Unity in Yoga - Unity in Diversity
International Advisors - World Yoga Council of International Yoga Federation
Members of World Yoga Council
H.H. Jagatguru Shankaracharya Omkarananda Saraswati Ji
Maharaj of Prayag Peeth
(India)
Sucessor of H.H. Jagatguru Shankaracharya
Swami Madhvanand
Saraswati
(Shankara Lineage)

LIFE MEMBER
Dharmachari Swami Maitreyananda (Fernando Estevez-Griego) 
(Uruguay)
President 
International Yoga 
(Swami Asuri Kapila, Krishna Kisore Das and Sivananda Lineage)

LIFE MEMBER
H.H. Jagatguru
Swami Chidananda Saraswati Muniji(India) 
Indian Heritage Foundation
Director of Parmath Niketan Ashram 
(Sw. Shukdevanandji Saraswati Lineage)


LIFE MEMBER
Swami Ramaswarupananda
(India)
Divine Life Society - Sivananda Ashram of Rishikesh

LIFE MEMBER
Sri Ravi Shankar (India)
Founder of Art of Living

LIFE MEMBER



Sat Jaswant Gurú
(Spain)
Founder of Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association of Spain

Yogi Bhajns Lineage

LIFE MEMBER



HH The Twelth Tai Situpa Rimpoche
(Tibet)
Spiritual Leader of Vajrayana Budhism
(Vajrayana Lineage)
Sucessor of 11th Tai Situpa Rimpoche




Dr. Dibya Sundar Das
(India)
President of World Yoga Society

LIFE MEMBER


Mataji Lakshmi  Devi
(Argentina)
President of Yoga Federation of Argentina 
President of Yoga Allaince International
President of
Aurobindo Sivananda Ashram International Integral Yoga Society

(Swami Asuri Kapila, Kirishna Kisore Das and Sivananda Lineage)


LIFE MEMBER


Avadhuta Bhaktivedanta Yogacharya Sri Ramakrishnananda

LIFE MEMBER

Sri Swami Santhi Santhiprashad (India)
Director of Santhi Yoga School of India
(Yogi Padmanabha Bhagavathar Lineage)
Larry Payne Ph.D
(USA)
Founder of International Association of Yoga Therapist 
and Director of Samata International

LIFE MEMBER



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Swami Vishnuswaroop

(Nepal) 
President Divine Yoga Institute of Nepal

LIFE MEMBER
Yogacharya Nilamegame

La Reunion - France

Yoga Centre of La Reunion - France

LIFE MEMBER
Yogacharya Babakar Khane (Senegal) 
Director International Yoga Institute (France)  
(Yogananda Lineage)

LIFE MEMBER








Rachel Solberg
(Israel)
Founder and Former President of Israel Yoga
Teachers Association

LIFE MEMBER
H.H. Mahant Sri Pradeep Daji 
(India) 
President Kabir Yoga Ashram of Rishikesh and Secretary General of All India Saddhus Federation 
(Kabir Lineage)



Cris Chi
(Australia)
President Yoga Alliance of Australia
President of Yoga Alliance International -Australia and New Zeland
Indu Aggarwal
(India)
Director of Yoga Federation of India

LIFE MEMBER



Neussa Verissimo
(Brazil)
Former President of
Yoga Confederation of Brazil 

(Caio Miranda Lineage)
Swamini Taraji (Portugal) 

President of Integral Yoga Association of Portugal
(Swami Asuri Kapila Lineage)
Acharya Hathaway (USA)
President of American Yoga Foundation

LIFE MEMBER
Swami Shivapremananda
(India) President of Sivananda Yoga Centre of Chile
and Shivapremananda Foundation of Argentina

LIFE MEMBER
Madhana Agulla
(Spain)
Sananda International Yoga Teachers Association

Reverend Swami Vidyanand 
(India)
President of Yoga IndinanAlliance International
member of Aurobindo Yoga Society -Aurobindo Ashram 
(Aurobindo, Sivananda & Satyananda Lineage)
Yogacharya
Carlos Miguel Perez 
(Spain) 
President of European Yoga Alliance
President of Vasudeva Yoga
(Sivananda Lineage)

LIFE MEMBER

H.H.Swami Brahmavidyananda Saraswati
(USA-India)
Founder-President of Institute of Holistic Yoga of North America
Satyananda Ashram
International Yoga Fellowship 
(Sivananda & Satyananda Lineage)

