karuna yoga vidya peetham About Us Our Story Karuna Yoga Vidya Peetham is an international yoga teacher training institute in Bangalore India. Established in 2012 by our founder Dr. S. Karuna Murthy, our institute and online academy serve the diverse and growing international community of yoga teachers and enthusiasts worldwide. Our team consists of dedicated and inspiring teachers providing internationally accredited professional yoga courses and training while maintaining the authenticity of the ancient teachings in a non-sectarian way. Our Vision Karuna Yoga is to propagate yoga and its application to everyone around the world so they can lead joyful, healthful, and blissful lives. Our Mission To enlighten the world with the authentic knowledge and practices from ancient yoga texts and scriptures by promoting and spreading yoga. Objectives To support and promote yoga and yoga education at schools, colleges and at different educational institutional levels. To develop new approaches to the practice, teaching, and research of Yoga. To spread the goodness of Yoga and Holistic health to people. To create awareness that one’s health lies in his/her hands, and can lead to and achieve holistic well-being through right balance of yoga in life. To prescribe different courses for imparting education and training in Yoga

1. About Us
We Guide YogaEnthusiasts to Become YogaTeachersand YogaTeachersbecome a greatYogi.
 Our Story
Karuna Yoga Vidya Peetham is an international yoga teacher training institute in Bangalore India.
Established in 2012 by our founder Dr. S. Karuna Murthy, our institute and online academy serve the
diverse and growing international community of yoga teachers and enthusiasts worldwide.
Our team consists of dedicated and inspiring teachers providing internationally accredited
professional yoga courses and training while maintaining the authenticity of the ancient teachings in
a non-sectarian way.
 Our Vision
Karuna Yoga is to propagate yoga and its application to everyone around the world so they can lead
joyful, healthful, and blissful lives.
 Our Mission
To enlighten the world with the authentic knowledge and practices from ancient yoga texts and
scriptures by promoting and spreading yoga.
 Objectives
To support and promote yoga and yoga education at schools, colleges and at different educational
institutional levels.
To develop new approaches to the practice, teaching, and research of Yoga.
To spread the goodness of Yoga and Holistic health to people.
To create awareness that one’s health lies in his/her hands, and can lead to and achieve holistic well-
being through right balance of yoga in life.
To prescribe different courses for imparting education and training in Yoga

2. Our Core Values
Professionalism
We take our role sincerely and we embrace ownership of
our results. We are on time, we are prepared,
we are consistent and reliable, and we perform our duties with
diligence.
Authenticity
We follow our karuna yoga lineage and traditions while
embracing openness, curiosity, and change. We authentically
express who we are and what we believe in.
Empowering
We are committed to help and support others, so that we all
can rise to our potential. We see potential in everyone. We work
together to rise together. We respect differences, celebrate
commonalities, and value each other’s opinions and individuality.
Commitment
We believe that without 100% commitment, no real growth is
achieved. Therefore, we commit to our personal growth and the
growth of our students. We understand our responsibility for our
actions and value the trust placed in us by our students.
Integrity
We practice integrity and honesty in thought, speech, and
action. We do what is in line with our values, instead of what is

3. Karuna Yoga
Lineage and
Teaching Tradition
Why Name “Karuna”
 Karuna means Compassion, selfless
compassion experienced when the
other living beings are in the suffering
phase. Karuna is a key element of the
Yogic path, opening the door to the
(kaivalya) enlightenment and uniting
with the supreme consciousness.
 While contemporary in application and
language, all our teachings are based
on the thousands of years old Vedic
and Yogic traditions of India.
 The source of our practice and
teachings is Swami Satyananda
Saraswati from Bihar school of yoga,
asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha,
shat-karma, yoga Nidra, trataka, Ajapa
Japa, meditation. B. K. S. Iyengar
alignment principle, restorative yoga,
and Vinyasa style of yoga inculcated
from Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Ashtanga Yoga, from Mysore.

4. Worldwide
Accredited
Certification
Karuna Yoga Vidya
Peetham teacher
training certificate
course is
accredited by Yoga
Alliance USA.