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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">School of hatha yoga</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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title="Pranayama">Pranayama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">asanas</a>, relaxation, diet, <a href="/wiki/Vedanta" title="Vedanta">vedanta</a> philosophy, and <a href="/wiki/Dhyana_in_Hinduism" title="Dhyana in Hinduism">meditation</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Related schools</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Life_Society" title="Divine Life Society">Divine Life Society</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_School_of_Yoga" title="Bihar School of Yoga">Bihar School of Yoga</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Integral_yoga_(Satchidananda)" class="mw-redirect" title="Integral yoga (Satchidananda)">Integral yoga (Satchidananda)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Chinmaya_Mission" title="Chinmaya Mission">Chinmaya Mission</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sivananda Yoga</b> is a spiritual <a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">yoga</a> system founded by <a href="/wiki/Vishnudevananda_Saraswati" title="Vishnudevananda Saraswati">Vishnudevananda</a>; it includes the use of <a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">asanas</a> (yoga postures) but is not limited to them as in systems of <a href="/wiki/Yoga_as_exercise" title="Yoga as exercise">yoga as exercise</a>. He named this system, as well as the international <b>Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres</b> organization responsible for propagating its teachings, after his guru, <a href="/wiki/Sivananda_Saraswati" title="Sivananda Saraswati">Sivananda</a><sup id="cite_ref-Sivananda_inspire_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sivananda_inspire-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the mission 'to spread the teachings of yoga and the message of world peace'<sup id="cite_ref-Sivananda_inspire_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sivananda_inspire-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which has since been refined to 'practice and teach the ancient yogic knowledge for health, peace, <a href="/wiki/Unity_in_diversity" title="Unity in diversity">unity in diversity</a> and self-realization.'<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some other yoga organizations follow Sivananda's teachings, including the <a href="/wiki/Divine_Life_Society" title="Divine Life Society">Divine Life Society</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar_School_of_Yoga" title="Bihar School of Yoga">Bihar School of Yoga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Integral_Yoga_(Satchidananda)" title="Integral Yoga (Satchidananda)">Integral Yoga (Satchidananda)</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chinmaya_Mission" title="Chinmaya Mission">Chinmaya Mission</a>, but use different names for their yoga systems. Sivananda Yoga is the yoga system of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre organization and is based on Sivananda's teachings to synthesize the principles of the four paths of yoga (<a href="/wiki/Yoga_of_Synthesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoga of Synthesis">Yoga of Synthesis</a>) along with the five points of yoga compiled by Vishnudevananda.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four classical paths of yoga consist of <a href="/wiki/Karma_yoga" title="Karma yoga">Karma Yoga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhakti_yoga" title="Bhakti yoga">Bhakti Yoga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raja_yoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Raja yoga">Raja Yoga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jnana_yoga" title="Jnana yoga">Jnana Yoga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are Proper Exercise (<a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">āsana</a>), Proper Breathing (<a href="/wiki/Pranayama" title="Pranayama">prāṇāyāma</a>), Proper Relaxation (<a href="/wiki/Savasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Savasana">śavāsana</a>), Proper Diet and Positive Thinking (<a href="/wiki/Vedanta" title="Vedanta">vedānta</a>) and Meditation (<a href="/wiki/Dhyana_in_Hinduism" title="Dhyana in Hinduism">dhyāna</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting in 2019, the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres have dealt with widespread allegations of sexual abuse and rape by its founder Vishnudevananda and at least one other high-level leader of the organization.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sivananda_yoga&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Karma_Yoga">Karma Yoga</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sivananda_yoga&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Karma Yoga"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sivananda Yoga, and the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre organization that propagates its teachings, is run on the principles of selfless service, or karma yoga.