International Yoga Federation is a non-profit tax-exempt organization founded in 1987, celebrates the authentic yoga teachings of all traditions, the diversity, harmony and integrity of yoga practices throughout the world.
Our mission is to lead the global yoga community (world-wide yoga community), set standards, foster integrity, provide resources, and uphold the teachings of yoga.
HISTORY

"The way of Bring the yoga teachers and yoga masters together"


In 1934, Swami Asuri Kapila of France established the the Ramana Ashram, Maha Boddhi Shanga and the International School of Yoga. He started yoga teacher training courses in 1936 in Montevideo.

Swami Asuri Kapila

Swami Asuri Kapila wrote to his friend, Swami Sivananda (India), for the organization of yoga all over the World, which was the idea for future International Yoga Federation.
Swami Sivananda established the All-world Sadhus Federation in 1947 and Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy in 1948.

Swami Sivananda

After speaking with Asuri Kapila, Swami Sivananda founded the World All Religions Federation and Swami Asuri Kapila founded Mystic International Association

Swami Asuri Kapila wrote to Lucien Ferrier (France) about opening Yoga Centres in France. Then, Ferrier opened the Academy of Occidental Yoga in 1948.

The idea of Swami Asuri Kapila was of national yoga organizations and continental yoga organizations which built the future International Yoga Federation

In 1965, the World Yoga Counsel was founded by Yogavatar Krishna Kisore Das in Bengale, India. In 1967 Roma, Blair founded the International Yoga Teachers Association in Australia.

Yogavatar Krishna Kisore Das and Roma Blair (Swami Nirmalananda)

Also in 1967 the National Yoga Teachers Assocation was founded. Later in 1972 the European Union of Yoga was founded by Roger Clerc, the disciple and successor of Lucien Ferrier. Asuri Kapila´s friend who continues the spirit of unity, Andre Van Lysebeth (Swami Sivananda´s disciple), Claude Peltier, Roger Clerc, Nil Hahoutoff and Hug.

Gerard Blitz

In 1982, Rama Jyoti Vernon founded the Unity in Yoga International (now Yoga Alliance of U.S.) in the United States, which integrated all of the yoga schools.

Rama Jyoti Vernon

In 1985, Swami Maitreyananda (Dr. Fernando Estevez Griego) founded the Latin American Yoga Union along with Vayuananda, Swamini Dayananda, Mataji Indra Devi, Luis Alvares De Rose and Swami Sarvananda.

1985, India. Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego Ph.D. (Swami Maitreyananda) meet Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamsala, Himalyas, Swami Direndra Brhamachari at Delhi and Swami Chidananda at Divine Life Society, Rishikesh. He have meeting with member sof Yoga Federation of India.

Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego Ph.D. (Swami Maitreyananda) and Dalai Lama
Dhirendra Brahmachari - Swami Chidananda


1986, Paris, France. Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego Ph.D. (Swami Maitreyananda) have meeting with European Union of Yoga and Gerard Blitz.

1986, December, Rio Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Meeting of Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego Ph.D. (Swami Maitreyananda) and Yogacharya Vayuananda (Carlos Trotta) and members Yoga Federation of Brazil, Yoga Association of Brazil and National Yoga Union.

Swami Gitananda Giri founded the World Parliament of Yoga or the Vishwa Yoga Samaj in Pondicherry, India.

From 1984 to 1987 contacts were kept between Vayuananda, direct disciple of Swami Asuri Kapila and Swami Maitreyananda (Swami Asuri Kapila´s successor) and Gerard Blitz. Gerard Blitz met with Rama Vernon and Swami Satchidananda.

Swami Satchidananda become the Honorary President of the International Yoga Teachers Association in Australia.


Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego Ph.D. (Swami Maitreyananda), Vayuananda and Gerard Blitz.

In 1987, Yogacharya Dr. Fernando Estevez Griego (Swami Maitreyananda) founded the International Professional Yoga Teachers Federation (the first name given to the actual INTERNATIONAL YOGA FEDERATION) in Montevideo, Uruguay. The first board of International Yoga Federation 1987-1989, was: Honorary President: Mataji Indra Devi (Lithuania), President Luiz Alvares de Rose (Brazil) and Secretary General Swami Maitreyananda ( Fernando Estevez - Griego Ph.D.) (Uruguay).

