Listen
Practice begins before movement. Long before the posture and the breath, there is a body that has been speaking all along, through tiredness, through pain, through restlessness. The first discipline is learning to hear it.
Traditional Yoga · Yoga Therapy · Palam Vihar, Gurugram · In person & Online
The body remembers how to heal.
Your body already knows how to heal itself. Yoga, practised the traditional way and with awareness, is how you find your way back to that knowing. This is Living Yog.
Bhumika Pathak
Founder · Yoga Therapist
The philosophy
Yoga is not something you do. It is a way you return.
Understand
I do not teach yoga as performance. You learn what you are doing, why you are doing it, what it offers you and where it asks you to stop. Understanding is what turns repetition into practice, and practice into change.
Return
The practice does not end on the mat. Breath, awareness and discipline follow you into your meals, your sleep, your work and your relationships, until yoga stops being something you do and becomes the way you live.
The founder · 01 to 07
I did not choose yoga. I arrived.
I came to traditional yoga the long way, through injury, frustration and one honest question my body kept asking. That road is the reason I teach the way I do.
2013
The gym years
I started with fitness. Aerobics, gym, the familiar idea that a body gets better by being pushed harder. Strength was the goal. My body was something I drove.
Then
The interruption
A torn knee ligament, and suddenly even walking was difficult. The body I had been pushing would not be pushed any more.
After
The return that failed
I recovered and went back to the gym, and a shoulder injury followed. This one refused to heal. Effort alone was no longer enough. Something in the way I was training was missing.
First try
Yoga, misunderstood
Yoga reached me first in its modern costume. Fancy postures, very little understanding. Practised without awareness it hurt me more than it helped, and I almost walked away from it.
200 hours
The tradition
Then I met traditional yoga, and it looked nothing like what I had tried before. I enrolled in a 200 hour Teacher Training Course and began properly, from the beginning.
300 hours
The deepening
A 300 hour Yoga Therapy training followed, and with it the pancha koshas, the five layers of being. My injuries, my mind and my patterns finally made sense. The change was personal long before it was professional.
Today
Living Yog
Now I teach what I had to learn the slow way. The body carries its own intelligence, and traditional yoga practised with awareness is how we return to it.
The tradition
Satyananda Yoga, a living tradition.
Living Yog follows the Satyananda Yoga tradition. It is a complete and systematic approach in which body, breath, mind and awareness are trained together. Yoga as it was meant to be practised: patiently, personally, and as a way of life.
Why does awareness come first?
A posture done without attention is only exercise. The same posture done with attention becomes yoga. Awareness is the thing that changes the practice, not the shape of the pose.
Is it about advanced asanas?
Depth is not measured by how difficult a shape looks from outside. It is measured by how steady, how comfortable and how present you can be inside it.
Why do breath, rest and meditation matter?
Asana prepares the body, pranayama steadies the energy, yoga nidra and meditation settle the mind. Leave any of them out and the practice stays on the surface.
Where does the practice go next?
What you learn on the mat is meant for the rest of your day. How you eat, how you sleep, how you respond. That is where a tradition becomes a way of living.
The pancha koshas
Five layers of being
I
Annamaya Kosha
The physical body
Made of food, bone and muscle. The body you can touch. Asana begins here, not to perfect the body but to befriend it.
II
Pranamaya Kosha
The energy body
The field of breath and vital force beneath the flesh. Through pranayama you begin to feel what actually animates you.
III
Manomaya Kosha
The mental body
The mind and its weather. Thought, reaction, habit. Here practice becomes observation rather than effort.
IV
Vijnanamaya Kosha
The wisdom body
Discernment and intuition. The quiet intelligence that knows before the mind decides. Meditation is what makes it audible.
V
Anandamaya Kosha
The blissful body
The innermost layer. Stillness itself, untouched by circumstance. Not achieved, only uncovered. This is the return.
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The pancha koshas
I
Annamaya Kosha
The physical body. Asana begins here, not to perfect the body but to befriend it.
II
Pranamaya Kosha
The energy body. Through pranayama you begin to feel what animates you.
III
Manomaya Kosha
The mental body. Practice becomes observation rather than effort.
IV
Vijnanamaya Kosha
The wisdom body. Meditation makes the quiet intelligence audible.
V
Anandamaya Kosha
The blissful body. Not achieved, only uncovered. This is the return.
The practice
Not one exercise. A relationship.
Body, breath, mind, awareness and lifestyle are not separate offerings here. They are one woven practice. Each part prepares the next, and together they reach every layer.
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Mantra
Sound that steadies the mind before the body moves.
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Asana
Postures practised with awareness, not ambition.
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Pranayama
Breath work, the bridge between body and mind.
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Yoga Nidra
Guided deep rest. The art of conscious stillness.
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Meditation
Observation without effort, built up gradually.
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Shatkarma
Classical cleansing practices, used within therapy.
