Who We Are

Discover Your True Self Amidst the Serene Beauty of The Himalayas and Rishikesh

Who we are?

Namaste! we are Kuldeep and Lisa, an intercultural couple from India and Germany. We are the heart and soul behind Atharv Yogshala, a renowned yoga school located in the spiritual heart of India—Rishikesh, famously known as the “World Capital of Yoga.” Our journey as yoga practitioners and teachers has been an evolving one, deeply rooted in the ancient traditions of yoga, yet imbued with modern understandings. Together, we have blended our cultural backgrounds and unique experiences to create a space that fosters holistic growth and well-being through the transformative power of yoga.

A Shared Vision, A Global Mission

Kuldeep, originally from India, grew up surrounded by the spiritual richness of Indian culture, where yoga is more than a practice—it’s a way of life. Lisa, hailing from Germany, discovered yoga while working as an architect and deepend her practice during her travels, seeking balance and inner peace.

We met during one of our yoga training sessions and soon realized that our shared passion for yoga, wellness, and teaching could lead to something much bigger.
For years, we both taught in different schools and locations, gathering invaluable experience and insights into the diverse aspects of yoga. We explored different styles—Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Yin—and studied the teachings of renowned gurus. While teaching abroad and in India, we saw how yoga’s profound benefits could transcend boundaries, languages, and cultures. However, we both felt a desire for something deeper: a place we could call our own, where we could cultivate a community centered around the holistic principles of yoga.

The Birth of Atharv Yogshala

Our dream was to create a space that is more than just a yoga school—one that embodied the essence of an ashram, where yoga was not just a physical practice but a spiritual and mental journey as well. In 2022, we took a leap of faith and founded Atharv Yogshala in Rishikesh, a place known for its spiritual energy and scenic beauty, nestled on the serene and magnificent Rajaji Nationalpark, close to the Ganga.
Atharv Yogshala offers a wide array of programs that cater to both beginners and advanced practitioners. These programs are rooted in ancient yogic traditions but adapted for the modern lifestyle, focusing on the holistic development of the mind, body, and soul. Whether you’re looking for a peaceful retreat to reconnect with yourself or a comprehensive teacher training program to deepen your practice, Atharv Yogshala provides an ideal environment.

A Holistic Approach to Yoga

We are deeply committed to offering an authentic yogic experience with an insight of Indian culture. Our programs are designed not just to teach postures but to provide a comprehensive understanding of yoga, including meditation, pranayama (breath control), Ayurveda, Anatomy and the philosophy behind the practice. Our teacher training courses are certified by Yoga Alliance, enabling students from all over the world to become certified yoga instructors.
Our school reflects the ashram’s philosophy: simplicity, community, and learning. Daily schedules at Atharv Yogshala incorporate not only asanas but also time for self-reflection, spiritual discourse, and communal meals, making it a true sanctuary for those seeking to deepen their practice or start a career in teaching yoga.

A Global Community

Over the years, we have built a global community of yoga practitioners who stay connected to Atharv Yogshala. Our students come from diverse backgrounds, drawn by our unique ability to blend Indian yogic wisdom with modern, scientific approaches to well-being.
In the green, serene environ of Rishikesh, we -Kuldeep and Lisa- continue to inspire and guide others on their spiritual journey, living their dream of creating a nurturing space where yoga can be practiced and shared as a way of life. Atharv Yogshala stands as a testament to our dedication, passion, and commitment to spreading the transformative power of yoga across the globe.

Rishikesh in the foothills of the Himalayan Range is blessed with one of the most serene environments and bliss of nature. The flow of the pious and mesmerizing river Ganga offers a trans-state of mind for every yoga learner here. The ambiance and the surroundings with the climatic conditions of Rishikesh make it an ideal destination for any yoga practice. Be it for a newcomer or for an experienced yoga learner, Rishikesh is a paradise on earth offering the best ambiance for harnessing the skills of yoga and harvesting the best benefits out of it. The Ashram of Atharvyogshala is situated in an ideal location in Rishikesh offering you the just-perfect atmosphere for learning yoga.

