Balanced
60 minutes
A calm, harmonious rhythm, simple and safe asanas, effective breathing techniques. No preparation, no course needed.
Any age · suitable for 65+
Classical yoga · Banská Bystrica · since 2019
True knowledge does not come from words alone. It is born of your own experience.
Mai Ram Yoga is meant for people of today, as a path to self-knowledge.
Seven years in Banská Bystrica. The teaching passes directly, from teacher to student.
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Yoga made whole
Mai Ram Yoga is a classical, integrated yoga practice that unites body, mind and spirit.
Your first lesson is free.
No booking, no mat, no experience needed. Just come in comfortable clothes. We lend mats, blankets, blocks and straps free of charge.
New course · from 5 October
Introduction to Mai Ram Yoga
Sixteen lessons for those who want to begin with yoga and do not know how. Theory and practice, from the ground up. The first lesson of the course is free.
- Starts
- 5 October 2026
- When
- Monday and Wednesday, 18:00 – 20:00
- Length
- 16 lessons of two hours
- Price
- 176 € for the whole course
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Lessons
Five levels of asana, two of pranayama, two of meditation. We are in no hurry. But we do move forward.
Open
75 minutes
Five consecutive lessons. Simpler asanas and the first elements of pranayama. You gather experience and strength.
Beginners · lower intermediate
Basic
90 minutes
Fifteen consecutive lessons that gradually bring the parts of body and mind into balance.
Lower intermediate
Advanced I
120 minutes
Intensive asana and pranayama practice for those who have completed Basic and work on themselves long term.
Advanced
Pranayama
60 minutes · I and II
Regulation of the breath. It releases the tension that blocks the flow of energy and builds resilience to stress.
Both levels
Meditation
30 / 60 minutes
Svarupa Darshana Kriya and more advanced kriyas. Meditations are free for pass holders.
Beginners and advanced
Not only for pregnant women
90 minutes
Led by a physiotherapist. It frees the hips and pelvis and strengthens the pelvic floor. Suitable for men too.
Women and men · any age
Beginners course
16 × 120 minutes
The way in to Mai Ram Yoga. Monday and Wednesday, the theory and practice of classical yoga from the ground up.
Complete beginners
Children · 55+ · individual
by arrangement
Children aged 6 to 9 and 9 to 12, Open 55+, online lessons and individual lessons when you need one to one attention.
Tailored
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Eight principles
You do not need to know them by name in class. But every one of them is there.
ध्यान
Meditation
dhyāna
Holding the attention on a single object, and holding it long.
सत्सङ्ग
Satsang
satsaṅga
Meeting the Guru, where the teaching is passed on live and in person.
मन्त्र
Mantra
mantra
A pattern of sacred sound that carries spiritual energy.
संयम
Self-restraint
saṃyama
The shaping of inner awareness, and mastery over one’s own mind.
आसन
Asana and vinyasa
āsana · vinyāsa
A practice of body and mind alike. It trains not only the body.
प्राणायाम
Pranayama
prāṇāyāma
Regulation of the breath. It gathers energy, settles thought and steadies the emotions.
षट्कर्म
Shatkarma and diet
ṣaṭkarman
Cleansing the body of toxins. Food fresh, light, moderate and in season.
सूर्य
Surya and Chandra Namaskara
namaskāra
Salutation to the sun and the moon. A practice that keeps the rhythm of nature.
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Guru Mai Ram Devi
She was born on 15 January 1969 in Vilnius. She studied chemistry, later psychology in Moscow. In 2001 the wish to go deeper into practice took her to Varanasi, the cradle of the yogic tradition. There she met her teacher. After years of practice and asceticism she was initiated into the lineage of the mahasiddha aghora kapalin nathas.
Gu means darkness and ignorance. Ru means light. And the one who scatters the darkness.
In 2010 she founded the ashram in Vilnius. Today the teaching is passed on in Varanasi, in Valencia and, since September 2019, in Banská Bystrica. In 2012 the Mai Ram International Yoga Association in Lithuania and the Mai Ram Yoga International Institute in India joined them.
Out of her practice came krama vinyasa, a system of repeating sequences of postures on which our asana practice rests. She translates classical yogic scriptures from Sanskrit. Published so far: Guru Gita and Kriyas; in preparation is Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.
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Teachers
All internationally certified, all having completed the teacher training at the ashram in Vilnius, under Guru Mai Ram.
Ivana
Physiotherapist
Basic I and II. Teaches the beginners course, Open, Basic, Pranayama, Meditation and prenatal lessons.
Lukáš
Basic · individual
From hockey through tai chi to yoga. Teacher training 2018, Tirtha Jatra to India 2019.
Aňa
Advanced I
Trained in art history and interior design. She came to yoga at the ashram in Vilnius.
Bohuš
Basic · Pranayama II
“Beauty, lightness and love can be found in later years too. For me it happened through yoga.”
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Schedule
The weekly schedule. A live table the school changes itself. Not a picture you cannot read on a phone.
Monday
17:30 – 19:00BasicLukáš 19:00 – 19:15AratiTuesday
6:15 – 6:30Arati 6:30 – 8:00BasicVlado 16:30 – 17:30BalancedJarmila 17:30 – 19:30Course, lower intermediateIvana 19:30 – 19:45AratiWednesday
17:00 – 18:30BasicDušan 18:30 – 19:00OM MeditationDušan 19:00 – 19:15AratiThursday
8:30 – 10:00BasicAdriana 17:30 – 19:30Course, lower intermediateIvana 19:30 – 19:45AratiFriday
17:00 – 18:00Pranayama IIAňa 18:00 – 19:30BasicZdenka 19:30 – 19:45AratiSaturday
SilenceSunday
7:45 – 8:00Arati 8:00 – 8:30Tantra MeditationBohuš 8:30 – 9:00Sun SalutationBohuš 18:00 – 19:30BasicBohuš 19:30 – 19:50OM MeditationBohuš 19:50 – 20:00AratiNo booking needed for lessons. Just come 5 to 10 minutes before the start.
Arati is a short ceremony before a lesson and after it.
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Pricing
Passes for group lessons, valid from 1 August 2024. Discounts for students, families and over 65s.
1 lesson
10 €
One-off
5 lessons
45 €
6 months · from 38 € with a discount
10 lessons
70 €
6 months · from 53 € with a discount
20 lessons
125 €
6 months · from 90 € with a discount
Unlimited
165 €
3 months · from 116 € with a discount
First lesson freeFor anyone coming for the first time.
Meditations freeFor pass holders.
Equipment providedMats, blankets, blocks, straps.
Individual from 35 €10 lessons 300 €, for a couple 400 €.
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From the school
Banská Bystrica, the ashram in Vilnius, retreats in Slovakia, Tirtha Jatra to Varanasi.
Come and see us
Zvolenská cesta 2, Banská Bystrica
+421 949 516 005 · info@mairamyoga.sk