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Ozran Road · Anjuna · North Goa

Begin where the
light begins.

A small shala above the coconut line, where the day opens with breath at 06:30 and closes with a long, unhurried savasana. Hatha, Ashtanga, Yin — taught slowly, taught properly, for real bodies.

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The ASANA practice room: a bright yoga studio with tall windows and mats laid out in rows
A rolled yoga mat and a small brass bell hanging on the shala wall

The Shala

A room, a roof,
and a lot of patience.

ASANA started as twelve mats on a laterite terrace off Ozran Road, taught by two people who had come to Goa for a season and stayed for a decade. It is still not a gym. There are no mirrors, no leaderboards, and nobody counts your calories. There is a teak floor, a ceiling fan that clicks on the third rotation, and the sound of the Arabian Sea two hundred metres away when the traffic on the Chapora road finally stops.

We teach in small groups — sixteen mats downstairs, twelve on the rooftop — because adjustment is a conversation, not a broadcast. Every teacher here has trained for at least five hundred hours and keeps practising in the same rooms they teach in. Beginners are not shepherded into a corner: you will be taught the same postures as everyone else, slower, with more props, and with a teacher's hand somewhere near your ribs.

“Practice is not the pose. Practice is the willingness to come back to the mat on the morning you least want to.” Anjali Rane · Founding Teacher
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Silhouette of a person practising yoga against a wide open sky at first light

06:30 · Rooftop

The best hour in Goa
belongs to whoever gets up.

Twelve mats on the terrace, the light coming up over the cashew trees, and forty-five minutes of slow surya namaskar before the village wakes. Chai and poi afterwards, downstairs, on the house.

Six ways to practise

What we teach,
and who it is for.

Six lineages, one room. Move between them freely — your class card and membership work across every style, and every teacher will tell you honestly when a posture is not for your body today.

A student seated on the floor in a grounded hatha yoga posture
01 / Hatha

Hatha Foundations

Held postures, long alignment cues, props encouraged. The place to start if your last stretch was in school PT.

75 minBeginnerProps
Two practitioners holding warrior pose outdoors on a bright morning
02 / Ashtanga

Mysore & Led Primary

Self-practice at your own count, with individual adjustment. Led Primary Series on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

90 minIntermediateTraditional
A student flowing through a standing vinyasa sequence in a studio
03 / Vinyasa

Vinyasa Flow

Breath-linked sequencing that builds heat without rushing. Modifications called out for every transition.

60 minAll levelsDynamic
Three students resting in a supported restorative pose on blue mats
04 / Yin

Yin & Yoga Nidra

Floor shapes held three to five minutes, closing with guided nidra. Bolsters, blankets, and complete permission to fall asleep.

75 minAll levelsRestorative
A group seated in a circle for a breathing and meditation session
05 / Prāṇāyāma

Breath Lab & Meditation

Nadi shodhana, ujjayi, kapalabhati and long sits. Taught as a skill with counts, not as a mood.

45 minAll levelsSeated
A person practising yoga on the sand as the sun rises over the water
06 / Sunrise

Rooftop Sunrise

Twelve mats on the terrace at 06:30, surya namaskar in the first light, chai afterwards. The reason most people stay.

75 minAll levelsOutdoor

Timetable

This week
on the mat.

Filter by style, level or teacher, then tap any class to reserve a mat. Spots update live — we cap every session at sixteen downstairs and twelve on the roof, and we do not overbook.

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Prāṇāyāma · Breath Lab

Try the breath
before you try the shala.

Pick a pattern below and follow the circle. Inhale as it grows, hold as it steadies, exhale as it settles. Three to eight rounds is a complete practice — most people notice their shoulders drop somewhere in round two.

Breathwork is a practice, not a treatment. If you are pregnant, have low blood pressure, epilepsy, glaucoma or a heart condition, please skip retentions and consult our doctors and your own physician before starting. Stop at once if you feel dizzy.

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Namaste.
That was your practice.

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Sit for another thirty seconds before you stand. Then come and do this in a room with people who are also breathing — Thursdays, 11:00, with Kabir.

Āsana Index

Twelve postures,
honestly described.

Tap any card to turn it over — you will find what the posture actually does, who should approach it carefully, and the cue our teachers use most. When in doubt, ask a teacher in the room or consult our doctors before you push into it.

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Nothing here is medical advice. Yoga can support mobility, sleep and stress management for many people — it is not a treatment or a cure for any condition. If you are pregnant, recovering from surgery, or managing a diagnosed condition, please consult our doctors and your own physician first.

200-Hour Teacher Training

Twenty-four days.
One honest teacher.

Our 200-hour residential TTC is small on purpose — fourteen trainees, four faculty, one shala. You will teach from day six, be corrected in front of everyone, and leave able to hold a room of strangers for seventy-five minutes without a script.