<sup id="cite_ref-Sivananda_international_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sivananda_international-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The core belief in the need for volunteer workers propagated by the Sivananda Yoga tradition is that serving others is an essential practice to open the heart, as it diminishes selfishness and egoism, and brings practitioners closer to understanding the unity underlying all of creation.<sup id="cite_ref-Sivananda_international_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sivananda_international-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This practice of emphasizing the importance of selfless service was inherited from the teachings on karma yoga by Swami Sivananda.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Growing_from_Hierarchy_into_'Unity_in_Diversity'"><span id="Growing_from_Hierarchy_into_.27Unity_in_Diversity.27"></span>Growing from Hierarchy into 'Unity in Diversity'</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sivananda_yoga&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Growing from Hierarchy into 'Unity in Diversity'"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Swami_Vishnudevananda" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Vishnudevananda">Swami Vishnudevananda</a> was the head of all operations of Sivananda Yoga and the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre since its being established in 1959 until shortly before his death in 1993, when he assigned the responsibility of spreading the Sivananda Yoga teachings to an executive board of loyal disciples. The executive board now includes eight yoga acharyas, a term that means 'spiritual teacher'. Like many spiritual teachers, these acharyas are referred to by their spiritual names given to them as part of this particular tradition rather than the given names provided to them at birth.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sivananda_yoga&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sivananda_Temple,_Divine_Life_Society,_Muni_Ki_Reti,_Rishikesh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Sivananda_Temple%2C_Divine_Life_Society%2C_Muni_Ki_Reti%2C_Rishikesh.jpg/220px-Sivananda_Temple%2C_Divine_Life_Society%2C_Muni_Ki_Reti%2C_Rishikesh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Sivananda_Temple%2C_Divine_Life_Society%2C_Muni_Ki_Reti%2C_Rishikesh.jpg/330px-Sivananda_Temple%2C_Divine_Life_Society%2C_Muni_Ki_Reti%2C_Rishikesh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Sivananda_Temple%2C_Divine_Life_Society%2C_Muni_Ki_Reti%2C_Rishikesh.jpg/440px-Sivananda_Temple%2C_Divine_Life_Society%2C_Muni_Ki_Reti%2C_Rishikesh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Divine_Life_Society" title="Divine Life Society">Divine Life Society</a>'s Sivananda Temple at Muni Ki Reti, <a href="/wiki/Rishikesh" title="Rishikesh">Rishikesh</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Sivananda_Saraswati" title="Sivananda Saraswati">Swami Sivananda</a> established the first Sivananda Ashram in 1932. His mission was to serve humanity by sharing his deep understanding of yoga, and in 1936, he founded the <a href="/wiki/Divine_Life_Society" title="Divine Life Society">Divine Life Society</a> to publish and freely distribute spiritual material. To make the teachings more accessible, he developed the <a href="/wiki/Yoga_of_Synthesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoga of Synthesis">Yoga of Synthesis</a>, a combination of the formal doctrines of yoga – the four paths of yoga – that he summarized as follows: 'Serve. Love. Give. Purify. Meditate. Realize.'<sup id="cite_ref-Sivananda_inspire_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sivananda_inspire-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Swami_Sivananda" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Sivananda">Swami Sivananda</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rishikesh" title="Rishikesh">Rishikesh</a> followed <a href="/wiki/Vivekananda" class="mw-redirect" title="Vivekananda">Swami Vivekananda</a>'s vision of yoga as having four parts, but <a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">asanas</a> became more important in his teaching. In 1959, one of his main pupils, <a href="/wiki/Swami_Vishnudevananda" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Vishnudevananda">Swami Vishnudevananda</a>, was sent to set to the West to continue these teachings.<sup id="cite_ref-Sivananda_inspire_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sivananda_inspire-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sivananda asana program had "a profound effect"<sup id="cite_ref-Singleton_2010_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singleton_2010-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the development of modern <a href="/wiki/Yoga_as_exercise" title="Yoga as exercise">yoga as exercise</a>, which strongly emphasizes asanas.