World Yoga Council
International
Yoga Federation
The governing body of
World Yoga Community
Worldwide Council of Yoga
founded 1970
"International Yoga Federation"
World-wide Yoga Council
Headquarters
C-257, Surajmal Vihar
I.P. Extension Part I.
Delhi-110092 (India)
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The yantra and mantra of
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The symbol of International Yoga Fderation
"the World Yoga Community "
Patanjali Jayanti
The birthday of Patanjali,
two days before Diwali
is the World Day of Yoga
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International Yoga Federation
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 Honorary
Life Members of the World Council
Unity in Yoga -Unity in Diversity
International Advisors of World Yoga Council
of International Yoga Federation
H.H. Mataji
Swamini Dayananda (Uruguay)
President of International Yoga Federation 2006-2010
President of Yoga Association of Uruguay
Director of Purna Yoga Integral®
(Sivananda & Swami Asuri Kapila Lineage) |
Yogacharya
Carlos Miguel Pérez (Spain)
President of World Yoga Council IYF
President of Yoga Alliance of Europe
President of
IbericAmericna Yoga Association
President of Vasudeva Yoga Association
Advisor International Yoga Alliance
(Sivananda Lineage) |
Yogashiromani
Dr. Gopalji (India)
Exeuctive Director of World Yoga Council IYF
President of Asian Union of Yoga &
Former President of Yoga Confederation of India
Firmer President International Federation Yoga Sports
Advisor International Yoga Alliance
Director Sadhana Yoga Niketan Ashram
(Baba Haridas & Sri Dhyan Dhar Lineage) |
Reverend Swami Vidyanand (India)
Honorary President of World Yoga Council IYF
President of Yoga Alliance International
President of Yoga Alliance of India
President of Yoga Alliance of Asia
and member of Aurobindo Yoga Society -Aurobindo Ashram
(Aurobindo, Sivananda & Satyananda Lineage) |
Swamini Taraji (Portugal)
Director of International Relationship of World Yoga Council IYF
President of Integral Yoga Association of
Portugal
(Swami Asuri Kapila Lineage) |
H.H. Jagatguru
Swami Buaji (India)
President Indo-American Yoga-Vedanta Society, New York
Patron
International Yoga Federation
(Sivananda Lineage) |
H.H. Jagatguru Shankaracharya Omkarananda Saraswati Ji Maharaj of
Prayag Peeth
(India)
Sucessor of H.H. Jagatguru Shankaracharya
Swami Madhvanand
Saraswati
(Shankara Lineage)
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H.H. Jagatguru
Swami Chidananda Saraswati (India)
President Divine Life Society & Sivananda Ashram
(Sivananda Lineage) |
H.H. Jagatguru
Swami Chidananda Saraswati Muniji (India)
Indian Heritage Foundation
Director of Parmath Niketan Ashram
Sucessor of
(Sw. Shukdevanandji Saraswati Lineage)
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HH The Twelth Tai Situpa Rimpoche (Tibet)
Spiritual Leader of Vajrayana Budhism
(Vajrayana Lineage)
Sucessor of 11th Tai Situpa Rimpoche |
Acharya Sri T.K. Sribhashyam
(India- France)
Son and disciple of Yogacharya Sri T. Krishnamacharya
(linage of Sri Natha Muni) is Director of Yogakshemam School of France
(Krishnamacharya Lineage) |
H.H. Acharya Dr. Prabhakar Mishra
(India)
(President of World Religous Parlament, president
of Brahmin Word Federation, World Ayurveda Academy and Universal Sanathana
Dharma Foundation
(Brahmin and Vedic Lineage) |
Yogacharya Babakar Khane (Senegal)
Director International Yoga Institute (France)
(Yogananda Lineage) |
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)
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Swamini Om Murthyananda Sraswati
Official Yoga Schools Federation of Italy
(Sivananda & Satyananda Lineage)
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Swami Dharmachari Maitreyananda
(Uruguay)
Former president
International Yoga Federation 1989-1991 and 2002-2005
Former president World Yoga Council 2002-2005
President International Integral Yoga Society
Aurobindi Sivananda Ashram
(Swami Asuri Kapila, Aurobindo and Sivananda Lineage) |
Swami Sai Shivananda (France)
President of Francophone Federation of Yoga
and Shamballa Foundation
(Sivananda Lineage) |
Yogacharya BKS Iyengar
(India)
Founder Director
of Iyengar Institute
(Krishnamacharya Lineage) |
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) |
Mataji Rama Vernon (USA)
Funder International Yoga College
Founder Yoga Journal
Fouder Claifornia Yoga Teachers Association
Founder Unity In Yoga
(ad Hoc Yoga Alliance of U.S.A.)