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Yoga Alliance registered 14 trainees max Residential, Anjuna Sattvic meals included Lifetime drop-in access
14 Sep — 07 OctBatch 19 · Monsoon end
3 seats left
₹1,45,000
11 Jan — 03 FebBatch 20 · High season
Open
₹1,58,000
08 Mar — 31 MarBatch 21 · Spring
Waitlist
₹1,58,000

Fee covers tuition, manual, twin-share room, two meals a day and all classes for the duration. Private room supplement ₹40,000. Early-bird ₹1,29,000 if you deposit ninety days ahead. EMI available on Indian cards from ₹12,084 a month.

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The curriculum · 200 hours

  • Surya Namaskar A and B — full breakdown, count, and common compensations
  • Standing sequence: Trikonasana through Virabhadrasana III, with prop options
  • Seated and forward folds; hip mechanics without forcing external rotation
  • Backbends built from the legs; safe entry and counter-poses
  • Inversions: sirsasana and sarvangasana prep, with wall and partner protocols
  • Daily Mysore-style self-practice from week two
  • Sequencing a 60 and 75-minute class with a clear arc
  • Cueing: direction before adjective, one instruction per breath
  • Hands-on assists — consent, pressure, and when not to touch
  • Holding a mixed-level room and teaching to the person, not the plan
  • Voice, pace and silence; the discipline of not talking
  • Practicum: six taught classes, peer and faculty feedback after each
  • Skeletal variation — why some hips will never sit in padmasana
  • Spine, pelvis and shoulder girdle in the postures you will teach
  • Load, tissue tolerance and the difference between sensation and pain
  • Breath mechanics: diaphragm, ribs, and what pranayama actually changes
  • Contraindications and referral — when to send a student to a doctor

Taught by a licensed physiotherapist. We teach responsible limits, never cures.

  • Ujjayi, nadi shodhana, bhramari, kapalabhati — counts and progressions
  • Bandha work introduced slowly, with honest contraindications
  • Seated meditation: posture, timing, and building from five minutes
  • Yoga Nidra scripting and delivery
  • Trauma-aware language and opt-outs for every practice
  • Patanjali's Yoga Sutra — the eight limbs, read closely, not romanticised
  • Bhagavad Gita: karma, dharma and the teacher's responsibility
  • Yamas and niyamas applied to running a modern studio
  • Ethics of power, consent and money in the teacher–student relationship
  • Cultural context: where these practices come from and how to credit them
  • Final assessed class — 60 minutes, live students, unscripted
  • Insurance, waivers and registration in India
  • Pricing your classes without underselling the work
  • Building a first schedule that does not burn you out in six months
  • Mentorship: two follow-up calls in your first year, included

A typical day: 06:00 pranayama · 06:45 self-practice · 09:00 breakfast · 10:30 anatomy or philosophy · 13:00 lunch and rest · 16:00 methodology and practicum · 18:30 led class · 20:00 dinner · 21:30 silence.

The Faculty

Five people
who still practise.

Every teacher at ASANA holds at least 500 hours of training and takes class in these rooms as a student every week. Filter the timetable by name to practise with any of them.

Founder Anjali Rane, founding teacher of ASANA, portrait

Anjali Rane

Ashtanga · Mysore

Authorised Level 2. Twelve seasons in Mysore, twelve in Anjuna. Runs the morning Mysore room and will remember exactly where your left shoulder was last Tuesday.

E-RYT 500 · Since 2014

Devika Nair, hatha and yoga nidra teacher, portrait

Devika Nair

Hatha · Yoga Nidra

Trained in Kerala and Rishikesh. Teaches the foundations class most beginners in Anjuna start with, and writes our nidra scripts.

RYT 500 · Since 2016

Kabir Menon, pranayama and meditation teacher, on the beach

Kabir Menon

Prāṇāyāma · Meditation

Ten years of seated practice and a former sound engineer's ear for pace. Leads the Breath Lab and the Thursday long sit.

RYT 500 · Since 2018

Sana Fernandes, vinyasa and rooftop sunrise teacher, portrait

Sana Fernandes

Vinyasa · Rooftop Sunrise

Born in Mapusa, trained in Goa and Bali. Opens the roof at 06:15 every morning and has not missed a sunrise in four years.

RYT 500 · Since 2019

Anatomy Rohan Deshpande, yin and anatomy faculty, portrait outdoors

Rohan Deshpande

Yin · Functional Anatomy

Licensed physiotherapist from Pune. Teaches Yin on the mat and anatomy in the TTC, and is the reason nobody here says "open your hips".

BPT, RYT 500 · Since 2020

Retreats

Leave the city.
Keep the practice.

Three or five days on the north Goa coast, twelve people maximum, two practices a day and a long afternoon that belongs entirely to you. Rooms are in a restored Portuguese house eight minutes from the shala; all meals are cooked in the courtyard.

