What Studying Yoga in India is Like with Vikram Jeet Singh

Let's Talk Yoga

Arundhati Baitmangalkar

Business, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 568 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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While I’m in India for the next few weeks, I wanted to bring back a special conversation that still feels incredibly relevant today. This episode features Vikram Singh as we talk about what it’s like to study yoga in India, how it compares to the Western approach, the value of traditional yoga education, and the unique cultural immersion that shapes the practice. If you’ve ever been curious about yoga universities, 200-hour courses in India, or finding authentic teachers in the middle of yog...

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Let's Talk Yoga podcast. As always, I hope you are doing great.
0:07.0	When this episode drops, I will be in India. I am pre-recording a couple of episodes for you. I am in India for about three weeks. I am going after six years and I am so excited to explore some yoga there and come back and give you a detailed
0:22.9	update. Speaking of India, I was reminded about this particular episode that I did a long time ago,
0:29.3	but is still very relevant today. It's a conversation I have with one of my favorite yoga
0:34.6	people on this planet, Vikramjit Singh, and we talk about what it is like to
0:39.1	study yoga in India today. In this conversation, we look at the differences between a 200-hour
0:46.4	and how that really translates into India. We talk about yoga universities and masters of yoga programs that
0:53.1	exist in India and so much more.
0:55.4	So if you are even a little bit curious of what it's like to yoga in India and what it's
1:01.4	like to study yoga in India, then make sure you listen to this episode.
1:05.6	And before we jump into today's episode, I hope that you are on my monthly newsletter.
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1:29.2	from India and I write these myself, I send them out, I reply to all of them. So I really hope,
1:35.6	it's one of my favorite things to do and I really hope that you are on this list. As always,
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1:59.8	Enjoy this conversation with Vikramjit Singh.
2:02.0	I will see you on the other side.
2:06.6	Hi everyone. I'm Arundati and you've just tuned in to the Let's Talk Yoga podcast,
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