(Kirshnamacharya & H Chaudury Aurobindo
Linaege) |
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) |
Reverend Swami Kriyananda
USA
Kriya Yoga
Direct disciple of
Parahamsa Yogananda
Founder of Ananda Shanga
Founder of Ananda Yoga
(Yogananda Lineage) |
Guru Ram Gaur (England)
Chair of Kundalini Yoga Teacher Association
Member of International Kundalini Yoga Teacher Association
Advisory Board of Kundalini Yoga Teacher Association of U.K
Member of European Yoga Alliance
Director Sohan Jalaiaia Centre
Tutor of British Wheel of Yoga Annual Congress
(Yogi Bhajan Lineage)
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Yogacharya Yogashiromani Sushil Battacharya (India)
President of International Spata Yoga Association
(Goraksha Lineage) |
Reverend Yogacharini Srimata Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani "Amma"
(India & U.S.A.)
President of Yoga Association of Pondicherry of India
and Ananda Ashram
(Gitananda Lineage)
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Yogacharini Swami Saradananda (USA)
President of British Yoga Teachers Association
(Sivananda & Vishnudevananda Lineage) |
H.H. Swami Ramananda (India)
president of Indian Council of Spiriutal Sciences and Hanuman Temple
of India
(Shankara Lineage) |
Reverend Swami Ramalingam (India)
Swami Sivananda Yoga Reasearch Centre of Tamil Nadu
(Sivananda Lineage) |
H.H. Swami Ramaswarupananda Saraswati
(India)
Divine Life Society- Sivananda Ashram -Rishikesh
Spiritual Head of
European Yoga Federation
(Sivananda Lineage) |
Swami Ma Thayeeananda Devi, Yogacharini Clementina Parziale
Bonvini
Italy
Director of Ananta Ashram International &
Secretary of Italian Yoga Sport Fedederation
(Krihna Kisore & Gitananda Lineage) |
H:H.Swami Gurupriyananda Saraswati
(Yogacharya Dr. Pietro Bonvini) (Italy)
President of Italian Yoga Schools Federation
and International Yoga School Ananta Ashram
(Krihna Kisore & Gitananda Lineage) |
Shotaro Shimada (Brazil)
Honoary President of National Yoga Confederation of Brazil
(Ramakishna Lineage) |
Neusa Verissimo (Brazil)
President of
Yoga Confederation of Brasil
Director Neusa Verissimo Yoga Institute of Fortaleza, Brazil
(Caio Miranda Lineage) |
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Yogacharini Sri Mata Swamini Kali (Argentina)
President
Yoga Confederation of Argentina
(Swami Asuri Kapila Lineage) |
H.H. Mahant Sri Pradeep Daji (India) , President Kabir Yoga Ashram
of Rishikesh and Secretary General of All India Saddhus Federation
(Kabir Lineage)
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Sri Swami Santhi Santhiprashad (India)
Director of Santhi Yoga School of India
(Yogi Padmanabha Bhagavathar Lineage) |
Swamini Gauri
(Uruguay)
President of International Association of Yogatherapy, Ayurveda and Yoga
President of Latin America Union of Yoga
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Swami Shivadevananda
(Mexico)
President of Yoga Alliance of Mexico
Director of North American Yoga Council
(Swami Asuri Kapila Lineage) |
Swamini Yogamatananda (Argentina)
president of Yoga Federation of Argentina
(Swami Asuri Kapila Lineage) |
His Divine Grace, Srila Bhakti Ballabha Tirtha Goswami Maharaja,
(India)
President World Vaishnava Association
President-Acharya of Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math
((Krishna -Vaishnava Lineage) |
Maria Helena Schmidt (Brazil)
Former president of National Yoga Confederation of Brazil
(Patanjali Linaege) |
Dr. Bernard Auriol MD (France)
Honorary President of International Council of Yogatherapy
Medicine Doctor,
(Yogatherapy) |
Swami Joythimayananda (Sri Lanka)
Doctor in Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy Teacher
President of International Ayurved College at Italy |
Acharya Hathaway (USA)
President of American Yoga Foundation |
Acharya Krishna Das
India-Italy
Nada Yoga Master |
Yogacharya
Juan Eudardo Nunez
(Chile)
President Integral Yoga Congress and Classical Yoga School of Chile |
Yogacharya Dileep Kumar (India)
President of International Gurukulam.Yogabhavan of India & USA
Ambassador of World Yoga Community IYF
(Sivananda & Vishnudevananda Lineage) |
Yogacharya Dr Dayma (India)
Secretary of North India Yoga Fedeeration
Patanjali Lineage |
Former members of World Wide Yoga Council and International Yoga Federation
Swami Asuri Kapila
(France) 1901-1955
Mahasamadhi
The Father of International Yoga Federation and World Council of Yoga
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Yogavatar Krishna Kisore Das
(India) 1950-1997
Mahasamadhi
Founder of World Council of Yoga "Worldwide
Yoga Council"
at 1970
President of IYF 1992-1997 |
Maharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri (India)
1913-1993 Mahasamadhi
Founder of Worldwide Yoga Parliament or Congress
Patron of International Yoga Federation 1990-1993 |
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
Mahasamadhi |
Mataji Indra Devi (Latvia)
Honorary President of International Yoga Federation from de foundation 1987-2002
Mahasamadhi |
H.H. Jagatguru
Swami Madhvanand
Saraswati (India)
the Shankaracharya of the 'Prayag Peeth
Honorary President of International Yoga Federation from 2004 to 2005 Mahasamadhi |
