Developed by Bharat Thakur, this unique and powerful system of yoga affects the body like no other form of exercise. By using ancient yogic techniques (asanas, pranayama, bandhas, kriyas), partner stretches along with cardiovascular training, works on the human body at every level - the physical level, where flexibility, strength and endurance are the primary goal, to the mental and spiritual levels where awareness of the body, alertness and meditation work closely to bring about a complete transformation.

Artistic Yoga – works especially well for a layperson.
It’s suitable for any person irrespective of age, strength and flexibility. It helps in stress relief, weight loss, body toning, gastric relief, alleviates backache and increases energy.

Why Artistic?
"Because its based on improvisations in yoga, making it more fun and more effective," explains Thakur. He means spot reduction. While yoga normal style makes you work out the entire body, yoga artistically helps you concentrate on a single body part. A regular session begins with a warm-up and stretching. It's followed by a rigorous 40-minute regimen for the specific body part you want to concentrate on.

In the article "The Twister, Bangalore Times, The Times of India" Bharat Thakur says, "There are three schools of yoga – the traditional school of yoga, the cultural school of yoga, and artistic yoga. I practice and teach artistic yoga. The difference here is that we begin with the assumption that the body is not flexible, so we don't teach postures to begin with, we teach stretching. So the more a body becomes used to stretching, you will gradually be able to do complex asanas and yogic postures."

Artistic Yoga looks really difficult and you think it will be impossible to do all of it. But once you actually do it, you will realize that it is something that is natural in the stream of your body.

As Thakur says, "It's like a child who lies down and keeps stretching himself He pulls his leg, and stretches his back, but cannot be left idle. So stretching is as natural as speaking, or your vision, or hearing. I'm quite confident that it will not hurt at all, when I make my students do this."