Mataji Indra Devi and Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego Ph.D. (Swami Maitreyananda)
Luiz Alvares de Rose and Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego Ph.D. (Swami Maitreyananda)


1988, The International Yoga Congress reunited in 1988 in Zinal, Switzerland to work towards the integration of Yogacharya Dr. Fernando Estevez Griego (Swami Maitreyananda) and Mataji Indra Devi´s Latin American Union of Yoga, and the International Federation of Professional Yoga Teachers, Gerard Blitz, Raoul Lenz from the European Union of Yoga and Swami Satchidananda, Nancy Ford Khonne, Larry Payne from Unity in Yoga International (Yoga Alliance of USA).

1988, The World Yoga Conference of IYF reunited in 1988 at the City Palace of Montevideo Government, Uruguay was the meeting for work towards the integration of Swami Maitreyananda and Mataji Indra Devi´s Latin American Union of Yoga, and the International Federation of Professional Yoga Teachers, Carlos Fiel from the European Union of Yoga Larry Payne from Unity in Yoga International (Yoga Alliance of USA), Auri Moya from International Yoga Teachers Assocation of Australia and Puerto Rico, Luiz de Rose, Yoga Confederation of Brazil, Goldemberg of Yoga Association of Argentina, Babaji Sing from Mexico, Kundalini Yoga Teacher Association of 3HO, Swami Dayananda from Yoga Association of Uruguay, Swami Pravananda Mexico.
First World Yoga Congress (1988, Montevideo City, Uruguay).
Gucha Miño, Yoga Federation of Argentina, Larry Payne president of International Association of Yoga Therapist and Unity in Yoga (Yoga Alliance U.S.) Auri Moya from International Yoga Teachers Association, Yogacharya Dr. Fernando Estevez Griego from Latin America Union of Yoga, Carlos Fiel from European Union of Yoga, Sw. Dayananda from Yoga Assoc of Uruguay, Luiz Alvares De Rose from International Yoga Federation and Goldemberg from Yoga Assoc. of Argentina
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In 1989 in Zinal, Switzerland the International Yoga Congress reunited to work toward the integration of Gerard Blitz Secretary General of the European Union of Yoga, Swami Chidananda from the Divine Life Sivananda Ashram, Swami Satchidananda from Integral Yoga USA, Yogacharya Dr. Fernando Estevez Griego (Swami Maitreyananda) from South American Yoga Integral and the president of the International Federation of Professional Yoga Teachers and the Latin American Union of Yoga.


Gerard Blitz, Swami Satchidananda, Swami Chidananda and Yogacharya Fernando Estevez -Griego Ph.D. (Swami Maitreyananda)
Gerard Blitz became gravely ill and asked that in the future that the International Yoga Federation integrate all the continental and national yoga organizations in order to give yoga some seriousness. Yogacharya Dr. Fernando Estevez Griego (Swami Maitreyananda) offered to go forward with the project and he slowly transformed the International Federation of Professional Yoga Teachers into the future International Yoga Federation.
Gerard Blitz and Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego Ph.D. (Swami Maitreyananda) Zinal - 1989

1989, World Yoga Conference of Yoga, Mataji Indra Devi and Swami Sarvananda proposed that Yogacharya Dr. Fernando Estevez Griego (Swami Maitreyananda) become the future president of the International Federation of Professional Yoga Teachers for the world wide yoga conference that took place in Montevideo, Uruguay.

1989 Raoul Lenz, General Secretary of European Union of Yoga with Yogacharya Dr. Fernando Estevez Griego (Sw. Maitreyananda) President of Latin America Union and elected president of International Federation of Professional Yoga Teachers, with Silvia Irigoyen (Sw. Dayananda) General Secretary of Latin America Union and Mataji Indra Devi, president of Honour of both Latin America Union and International Federation of Professional Yoga Teachers. At Buenos Aires City, Argentina.

