Unity
in Yoga - Unity in Diversity
International Advisors - World Yoga Council
of International Yoga Federation |
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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 |
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Sat
Jaswant Gurú
(Spain)
Founder of Kundalini Yoga Teachers
Association of Spain
Yogi Bhajns Lineage
LIFE MEMBER |
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The Twelth Tai Situpa Rimpoche
(Tibet)
Spiritual Leader of Vajrayana Budhism
(Vajrayana Lineage)
Sucessor of 11th Tai Situpa Rimpoche |
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Dr.
Dibya Sundar Das
(India)
President of World Yoga Society
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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)
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Avadhuta
Bhaktivedanta Yogacharya Sri
Ramakrishnananda
LIFE MEMBER |
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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
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Swami
Vishnuswaroop
(Nepal)
President Divine Yoga Institute of Nepal
LIFE MEMBER
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Yogacharya
Nilamegame
La Reunion - France
Yoga Centre of La Reunion - France
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Yogacharya Babakar
Khane (Senegal)
Director International Yoga Institute
(France)
(Yogananda Lineage)
LIFE MEMBER |
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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
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Cris
Chi
(Australia)
President Yoga Alliance of Australia
President of Yoga Alliance International
-Australia and New Zeland
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Indu
Aggarwal
(India)
Director of Yoga Federation of India
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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 |
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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)
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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 |
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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)
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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Advisors for Country |
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Argentina |
Armenia |
Australia |
Australia |
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Austria |
Bangladesh
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Belgium
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Brazil
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Cris
Chi
(Australia)
President Yoga Alliance of Australia
President of Yoga Alliance International
-Australia and New Zeland |
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Brazil
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Brazil
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Brazil
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Brazil
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Brazil
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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 |
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Brazil
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Brazil
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Brazil
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Bulgaria
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Bulgaria
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Canada
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Canada
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Canada
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Canada
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Canada
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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 |
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Canada
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Canada
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Chile
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China
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Tibet
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Swami
Saranyananda Saraswati
Director of Yoga Plus
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Swamini
Madhurananda
Directorof the Ayurvedic and Contempory
Sciences
Quebec, Canada
Francophone Yoga Federation |
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Colombia
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Costa Rica
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Croatia
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Cuba
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Denmark
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Eduardo
Pimentel Vazquez (Cuba)
Presidente Asociación Cubana de Yoga |
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Gibraltar
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England
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France
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Canada |
La
Reunion-France |
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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 |
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France |
France |
Germany
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Germany
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C.
Thikomiroff
(France)
President of French Yoga School
Federation
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Swami
Pramod Chetan Udasin |
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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,
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Germany
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Georgia
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Greece
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India
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India
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Joanna
Hatzissava (Greece)
Director of Yoga Arts centre of Greece |
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Bal
Makund
(India)
Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga
of India, Department of AYUSH, Ministry of
Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of
India |
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India
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India
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India
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India
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India
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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) |
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India
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India
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India
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India
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India
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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 |
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USA
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India
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India
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U.S.A
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India
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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 |
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India
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India
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Iran
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Ireland
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Mahesh
Chand
(India)
Secretary of Indian Association for Yoga
and Meditation
and Indian Yoga Alliance |
Saji
P K
(India)
International Vasishta Yoga
Research Foundation |
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Italy
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Japan
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Korea,
South |
Korea, South
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Kuwait
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Max
Gandossi (Italy)
Yoga Centre of Italy
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Heeki
Park
Yoga Centre of Japan
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Yogacharya
Ron Katwijk
(Korea)
Director of Magic Pond Yoga School of
Korea |
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Hessa
Soliman
Director of Kuwait Yoga Centre
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Lithuania
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Macedonia
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Malaysia
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Mexico
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Leticia
Mancera
(Mexico)
President Integral Yoga Alliance of Mexico |
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Netherlands
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Netherlands
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Netherlands
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New Zeland
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Swami
Vishnuswaroop
(Nepal)
President Divine Yoga Institute of Nepal
LIFE MEMBER
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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 |
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Pakistan
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Palestine
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Paraguay
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Peru
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Portugal
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Jorge
Veiga e Castro
(Portugal)
President of Lusa Yoga Federation of
Portugal
President of Yoga Confederation of
Portugal |
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Puerto Rico
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Romania
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Russia
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Russia
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Saudi Arabia
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Belia
Villafane
Sivananda Yoga Association of
Puerto Rico
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Andrey
Verba
Director of Omm Ru Centre
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Sergey
Repin
(Russia)
President Yoga Federation of Russia |
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Serbia
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Serbia
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Scotland
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Slovenia
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Slovenia
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PhD
Predrag (Krsto) Nikic
(Serbia)
President Yoga Federation of Serbia |
Fabijan
Periskc
Director of SamBor Yoga Centre
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Slovenia
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South Africa - France
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South Africa
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Spain
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Spain
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Swami
Danda
(Spain)
Yoga Ashram of Spain
International Yoga Instiute |
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Spain
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Sri Lanka
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Suriname
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Switzerland
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Switzerland
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Swam
Jyiothimayananda
(Sri Lanka)
Doctor in Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy Teacher
President of International Ayurved College
at Italy
LIFE MEMBER |
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Thailand
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Thailand
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Trinidad Tobago
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Turkey
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Turkey
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Guru
Kamal |
Karen
Stollmeyer (Trinidad &
Tobago)
Director of Bliss Yoga centre of Trinidad
& Tobago |
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Bora
Ercan
(Turkey)
General Coordinator of Hariom Yoga Merkezi |
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Turkey
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Ukraine
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United States
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United States
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United States
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Oksana
Sivakovskaya
(Ukraine)
Director
of Vasudeva Yoga School in Ukraine |
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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 |
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United States
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United States
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United States
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United States
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United States
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Richard
Miller
(USA)
Director of the non-profit Center of
Timeless Being, co-founder and
co-president of the International
Association of Yoga Therapy |
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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 |
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United States
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United States
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Uruguay
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Venezuela
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Vietnam
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| Former
members (Maha Samadhi) of World Wide Yoga
Council and International Yoga Federation |
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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 |
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H.H. Jagatguru
Swami Chidananda Saraswati (India)
President Divine Life
Society & Sivananda Ashram
(Sivananda Lineage)
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H.H. Jagatguru
Swami Buaji (India)
President Indo-American
Yoga-Vedanta Society, New York
(Sivananda Lineage)
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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Prof.
Hermogenes
Brazil
Honorary Presiden of National Yoga
Confederation of Brazil |
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