With a Sattvic atmosphere regulated by strict principles, our Yoga Ashram in Rishikesh offers the best environment for anyone who is selecting Rishikesh for his or her holistic and spiritual retreat program in India.

Yoga is always a mind, body, and spirit thing. You always need the right kind of ambiance for practicing and experiencing yoga as a principle of life. At Atharvyogshala, we ensure that you receive the best exposure to sacred texts, and literature with healthy and vegetarian foods to help you in mastering yoga whenever you plan to join us.

Learning yoga has been one of the most admired hobbies for individuals who would like a healthy body and a clear mind. For those, who would like to go a step ahead and make a career as well as balance in life through yoga, a retreat program is quite helpful. Not only for the international recognition that a person receives after completion of his/ her yoga teacher training but also for the reasons that he gets exposed to a vibrant group of people as his/ her co-trainees and teachers, who help in learning and mastering the principles. A yoga retreat with us in Rishikesh practically takes care of all your physical and emotional requirements offering you the perfect ambiance to learn and master yoga.

When you enroll in any of our retreat programs at Atharvyogshala, you are assured of the finest teaching from the most experienced yoga trainers in India. We always emphasize systematic learning of yoga and periodically evaluate the progress and outcomes. This makes sure that you learn yoga in the right manner and practice it regularly to master the skills. With highly trained and experienced trainers, we boast of being the best yoga school in Rishikesh offering various formats of Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and Kriya Yoga. When you learn yoga from Atharvyogshala, we ensure that you receive the best teaching and learn how to teach yoga to the next generation with improvement in various interpersonal skills with yoga as the foundation.

Our Yoga programs are certified by internationally recognized institutions that have worldwide recognition. With the finest teaching through the best methodology, we make sure our students learn and master yoga thoroughly while undergoing a phase of transformation and self-development. The Sattvic ambiance of the Ashram with pure organic foods and a naturally soothing atmosphere makes us the best yoga school in Rishikesh with all fervor. You will not only learn yoga here, but also get exposure to different types of people from different corners of the world helping your understanding and consciousness.

“A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do.”

Why we are Special?

Expert Guidance and Professionalism At Atharv Yogshala, we pride ourselves on our highly qualified and certified teachers who bring exceptional knowledge and professionalism to the field of yoga. Our instructors are dedicated to ensuring clarity and understanding in every class, leaving no room for confusion. With our expert guidance, you'll receive top-notch instruction tailored to your learning needs.
Holistic Health and Safety Your health and safety are our top priorities. We meticulously maintain the highest standards of hygiene and safety throughout your stay. From our comfortable accommodations to our daily routines, every aspect of your well-being is taken care of with utmost attention.
Comfortable Stay and Nourishing Meals We welcome yoga aspirants from around the world to our serene ashram, where you'll enjoy a comfortable stay amidst the beauty of Rishikesh. Our commitment to your well-being extends to the food we provide—three nutritious meals daily, along with detoxifying herbal tea served twice a day to keep you energized and refreshed.

Comprehensive Yoga Programs Our yoga programs cater to everyone, regardless of your experience level. Whether you're a beginner or an advanced practitioner, we offer a wide range of courses designed to provide a solid foundation in yoga. Our practical and theoretical classes ensure a well-rounded education, helping you gain maximum knowledge with ease.

Small Group Retreats for Personalized Learning We believe in the power of small group learning. Our retreat courses are conducted in groups of 8-10 students, allowing for individualized attention and a more intimate learning experience. This approach facilitates quicker and more effective learning, ensuring you get the most out of your time with us.

Inclusive and Accessible Yoga Education At Atharv Yogshala, we welcome everyone with open arms. Our retreats and courses are designed to be accessible to all yoga practitioners, regardless of their background or experience. We offer ample resources for beginners and ensure that each retreat lays a strong and fundamental foundation in yoga practice.