Dayananda, Indra Devi, Fernando Estevez Griego (Sw. Maitreyananda) and Raoul Lenz

1989, World Yoga Conference of Yoga, Mataji Indra Devi and Swami Sarvananda proposed that Yogacharya Dr. Fernando Estevez Griego (Swami Maitreyananda) become the future president of the International Federation of Professional Yoga Teachers for the world wide yoga conference that took place in Montevideo, Uruguay.Yogacharya Dr. Fernando Estevez Griego (Swami Maitreyananda) was elected president of International Federation of Professional Yoga Teachers, president of the Latin American Union of Yoga and president of the Yoga Association of Uruguay, as well as a member of the World Yoga Counsel in India, member of the International Yoga Society U.K., member of the World Parliament of Yoga in Pondicherry and the vicepresident of the International Federation of Yoga Sports. (He was part of General Assembly of European Yoga Union in 1988 and 1989 because the Yoga Association of Uruguay was member of EUY and friend of Gerard Blitz)

Yogacharya Pietro Bonvini from Italy, Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego (Uruguay) and Swami Sarvananda (Romania-Brazil) in the inauguration of World Yoga Conference IYF 1989

1989, M.S.Viswanath Vicepresident of Yoga Federation of India from Pattabi Jois Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga (nephew of Jois) was elected president 1989-1994 of International Federation of Yoga Sports

1990, World Yoga Conference at Buenos Aires City, Argentina. Yogacharya Dr. Fernando Estevez-Griego (Swami Maitreyananda) president of Latin American Union and President of International Yoga Teachers Federation, Susana Balech from Friend of Yoga Association, Mataji Indra Devi, Diego Martinez president of Yoga Association of Uruguay, Rosa Espinosa from Chile, Daniel Espina Yoga Association of Argentina, Sonia Sumar from Brazil, and Swami Sarvananda with the presidents of national yoga associations of South America


1991, Costa Rica- International Yoga Conference of San Jose de Costa Rica. Rama Vernon, Nancy Ford Khone, Sandra Summerfield and Patricia Hansen from Yoga Alliance of USA, Yogacharya Dr. Fernando Estevez-Griego (Swami Maitreyananda) president of Latin American Union and President of International Yoga Teachers Federation, Prue Ketner from International Yoga Teachers Association of Australia founded by Roma Blair (Swami Nirmalananda), Mataji Indra Devi, Ferriz Olivares from Great Universal Brotherhood meet delegates of South-North American Yoga Organizations and Russian Yoga Organization.

In 1992, Yogavatar Krishna Kisore Das was elected the new president of the International Federation of Professional Yoga Teachers and made his H.Q. in New Delhi until 1996. At the meeting was all the leaders of national and states yoga associations of India. The members of World Yoga Council with Yogavatar Krishna Kisore Das meet the former board with Yogacharya Dr. Fernando Estevez-Griego (Swami Maitreyananda)

Yogavatar Krishna Kisore Das

1993, World Yoga Conference at Pondicherry, India. The leading lights attending were: Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswathi. Sant Keshava Das, Shri Amrit Desai, Nancy Ford-Khone and Patricia Hansen form Unity in Yoga (Yoga Alliance U.S.A.) Yogacharya Fernando Estevez-Griego Ph.D. (Swami Maitreyananda), Pietro Bonvini, Ms. Viswanath, Yogarishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri, and Shri MP Pandit, spokesman for the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry. The leading political dignitaries of Pondicherry state government included: the Lt. Governor Shri Har Swaroop Singh, Chief Minister Shri A. Gandhiraj. Chief Secretary Shri S. Sharma. Finance Secretary Smt. P.M. Singh and Director of Tourism, Shri V. Shivashanmugam.