LIFE MEMBER
Sukadev Bretz
(Germany)
Founder of Vidya Yoga Teachers Association of Germany
Acharya Krishna Das 
(India-Italy)
Nada Yoga Master

LIFE MEMBER
Swami Sai Shivananda
(France)
President of Francophone Federation of Yoga
and Shamballa Foundation
(Sivananda Lineage)

LIFE MEMBER
His Divine Grace, Srila Bhakti Ballabha Tirtha Goswami Maharaja,  (India) 
President World Vaishnava Association
President-Acharya of Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math 
(Krishna Vaishnava Lineage)
Swamini Om Murthyananda Saraswati
Official Yoga Schools Federation of Italy 
(Sivananda & Satyananda Lineage)

LIFE MEMBER
Rama Jyoti Vernon
(USA)
Founder International Yoga College
Founder Yoga Journal
Fouder California Yoga Teachers Association
Founder Unity In Yoga 
(ad Hoc Yoga Alliance of USA)
(Krishnamacharya, H Chaudury and Aurobindo Lineage)


LIFE MEMBER
Yogacharya Dr. B. Gopalananda
Director of Sri Vishwa Ashram the
International Yoga Academy
Secretary of Tamil Nadu Yoga Asociation
(Patanjali Lineage)
Reverend Sri Roy Eugene Davis 
(USA)
Kriya Yoga
Direct disciple of 
Parahamsa Yogananda 
President of Center for Spiritual Awareness
(Yogananda Lineage)
Yogacharya Yogashiromani Sushil Battacharya 
Swami Sadananda 
(India)
President of International Sapta Yoga Association
(Goraksha Lineage)

LIFE MEMBER
Yogacharya Sri Philippe "Ajita" Barbier
(Belgium) 
President of European Yoga Council of European Yoga Alliance and of Yogateachers Federation of Holland and Director of Raja Yoga Institute
(Patanjali Lineage)
H.H. Swami Ramananda
(India) 
President of Indian Council of Spiriutal Sciences and Hanuman Temple of India
(Shankara Lineage)
Yogacharini Swami Saradananda 
(USA)
President of British Yoga Teachers Association
(Sivananda & Vishnudevananda Lineage)
Swam Jyithimayananda 
(Sri Lanka)
Doctor in Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy Teacher
President of International Ayurved College at Italy

LIFE MEMBER
Reverend Swami Ramalingam
(India)
Swami Sivananda Yoga Reasearch Centre of Tamil Nadu
(Sivananda Lineage) 

LIFE MEMBER
Yogacharya  Govindan Satchitananda 
(Canada)
Director  of  the  Kriya  Yoga  Babaji in Quebec, Cananda
(Babaji Lineage)
Yogacharya Dr Dayma 
(India) 
Secretary of North India Yoga Federation  
(Patanjali Lineage)

   
Maria Helena Schmidt
(Brazil) 
Former president of National Yoga Confederation of Brazil
(Patanjali Linaege)
Sh. Ashok Kumar Aggarwal 
(India) 
Hon. Secretary General of Yoga Federation of India
Secretary of Asian Yoga Federation

LIFE MEMBER
     
         
International Advisors for Country
Argentina Argentina Armenia Australia Australia





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Australia Austria

Bangladesh

Belgium

Brazil

   

Cris Chi
(Australia)
President Yoga Alliance of Australia
President of Yoga Alliance International -Australia and New Zeland
     

Brazil

Brazil

Brazil

Brazil

Brazil






Harbans Lal Arora (India-Brazil)
Director of Indian Yoga Institue Vivekananda of Brazil
Ved Lal Arora 
(India-Brazil)
Director of Indian Yoga Institue Vivekananda of Brazil

Brazil

Brazil

Brazil

Bulgaria

Bulgaria












Canada

Canada

Canada

Canada

Canada



Viol
 Swami  Atmajananda
Director  of  Center  for  Holistic  Education  in Hull in Quebec
Canada
 Swami  Ujjayananda
Director  of  the  Lotus  Center  in Quebec, Cananda
Francophone Yoga Federation
Yogacharini Zena Ursuliak 
(Canada)
Director of Dakini Yoga Centre.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Canada