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Lifestyle guidance
Written, personal guidance for life beyond the mat.
What Living Yog offers
Four doors, one practice.
Whether you come to move, to heal, to learn or to go deeper on your own, the tradition underneath stays the same.
01
Move
Regular Yoga
Group classes in the traditional Satyananda approach. Asana, pranayama, relaxation and meditation woven into one complete practice.
- Online · 7:00 to 8:15 am · Mon, Wed, Fri
- In person · 9:00 to 10:00 am · Mon to Fri
- Palam Vihar, Gurugram
02
Restore
Yoga Therapy
A personalised therapeutic practice built around your body, your condition and your capacity, to support recovery and long term wellbeing.
- Condition specific practice
- Shatkarma where appropriate
- Lifestyle guidance
03
Personalise
One to One Sessions
Individual sessions for people who want depth rather than scale. Close attention, honest feedback, and a written practice to carry home.
- Personal practice design
- Written lifestyle guidance
04
Grow
Kids, Workshops & Camps
Yoga for younger bodies and curious minds. Playful, disciplined, and rooted in the same tradition as everything else here.
- Kids yoga
- Workshops
- Summer camps
Morning practice, together.
Palam Vihar studio · Gurugram
Yoga therapy
Healing is not done to the body. It is allowed.
With 300 hours of specialised yoga therapy training, I design a practice around your body, your condition and your capacity. Movement adapted to you, breath, deep rest and honest lifestyle guidance. Progress here is gradual, and it is real.
Spine & movement
Spinal disordersSlipped discSciaticaCervical spondylitisBack painFrozen shoulderBody ache
Metabolic & hormonal
DiabetesPre diabetesPCOS and PCODInfertility
Breath & digestion
SinusAsthmaDigestive problems
Mind & rest
Sleep disordersAnxietyStress management
Yoga therapy at Living Yog is a complementary practice that supports wellbeing and the management of conditions. It is not a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment, so please continue to consult your doctor.
Training & certification
Learned properly, then taught.
Every hour of training behind Living Yog was completed in the traditional stream, not a weekend certificate. Here is exactly what stands behind the practice you will be given.
- 01
Yoga Wellness Instructor
Certified by the Yoga Certification Board, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India.
- 02
200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Anandabodh Institute of Yoga. Grade A.
- 03
300 Hour Yoga Therapy Teacher Training
Anandabodh Institute of Yoga. Grade A plus.
- 04
500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Anandabodh Institute of Yoga, the 200 and 300 hour programmes combined.
Tap any certificate to view it in full. Certificates are issued in the name Bhoomika Pathak.
Who this is for
For people willing to practise with awareness.
Transformation begins in the mind, not in the hamstrings. Living Yog is not yoga for everyone, everywhere, instantly. It is for people who want to understand what they are doing, and why.
Practice is not performance. It is understanding.
You will feel at home here if you
- 01Practise regularly, not occasionally
- 02Value discipline over intensity
- 03Respect the body's pace
- 04Follow guidance with patience
- 05Want to understand, not just perform
- 06Are willing to transform gradually
Try it now
One minute of breath.
Before you read another word about the practice, do a little of it. Five slow rounds, roughly a minute. Follow the ring, and see how steady you can stay.
- 01Press and hold while the ring grows, and keep holding through the pause at the top.
- 02Let go as it settles back down, and stay let go until it grows again.
- 03Nothing to win. The number at the end is only how closely you followed.
Spacebar works too. Stop any time you feel light headed.
Begin
Press and hold
Round 0 of 5
Inside the practice
Real classes, real bodies, real mornings.
Student voices
In their own words.
Before you begin
The questions I am asked most.
If something here is still unclear, message me on WhatsApp and ask. I would rather answer honestly than have you guess.
Where are the in person yoga classes held?
At Park View Residency, Sector 3, Palam Vihar, Gurugram, Haryana 122017. If you are anywhere else in Delhi NCR or outside India, the online classes run live on the same tradition and the same attention.
What are the class timings?
Online group classes run 7:00 to 8:15 am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. In person group classes run 9:00 to 10:00 am, Monday to Friday. One to one sessions and yoga therapy are scheduled around you.
Do I need to be flexible or experienced to start?
No. Flexibility is a result of practice, never a requirement for it. Beginners are taught from the ground up, with modifications for whatever your body is carrying right now.
Can yoga therapy help with back pain, PCOS or diabetes?
Yoga therapy supports the management of these conditions with a practice built around your body and your capacity. It is complementary care that works alongside your doctor, not a replacement for medical treatment.
Do you teach children?
Yes. Kids yoga, workshops and holiday camps, playful in tone but rooted in the same tradition as every other class here.
How do I book my first session?
Fill in the short form below and it becomes a ready message you can send me on WhatsApp, or call 95603 81002 directly. We will talk about what you need before you commit to anything.
Begin
Begin by listening. The practice begins there.
WhatsApp & phone
+91 95603 81002