List of Indian asana yoga gurus
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
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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