Welcome to Yoga Mālā

Meditative yoga classes, individual yoga tuition & yoga study courses with Ranju Roy

Teaching

I have been teaching yoga since 1991. My approach, sometimes called Viniyoga, is designed  to meet the specific needs of an individual – whether you are young, old, fit or not. I provide high quality yoga tuition based on traditional methods and teachings and focused on breath, movement and the mindful application of techniques.

Writing
Yoga as Pilgrimage: sūtras for a modern age - book cover image

My first solo-authored book, Yoga as Pilgrimage, is now out in paperback. Read more about it here. Order copies here.

Embodying the Yoga Sūtra: Support – Direction – Space co-authored with Dave Charlton was published in 2019.
To order copies, email ranju [at] sadhanamala.com

I have loved my 1-1 yoga sessions with Ranju. Great for my mind and body! He took time to get to know me as an individual and what I needed and delivers sessions in a positive relaxing fun way. It has been great for the mental side of my game, learning about breathing and also improving my core and flexibility.
Jack Leach
England and Somerset cricket player
Paintings

I have also a produced a number of watercolour paintings based on photos of TK Krishnamacharya. You can see them here.

Teacher Training Courses, Study Courses, Workshops and Intensives

Since 2004, Ranju has worked with Dave Charlton to develop teacher training courses, study courses and intensives under the name of Sādhana Mālā. You can explore the courses offered by Ranju and Dave at www.sadhanamalayogatraining.com

Ranju listens! I talk. Through his deep listening and careful questions, Ranju understands what is ‘going on’ with me at the moment and is able to propose a practice which seems to be an interesting blend of what I think I need and what he feels I actually need! …
I am supported to actually do my daily practice and the practice in turn supports me, becoming an essential part of my daily routine.
Kathryn
Yoga teacher
Ranju is great teacher and having his attention for a one to one session is so valuable. He is knowledgeable and good at communicating this to others as equals, gentle in his manner but serious in his repect for the subject, curious, funny (yes you can laugh a lot in a yoga session and still take it seriously!) and also a very nice bloke. This is as important in practicing yoga as it is anywhere. Ranju lives and breathes it, and yet remains firmly rooted in his community and family. He teaches yoga for life.
Nicky
Consultant
Ranju has been an invaluable source of guidance on both my personal practice and teaching. A calm and quiet voice within all the yoga ‘noise’, he is reassuringly human and down-to-earth, while having vast yoga knowledge always on the tip of his tongue.
Lucy
Yoga teacher
Ranju is a natural listener, and his guidance is secure and clear. He has a great ability to understand where one is at a given moment and positively address one’s needs and aspirations. His vast knowledge and kind interaction inspires and rekindles my trust in yoga.
Zana
Yoga teacher
Words I think of when I think of Ranju: welcoming, friendly, entertaining, non-judgemental, patient, calm
Excellent instructor for asana/pranayama – easy to follow, well paced. I have learned new ways of approaching and deriving benefit from even the simplest asana/breathing practice. Revelatory! 
Practice very much student-focussed and adapted to individual ability
Well worth the drive from Cardiff to Wellington! 
Linda
I feel so fortunate to have Ranju as my 1-1 yoga teacher. I started working with him when I was a relative yoga newby. I am now a 1-1 teacher myself and still have regular 1-1 lessons with Ranju. His way of tailoring lessons to suit your needs, whatever they are, and however experienced you are, is just amazing. Don’t look any further. 
Em
Yoga teacher