Lokesh began in sport. In 1992, in class five, he started taekwondo; he earned his first-degree black belt in 1997, his second in 2005, then his third. He competed at state, zonal and national level, represented India, and was given the chance to coach the Indian team three times.
Yoga had drawn him from the start. As he grew up he studied it formally (a Bachelor's, then a Master's, then further examinations) and understood, in his words, that “it is not just asana or pranayama. It is deeper.”
He learned the traditional way, from a guru. His handbook opens with a letter to Shri Amit Sharma: “Thank you for teaching me, for guiding me to distinguish between what is right and what is wrong. For allowing me to dream and soar as a kite, thank you for being my mentor and light.” That relationship, teacher to student, is still how he teaches.
He founded Agastya Yoga School in New Delhi, named after the sage Agastya, one of the great rishis of the Vedic tradition. The school teaches Hatha yoga as a path to the true potential of the self: asana, pranayama, dharana and dhyana, in the morning batches of Nehru Park and Lodhi Garden, at students' homes, and online for his many students outside India.
Over the years he has taught private students for years at a time, corporate teams and groups visiting India (recently a class of twenty French students), led the 10th International Yoga Day class in 2024, and published tutorials for the Yoga Certification Board levels 1 to 3 and a verse-by-verse series on the Bhagavad Gita. In 2022 he wrote down his intermediate method in Yogasana for Intermediates, Book 2 of his Education Series, dedicated to his student Jayant Sain.
His conviction is simple, and it runs through the whole school: “It is very sad that today yoga has been reduced to a mat, sun salutations, kapalbhati and a little anulom-vilom. Yoga is like holding atomic power and using it to make rotis at home.” (Healthy Body Healthy Mind podcast, 2025)