<sup id="cite_ref-Strauss_2005_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strauss_2005-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another of Sivananda's pupils, <a href="/wiki/Swami_Satyananda_Saraswati" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Satyananda Saraswati">Swami Satyananda Saraswati</a>, founded the influential <a href="/wiki/Bihar_School_of_Yoga" title="Bihar School of Yoga">Bihar School of Yoga</a> in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-Strauss_2005_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strauss_2005-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allegations of sexual abuse and rape of female followers by Vishnudevananda started to become public in 2019 when his assistant Julie Salter posted her testimony about <a href="/wiki/Sexual_abuse_by_yoga_gurus" title="Sexual abuse by yoga gurus">sexual abuse committed against her by the guru</a> to Facebook on 10 December 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-Salter_2019_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salter_2019-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, other followers have come forward with similar accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaur_2021_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaur_2021-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Approach">Approach</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sivananda_yoga&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Approach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Illustrated_Book_of_Yoga" class="mw-redirect" title="The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga">The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Five_points_of_yoga">Five points of yoga</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sivananda_yoga&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Five points of yoga"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sivananda Yoga training system aims to teach an authentically <a href="/wiki/Vedic" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedic">Vedic</a> system of yoga and believes that retaining the vitality of the body is a byproduct of the discipline and not the goal. The system philosophies are summarised in <a href="/wiki/Vishnudevananda" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishnudevananda">Vishnudevananda</a>'s 5 principles:<sup id="cite_ref-WhatIsYoga_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhatIsYoga-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Proper exercise: <a href="/wiki/%C4%80sana" class="mw-redirect" title="Āsana">āsanas</a><sup id="cite_ref-WhatIsYoga_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhatIsYoga-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Enhances the flexibility of the joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments and stimulates circulation. Flexibility and strength of the spine keep the body youthful.<sup id="cite_ref-Sivananda_international_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sivananda_international-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Proper breathing: <a href="/wiki/Pranayama" title="Pranayama">prāṇāyāma</a><sup id="cite_ref-WhatIsYoga_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhatIsYoga-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Connects the body to the solar plexus, which is considered a storehouse of energy. Stress and depression can be overcome by breathing more deeply with increased awareness.<sup id="cite_ref-Sivananda_international_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sivananda_international-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Proper relaxation: <a href="/wiki/Savasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Savasana">śavāsana</a><sup id="cite_ref-WhatIsYoga_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhatIsYoga-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Relieves the body of existing stress symptoms (including muscle tension and breathlessness) and also helps develop resistance against external stress factors. Once body and mind are freed from constant overload they are at ease and perform more efficiently.<sup id="cite_ref-Sivananda_international_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sivananda_international-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Proper diet: <a href="/wiki/Vegetarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Vegetarian">vegetarian</a>, including fruit, vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, and milk.<sup id="cite_ref-WhatIsYoga_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhatIsYoga-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such foods are <a href="/wiki/Sattvic_diet" title="Sattvic diet">sattvic</a>. Less suitable are <a href="/wiki/Rajasic_diet" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajasic diet">rajasic foods</a> like spices, fish, or stimulants such as tea, coffee, and chocolate; and <a href="/wiki/Tamasic_diet" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamasic diet">tamasic foods</a> like meat, alcohol, onions, and vinegar.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELidell198380–85_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELidell198380–85-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Positive thinking and <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a>: <a href="/wiki/Vedanta" title="Vedanta">vedānta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dhyana_in_Hinduism" title="Dhyana in Hinduism">dhyāna</a><sup id="cite_ref-WhatIsYoga_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhatIsYoga-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eliminates negative thought patterns and provides an experience of inner peace by controlling the mind through meditation. Sivananda Yoga considers this to be the key to peace of mind.