Naturopathy & Yogic Science

Yogi Shakti

• Yogic Science
• Naturopathy
• Dravidian Martial Arts
• Kshatriyayoga

Yogi Shakti began learning yoga at eleven years old, starting with thathuva dhyanam and traditional Yogam practices. Over the years his training expanded well beyond typical yoga instruction, into multiple styles of Yogasana, traditional Dravidian martial arts, and Kshatriyayoga, a strict, lesser-known system passed down through specific lineages in South India.

He has completed a full 500-hour Yoga Teacher Training and is currently working toward a Bachelor's degree in Naturopathy and Yogic Science, adding formal academic structure to a lifetime of lineage-based training.

He teaches Naturopathy and classical Yogic Science at Samadhi Yoga Ashram's campus in Ubud, Bali. His sessions sit closer to the health side of yoga than the athletic one, looking at how natural healing and traditional yoga knowledge line up with each other rather than treating them as separate systems.

His martial arts background brings a different energy into class than a typical relaxed session, with more focus on strength, control and discipline.

His classes go beyond just teaching technique. Instead of treating a pose or a breathing exercise as something to master on its own, he uses his classes to help students reconnect with the body's own natural rhythm, and its own ability to heal when given the right conditions. This idea shapes how he talks about practice, less as something to achieve, and more as something to support.

Because his subject is the health side of yoga rather than the athletic side, his classes tend to suit students who want to understand what a practice is actually doing to the body, rather than how advanced a posture they can reach.

If you're drawn to a more health-focused way of understanding yoga, rather than a purely physical or spiritual one, his sessions offer a different way in, built around what the practice does for the body over time rather than what it looks like on the mat.