Warm and Welcoming Community Joining Atharv Yogshala means becoming part of a warm and welcoming community. We believe in fostering connections with every individual who comes to enhance their spiritual practices with us. Our supportive environment ensures that you feel at home from the moment you arrive.

Embark on your transformative yoga journey with Atharv Yogshala, where expert guidance, holistic well-being, and a nurturing community await you. We look forward to welcoming you and supporting your path to inner peace and spiritual growth.

Transformative Yoga for Health, Healing & Happiness

Experience

The experience you will gain by coming to Rishikesh is unmatched and absolutely life-changing! Come to Rishikesh, deepen your yoga practice and find your true self.

Ashram Life

Simplicity, humility and stepping out of your comfort zone will transform you to a whole new level you may not have experienced before.

Yogic Food

Sattvic foods are healthy, nutritious and soothing foods to keep your body healthy and to help you keep a stable and steady mind

Connection

Meeting yogis from across the world is one of the amazing things you will experience during our retreats and workshops. You will be able to connect with like minded people to share experiences and ideas with, you will make life long friends.

Discipline

No late nights or mornings. No late lunches or skipping of breakfast. Regular exercising and meditation, a busy schedule of classes as the day goes on. Does this sound like a healthy routine with a different other than what you follow back home? Does it interest you to know further how it is all implemented in reality? Then a yoga retreat or workshop in Rishikesh has it set just for you.

Sightseeing and Adventure

There are a whole lot of exciting activities in Rishikesh to keep up the element of fun in your journey to India, such as Bungee Jumping, River Rafting, Rock climbing and more. And for sightseeing, Rishikesh presents you the ethnic temples, famous ashrams such as Parmarth Niketan and so on. Enlighten life’s journey through an educative experience and journey to Rishikesh, India. Unleash the hidden potential in you as you board the divine yogic journey in Rishikesh, India

Atharv Yogshala is a sanctuary for discovering the true self. Our goal is to provide the sessions in an atmosphere designed to awaken self-awareness, find balance and harmony. Our schedule offers an eclectic mix of traditional and modern yoga classes emphasising the integration of mind and body.

Leave your comfort zone

Yoga is a way of life; it is a path of ascension and needs rigorous practice and dedicated efforts to attain that supreme bliss. When you are here at the land of sages and sadhak, you must leave your comfort zone to adopt a sattvic and pious environment of the Ashram for learning and practicing yoga. You may have to make some changes in your routine and modulate your schedules as per the Ashram regulations.
This is purely for the betterment of your learning outcome as well as for offering you a better way of living your life under sacred principles.

Stepping out of your comfort zone is the gateway to growth. It’s where magic happens, where you challenge the ordinary and embrace the extraordinary. By daring to explore the unknown, you unlock potential you never knew existed, turning fears into triumphs and dreams into reality. Break free from the familiar, and let the adventure of self-discovery transform your life. Remember, comfort is the enemy of progress, and outside your comfort zone is where true greatness lies.

Meet the world

When you are joining Atharv Yogshala for learning yoga in Rishikesh, you get an opportunity to meet new people from across the world. This not only offers you a deep understanding of humanity above all but also helps you to expand your thought horizon while familiarizing yourself with different cultures, traditions, and best practices.

Learning yoga offers you the intellect to critically analyze different situations, and perspectives, which can help you in leading a better life while becoming an internationally recognized and certified yoga teacher.

Let's yoga with Us

Atharv Yogshala is an internationally acclaimed and recognized institution offering various formats of retreats in Rishikesh Ashram. We have richly experienced and highly taught masters to guide you in every step of your learning while offering you a deeper and clear understanding of yoga as a principle.