<sup id="cite_ref-Sivananda_international_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sivananda_international-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twelve_basic_asanas">Twelve basic asanas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sivananda_yoga&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Twelve basic asanas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sivananda Yoga identifies a group of twelve <a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">āsanas</a> as basic.<sup id="cite_ref-SB_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SB-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emphasis is on mastering these twelve basic āsanas first, from which variations are then added to further deepen into the practice. The twelve asanas in the Sivananda Yoga system follow a precise order, allowing for a systematic balanced engagement of every major part of the body - with the primary intention being to allow the prana, or life force energy, to circulate more freely.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A session of hatha yoga typically starts with practitioners resting in <i><a href="/wiki/Savasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Savasana">śavāsana</a></i>, continuing onto prāṇāyāma (breathing exercises) <a href="/wiki/Kapalabhati" title="Kapalabhati">kapalabhati</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anuloma_Viloma" class="mw-redirect" title="Anuloma Viloma">anuloma viloma</a>, followed by 6-8 rounds of <a href="/wiki/S%C5%ABrya_Namask%C4%81r" class="mw-redirect" title="Sūrya Namaskār">sūrya namaskār</a>, before the standard program of the 12 basic āsanas. A hatha yoga session averages between 90–120 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELidell198329–31,_66–67_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELidell198329–31,_66–67-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-nolines"> <li class="gallerycaption">12 basic asanas in Sivananda yoga</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%9A%C4%ABr%E1%B9%A3%C4%81sana_%E2%97%A6_Headstand_I_yoga_%C4%81sana.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Śīrṣāsana ◦ Headstand"><img alt="Śīrṣāsana ◦ Headstand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/%C5%9A%C4%ABr%E1%B9%A3%C4%81sana_%E2%97%A6_Headstand_I_yoga_%C4%81sana.jpg/100px-%C5%9A%C4%ABr%E1%B9%A3%C4%81sana_%E2%97%A6_Headstand_I_yoga_%C4%81sana.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sivananda+Ashram+Yoga+Ranch&rft.atitle=12+Basic+Asanas+%7C+Sivananda+Ashram+Yoga+Ranch+%7C+Yoga+%7C+New+York&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsivanandayogaranch.org%2Ftwelve-basic-asanas%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASivananda+yoga" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELidell198329–31,_66–67-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELidell198329–31,_66–67_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLidell1983">Lidell 1983</a>, pp. 29–31, 66–67.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sivananda_yoga&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Vishnudevananda" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Vishnudevananda">Swami Vishnudevananda</a> (1960) <i><a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Illustrated_Book_of_Yoga" class="mw-redirect" title="The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga">The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Three_Rivers_Press" title="Three Rivers Press">Three Rivers Press</a>, New York. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-517-88431-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-517-88431-3">0-517-88431-3</a></li> <li><i>The Sivananda Companion to Yoga</i> (1981–2000), <a href="/wiki/Gaia_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaia Books">Gaia Books</a>, Fireside, New York. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-684-87000-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-684-87000-2">0-684-87000-2</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Klepinger, Laurah E. (2001). <i>Sivananda Yoga in the West : an experimental autoethnography, from Los Angeles to South India and back</i>. <a href="/wiki/University_of_California" title="University of California">University of California</a> (MA Thesis). <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/50290033">50290033</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sivananda+Yoga+in+the+West+%3A+an+experimental+autoethnography%2C+from+Los+Angeles+to+South+India+and+back&rft.pub=University+of+California+%28MA+Thesis%29&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F50290033&rft.aulast=Klepinger&rft.aufirst=Laurah+E.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASivananda+yoga" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLidell1983" class="citation book cs1">Lidell, Lucy; The Sivananda Yoga Centre (1983). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bookofyoga0000lide"><i>The Book of Yoga: the complete step-by-step guide</i></a>. Ebury. