What are the opening hours?

Monday 6am - 7:30am 6pm - 7:30pm Tuesday 6am - 7:30am Wednesday 6am - 7:30am 6pm - 7:30pm Thursday 6am - 7:30am Friday 6am - 7:30am 6pm - 7:30pm

The UrbanYogi - Mukesh Banka

Home
India
Greater Noida
The UrbanYogi - Mukesh Banka

Yoga is my passion; it challenges, strengthens, encourages and educates me on a daily basis.

This process of self-improvement and self-exploration that starts on the mat continues outside it also. Yoga practice for me is about learning to live a balanced life in modern urban world. I provide Yoga training for students of all levels using an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary styles. "The UrbanYogi" approach combines the physical aspects i.e yogasanas & yogic exercises; along with exploration of yoga’s potential for personal development and self- awareness through pranayama and meditation. This combination of Yogasanas, Pranayama and focused awareness & relaxation techniques would allow you to connect with your true self. Through persistence, patience and continued practice you would be able to lead a healthier life and understand your thoughts, feelings and reactions and benefits achieved on yoga mat and would begin to merge to the everyday life.

31/12/2025

Wishing everyone a very blessed 2026 and beyond.

16/12/2025

Today, as we honor Geetaji's punyatithi, we reflect on her remarkable courage, devotion, dedication, and benevolence. Geetaji's yoga journey commenced at the tender age of 3, and she delivered her first demonstration at 8 years old. With her parents' blessings, Geetaji began teaching at 18, defying prevailing social norms. She adapted her Guru and Father's methodologies to establish an all-women class at RIMYI in 1962. Apart from being a legendary yogasadhika and teacher, Geetaji held degrees in philosophy and Ayurveda, which greatly contributed to her renowned Yoga Therapy and Medical classes. A prolific author and global teacher, Geetaji guided and inspired numerous individuals. She served as Director of RIMYI until her passing in 2018.

Geeta S. Iyengar's enduring legacy serves as a powerful reminder that yoga is a potent catalyst for positive transformation, empowering us to live with greater purpose, clarity, and joy. As we pay tribute to her memory, we are inspired to follow in her footsteps, embracing yoga as an art that elevates our lives and enables us to confront challenges with courage, resilience, and equanimity.

14/12/2025

Today, we commemorate auspicious Jayanti of Guruji BKS Iyengar, the most influential YogGuru in modern times who brought about unprecedented refinement, detail and depth to the practice of yogasana and pranayama. He used these 2 limbs in reaching out to all yogangas as defined, described, and detailed by Maharishi Patañjali. Guruji made yoga more accessible to everyone regardless of their physical condition by discovery and inventon of various props. He taught millions of people directly, through his students and his writings including my humble self.

As we pay tribute to Guruji's legacy we must practice with devotion, determination and perseverance. That is true reverence to Guruji.

"There should be devotion in your practice. Then you have to know the meaning of the asana in order to do it effectively with its meaning. Then you have to learn to feel the asana. If you do not know its feel, you oscillate. By feeling, you develop stability and poise. Feel in order to live in it. Convert the asana into a cave for you to pe*****te within to be closer to the soul.
Good asana practice develops in involution the senses, the mind and consciousness. If you are not totally involved, then you become an exhibitionist. Involution is meditation. Meditators say take your senses in. This is what we do while practising or teaching the asana. I hope you understand the meditative value of aum in asana. As you are inter-penetrating while doing the asana, your senses go inwards. That is pratyahara in asana. One should use this pratyahara in the asana as springboard for spiritual growth. One does not practise asana or pranayama for the health of the body throughout sadhana. It may be in the beginning but not later."

~ Guruji BKS Iyengar - Astadala Yogamala Volume-3

Many humble pranams to Guruji. May he keep blessing and guiding us.

12/12/2025

तां योगमिति मन्यन्ते स्थिरामिन्द्रियधारणाम्‌।
अप्रमत्तस्तदा भवति योगो हि प्रभवाप्ययौ ॥११॥
~कठोपनिषद् 2.3.11

The state of consciousness wherein one achieves stable sensory restraint through deliberate willpower and intense vigilance is termed Yoga. Since this sensory restraint is inherently precarious and susceptible to growth and decay, the YogSadhaka must maintain constant caution even after attaining the state of yoga.

