{"id":224,"date":"2011-03-30T23:13:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T17:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/?p=224"},"modified":"2025-03-06T15:10:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T09:40:30","slug":"atmavikasa-centre-of-yogic-sciences-mysore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2011\/03\/30\/atmavikasa-centre-of-yogic-sciences-mysore\/","title":{"rendered":"Atmavikasa Centre Of Yogic Sciences, Mysore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our neighbor in Bangalore is getting used to our requests to borrow his\u00a0car. His answer is always “No problem”. We went for another short trip to\u00a0Mysore, on the day of the cricket world cup semifinals match between\u00a0India and Pakistan. Cricket being the national sport in India, roads were quite empty on our way from Bangalore to Mysore.<\/p>\n

In the afternoon, we met Yogacharya Venkatesha and his wife, Hema, who are the\u00a0founders of the Atmavikasa Centre of Yogic Sciences<\/a> in Mysore.\u00a0Venkatesha has an interesting story to\u00a0tell…<\/p>\n

Starting yoga at the quite early age of 13, and becoming a yoga\u00a0teacher by 16, he’s won many national and international yoga\u00a0competitions, just by looking and repeating. Venkatesha cannot\u00a0remember names, but he has the ability to\u00a0observe and remember\u00a0asanas like a film, which he can play again and\u00a0again in his memory. When he used to go to competitions, he\u00a0memorised the best practitioners’ movements and repeated them. He\u00a0never learnt yoga with a guru!<\/p>\n

Many things in his life are changing over the years. He lately started studying yoga by reading books.\u00a0He doesn’t\u00a0like competitions anymore, nor does he or his wife Hema teach students for yoga competitions. His own yoga has become more spiritual.
\nWe are looking forward to attending their yoga class tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n

At 9pm, while falling asleep, we heard the first signs of India winning\u00a0the cricket world cup semifinals: firecrackers and the sounds of celebrations!<\/p>\n

\"Hema
Hema and Venkatesha, Atmavikasa Centre Of Yogic Sciences, Mysore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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