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85223-297-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85223-297-2"><bdi>978-0-85223-297-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/12457963">12457963</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Book+of+Yoga%3A+the+complete+step-by-step+guide&rft.pub=Ebury&rft.date=1983&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F12457963&rft.isbn=978-0-85223-297-2&rft.aulast=Lidell&rft.aufirst=Lucy%3B+The+Sivananda+Yoga+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbookofyoga0000lide&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASivananda+yoga" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Revival+of+Yoga+in+Contemporary+India&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2017&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F8158566087&rft.aulast=Newcombe&rft.aufirst=Suzanne&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASivananda+yoga" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i>Yoga Mind and Body</i> (1996, 2008), <a href="/wiki/Dorling_Kindersley" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorling Kindersley">Dorling Kindersley</a>, London. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7894-0447-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7894-0447-8">0-7894-0447-8</a></li> <li><i>The Sivananda Companion to Meditation</i> (2003), <a href="/wiki/Gaia_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaia Books">Gaia Books</a>, Fireside, New York. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7432-4611-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7432-4611-X">0-7432-4611-X</a></li> <li><i>Yoga: Your Home Practice Companion</i> (2009), <a href="/wiki/Dorling_Kindersley" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorling Kindersley">Dorling Kindersley</a>, London. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7566-5729-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7566-5729-6">0-7566-5729-6</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sivananda_yoga&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="Asana">Asanas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_asanas" title="List of asanas">List of asanas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_asanas" title="Standing asanas">Standing asanas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downward_Dog_Pose" title="Downward Dog Pose">Downward dog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotus_position" title="Lotus position">Lotus position</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meditative_postures" title="Meditative postures">Meditation seats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Salutation" title="Sun Salutation">Sun Salutation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_pose" title="Tree pose">Tree pose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virabhadrasana" title="Virabhadrasana">Warrior</a></li> <li>Accompaniments <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drishti_(yoga)" title="Drishti (yoga)">Drishti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranayama" title="Pranayama">Pranayama</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-redirect" title="Yoga for therapeutic purposes">Therapy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_using_props" title="Yoga using props">Yoga using props</a></li> <li>1979 <a href="/wiki/Accessible_yoga" title="Accessible yoga">Accessible yoga</a></li> <li>2002 <a href="/wiki/Trauma-sensitive_yoga" title="Trauma-sensitive yoga">Trauma-sensitive yoga</a></li> <li>2007 <a href="/wiki/Restorative_Yoga" title="Restorative Yoga">Restorative Yoga</a></li> <li>2008 <a href="/wiki/Yoga_nidra" title="Yoga nidra">Yoga nidra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Miller_(psychologist)" title="Richard Miller (psychologist)">International Association of Yoga Therapists • Richard Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janice_Gates" title="Janice Gates">Janice Gates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td 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href="/wiki/Yoga_brick" title="Yoga brick">Yoga brick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_mat" title="Yoga mat">Yoga mat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Farmer" title="Angela Farmer">Angela Farmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugger_Mugger_Yoga_Products" title="Hugger Mugger Yoga Products">Hugger Mugger</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_pants" title="Yoga pants">Yoga pants</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lululemon_Athletica" title="Lululemon Athletica">Lululemon</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg/80px-Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg/120px-Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg/160px-Ardha-Chandrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="557" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_modern_yoga" title="Early modern yoga">Early modern yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda" title="Swami Vivekananda">Vivekananda</a></li> <li>1896 <i><a href="/wiki/Raja_Yoga_(book)" title="Raja Yoga (book)">Raja