
Additional Experiences
Teachers, Traditions & Gratitude
"Perhaps the most meaningful learning is not becoming a 'perfect spiritual person,' but learning to live with honesty, awareness, humility, and depth."
Influences & Training
My journey with yoga began unexpectedly at the age of ten, after finding a yoga book in a small village library while searching for storybooks.
Alongside poetry, theatre, stories, and art, yoga slowly became part of my inner world.
In the beginning, it was never imagined as a profession. It was simply something shared with curiosity, sincerity, and care.
Over time, I studied with different teachers and traditions, including the Sivananda tradition and the School of Shanti, where I completed both 200-hour and 500-hour teacher trainings.
Yet the deeper learning came not through certification, but through lived experience — through practice, teaching, observation, mistakes, travel, relationships, and the constant unfolding of life itself.
I remain deeply grateful to all the teachers, friends, students, and lineages that shaped this journey.
At the same time, experience has taught me that no teacher is beyond being human.
Teachers
& Schools
Sivananda Tradition · School of Shanti
200-Hour Teacher Training · 500-Hour Teacher Training
I remain deeply grateful to all those who have contributed, directly and indirectly, to this continuing exploration.
Voices from the Journey
Experiences shared by students and practitioners. Add your real testimonials here.
"Add your student testimonial here. A short, honest reflection of their experience with Swarupa Yoga."
— Student Name, Location
"Add your student testimonial here. A short, honest reflection of their experience with Swarupa Yoga."
— Student Name, Location
"Add your student testimonial here. A short, honest reflection of their experience with Swarupa Yoga."
— Student Name, Location
Reflections
A collection of observations, writings, questions, and insights emerging from practice and everyday life.
Not conclusions.
Not answers.
Only invitations to explore.
A short excerpt or teaser from the reflection — two or three lines that invite the reader further into the inquiry.
PracticeA short excerpt or teaser from the reflection — two or three lines that invite the reader further into the inquiry.
Everyday LifeA short excerpt or teaser from the reflection — two or three lines that invite the reader further into the inquiry.
InquiryA short excerpt or teaser from the reflection — two or three lines that invite the reader further into the inquiry.
ObservationA Continuing Exploration
Life becomes lighter
when we learn to see
ourselves more clearly.
To meet our strengths and limitations with kindness.
And to remain open to learning.
These continue to guide my own exploration.
Not as ideals to achieve.
But as qualities to practice.
Let's Connect
Whether you are interested in online classes, retreats, teacher training, personal practice, or simply wish to connect, you are welcome to reach out.
Address
Punnakkalkundu, Chuvattupadam
Kannambra-I, Kerala 678683
India
Online Classes
Available worldwide via Zoom.
All time zones welcome.
Hours
Kerala Retreats
Beginning August · Kerala, India