About
Yogamani is a yoga school in Tapovan, Rishikesh, where yoga is practised every day as sadhana. Daily classes, retreats, teacher training, sound healing and Himalayan Yogayatras, taught in Hindi, English and Japanese.
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The team, the places we teach, our seva and our Japanese school, two clicks from anywhere.
Definition
A small school built around daily practice. Classes run every morning and evening in Tapovan; retreats run at the ashram and in Tapovan; yatras go into the Himalayas.
We teach in the Himalayan tradition: asana, pranayama, meditation, mantra and the philosophy that holds them together. Practice comes first. The certificate, when there is one, comes after.
Origin
People living in Tapovan needed a place to practise every day, with the same teachers and the same rhythm, rather than a different studio each week. Teachers who had trained in the Himalayan tradition needed somewhere to teach it properly.
Yogamani was started for both.
Founder
Manish grew up in Brij Kshetra, the land of devotion. His grandmother gave him his first practice: bhakti, mantra-japa and silence.
After school he moved to Gurgaon and lived the life most people live. He began visiting Rishikesh around 2017, helping Japanese seekers who came to study. In 2020 he left that life and went to Kedarnath, and spent almost three years there in sadhana, learning from his Guru, from saints and from the Himalayas themselves. He studied sound healing, Ayurveda and jyotish alongside yoga.
He came back and started Yogamani. He teaches in Hindi, English and Japanese.
Method
You are taught to practise every day, not to collect a certificate. Students who want to teach are prepared to teach; students who do not are given a practice they can keep.
The Himalayas and the temples are not a backdrop. We go slowly, keep silence where silence belongs, and treat the places as they are treated by the people who live there.
Traditional method, explained in plain language, adjusted for the body in front of the teacher.
Where we teach
Daily classes and most courses are in our Tapovan shala. Residential trainings and retreats are at Phool Chatti Ashram on the Ganga.
Our own shala in Upper Tapovan. You arrange your own stay nearby and come for the sessions.
Founded 1885, on the Ganga, about 15 km upstream of Rishikesh. You live in the ashram for the whole programme.
Students
Indian students, long-stay visitors in Rishikesh, and travellers from many countries. Japanese students have studied with Yogamani for years, and Manish teaches them in Japanese; there is a separate Japanese site for them.
Seva
Brahma Seva is our support for the sadhus of the Himalayas: food, warmth, medicine and the repair of simple shelters, given where it is needed. It is not charity and not a campaign. It is part of the practice.
Honestly
We do not run a resort. We do not sell luxury. We do not promise transformation in a week, and we do not claim to be the best yoga school in Rishikesh.
If that is what you are looking for, there are many schools here that will say it.
Teachers
Founder · Hatha, sound, meditation
Grew up in Brij Kshetra and spent almost three years in sadhana at Kedarnath before founding Yogamani. Over 25 years of practice.
Hindi, English, JapaneseAshtanga Vinyasa · 200 hour
Teaches the 6:30 morning Ashtanga class, led and Mysore style, and the asana practice on the teacher training.
English, HindiPranayama · Yoga Nidra · Meditation
A quiet, exact teacher of the breath. Leads the pranayama subject and the evening healing circle.
Hindi, EnglishYoga Darshan · philosophy
Teaches the Yoga Sutras and Indian philosophy in plain language, with room for questions.
English, HindiGroups
We organise retreats and teacher trainings for studios, schools and groups travelling together from any country, and we can teach in your language or arrange a translator alongside the teacher. Tell us your dates, your numbers and your language, and we will build the programme around them. We can also help with travel and stay.
| Language | How |
|---|---|
| English, हिंदी | Taught |
| 日本語 | Taught |
| Español, Русский | Taught by Yogaacharya Manish |
| Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Português | On request |
| 中文, 한국어, עברית | On request |
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Visit
The simplest way to know whether a school suits you is to come to one class.
More about Yogamani
Who teaches what, and in which language.
The shala in Tapovan, Aarunya Stay and Phool Chatti Ashram.
Students from Japan since 2017, and the Japanese site.
Our support for the sadhus of the Himalayas.
Languages
Need another language? Message us on WhatsApp and we will try to arrange it, with an interpreter if needed.
Online
Deep Dive, Pranayama, Meditation and Yoga Nidra are also taught online, live, by the same teachers.
See online coursesTell us what you're looking for and we'll help you find the right place to begin. A teacher replies, usually within a day.
No payment is taken online. We confirm everything with you personally.
