I. Invitation · Norman, Oklahoma · Since 1999

Some mornings, the body knows before the mind catches up.

A traditional Ashtanga practice rooted in the living lineage of Mysore, India — private sessions, teacher training, and a studio that has held space for serious practitioners for more than twenty-five years.

II. The Studio

Not a trend.
A living tradition.

We opened this studio in 1999, when Ashtanga yoga was still unfamiliar in Oklahoma. What we've built since then isn't a brand. It's a community of people who take their practice seriously and want guidance that reaches past the surface.

Our teaching draws from decades of study with the Sanskrit scholars of Mysore, the Nathamuni Sampradaya tradition, and the direct lineage of Sri Krishnamacharya. The physical practice is a doorway — and we try to show people what's on the other side.

25+
Years in Norman
40+
Years of practice
IX
Mysore conferences
III. The Approach

Careful attention.
Honest work.

We work with people at every level — complete beginners who need a foundation, experienced practitioners who've hit a wall, and teachers wanting to deepen their own understanding before guiding others.

Private sessions allow us to give your body and your practice the specific attention they need. No generic sequencing. No crowd-pleasing shortcuts. Just slow, honest, careful work.

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V. The Long View
The shapes are the easy part. What the practice actually teaches — patience, attention, the willingness to return when nothing has changed — takes years. And it changes everything.
On twenty-five years of teaching
VI. The Teachers

People who have given
their lives to this work.

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Andrew Eppler, director of Ashtanga Yoga Studio Norman Oklahoma, teaching Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in the Mysore tradition
i. Director · Teacher · Filmmaker

Andrew Eppler

Forty years of practice. A student of the Nathamuni Sampradaya tradition. Director of the Mysore Yoga Traditions film. Founder of the Mysore Yoga Conference. Andrew has spent decades building bridges between the scholarly community of Mysore and practitioners around the world — and teaching yoga in Oklahoma since 1999.

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Mila Rybakova Eppler, yoga teacher and yoga therapist at Ashtanga Yoga Studio Norman Oklahoma
ii. Teacher · Yoga Therapist

Mila Rybakova Eppler

More than fifteen years of teaching, beginning in Ukraine and shaped by Ayurveda, ancient Slavic healing practices, women's yoga, and yoga philosophy. Mila has led international retreats in Madagascar, Tunisia, Egypt, Greece, India, and the United States — and brings a uniquely warm, attentive presence to every student she works with.

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VIII. Documentary Film

Mysore Yoga
Traditions

Directed and produced by Andrew Eppler, this film documents the living scholarly tradition of Mysore — senior Sanskrit scholars, spiritual leaders, and lifelong practitioners speaking frankly about what yoga actually is and where it comes from.

Not a promotional film. Not a how-to. An honest document of a tradition that most Western yoga culture has never encountered.