List of Indian asana yoga gurus
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This is a list of asana-teaching gurus of modern yoga from India. A more general list of spiritual gurus of all types is List of Hindu gurus.
Indian asana yoga gurus[edit]
This section lists Indian gurus of asana (postural) yoga, including those who helped to create the international modern asana yoga movement.
Guru-shishya (or in some cases teacher-pupil) relationships are shown by indentation of the list.
- Seetharaman Sundaram[1]
- Paramhamsa Madhavdasji[2]
- Yogendra – The Yoga Institute, 1918[2]
- Swami Kuvalayananda[2][3] (1883–1966) - Kaivalyadhama, 1924
- T. Krishnamacharya[4][5] (1888–1989) - what is now called Vinyasa Krama Yoga
- B. K. S. Iyengar[6][7] (1918–2014) - Iyengar Yoga, c. 1966
- Geeta Iyengar[8] (1944–2018) - Yoga for women
- K. Pattabhi Jois[9] (1915–2009) - Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, c. 1948
- T. K. V. Desikachar[10] (1938–2016) - Viniyoga
- A. G. Mohan[11][12] (1945– )
- Srivatsa Ramaswami – Vinyasa Krama Yoga[13]
- B. K. S. Iyengar[6][7] (1918–2014) - Iyengar Yoga, c. 1966
- T. Krishnamacharya[4][5] (1888–1989) - what is now called Vinyasa Krama Yoga
- Dhirendra Brahmachari[14] (1924–1994) - Kundalini Yoga
- Bal Mukund Singh (1952–Present)
- Sivananda Saraswati[15] (1887–1963) - Divine Life Society, 1936
- Satchidananda Saraswati[16] (1914–2002) - Integral Yoga, 1966
- Chidananda Saraswati[17] (1916–2008)
- Satyananda Saraswati[18] (1923–2009) - Bihar School of Yoga, 1963
- Vishnudevananda Saraswati (1927–1993) - Sivananda Yoga, 1959
- Swami Rama[19] (1925–1996) - Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, 1971
- Paramahansa Yogananda[2]
- Bishnu Charan Ghosh - Ghosh College of Yoga and Physical Culture, 1923[2]
- Bikram Choudhury[20] (1944– ) - Bikram Yoga, c. 1972
- Bishnu Charan Ghosh - Ghosh College of Yoga and Physical Culture, 1923[2]
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