Canada

Chile

China

Tibet




Swami Saranyananda Saraswati

Director of Yoga Plus
Swamini  Madhurananda
Directorof the Ayurvedic  and  Contempory  Sciences
Quebec, Canada
Francophone Yoga Federation



Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Denmark

   
 

 
 Eduardo Pimentel Vazquez (Cuba)
Presidente Asociación Cubana de Yoga

Gibraltar

England

France

Canada La Reunion-France




Dr. Bernard AuriolMD (France)
Medicine Doctor (Yogatherapy)
Yogacharini Parvati
Vice President Francophone Yoga Federation
Yogacharya Nilamegame
La Reunion Island, France
Scientific Traditional Yoga Motivation Federation Ile de la Reunion
France France France

Germany

Germany



C. Thikomiroff
(France)
President of French Yoga School Federation

Swami Pramod Chetan Udasin
Anna Troekes 
(Germany)
Director of Trika Yoga Academy and Prana Yoga School ANNA TRÖKES of Germany
Former Member Board of European Union of Yoga, member of German Yoga Teachers Federation,

Germany

Georgia

Greece

India

India






Joanna Hatzissava (Greece)
Director of Yoga Arts centre of Greece 


Bal Makund
(India) 
Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga of India, Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India

India

India

India

India

India







Swami Murugananda
(India)
Founder of Arunachala Unique Mountain Trust
Dr Chidananda Murthy 
(India) 
Director of Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (Deptt of Ayurveda, Yoga, Umani, Siddha and Homeopathy of Ministry of Helth and F. W Govt. of India)  

India

India

India

India

India

Sh. Naveen Acharya 
(Goa - India) 
Secretary of Asian Yoga Federation and Goa Yoga Association
Dr. S.N. Pandey 
(India) 
Member of Dr. R.M.L. Hospital
Member of Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (Deptt of Ayurveda, Yoga, Umani, Siddha and Homeopathy of Ministry of Helth and F. W Govt. of India) 
Dr. Mrs. Sunanda Ranade
(India)
Director of International Ayurveda Academy
Prof. Dr. Subhash Ranade 
(India) 
Director of International Ayurveda Academy
Radha Krishnam (India)
Yoga Centre of Tamil Nadu

USA

India

India

U.S.A

India




Akhilesh Brahmchari 
(India) 
Director of Neo Yoga Centre of India
Dr. Suresh Kumar Agarwal
(India) 
Vice Achancellor of Open Internatioal University for Alternative Medicines
Founder-President of Indina Board of Alternative Medicine
Maa Parvathi Nath Saraswati 
(India)
Co-Director of the School of Awakening, U.K. 
Saraswati River Yoga USA

India

India

Iran

Ireland


 

Mahesh Chand
(India)
Secretary of Indian Association for Yoga and Meditation
and Indian Yoga Alliance
Saji P K
(India)

International Vasishta Yoga Research Foundation
 

Italy

Japan

Korea, South

Korea, South

Kuwait


Max Gandossi (Italy)

Yoga Centre of Italy
Heeki Park

Yoga Centre of Japan
Yogacharya Ron Katwijk 
(Korea)
Director of Magic Pond Yoga School of Korea

Hessa Soliman
Director of Kuwait Yoga Centre
Latvia

Lithuania

Macedonia

Malaysia

Mexico

     
     
Leticia Mancera
(Mexico)
President Integral Yoga Alliance of Mexico
Nepal

Netherlands

Netherlands

Netherlands

New Zeland

 

 Swami Vishnuswaroop
(Nepal)
President Divine Yoga Institute of Nepal
LIFE MEMBER



Eugene Derksen 
(Netherlands)
Secretary of Stichting Raja Yoga Nederland (Raja Yoga Federation of Holland)
Yogacharini Savitri Devi
(New Zeland) 
Founder of Integral Yoga Academy of Australasia

Pakistan

Palestine

Paraguay

Peru

Portugal

   

   

Jorge Veiga e Castro
(Portugal)
President of Lusa Yoga Federation of Portugal
President of Yoga Confederation of Portugal

Puerto Rico

Romania

Russia

Russia

Saudi Arabia

 
Belia Villafane

Sivananda Yoga Association of Puerto Rico
  Andrey Verba
Director of Omm Ru Centre
Sergey Repin 
(Russia)
President Yoga Federation of Russia