09/12/2025

"In the beginning all of us are motivated to get rid of physical or emotional problems. Why do we continue to practice when we get relief from these? Is it just to tone the body or tune the mind?
Ultimate aim of yoga is to have the sight of the soul where the seeker becomes one with the seer. Can we transform our lower motivation to higher ones as we tone our bodies? Self-realization is an automatic process.
We normally practice as doers. When we begin to see and observe while doing then we may change our attitudes and see something hidden expressing as an art. This becomes a source for transformation from the physical and mental towards the spiritual. As a doer we have to learn to transform the physical body, the mental body and the spiritual body to another level which is dependent on the day-to-day needs of life."

~ Guruji BKS Iyengar

07/12/2025

I offer my most reverential pranams to trailblazing & iconic YogAcharya Geeta Iyengar Ji on her birth anniversary. We celebrate her enduring legacy and profound impact on the world of yoga, recognizing the transformative power of her teachings, which have inspired countless yoga practitioners around the world. Although Geetaji has transcended her physical form, her teachings remain an eternal source of guidance and inspiration

Geetaji's insightful guidance persists, urging us to prioritize mental flexibility. Reflecting on her words of wisdom, "If the body is stiff that is understandable. But if the mind is stiff then you can't go anywhere. The mind has to become flexible." we are reminded of the profound impact of her legacy. May we honor her memory by embracing the principles of receptivity, flexibility, and adaptability, thereby ensuring a lifelong pursuit of knowledge and growth.

01/12/2025

Today marks the highly auspicious Shrimad Bhagavad Gita Jayanti or Mokshda Ekadashi. It is observed on Shukla Ekadashi, the 11th day of the waxing moon of the lunar month Margashirsha.

This sacred day commemorates the occasion when Bhagwan Sri Krishna imparted the revered Gita to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra over 5,000 years ago. The Bhagavad Gita comprises 18 chapters and 700 verses embedded in the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata.

Shrimad Bhagavad Gita remains profoundly relevant. This day serves as a poignant reminder of the timeless wisdom that transforms confusion into clarity and duty into devotion. Let us not merely celebrate the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita for a day, but strive to integrate its principles into our lives, living by the tenets of Dharma and Adhikar, as embodied in any one shloka that we can endeavor to follow forever. For me, it is 2.47. Although reciting this verse is relatively simple, adhering to its message in every action we undertake is a formidable task.

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भुर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वाकर्मणि॥ ~ 2.47.

Your sole entitlement is to perform your duties (karma) in accordance with the principles of Dharma; under no circumstances do you have any claim to the fruits of your actions. One should neither regard oneself as the doer of actions nor attach oneself to inaction.

18/11/2025

Today marks the Jayanti of Shri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (November 18, 1888 – February 28, 1989), a profoundly influential yoga teacher, ayurvedic healer, and scholar who is credited with the revival and renewal of Hatha Yoga, not only as a spiritual practice, which remains paramount, but also as a physical and therapeutic discipline grounded in the Yoga Sutras and other classical yoga texts. I offer my most reverential pranams to the great Yogacharya 🙏🙏🙏.

Shri Krishnamacharya was adept in all six Vedic darśanas, or Indian philosophies. Under the patronage of the King of Mysore, Krishna Raja Wodiyar IV, Shri Krishnamacharya traveled extensively throughout India, delivering lectures and demonstrations to promote yoga, including remarkable feats such as apparently stopping his heartbeat. His fundamental teaching principle was 'Teach what is appropriate for an individual.' While revered globally as a Yogacharya, in India, Krishnamacharya is also recognized as a healer who drew from both ayurvedic and yogic traditions. He authored four books on yoga – Yoga Makaranda (1934), Yogaasanagalu (c. 1941), Yoga Rahasya, and Yogavalli (Chapter 1 – 1988) – as well as several essays and poetic compositions. Shri Krishnamacharya's students included many of yoga's most renowned and influential teachers: Indra Devi (1899–2002); K. Pattabhi Jois (1915–2009); B. K. S. Iyengar (1918-2014); his son T. K. V. Desikachar (1938-2016); Srivatsa Ramaswami (born 1939); and A. G. Mohan (born 1945). He and his students have significantly influenced the practice of Hatha Yoga as we know it today.

12/11/2025

Today is 1st Punyatithi of YogAcharya Shri R. Sharath Jois, lineage holder of Shri K. Pattabhi Jois Mysuru Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. I offer him my humble respects and pranams 🙏🙏🙏

Sharath Ji was born on 29 September 1971 (just a week older than me) in Mysuru, India to Saraswati Rangaswamy, daughter of K. Pattabhi Jois. His family was dedicated to the practice, preservation and teaching of Ashtanga yoga as his grandfather had learned from his teacher, Shri T. Krishnamacharya. Sharath, being exposed to yoga since birth, began practicing asanas informally around seven years old and continued non-committally until age 14. At the age of 19, he began formal study of the Ashtanga yoga system with his grandfather and was the lineage holder of Ashtanga yoga.

