Ashutosh Mishra — Hatha & Therapeutic Yoga Teacher

Ashutosh Ji was born and raised in Rishikesh, so yoga was never something new to him. It was part of daily life long before he thought of it as a subject to study. His family noticed his interest early and sent him to Patanjali University, where he spent three years completing a Bachelor’s degree in Yogic Science. He then went on to finish a Master’s in Yoga Therapy from Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, adding a strong academic base to what he already understood through years of growing up in a yoga-centred town.

Once his studies were complete, he made a clear decision to spend his working life teaching yoga and helping people heal through it. That decision has now shaped over ten years of his career. His main focus is Hatha Yoga and Yoga Therapy, and he does not use one fixed class plan for every student. Before he starts a session, he looks closely at each student’s body, their flexibility, and any pain or health issue they may have, then builds the class around that person, adjusting poses and pace as needed. In therapy sessions especially, he tends to move slowly and check how the body responds before moving to the next step, believing that rushing through postures does more harm than good.

Ashutosh Ji works with two kinds of students: people training to become certified yoga teachers, and people who come only for pain relief or physical recovery. Both groups get the same level of attention from him. Students often say his classes feel less like a workout and more like a lesson in how their own body actually works, and by the end of training, most leave with a much clearer sense of alignment, breathing, and safe sequencing they can carry into their own future teaching.

He leads: Hatha Yoga and Yoga Therapy classes in all Rishikesh Teacher Training courses.