Yoga</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Bernard_(yogi)" title="Pierre Bernard (yogi)">Pierre Bernard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmonic_Gymnastics" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmonic Gymnastics">Harmonial gymnastics/yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Agniel" title="Marguerite Agniel">Marguerite Agniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Bagot_Stack" title="Mary Bagot Stack">Mary Bagot Stack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genevieve_Stebbins" title="Genevieve Stebbins">Genevieve Stebbins</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physical_culture" title="Physical culture">Physical culture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishnu_Charan_Ghosh" title="Bishnu Charan Ghosh">B. C. Ghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._V._Iyer" title="K. V. Iyer">K. V. Iyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seetharaman_Sundaram" title="Seetharaman Sundaram">Seetharaman Sundaram</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramahansa_Yogananda" title="Paramahansa Yogananda">Paramahansa Yogananda</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Autobiography_of_a_Yogi" title="Autobiography of a Yogi">Autobiography of a Yogi</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Aspects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hot_yoga" title="Hot yoga">Hot yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_of_yoga" title="Science of yoga">Science of yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_abuse_by_yoga_gurus" title="Sexual abuse by yoga gurus">Sexual abuse by yoga gurus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Remski" title="Matthew Remski">Matthew Remski</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_and_cultural_appropriation" title="Yoga and cultural appropriation">Yoga and cultural appropriation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_advertising" title="Yoga in advertising">In advertising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_for_children" title="Yoga for children">For children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_for_women" title="Yoga for women">For women</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geeta_Iyengar" title="Geeta Iyengar">Geeta Iyengar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_tourism" title="Yoga tourism">Yoga tourism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_yoga_hybrids" title="List of yoga hybrids">Hybrids</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1938 <a href="/wiki/Naked_yoga" title="Naked yoga">Naked yoga</a></li> <li>1990 <a href="/wiki/Mindful_Yoga" title="Mindful Yoga">Mindful Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Jude_Boccio" title="Frank Jude Boccio">Frank Jude Boccio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Cushman" title="Anne Cushman">Anne Cushman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janice_Gates" title="Janice Gates">Janice Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kabat-Zinn" title="Jon Kabat-Zinn">Jon Kabat-Zinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lee" title="Cyndi Lee">Cyndi Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Moffitt" title="Phillip Moffitt">Phillip Moffitt</a></li></ul></li> <li>2003 <a href="/wiki/Acroyoga" title="Acroyoga">Acroyoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doga_(yoga)" title="Doga (yoga)">Doga</a></li> <li>2013 <a href="/wiki/Paddleboard_Yoga" title="Paddleboard Yoga">Paddleboard Yoga</a></li> <li>2014 <a href="/wiki/Aerial_yoga" title="Aerial yoga">Aerial yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_yoga" title="Beer yoga">Beer yoga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoga in America">America</a> <ul><li>1961 <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hittleman" title="Richard Hittleman">Yoga for Health</a></i></li> <li>1970 <i><a href="/wiki/Lilias,_Yoga_and_You" title="Lilias, Yoga and You">Lilias, Yoga and You</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Britain" title="Yoga in Britain">Britain</a> <ul><li>1976 <a href="/wiki/Lyn_Marshall" title="Lyn Marshall">Lyn Marshall</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_France" title="Yoga in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Germany" title="Yoga in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postural_yoga_in_India" title="Postural yoga in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Italy" title="Yoga in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Russia" title="Yoga in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Sweden" title="Yoga in Sweden">Sweden</a> <ul><li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Brathen" title="Rachel Brathen">Rachel Brathen</a></li></ul></li> <li>Switzerland <ul><li>1941 <a href="/wiki/Selvarajan_Yesudian" title="Selvarajan Yesudian">Selvarajan Yesudian</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1996 <i><a href="/wiki/Norman_Sjoman" title="Norman Sjoman">Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace</a></i></li> <li>2004 <i><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Alter" title="Joseph Alter">Yoga in Modern India</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_History_of_Modern_Yoga" title="A