When he was 19 years old, his mother told him that he should begin assisting his grandfather in the yoga shala, as there were many students, and his grandfather was not a young man anymore. From that time, he became Pattabhi Jois's full-time assistant. It was during these years that Sharath's devotion to the practice deepened and he began to intuit its transformative power. He later took over from K. Pattabhi Jois in 2007 as his health was deteriorating. Shri K. Pattabhi Jois left this mortal world on 18 May 2009 making Sharath senior most teacher and head of KPJYI.

In 2019 Sharath's mother Saraswati Rangaswamy took over KPJYI and renamed it to KPJAYS (K Pattabhi Jois AshtangaYoga Shala). Sharath then opened a new center Sharath Yoga Centre and became ParamGuru and directer of the Centre.

On 11 November 2024, Sharath Ji was in the United States, visiting the University of Virginia. While hiking with students at nearby Humpback Rock, he suffered a fatal heart attack and left this mortal world. I am sure he will live forever in the minds of yoga practitioners and his students.

20/10/2025

On this auspicious occasion of Deepawali, I extend my warmest wishes to you. May the festival of lights kindle a profound sense of inner awareness, illuminating your path to spiritual evolution and remarkable growth in all spheres of life.

A Deepawali Prayer

In the glow of lamps that softly gleam,
May your soul awaken from every dream.
May the light of the universe ignite,
Illuminating your mind with purest sight.

May inner wisdom brightly shine,
Guiding your steps on paths divine.
Riches of spirit, endless and free,
Flow endlessly within thee.

On this auspicious, luminous night,
May joy and love take gentle flight.
Prosper in body, mind, and soul,
And find the divine in making whole.

Happy Diwali—let your spirit soar,
In the light of love forevermore!

~ Mukesh Banka

13/10/2025

"You will work form your heart, not your brain, to create harmony. The serenity in the body is the sign of spiritual tranquility. As long as you do not feel the serenity in the body, in each and every joint, there is no chance for emancipation. You are in bo***ge. So while you are sweating and aching, let your heart be light and let it fill your body with gladness. You are not only becoming free, but you are also being free. What is not to be glad about?
The pain is temporary. The freedom is permanent"

~Guruji BKS Iyengar

06/10/2025

जीर्यन्ति जीर्यतः केशाः दन्ता जीर्यन्ति जीर्यतः ।
चक्षुःश्रोत्रे च जीर्येते तृष्णैका तु न जीर्यते ॥
- महाभारत, अनुशासनपर्व

The inevitability of aging affects various aspects of the human body, including hair, teeth, eyes, and ears, causing them to deteriorate. Conversely, desires and cravings do not weaken with age; they intensify. Having entered my 55th year, I note the premature aging of my hair and teeth, the weakening of my eyesight, necessitating glasses, and the resilience of my hearing. I seek Mahadev's blessings to grant me the wisdom to diminish my desires, just as my physical body has weakened. I invoke the divine light to illuminate my path, dispel darkness, and guide me toward a more purposeful existence. I pay homage to the divine light, supplicating it to eradicate my transgressions and illuminate my journey.

शुभं करोति कल्याणं आरोग्यं धनसम्पदा ।
शत्रुबुद्धिविनाशाय दीपज्योतिः नमऽस्तु ते ॥
दीपज्योतिः परब्रह्म दीपज्योतिर्जनार्दनः ।
दीपो हरतु मे पापं दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तु ते ॥

Address

Supertech Eco Village 1, Greater Noida West
Greater Noida
201306

Opening Hours

Monday	6am - 7:30am
	6pm - 7:30pm
Tuesday	6am - 7:30am
Wednesday	6am - 7:30am
	6pm - 7:30pm
Thursday	6am - 7:30am
Friday	6am - 7:30am
	6pm - 7:30pm

Telephone

+91 9871631276

Website

http://urbanyogi.co.in/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The UrbanYogi - Mukesh Banka posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to The UrbanYogi - Mukesh Banka:

Shortcuts

Address
Telephone
Opening Hours
Alerts
Contact The Practice
Claim ownership or report listing

Want your practice to be the top-listed Clinic in Greater Noida?