Rates

Simple, and the
same for everyone.

No joining fee, no lock-in, no annual contract. Class cards never expire while your membership is active, and every plan works across all six styles.

All prices in Indian rupees, inclusive of GST. Goa residents with local ID get their first class free and 15% off every class card. Students under 24 and anyone over 60 practise at ₹400 a class, any day, no questions asked.

Voices from the mat

“I arrived in Anjuna unable to touch my shins and terrified of being the worst person in the room. Devika put three blocks under me on day one and never once made it a thing. Eight months later I am in the Mysore room at six in the morning.”
Portrait of Meghna, a student at the shala
Meghna Rao Product designer · Bengaluru → Assagao
“The TTC was the hardest twenty-four days of my life and the only training I have done where the anatomy was taught by someone who could actually explain why my knee hurt. I teach four classes a week in Bandra now.”
Portrait of Ira, a graduate of the teacher training
Ira Chandrasekar Batch 15 graduate · Mumbai
“I am fifty-eight with two replaced discs and I have never once been told to just push through it. Rohan modifies everything, quietly, and I leave feeling looked after rather than repaired.”
Portrait of Farhan, a long-standing member
Farhan Qureshi Member since 2019 · Mapusa
“I practise online from Pune at 6am with the same teachers and the same music, and twice a year I fly down for a week. It is the only subscription I have never once thought about cancelling.”
Portrait of Tanvi, an online member
Tanvi Kulkarni Online member · Pune

Online, live from Goa

The same room,
from wherever you are.

Fourteen live classes a week, streamed from the shala with two cameras and a teacher who can actually see you. Recordings stay up for seven days. Works on a 4G connection from a Pune balcony — we have tested it.

Two-camera live

Wide and detail angles so you can actually see the foot placement, not a distant silhouette.

IST timings that work

06:00, 07:15 and 19:30 slots built around Indian office hours, not California's.

Named, not anonymous

Cameras optional, but if you turn yours on the teacher will use your name and correct you by it.

Credit toward the shala

Three months of online membership takes ₹4,000 off your first residential retreat or TTC deposit.

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Students seated on the floor of the shala during a live-streamed session

Practise kindly, and ask for help when you need it

Yoga and breathwork can support rest, mobility and stress management — they are not a substitute for medical or mental-health care, and we make no claims to treat or cure. If you are struggling, India's free 24×7 mental-health helpline Tele-MANAS is on 14416 or 1-800-891-4416. Our teachers are always happy to adapt a class — just tell us before you roll out your mat.

Tele-MANAS · 14416

Before you come

Questions we
get every week.

Anything else — WhatsApp us. Someone answers between 06:00 and 21:00 IST, usually in a few minutes.

Hatha Foundations, any evening at 17:30, or the Sunday Community class at 09:00. You will be given blocks and a strap on arrival, and the teacher will check in with you before class begins. Nobody will ask you to do a headstand in week one — or week fifty, if you would rather not.

No. We keep sixteen cotton-topped mats downstairs and twelve on the roof, washed after every class, plus blocks, straps, bolsters and blankets. If you have your own and prefer it, there is a rack by the stairs.

Ten minutes for your first class so we can note any injuries, five minutes after that. The rooftop gate closes at 06:28 sharp — the light does not wait and neither, unfortunately, does Sana.

Very often yes, with modifications — but please consult our doctors and your own physician first, and tell your teacher before class. We will adapt sequences, offer props and skip anything contraindicated. We do not diagnose, treat or promise outcomes for any condition.

Cancel free up to four hours before class and the credit returns to your card. Inside four hours the mat is charged, because someone on the waitlist could have had it. Illness is always forgiven — just message us.

Yes. ASANA is a Registered Yoga School and graduates can register as RYT-200 with Yoga Alliance, which is accepted by studios in most countries. We also help with the paperwork in the final week.

Six scooters and two cars fit in the compound off Ozran Road; after that, the lane opposite the bakery is fine. From Anjuna market it is four minutes toward Small Vagator — look for the blue gate with the brass bell.

Palm-lined beach in north Goa near the ASANA shala in Anjuna

Visit

House Nº 412,
Ozran Road.

Between Anjuna market and Small Vagator, four minutes from the Chapora junction. Blue gate, brass bell, laterite steps to the roof. Leave your chappals at the bottom.

Monday06:15 – 20:45
Tuesday06:15 – 20:45
Wednesday06:15 – 20:45
Thursday06:15 – 20:45
Friday06:15 – 20:45
Saturday06:45 – 19:00
Sunday06:45 – 19:30
WhatsApp & phone+91 86691 17894 Email the shalahello@asanashala.in DirectionsAnjuna, North Goa 403509

One mat, one morning

Come and breathe
with us tomorrow.

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