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Fort Kochi Kerala

Praana Yoga

A little studio with a big heart, on a rooftop in Fort Kochi. Daily Hatha classes at 07:30 and 16:00, open to every body.

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Welcome to Praana

Breathe. Move. Balance.

Praana means breath, the quiet force that moves through everything. Ours is a small rooftop studio in Fort Kochi with a red floor and a painted sun, where yoga is shared as a way of life, not just something you do on the mat.

Whether you are taking your very first sun salutation or working towards your first freestanding handstand, passing through Kochi for a morning or staying for a season, there is a space here for you to grow.

Our story
Students resting in savasana across the red floor of the studio while afternoon sunlight falls through the open walls
Nithin sits cross-legged on a mat, laughing, in front of a big group of students raising their arms under a canopy of green leaves

About the studio

A little studio with a big heart

Praana is a rooftop shala above Mackenzie Lane in Fort Kochi. Classes are intuitive yet structured, rooted in traditional Hatha and taught with the same care for complete beginners and seasoned practitioners alike.

Each session adapts to the bodies in the room. Expect patient, hands-on guidance, a good focus on strength and alignment, and a practice that leaves you calmer than you arrived.

Styles
Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Pranayama
Level
All levels, beginners welcome
Daily
07:30 & 16:00, 75 minutes
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Daily drop-in

Our Classes

Every class is 75 minutes, held twice a day on the rooftop. Simply drop in; whatever your level, there is a space for you.

  • A student folds forward into a wide-legged stance on an orange mat in morning sunlight

    Traditional Hatha

    Daily · drop in

    Classic postures held with patience and breath, building strength, steadiness and ease in equal measure.

  • Nithin smiling from a seated compression pose, one leg lifted straight beside his head

    Alignment & Inversions

    Daily · drop in

    Hatha with a focus on precise alignment and the mechanics of going upside down, safely and with confidence.

  • Nithin sits cross-legged on the grass beneath tall pines, practising alternate-nostril breathing

    Pranayama

    Morning group

    Breathwork in a small morning group. Let us know in advance, and arrive thirty minutes early.

  • Nithin supports a student at the hips as she arches back into a standing backbend

    Private Sessions

    By appointment

    One-to-one guidance tailored to your body, background and intention, from first steps to advanced postures.

Morning
07:30
Afternoon
16:00
Duration
75 min

Online classes are available too, live or on demand, so the practice can travel home with you.

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Nithin and a student smile side by side, each holding one leg high in a standing split

One to one

A practice shaped around you

Personalised guidance, tailored to your body, your background and your intention. Come to deepen a practice you already love, or to begin one without an audience.

  • First steps for complete beginners
  • Ashtanga primary series
  • Alignment, strength & advanced postures
  • Handstands & inversions
  • Pranayama & meditation

By appointment only, and subject to availability.

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Beyond the daily mat

Workshops & Retreats

Deeper practice, in the studio and far beyond it.

  • Nithin balancing in a one-arm handstand, legs together and pointed to the ceiling

    Workshop

    Handstands

    Learn to balance on your hands, with drills and technique for every level. Build strength, build focus, and have fun upside down.

  • Nithin smiling as he leads a seated stretch for a full class of students on wooden floors in Japan

    Across borders

    Kochi to Japan

    Nithin has led workshops and private sessions in Japan, where his clarity, calm presence and cultural sensitivity were warmly received.

  • A retreat guest sits on a rock above the Western Ghats at sunrise, cloud pouring over a peak beyond

    Samya Retreats

    Seven days in Kerala

    Two days by the sea in Fort Kochi, then five in the tea hills of Munnar, held by Nithin and his co-founder Achu.

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Nithin Xavier and Achu smiling side by side by a river in the Kerala hills
Nithin & Achu

Teacher training · with Santhi Yoga

Become a teacher

A 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Fort Kochi, taught together by Nithin Xavier and Master Aksharanand A S, known to his students as Achu, of Santhi School of Yoga & Vedanta Studies.

Twenty-eight days of Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa, asana, pranayama, meditation, yoga philosophy and teaching methodology, for sincere practitioners who want a traditional foundation, whether you plan to teach or simply wish to understand yoga more fully.

Duration
28 days, 200 hours
Fee
€899 all-inclusive
2027
1–28 January · February · April · June

Includes certification, study materials, accommodation in Fort Kochi, three sattvic meals a day, Ayurvedic tea and cultural excursions.

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Your teacher

Nithin Xavier

Lead teacher, Praana · Co-founder, Samya Retreats

Nithin’s teaching is intuitive yet structured, firm yet compassionate. He adapts his approach to each student’s body, background and intention, so every class feels personal, grounded and uplifting.

His work has taken him across borders, including workshops and private sessions in Japan. Whether teaching abroad or on the rooftop in Kochi, he brings the same depth of care, curiosity and connection.

“Yoga is a way of life, not just something you do on the mat.”

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Our philosophy

Yogah samatvam asti

Yoga is balance. Three ideas sit underneath every class.

  1. Prāṇa Breath

    Every class begins and ends with the breath. Movement follows it, and the mind learns to rest on it.

  2. Samatvam Balance

    Effort and ease, strength and softness, on the mat and off it.

  3. Abhyāsa Practice

    Discipline, humility and patience: returning to the mat, day after day, until practice becomes a way of life.

Kind words

From our students

5.0 on Tripadvisor from 84 reviews, every one of them “Excellent”.

  • “An unexpected, magic and profound class.”

    Theresa K. March 2025

  • “He really took note of what I wanted to work on.”

    ClareG, London Private session, March 2025

  • “His energy, his kindness and his knowledge and expertise were first class.”

    GreatBritishExplorer, London Private session, March 2025

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Visit & book

Come as you are

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Studio

Mackenzie Lane, Pattalam
Fort Kochi, Kerala 682001
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WhatsApp

+91 80899 48747 (opens WhatsApp)

Email

edmindnithin47@gmail.com