What is Mysore / Ashtanga?

A Mysore-style Ashtanga yoga class is unlike most yoga classes you may have encountered. There is no instructor at the front of the room leading everyone through the same sequence at the same time. Instead, each student practises what they are taught by the teacher at their own pace, while the teacher moves through the room offering individual guidance, hands-on adjustments, and personalised instruction.

The name Mysore comes from a city in South India where many Western yoga students learned to practise and teach in this way. It is the traditional way Ashtanga yoga has been taught — one student, one practice, one teacher relationship unfolding over time.

It looks quiet from the outside. On the inside, there is a lot going on!

What Makes Mysore Melbourne Special?

Mysore Melbourne has been running since 2014. In that time it has become something more than a yoga program — it is a community of practitioners at all stages of life and practice.

Students come as complete beginners and sometimes stay for years. They come after decades of practice elsewhere and find something they didn't know they were looking for. They come through injury, through life transition, through curiosity — and they are met, every time, exactly where they are.

This is the heart of the Mysore method — and it is something Amanda has developed and refined over 25 years of teaching. Her teaching carries the full weight of the Ashtanga tradition alongside a rare warmth and adaptability. Devotion without rigidity, as one long-term student puts it.

This is not a drop-in studio. It is a practice home.