Our teaching methodology is diverse as per versatile requirements and we ensure that you learn the best yoga retreats course at one of the best yoga schools in India. We ensure to offer you a unique experience while you spend some days with us for any of the retreat programs.

Mission and Vision

The main aim of Atharv Yogshala is to prosper a spiritual practice in humans. When you see yourself surrounded by stress, tension, and negativity, then the only way to get through these aspects is through yoga.
Every asana has its own scientific and spiritual significance which purifies your mind, stables ignition of the soul as well as benefits your entire body from the inside out.

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Known as the World’s Capital of Yoga, Rishikesh is the small city of Uttarakhand. Tourists from all over the world have been visiting in the lap of - Rishikesh to deepen their spiritual practice with the sole motive to step towards building a healthy life. The abundance of natural beauty on this land creates a calm environment giving tourists reasons to visit this place and practice yoga. Rishikesh is considered one of the best destinations when it comes to learning as well as practicing yoga. There are countless reasons why Rishikesh is the favored hub for yoga practice, let us have a look at some of them.

Yoga is meant to be performed at a place that is filled with quietness and serenity like Rishikesh. Imagine being surrounded by the great Himalayas, sitting on the banks of the river, and performing yoga. This place can give you an ideal ambiance for a profound yoga program. It is known as the homeland of yoga. The registered yoga school in Rishikesh offers you a classical, traditional & authentic style of yoga without including any impurity. Rishikesh's friendly atmosphere gives reason to travelers, tourists as well as yoga aspirants to come and explore this place. Experience our life-changing yoga retreats which are designed for every aspirant of yoga practitioner.

Since Rishikesh is considered a place of rich yoga and spiritual heritage, it is home to the most reputed yoga schools as well as ashrams all over the world. People around the world visit this city to experience spirituality, yoga, and nature. You can easily find the most acclaimed and eminent yoga teachers as well as practitioners in Rishikesh as it is home to the most authentic yoga in the world.

Why Join Atharv Yogshala?

Our yoga school has highly qualified teachers who have excellent knowledge in the field of yoga. The teachers have attained the utmost professionalism in their yoga style and conduct class in such a way that no confusion is left in the mind of students during the class. Therefore, Atharv Yogshala has teachers that are certified in their specific style of yoga. We give utmost priority and care to the health as well as the safety of students. Atharv Yogshala makes sure that the health and safety of students are maintained at every step while performing yoga.

We also organize a comfortable stay for our yoga aspirants who came from different cities around the world.
The ashram also offers hygienic food three times a day and detoxifying herbal tea two times which works as an energy booster for you.
To make sure that student gains maximum knowledge from the course with ease, Atharv Yogshala also renders both practical as well as theoretical classes of yoga under yoga professionals.
The yoga program offered by our Atharv Yogshala is not meant for a particular student it can be availed by all yoga aspirants.
If you are a new one, we have enough material for you like Beginner Yoga, and all our retreats keep a fundamental and foundational basis for every yoga aspirant.
Therefore, Atharv Yogshala also conducts many retreat courses in Rishikesh in a group size of 8-10 students because we think that people can learn more easily and quickly in small groups as compared to big groups and get individual approaches.
Our yoga courses or programs are not meant for any particular individual; anyone can take our yoga program. We mean to say, it doesn't matter if you are new to the term yoga, you still get a lot about it with our retreats which are designed and suitable for every yoga practitioner.
Atharv Yogshala conducts both, practical and theoretical classes during a yoga course so that students will gain better with ease.
Atharv Yogshala offers a comfy and scenic stay and Sattvic food for yoga aspirants from all over the globe.3 times hygienic meals and 2 times detoxifying herbal tea is the energy booster for you.
Atharv Yogshala takes care of the safety and health of our yoga students. Every aspect related to the health or safety of the student will be given utmost care and priority.
Atharv Yogshala, Rishikesh believes in connections with every individual who comes to our door to enhance their spiritual practices with us. we would love to welcome everyone with warm regards.