Shashikula Govinda is an experienced Ashtanga Yoga practitioner and instructor based in Mysore, she also teaches in Singapore and China. She started practicing Ashtanga yoga with Sri K. Pattabhi Kois in 1994 at a very young age, one of the few Indian women attending the shala at the time, she committed to her practice with her guru for 15 years until 2009 when he passed away. She is teaching traditional Ashtanga yoga with the blessings of her Guru.