History of Modern Yoga">A History of Modern Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2005 <i><a href="/wiki/Positioning_Yoga" title="Positioning Yoga">Positioning Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2010 <i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Body" title="Yoga Body">Yoga Body</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Subtle_Body" title="The Subtle Body">The Subtle Body</a></i></li> <li>2015 <i><a href="/wiki/Selling_Yoga" title="Selling Yoga">Selling Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2016 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Path_of_Modern_Yoga" title="The Path of Modern Yoga">The Path of Modern Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2017 <i><a href="/wiki/Roots_of_Yoga" title="Roots of Yoga">Roots of Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2019 <i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Britain:_Stretching_Spirituality_and_Educating_Yogis" title="Yoga in Britain: Stretching Spirituality and Educating Yogis">Yoga in Britain</a></i></li> <li>2020 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Yoga" title="The Story of Yoga">The Story of Yoga</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2006 <i><a href="/wiki/Guru_(2006_film)" title="Guru (2006 film)">Guru</a></i></li> <li>2009 <i><a href="/wiki/Enlighten_Up!" title="Enlighten Up!">Enlighten Up!</a></i></li> <li>2012 <i><a href="/wiki/Breath_of_the_Gods" title="Breath of the Gods">Breath of the Gods</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_yoga_schools" title="List of yoga schools">Schools</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Modern_yoga_gurus" title="Modern yoga gurus">Gurus</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1918 <a href="/wiki/The_Yoga_Institute" title="The Yoga Institute">The Yoga Institute</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shri_Yogendra" class="mw-redirect" title="Shri Yogendra">Shri Yogendra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hansa_Yogendra" title="Hansa Yogendra">Hansa Yogendra</a></li></ul></li> <li>1924 <a href="/wiki/Kaivalyadhama_Health_and_Yoga_Research_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaivalyadhama Health and Yoga Research Center">Kaivalyadhama</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Kuvalayananda" title="Swami Kuvalayananda">Swami Kuvalayananda</a></li></ul></li> <li>1934 <a href="/wiki/Viniyoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Viniyoga">Viniyoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tirumalai_Krishnamacharya" title="Tirumalai Krishnamacharya">Tirumalai Krishnamacharya</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Makaranda" title="Yoga Makaranda">Yoga Makaranda</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._K._V._Desikachar" title="T. K. V. Desikachar">T. K. V. Desikachar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._G._Mohan" title="A. G. Mohan">A. G. Mohan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indra_Devi" title="Indra Devi">Indra Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srivatsa_Ramaswami" title="Srivatsa Ramaswami">Srivatsa Ramaswami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanda_Scaravelli" title="Vanda Scaravelli">Vanda Scaravelli</a></li></ul></li> <li>c. 1948 <a href="/wiki/Ashtanga_vinyasa_yoga" title="Ashtanga vinyasa yoga">Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._Pattabhi_Jois" title="K. Pattabhi Jois">K. Pattabhi Jois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mysore_style" title="Mysore style">Mysore style</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Miller_(yoga_teacher)" title="Tim Miller (yoga teacher)">Tim Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kino_MacGregor" title="Kino MacGregor">Kino MacGregor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Schultz" title="Larry Schultz">Larry Schultz</a></li></ul></li> <li>1959 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sivananda Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vishnudevananda_Saraswati" title="Vishnudevananda Saraswati">Vishnudevananda Saraswati</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Complete_Illustrated_Book_of_Yoga" title="Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga">Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga</a></i></li></ul></li> <li>1963 <a href="/wiki/Bihar_School_of_Yoga" title="Bihar School of Yoga">Bihar School of Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satyananda_Saraswati" title="Satyananda Saraswati">Satyananda Saraswati</a></li></ul></li> <li>1965 <a href="/wiki/Ananda_Yoga" title="Ananda Yoga">Ananda Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kriyananda" title="Kriyananda">Kriyananda</a></li></ul></li> <li>1966 <a href="/wiki/Integral_Yoga_(Satchidananda)" title="Integral Yoga (Satchidananda)">Integral Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satchidananda_Saraswati" class="mw-redirect" title="Satchidananda Saraswati">Satchidananda Saraswati</a></li></ul></li> <li>1966 <a href="/wiki/Kripalu_Center" title="Kripalu Center">Kripalu Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amrit_Desai" title="Amrit Desai">Amrit Desai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cope" title="Stephen