Serbia

Serbia

Scotland

Slovenia

Slovenia




PhD Predrag (Krsto) Nikic 
(Serbia)
President Yoga Federation of Serbia
Fabijan Periskc
Director of SamBor Yoga Centre



Slovenia

South Africa - France

South Africa

Spain

Spain









Swami Danda
(Spain)
Yoga Ashram of Spain
International Yoga Instiute

Spain

Sri Lanka

Suriname

Switzerland

Switzerland


 



Swam Jyiothimayananda
(Sri Lanka)
Doctor in Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy Teacher
President of International Ayurved College at Italy

LIFE MEMBER



Thailand

Thailand

Trinidad Tobago

Turkey

Turkey




Guru Kamal Karen Stollmeyer (Trinidad & Tobago)
Director of Bliss Yoga centre of Trinidad & Tobago

Bora Ercan 
(Turkey) 
General Coordinator of Hariom Yoga Merkezi

Turkey

Ukraine

United States

United States

United States





Oksana Sivakovskaya
(Ukraine)
Director of Vasudeva Yoga School in Ukraine


Sandra Summerfield Kozak, M.S
(USA) 
Former vicepresident of World Union of Yoga (International Yoga Federation)
Former vicepresident of Unity in Yoga (Yoga Alliance of USA)
Director of International Yoga Studies Centre of USA

United States

United States

United States

United States

United States




Richard Miller 
(USA)
Director of the non-profit Center of Timeless Being, co-founder and co-president of the International Association of Yoga Therapy
  Dr. Marc Halpern
(USA)
Founder and director of the California College of Ayurveda and a founding director of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association.
Yogacharini MataSwamini Kali Ray
(USA)
President of Tri Yoga International Yoga Association USA

United States

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Vietnam



 
 




 
Former members (Maha Samadhi) of World Wide Yoga Council and International Yoga Federation
Swami Asuri Kapila
(France) 1901-1955
The Father of International Yoga Federation and World Council of Yoga
Yogavatar Krishna Kisore Das 
(India) 1950-1997
Mahasamadhi
Founder of World Council of Yoga "Worldwide
Yoga Council"
at 1970
President of IYF 1992-1997
Gerard Blitz (Belgium)
Zen Buddhist Monk and Yoga Teachers
Secretary General of European Yoga Union 1976-1990
Patron of International Yoga Federation 1989-1990 and the soul of IYF
Mataji Indra Devi 
(Latvia)
Honorary President of International Yoga Federation from de foundation 1987-2002
H.H. Jagatguru 
Swami Madhvanand
Saraswati 
(India)
Shankaracharya of the 
Prayag Peeth
Patron of International Yoga Federation from 2004 to 2005

H.H. Jagatguru
Swami Chidananda Saraswati (India)

President Divine Life Society & Sivananda Ashram 
(Sivananda Lineage)

H.H. Jagatguru 
Swami Buaji (India)

President Indo-American Yoga-Vedanta Society, New York
(Sivananda Lineage) 

Dhirendra Brahmachari

Former Director of Vishwayatan Yoga Ashram of Delhi
Sri Sri Sri Satchidananda 
Yogi of Madras

(India)
Swami Pranavananda
(India)

President Sociedad Yoga Latinoamericana Swami Pranavananda
President Centro Yoga Universal Ciudad de Mexico 
Swami Gitananda 
(Canada - India)
Patron of International Yoga Federation 1989 - 1993
Founder of Ananda Ashram, PONDICHERRY YOGASANA ASSOCIATION, Vishwa Yoga Samaj
Swami Sarvananda 
(Romania)

Former President of Sarva Swamis Order
Dr. Domar Singh Madariya
(India)

Former President of Ayurveda Foundation of Argentina
Babaji Singh Khalsa 
(Mexico) 
Director of Kundalini 
Yoga of Mexico
Pietro Bonvini
(Italy)
Former President of Italian Yoga Schools Federation
 
Dr. Robin Monro 
(England)
Director of Biomedical Yoga Trust
Acharya Georges Stobbaerts 
Honorary President of Yoga Federation of Portugal 
(Marroc - Belgium)

B.K.S IYENGAR 

President of Yoga Association of India

Prof. Hermogenes 
Brazil
Honorary Presiden of National Yoga Confederation of Brazil
 
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