Studio 09
Come Alive: Asato Ma Sad Gamaya
A studio workshop in Yoga as a Way of Life
Six days of Classical Hatha Yoga — conscious living, dynamic personality, and a foundational practice you can sustain for life.
When
20–25 July 2026
Six full days · 10am–5pm
Where
CU Global Campus
Devanahalli, Bengaluru
You earn
2 Credits
Certificate of Completion
for external participants
Open to
All Students
UG, PG, PhD across schools + external participants
What you’ll do
The most sophisticated gadget ever created is one we have never been formally taught to operate: our own body and mind. This studio offers powerful practices and frameworks designed to enhance attention and memory, reduce stress and anxiety, teach the secret of working effectively, and cultivate balance, clarity, and direction in life. The aim is to introduce yoga as a way of being — a yogic lifestyle, conscious living — not religion, not fitness, not stretching on a mat.
Through a carefully sequenced series of yogic practices, experiential exercises, and reflective activities, you’ll discover two things at once: how little you actually know about yourself, and how extraordinary the possibilities within you are. The studio also explores the four classical paths — Jnana (inquiry), Karma (action), Bhakti (devotion), and Raja (discipline) — not as philosophy but as lived experience. Every concept is felt before it is named. Every practice is done before it is explained.
What you’ll learn (and be able to sustain on your own)
- Foundational practices: Upa Yoga (10 practices), Ardhasiddhasana, AUM Chanting, Bhakti Sadhana, Thoppukaranam (Brain Yoga), Yoga Namaskar, balancing asanas, Shambhavi Mudra, Nadi Shuddhi, Angamardhana standing module
- Chit Shakti meditations (Health, Love, Peace, Success), Isha Kriya, Kalpavriksha Meditation
- Ancient frameworks for understanding life: the Five States of Mind, the Three Gunas, the Three Fundamental Desires, the Purusharthas, the Four Paths of Yoga, the Power of Abhyasa
- Yogic lifestyle: perspective on food (sattvic, rajasic, tamasic); perspective on social media and information consumption; conscious living as a daily practice
What you’ll make
A Personal Experiment Log kept across all six days — a daily mirror, not a report. Each day you track three things: a body or awareness observation, an inner state noticed during the day, and an honest question that arose about yourself.
On Day 6, you produce a Final Synthesis in a form you choose:
- A written essay (1–2 pages), for those who think in words
- A one-on-one viva (5–7 minutes), for those who think while speaking
- An infographic mapping the week’s practices, frameworks, and personal insights, for visual thinkers
- A presentation or creative expression, for social or artistic learners
Whichever form you choose, the synthesis responds to questions like: How did your perspective on yoga and life change? What limitations or beliefs did you identify? Do you feel more alive — attention, memory, clarity, energy, direction? How will you carry these tools forward?
Daily schedule
| 9–10am | Morning practice (on an empty stomach) |
| 10–11am | Brunch |
| 11am–1pm | Session 1 — experiential workshop, activities, games, group exercises, reflection, Sadhguru videos |
| 1–2pm | Snacks break (light only — juice or snack — to enable afternoon practice) |
| 2–4pm | Session 2 — deeper exploration, personal exercises, group discussion, journaling |
| 4–5pm | Evening practice and review of the day |
Your six days
| Mon | Invitation. Power of Attention. Upa Yoga, the Five States of Mind, AUM Chanting, Nadi Shuddhi, Isha Kriya. First Personal Experiment Log entry. |
| Tue | Curiosity. The limits of intellect. Tools to access intelligence beyond intellect: AUM, Nadi Shuddhi, Shambhavi Mudra. Introduction to Bhakti Sadhana. |
| Wed | The Inputs. How you spend your life. The Three Gunas as driving force. Yogic perspective on food and social media. Random alarm experiment. |
| Thu | Vision and Action. The Three Fundamental Desires. The Purusharthas as a complete life map. Karma Yoga — the best way to act. Live Seva activity. Chit Shakti: Love meditation. |
| Fri | Integration. The Bundle. The Four Yogas as the four ways a human breaks the bundle. Abhyasa as the bridge. Recap of the entire week. |
| Sat | Synthesis. The Web Exercise across Body, Mind, Emotion, Energy. The reveal of Asato Ma Sad Gamaya. Final Synthesis sharing. Closing ritual. |
The day-wise plan is tentative and may shift slightly.
How you’ll be assessed
| 25% | Instructor observation — daily presence and quality of engagement across practices, exercises, and discussions. |
| 25% | Practice to your best ability — how you get into a posture is what transforms, not whether the posture is perfect. Assessed on whether you receive the instructions correctly and apply them with sincerity — correct breath, attention, sequence. |
| 20% | Personal Practice Log — consistency and completion of homework tasks. The log is primarily a tool for your own self-observation. |
| 30% | Final Synthesis — your Day 6 culminating piece. Evaluated on honesty, integration, and personal articulation — not eloquence or aesthetic. |
100% attendance is mandatory. All six days are required. Students who miss any day do not complete the course. This is non-negotiable.
What to bring
A yoga mat (if you have one), a journal for the Personal Experiment Log, and a pen. Optional: download the Aaptha Mithra app (iOS and Android), a conscious living companion app developed by the instructor for daily self-tracking beyond the studio.
Your instructor
Shrungar T R
Founder, ModernDayKarmaYogi · Sadhguru Gurukulam-trained Classical Hatha Yoga teacher
Shrungar T R is a Sadhguru Gurukulam-trained Classical Hatha Yoga teacher. He has completed 1,750 hours of intense, rigorously structured Classical Hatha Yoga teacher training — a 21-week program designed by Sadhguru. He is the founder of ModernDayKarmaYogi, a yogic wellness ecosystem dedicated to making conscious living accessible to modern practitioners.
With a background in engineering at Cisco and Pharmeasy, where he worked on complex backend systems, he brings a rare combination of analytical rigour and yogic depth to his teaching. He is also the architect of Aaptha Mithra, a conscious living companion app. He works with individuals, corporates, and academic institutions, with a special focus on free programs for those navigating serious illness and their caregivers.
Registration Opens
20th May 2026
- Free for CU students
- Paid for external participants
Questions about a Studio?
Reach out to the Studios Coordinator. Happy to talk through any of the courses, what to expect day-to-day, or whether a particular Studio fits where you are in your learning right now.
Studios Coordinator
Anand K Sharma
cu.studios@chanakyauniversity.edu.in
+91 88930 33233
Campus
Chanakya University Global Campus
NH-648, Haraluru–Polanahalli
Near Kempegowda Intl. Airport
Devanahalli, Bengaluru — 562165