Cope">Stephen Cope</a></li></ul></li> <li>1971 <a href="/wiki/Himalayan_Institute_of_Yoga_Science_and_Philosophy" title="Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy">Himalayan Institute</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Rama" title="Swami Rama">Swami Rama</a></li></ul></li> <li>1973 <a href="/wiki/Bikram_Yoga" title="Bikram Yoga">Bikram Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bikram_Choudhury" title="Bikram Choudhury">Bikram Choudhury</a></li></ul></li> <li>1975 <a href="/wiki/Iyengar_Yoga" title="Iyengar Yoga">Iyengar Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Light_on_Yoga" title="Light on Yoga">Light on Yoga</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_the_Iyengar_Way" title="Yoga the Iyengar Way">Yoga the Iyengar Way</a></i></li></ul></li> <li>1975 <a href="/wiki/Dharma_Mittra" title="Dharma Mittra">Dharma Mittra</a></li> <li>c. 1975 <a href="/wiki/Yin_Yoga" title="Yin Yoga">Yin Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paulie_Zink" title="Paulie Zink">Paulie Zink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Grilley" title="Paul Grilley">Paul Grilley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Powers" title="Sarah Powers">Sarah Powers</a></li></ul></li> <li>1982 <a href="/wiki/Forrest_Yoga" title="Forrest Yoga">Forrest Yoga</a></li> <li>1984 <a href="/wiki/Jivamukti_Yoga" title="Jivamukti Yoga">Jivamukti Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Gannon" title="Sharon Gannon">Sharon Gannon</a></li></ul></li> <li>1995 <a href="/wiki/Power_Yoga" title="Power Yoga">Power Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beryl_Bender_Birch" title="Beryl Bender Birch">Beryl Bender Birch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Kest" title="Bryan Kest">Bryan Kest</a></li></ul></li> <li>1997 <a href="/wiki/Anusara_School_of_Hatha_Yoga" title="Anusara School of Hatha Yoga">Anusara Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Friend_(yogi)" title="John Friend (yogi)">John Friend</a></li></ul></li> <li>2006 <a href="/wiki/Core_Strength_Vinyasa_Yoga" title="Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga">Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga (Sadie Nardini)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_yoga" title="Modern yoga">Modern yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-lineage_yoga" title="Post-lineage yoga">Post-lineage yoga</a></li> <li><a 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title="Mudra">Mudra</a> • <a href="/wiki/Drishti_(yoga)" title="Drishti (yoga)">Drishti</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pranayama" title="Pranayama">Pranayama</a> • <a href="/wiki/Sun_Salutation" title="Sun Salutation">Sun Salutation</a> • <a href="/wiki/Vinyasa" class="mw-redirect" title="Vinyasa">Vinyasa</a> • <a href="/wiki/Yoga_as_exercise" title="Yoga as exercise">Yoga as exercise</a> • <a href="/wiki/Yoga_for_therapeutic_purposes" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoga for therapeutic purposes">Yoga as therapy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a> • <a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Backbend#Asanas" title="Backbend">Backbends</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anjaneyasana" title="Anjaneyasana">Anjaneyasana (crescent moon)</a></li> <li><a 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Dandasana">Chaturanga Dandasana (low plank)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanurasana" title="Dhanurasana">Dhanurasana (bow)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jathara_Parivartanasana" title="Jathara Parivartanasana">Jathara Parivartanasana (belly twist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makarasana" title="Makarasana">Makarasana (crocodile)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsyasana" title="Matsyasana">Matsyasana (fish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salabhasana" title="Salabhasana">Shalabhasana (locust)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shavasana" title="Shavasana">Shavasana (corpse)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasishtasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasishtasana">Vasishtasana (side plank)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoganidrasana" title="Yoganidrasana">Yoganidrasana (yogic sleep)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sitting</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Twists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bharadvajasana" title="Bharadvajasana">Bharadvajasana (the sage Bharadvaja)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marichyasana" title="Marichyasana">Marichyasana (the sage Marichi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsyendrasana" title="Matsyendrasana">Matsyendrasana (the sage Matsyendra, lord of the fishes)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasasana" title="Pasasana">Pashasana (noose)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akarna_Dhanurasana" title="Akarna Dhanurasana">Akarna Dhanurasana (shooting bow)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balasana" title="Balasana">Balasana (child)</a></li> <li><a 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