Arundhati Baitmangalkar is one of the most recognized yoga teachers in the country today. Born and raised in South India, Arundhati's early life revolved around her passion for dance, wellness, and various forms of movement. However, she discovered yoga over a decade ago and has been dedicated to it ever since.

​Arundhati's mission is to elevate the standards of yoga education in the modern world. She is committed to encouraging yoga teachers and institutions to create, curate, and cultivate spaces and teachers rooted in authentic, high-quality yoga education.

In addition to running her yoga studio, Arundhati attracts hundreds of yoga teachers annually who seek to study with her. She is renowned for her skillful knowledge and unique perspective on yoga teaching, focusing on what it takes to help students succeed. She is the creator and host of the highly popular “Let's Talk Yoga” podcast, which ranks in the top 5% of podcasts globally. Through her podcast, Arundhati offers various continuing education mediums to aspiring yoga students and teachers.

Her YouTube channel and Instagram page are extensions of her teachings, where you can get a preview of her training sessions.

Arundhati's yoga education background is deeply rooted in India. She has studied various forms of yoga, including Hatha, Ashtanga Vinyasa, Iyengar, Power Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Pranayama, Therapeutic Yoga, and more. Her teaching style today is a blend of different styles, tailored to the needs of each student.

Featured in Yoga Journal, Yoga International, Expertise Award for Best Yoga Studio, Blogarama, and 425 Magazine.

Somewhere along the way, the yoga world reduced breath to cueing inhale, exhale, and perhaps adding ujjayi.

But breath is not a technique.

It is the single most intelligent anchor inside asana. It shapes nervous system tone, pranic direction, muscular effort, mental steadiness, and subtle awareness — all before we ever touch formal pranayama.

In this deeply layered and practical session, Arundhati B invites you into the hidden curriculum of breath. You will explore:

• The six distinct qualities of breath and how each alters a student’s internal experience

• The three-layered nature of breathing — physical, energetic, and perceptual

• How breath organizes effort, stability, and expansion inside postures

• Why reducing breath to ujjayi limits both teacher and student

• How to deepen breath literacy without turning your class into a pranayama workshop

This is not about adding more technique. It is about refining perception.

If you are a teacher, you will leave with sharper tools and a radically more intelligent way to cue. If you are a practitioner, you will experience how breath alone can transform the depth of your practice.

Join Arundhati in a new movement in breath literacy — as she reshapes how we understand and teach yoga through the breath.

Breath is one of the most powerful—and underutilized—tools we have for regulating the nervous system, sharpening awareness, and changing how we respond to life.

In this experiential workshop, we’ll explore several foundational pranayama practices and how they directly influence energy, mood, focus, and emotional regulation. Rather than treating breathwork as an abstract concept, we’ll look at when and why to use specific techniques—whether you’re feeling anxious, depleted, overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected.

Simple, Intelligent Breath Practices That Actually Work

Prāṇāyāma does not need to be intimidating, esoteric, or reserved for seated workshops.

And yet, many yoga teachers either skip it entirely in asana classes or overcomplicate it to the point where students feel confused or disconnected.

This session is about practicality and discernment.

In this applied workshop, Arundhati B shares the exact prāṇāyāma practices she weaves into her movement-based classes — intelligently, safely, and with clear purpose.

You will learn:

• Which breath practices integrate naturally into asana sequences

• How to layer prāṇāyāma without disrupting class flow

• When to stimulate, when to settle, and how to read the room

• How to cue simply without diluting depth

• The difference between teaching technique and cultivating experience

This is not about adding complexity. It is about adding clarity.

Whether you are to yoga or seasoned practitioner, you will leave with practical tools you can use immediately — and a deeper confidence in guiding breath within dynamic classes.