About Us
Who are we?
We are Bassanti & Mira Pathak, two Indian-German sisters with decades of experience teaching yoga. As children, we were taught asanas, myths and yoga philosophy by our Indian father (who taught yoga on the side) and many old remotely living Indian gurus. This ancient wisdom and the latest scientific research informs all our classes.
Mira studied at Bonn, Berlin and the Sorbonne in Paris, after which she gained over ten years’ office experience in various industries. Bassanti was educated at Bonn, Harvard and Clark. A former Fulbright scholar, banker, film producer and screenwriter, she knows the challenges that fast-paced and volatile industries can throw at you. So we decided to bring wellbeing to the corporate world, ‘making employees healthier and employers happier’.
Just one other company provided corporate yoga back then, but they seemed to teach workouts that put the label yoga on for effect. So Pathak Yoga was born! We were not just one of the first office yoga providers in London, but also the first company to provide chair yoga.
What do we do when we’re not in your office?
We are based in London, but operate globally with clients in the US, Germany, Malta and Cyprus. So you can contact us no matter where you are.
Bassanti also teaches in select gyms around London: you can find her at the #1 London Luxury Health Club Third Space and the iconic Brockwell Lido with affordable pay-as-you-go options.
As a yoga and mindfulness expert with a deep understanding of neuroscience, Bassanti offers executive education on how to increase productivity, resilience training for employees as well as speeches and talks on various topics around stress management and brain hacks.
Occasionally she still works as a scriptwriter and her yoga-related creative outpourings can be found in CBeebies’ children’s TV series Happy Tent Tales.
Our Story
Step into your fullest potential with our Transformational Life Coaching course. Heal, grow, and make meaningful changes to align with the highest vision of yourself.
Let go of overwhelm, break through limiting beliefs, and overcome the barriers holding you back from achieving freedom, success, abundance, and love.
- Meet Our Team
Dedicated Team of Experts
What our clients say about us
We hired Pathak Yoga for a meditation session in our office. It was so loved by everyone that we booked them for regular sessions. Bassanti, who takes the sessions, is fantastic. She is super knowledgeable and very accommodating to our needs. A very professional service that I would highly recommend.
Office Coordinator RodialPathak Yoga is a weekly joy, combining strengthening yoga poses and mindfulness breathing techniques. My weekly yoga sessions allow me to reconnect with myself and recharge my batteries.
Compliance EQT Partners LimitedContemporary business leaders need to continuously re-wire their brain for handling increasing amounts of stressors in all areas of life. One of the key challenges is managing a ‘racing mind’ that is affected by exponentially increasing information overload. The way Bassanti teaches yoga is perfectly suited for addressing these evolving challenges. Her insights into neuroscience and focus on the importance of getting our breath and sleep right help immensely. A holistic attitude to health is paramount these days. Flexibility of the body, mind and soul represents a solid foundation for happy and successful life.
Welrex WelrexPathak Yoga’s chair yoga sessions are perfect for an office environment – quite rich and deep, but not too sweaty. We get all the basics and explanations on the movements and how they affect our bodies. The sessions include not only standing exercises, but also seated ones, many of which we can apply in our day to day office life sitting in front of a computer. Yoga in the workplace is so important in encouraging fitness in those who aren’t already active – often the ones who are more stressed and likely to be ill – so it’s great for the employees and great for the business.
PPC Executive House of FraserWe hired Pathak Yoga in 2016 for weekly mat yoga classes to help our team with work-related back and neck issues. Everyone loves the sessions with Bassanti, and since COVID, we’ve been doing yoga with her live online and with recordings, which has helped keep us all healthy and sane. Bassanti is always encouraging and adapts the sessions to what we need on the day. She’s been doing yoga all her life, and it shows: I feel like I learn something new every time. I highly recommend her and Pathak Yoga.
Real Estate Assistant EQT Partners Limited