Patanjali
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International Advisors of World Yoga Council
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)
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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) |
Ma Devi Saraswati (Australia)
President
of Yoga Teachers Association of Australia
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K.C. Sharma (India)
President of Yoga Federation of India
President of Haryana State Yoga Association
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Hikaru Hashimoto (Japan)
President of JapanYoga Fitness Association
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Alvaro Puertas (Spain)
Director Alba Spanish Yoga School
Hon. Secretary of International Yoga Federation for Spain
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Martin Cormick (South Africa)
African Yoga Federation
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Yogacharini Viviana Sapia (Argentina)
President of International Federation of Yoga "Yoga Sports"
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Violet Pastor Wilson (Canada)
President
Canadian Yoga Alliance,
United in Yoga and Yoga Niagara
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Centre
Yogamata Shakti Mhi
(Canada)
President of Prana Yoga College of Canada
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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, German Academy for Yoga of Energy
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Petra Basler (Germany)
Director International Yoga Integral School of Germany
Hon Secretary of International Yoga Federation for Germany, Switzerland
and Holland
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Yogacharini Dr. Rita Bala (India)
Director of Yoga departament of Himachal University and Yoga Cofederation
of India |
Brian Cooper (Scotland)
Director of Yoga Alliance U.K.
Director Yoga Union of Sccotland
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Dikson Lu
(Hong Kong-China)
President of Hong Kong Yoga Association
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H.H: Swami Shankarananda
(Australia)
President of Shiva Ashram of Australia |
Yogachaya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani (India)
President of Ananda Ashram, Director of International
Centre for Yoga Reasearch and Education, member of the board of Indian Yoga
Federation |
Shakti Ma -Yogacharini Liliana Tagliferri
(Argentina)
Former president of Latin American Union of Yoga and vicepresident of Yoga
Federation of Argentina |
Anabela Tavares (Portugal)
Ba Psychology and Yoga Therapy Teacher
Yoga Therapy Association of Portugal
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Ven. Lama Khenpo Phuntzok Tenzin Rimpoche Director Buddhist Meditation
Centre Drikung Kagyu
(Drikung Kagyu Lineage) |
Yogacharya Swami Omkarananda (Spain)
President of Vedic Studies Associaton of Spain, Yoga for Peace Centre of
Valencia
president of International Classical Yoga Federation |
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 |
Paulo Murilo Rosas (Brazil)
Director of Kailsa Center
Founder of Dakshina Tantra Yoga Association of Brazil |
Swami Nirmalatmananda
(India)
Director of Ramakishna Ashram of Brazil |
Dr Clauido Freire de Azevedo (Brazil)
Yoga Association of Ceara
Yoga Confederation of Brazil |
Norma Pinheiro(Brazil)
Former president of Yoga Teachers Association
of Brazil |
Devidasika (Brazil)
Founder of Suddha Dharma Mandalam
Sarva Mangalama Ashram of Brazil
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Erick Schultz (Brasil)
Director of Suddha Dharma Mandalam of Brazil
Vicepresident of Ayurveda Association of Brazil
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Father Joaquin Andrade
(India)
Roman Catholic Priest
Dr. of Religions
Indian Dance and Yoga
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Yogacharini Elisabeth (Radha) Mück
(Germany)
Director
INTERNATIONAL SAMVIT SAGAR YOGA SCHOOL
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Yogacharya Bertram (Venugopala) Mück
(Germany)
President
INTERNATIONAL SAMVIT SAGAR YOGA SCHOOL
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Yogacharini Swamini Savitri
(Italy)
Surya Chandra Yoga Association of Rome, Italy
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Yogacharya Swami Shiva
Italy
President
Surya Chandra Yoga Centre of Rome -Italy |
Yogacharini Ruth Waefler Bhattacharya
Switzerland
Director of the Sapta Yoga International School in Bern
Member of Swiss Yoga Federation, European Yoga Union and European Yoga Alliance |
Swami Pareshananda (India)
Director of Ramakishna Ashram
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Swami Ujjayananda sarasvati, Director of
the Lotus Center in Quebec -Cananda
Francophone Yoga Federation
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Sherri Rao
(China)
President
Beijing Yoga Association |
Christine Kok (China)
President
Asian Yoga Teachers Alliance
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Yogacharini Savitri Devi (New Zeland)
Founder of Integral Yoga Academy of Australasia |
Larry Payne Ph.D.
