Why Mallika started teaching
After a family tragedy in 2004, Mallika Some built a living from the yoga and fitness she had loved since childhood.
Mallika was involved in yoga and sports from a young age. After marriage she spent years as a housewife. In 2004 her husband died in an accident. Her son was very small. There was a financial crisis, and she was still young herself. Staying only at home became impossible.
The work she already loved — yoga and fitness — became both a way to spend the days and a source of income. Classes in Burdwan began there. That is the origin of Body Care as a teaching practice, in her own telling.
Students arrived quickly, and they did not all arrive with the same problem. Back pain, neck pain, weight, later the face. Each new kind of question sent her back to study.
Last reviewed 2026-09-08.
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