" The means to establishing the sense organs in the Indweller, and thus to prevent them from going towards external objects is called yoga."    

Louise Ellis has been a practitioner of yoga for 40 years and has been teaching for 35. She began studying in Mysore with her Guru Sri K Pattabhi Jois in 1993 and is one of the few women to have been certified by him to teach the Ashtanga Vinyasa system. Having started out with the study of traditional hatha yoga, pranayama and philosophy under Swami Vishnudevanda in 1971, her background includes several diverse yoga systems in which she has both practiced and taught. Her individualized approach to teaching centers on the development of pratyahara and ease in daily practice through the use of breath, dristhi and an attitude of surrender and bhakti. She maintains a dedicated daily practice and continues to travel  extensively in India and around the world to teach. American by birth she is currently based in Rishikesh, India, where she  offers an ongoing Mysore program. Up-coming events will be posted on the classes page of this site

  "No matter which sequence you happen to be doing at a given time the important thing is the quality of attention and sense of lightness you bring to it. It's an art form to approach each days practice without expectation and with a sense of perspective".                       

For more information on the Mysore program or workshops and retreats contact:                      nathyoga@sbcglobal.net           

                                                                              +91 963 441 9257 (while in India)