(U.S.A.)
Founder of International Association of Yoga Therapist
and Director of Samata International
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Buddhist Monk Ngawang Guendun (Ruanda)
Ogyen Kunzang Choling
Portugal |
Sri Vijayananda
Principal of Rishikesh Yoga Foundation and Kaya Kalpa Yoga Academy |
Swami Murugananda
India
Founder of Arunachala Unique Mountain Trust
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Yogacharini Nandita Deviji (Dr. Stephanie Marie-Fleur Thankappan) (USA, France, & India)
President of U.S. Yoga Federation, and International
Gurukulam.Yogabhavan of India & USA |
Nalanie Chellaram
(Gilbraltar)
President of Integral Yoga Centre of Gilbaltrar |
Karan Stollmeyer (Trinidad & Tobago)
Director of Bliss Yoga centre of Trinidad & Tobago |
Sarasvati Buhrman, PhD, (U.S.A.) Academic Director
and cofounder of the Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga and AyurvedaYogic
renunciate in the Vairagi order |
Reverend Swami Vivekananda Saraswati (Romania)
Agama International Yoga School of Tahiland
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Yogacharini Mata Swamini Kali Ray U.S.A.
President of Tri Yoga International Yoga Association
USA |
Nwajyoti
(South Africa -Holland)
Director of Yoga Centre of Europe |
Ferhan Yuksel (Turkey)
Director Yogahan Yoga Centre of Turkey |
Yogacharya Sri Vidya Upasaka Vijaya Kumar (Italy)
President of the "Association Horizon" in Modena (Italy), Member
of the Italian Yoga Schools Federation in Genova (Italy)
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Linda Burr (Australia)
Principal
of Integral Yoga Academy of Autralasia |
Swami Shraddhananda Saraswati
(Canada)
President Lotus Ashram of Quebec
Vicepresident Francophone Federation of Yoga
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Yogacharya Sukadev Bretz (Germany) - Chairman, Yoga Vidya Yoga Teachers
Association of Germany and European Federation of Yoga Teachers Associations |
Dr. Prasad
(India-U.S.A)
President of International Gita Society
Founder of Universal Yoga Center of San Francisco |
Yogamata Wafaa Ahmed
Egypt
President Yoga Art Centre
of Egypt
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Swamini Madhurananda
sarasvati, Director Of the Ayurvedic and
Contempory Sciences
Quebec- Canada
Francophone Yoga Federation
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Jorge Veiga e Castro (Portugal)
President of Lusa Yoga Federation of Portugal
President of Lusa Yoga Association of Portugal |
Yogacharya Eric Doornekamp
(New Zeland)
director Lotus Yoga Centre of
New Zeland
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Maitre George Stobbaerts
(Marroc-Belgium)
Honor President of Yoga Federation of Portugal
President of Ten Chi International |
Marco Bianco (Italy-Croatia)
Director
Shanga Yoga Association of Croatia
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Dr Indu Arora
(India -USA)
Director of
Yogsadhana Centre of U.S.A.
