Mannu started practicing Yoga in 2010, but it wasn't until 2012 that he dived deep into the Ashtanga method. From that point on, he has maintained an uninterrupted daily practice. The practice became the centre of his life — not as a philosophy or a lifestyle brand, but as a discipline.
In 2014 he moved to Asia, making it easier to return to Mysore, India to study at KPJAYI with his then teacher, Sharath Jois — five three-month trips over the years. Since 2016, Mannu has been teaching daily Mysore-style Ashtanga Yoga in Koh Phangan, Thailand from his home shala: Jangalika — House of Ashtanga Yoga.
Mannu skilfully adapts and tailors this powerful, traditional method to suit each practitioner's process. He's not interested in rigid dogma or spiritual performance. The practice works — that's what matters.
His teaching is deeply infused with an almost obsessive love of the natural world and the realisation that everything is connected. Not in a bumper-sticker way — in a real, tangible, get-your-hands-dirty way.
"Deep within ourselves, as in the whole Universe, there is a natural organic intelligence that creates and connects all that is. There really is nothing there to learn, only remember."
When he's not practising or teaching, you'll find Mannu roaming the wilderness of Koh Phangan, swimming in waterfalls or the ocean, or playing one of his musical instruments to a sunset by the beach.