Modern yoga pioneers

Yogi, Kriya Yoga guru and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship (1893-1952)

Indian yoga teacher and scholar (1918–2014)

Hindu spiritual teacher (1887–1963)

American professor emeritus of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine

Yogi (1888-1989)

Indian yogi (1925–1996)

Latvian yoga teacher (1899–2002)

yogi (1923-2009)

Indian yogi

Indian yoga guru (1915–2009)

Indian author, peace activist, founder of a multinational network of yoga centers

Yogiraj (1914-2002)

Indian guru (1917–2009)

Indian yoga guru (1883-1966)

Ruler of the princely state of Aundh in British India and painter (1868-1951)

Manibhai Haribhai Desai (1897–1989), known as (Shri) Yogendra was an Indian yoga guru, author, poet, researcher and was one of the important figures in the modern revival and transformation of hatha yoga, both in India and United States. He was the founder of The Yoga Institute, the oldest organized yoga centre in the world, established in 1918. He is often referred as the Father of Modern Yoga Renaissance. He was one of the figures responsible for reviving the practice of asanas and making yoga accessible to people other than renunciates.

American yoga teacher

Indian bodybuilder and Hathayogi (1903–1970)

Yoga teacher, yoga therapist, and author