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Sabrina Mesko (Slovenia)
Yoga Arts Association of Slovenia |
Swami Vijnananda sarasvati,
Director of the Center of well-being in Quebec
- Canada
Secretary General
Francophone Yoga Federation |
Yogacharya Govindan Satchitananda, Director of
the Kriya Yoga Babaji in Quebec, Cananda
Francophone Yoga Federation |
Joanna Hatzissava (Greece)
Director of Yoga Arts centre of Greece
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Yogacharya Premananda (France)
Director Centre Yoga Satyam
Secretary of Francophone Yoga Federation |
Rajeshwari-Zorahaima Waibel (Switzerland)
Director of IAVEL Integral Yoga Centre of Switzerland |
Bal Makund (India)
World Wide Yoga Champion 1997. Yoga teacher of
Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga of India, autonomous organization
Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India |
Sandra Bianco (Croatia)
Director
Shanga Yoga Association of Croatia |
Janice Gates (USA)
President of International Association of Yoga Therapist
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Amy Weintraub (U.S.A.)
Author of Yoga for Depression and founder and director of the LifeForce
Yoga Healing Institute |
Antornio Sausys (Uruguay)
BA Psychology and
Yoga Therapy Teacher
President of International Yogatherapy Conference and Sat Yoga of
San Francisco, U.S.A. |
T.K. Ray (India) -U.S.A.
President of Yoga Central of U.S.A. |
Yogacharini Swamini Vishwashakti (India-Slovenia)
European Yoga Fellowship
Satyananda Yoga
Director of Tara Yoga Centre of Slovenia |
Asi Gunnlaugson (Iceland)
Director of
Yoga Centre of Iceland |
Marie Quail (Ireland)
Director of Yogatherapy and Training Cenre of Ireland |
Dr. Marc Halpern (USA)
founder and director of the California College of Ayurveda
and a founding director of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association. |
Dr. Robin Monro (England)
Director of Biomedical Yoga Trust |
RICHARD MILLER (USA)
director of the non-profit Center of Timeless Being, co-founder and co-president
of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology, and co-founder of The
International Association of Yoga Therapy |
Prof. Dr. Subhash Ranade (India) -
Chairman, International Ayurved Academy |
Swami Aksharananda sarasvati, Director of
the Padma Yoga Center, Quebec- Cananda
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Radhkrishnam (India)
Yoga Centre of Tamil Nadu
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Robert Najemy
Greece
Director Center of Harmonious Living Armoniki Zoi of Greece and member delegate
of International Yoga Teachers Association I.Y.T.A. |
Yogiraj Bikram Coudhury
President World Yoga Foundation and Bikram's Yoga College of India
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Dinah Rodrigues (Brazil)
Director of Hormonal Yotherapy of Brazil |
Viara Zaharieva (Bulgary)
President of Bulgarina Yoga Federation |
Dr. Suresh Kumar Agarwal (India)
Vice Achancellor of Open Internatioal University for Alternative Medicines
Founder -President of Indina Board of Alternative Medicine
|
Oksana Sivakivska (Ukraine) Director of European Yoga
Alliance and Vasudeva Centre of Ukraine |
Swamini Locananda sarasvati, yogacharya,
director of Padma Yoga Center Victoriaville - Quebec
-Canada |
Yogacharini Rupa Clotilde Ferreira (Portugal)
Founder Yoga Association of Portugal
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Jan Knaisl (Czech Republic)
Presidnete of Czech Yoga Association |
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Yogacharini Maitreyi (India)
President of Arkaya Awareness Centre of Chennai India.
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Yogacharya
Sri A. M Mohanan
India
Director of Indian Yoga & Meditation Centre.
Hon. Secretary of International Yoga Federation at Chenai, India |
Yogacharini Padma Florine Clomegah (France), Director
of Yoga and Vedanta Center in Paris
- France disciple of Swami Chidananda ( Divine
Life Society ) |
Yogacharini
Analia Ausinaga
Sw. Nilavani
(Argentina)
President of Cuyana Yoga Association and Yogatherapy Association
of Mendoza
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Andre Rihel (France)
President of Traiditional Yoga Federation of France
Director of Nidra Yoga teachers programs of Luxemburg Yoga Federation and
Swiss Yoga Federation
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Yogacharya Harihan
Switzerland
President of Vijeya Yoga Centre - Switzerland |
Swami Danda (Spain)
Yoga Ashram of Spain
International Yoga Instiute |
Yogaharini Monica Carlevaro (Switzerland)
Board International Yoga Alliance and Secretary of Italina Yoga School Federation
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Swami Atmajananda
sarasvati, Director of Center for Holistic
Education in Hull - Quebec
Canada |
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