Bharath Shetty

Bharat Kumar Shetty Handakunda was born in a tiny village next to the temple town Udupi in
Coastal Karnataka. He was drawn to Yoga after experiencing the alleviation of his sufferings
from chronic asthma. He continues to practice Yoga and has benefited from good health ever since.
His first teacher was Mr. Kumara in Shantivana Trust, a Yoga and Naturopathy center close to his home.

To spread the benefits of Yoga to masses he decided to become a professional teacher. In this pursuit
he has undergone training under legendary B.K.S Iyengar, Pune one of the most inspiring
and revolutionary teahcers in 21st Century; which has helped him gain deep insight into the
Iyengar brand of Yoga.
Today he is a certified teacher with qualifications from the Indian Yoga Institute, Vivekananda
Kendra, Bangalore (A - Grade), International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, Trivandrum (Grade -
Excellent) and was awarded Yoga Siromani and Yoga Acharya titles on completetion of his training.

Bharath is the winner Himalaya Yoga Olympiad (Indian Natioanl Yoga championship) in the years 1998,
Haridwar and 2001, Bangalore.

After having learnt and practiced Yoga for a long time under various gurus, he founded the 'Creative
Yoga Center' in 1998 at Bangalore and this marked a new beginning in his teaching career. He not only
taught daily yoga classes in his studio but also was contracted to major MNC's in Bangalore like ANZ

Information Technology, Oracle etc. to offer regular classes to their employees in their own premises.
In 2005 he relocated to Mysore and rechristned his school as 'Yoga India' and continued imparting regular
Yoga lessons. He also focuses on special classes for women, children and ailing people on a needs basis.
Since 2005 he has been conducting teacher training courses which are internationally recognized by
Yoga Alliance USA. To date, he has successfully trained over 150 certified teachers from all over the 
world.

On personal front, he is married to  Archana from his home town, they have two daughters - Aajna and Abijna.
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