1993, Unity in Yoga Conference celebrating 100 years of Yoga in America. Set in the Pocono mountains Pensylvania U.S.A., with some of the Yoga masters well-known internationally, including Yogi Bhajan, Amrit Desai, Swami Satchidananda, Swami Anandamoy, and Dr. Pratap. Also interviewed are Yoga instructors such as Lilias Folan. At mmeting was Rama Vernon, Nancy Ford Khone and Patricia Hansen leaders of Yoga Alliance of North America (Unity in Yoga), Yogacharya Fernando Estevez-Griego Ph.D. (Swami Maitreyananda) President of International Yoga Teachers Federation meet presidents of Yoga States Associations of U.S.A., Rusia, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

Swami Vidyananda, Nancy Ford Khone and Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego Ph.D. (Swami Maitreyananda)

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Rama Vernon, Amrit Desai, Rita Goswami (Dru Yoga), Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego and the president of Russian Yoga Association

1993, World Yoga Conference of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Professor Hermogenes from Brazil, Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego (Swami Maitreyananda), M.S. Vishwanth from India, Mr Espina president of Yoga Federation of Argentina, Swami Sarvananda and 300 yoga teachers from: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Portugal, Spain, Italy, India, Israel, France, England, Venezuela, Mexico, France, Paraguay, Peru, U.S.A., Canada and Switzerland come for the world conference of International Yoga Federation

1994, World Yoga Conference of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pietro Bonvini, president Italian Yoga Schools Federation, Tony Sanchez (from Bikram School) president of U.S. Yoga Association, Marisol Sabate from Yoga Association of Chile, Taunay Valle president Yoga Asssociation of Brazil, Daniel Espina president Yoga Federation of Argentina, Ada Saliz president of Latin American Union of Yoga, Diego Martinez president of Yoga Association of Uruguay, Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego delegate of Yogavatar Kirshna Kisore Das president of International Yoga Federation and World Yoga Council.

1995, Unity in Yoga Conference at Aspen, Colorado. Rama Vernon, Nancy Ford Khone, Sandra Summerfield and Patricia Hansen form Yoga Alliance of U.S.A., and Yogacharya Dr. Estevez Griego meet Russian Yoga Organizations and presidents of Yoga States Associations of U.S.A., Rusia, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay

Rama Veron and Yogacharya Fernando Estevez-Griego Ph. D. with Nancy Ford. Khone
Yogacharya Fernando Estevez-Griego Ph. D. and Larry Payne Ph. D. founder of International Association of Yoga Therapist
Swami Vidyananda from Integral Yoga Teachers Association and Satchidananda Ashram of U.S.A. and Swami Maitreyananda at Unity In Yoga Conference in Aspen, Colorado

In 1996, Antonietta Rossi the Secretary General from the European Union of Yoga along with the directors from the Latin American Union of Yoga and the International Federation of Professional Yoga Teachers met in Argentina to integrate the European Union of Yoga to the International Yoga Federation.

In 1996, Ada Saliz, the president of the Latin American Union of Yoga, Antonietta Rossi the Secretary General from the European Union of Yoga and Sandra Summerfield Kozak from Unity in Yoga International met in Zinal, Switzerland to prose that Ada Saliz become the president of the future World Union of Yoga, the new name for the International Federation of Professional Yoga Teachers

In 1996, World Yoga Conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil the new president of the Latin American Yoga Union : Taunay Da Silva Valle, who replaced Ada Saliz. Become the new president of World Union of Yoga (International Yoga Federation).

Horivaldo Gomes president of National Integral Yoga Association of Brazil, Tony Sanchez president of U.S. Yoga Association, Pietro Bonvini president of Italian Yoga Schools Federation, Rachel Solberg founder president of Israeli Yoga Teachers Association, Yanquinao Guash president of Yoga Association of Chile, Taunay Vale president of Yoga Confederation of Brazil, Nilda Conzalez from Paraguay, swami from China, Yogacharya Fernando Estevez-Griego from Aurobindo Sivananda Ashram-International Integral Yoga Society and Ada Saliz from Latin America Union of Yoga and swami varuna and Clementina Bonvini

1997, World Yoga Conference and European Yoga Conference "Euro Yoga" at Genoa, Italy. Pietro Bonvini president of Italian Yoga Schools Federation, Harmond Hatway President of American Yoga Foundation, Varagi secretary of Indian Yoga Federation, Bal Muknd, Moraji National Yoga Institute of Goverment of India, Yogacharya Fernando Estevez Griego president of Yoga Federation of Argentina, Swami Varuna, Yogacharini Clementina Pascale from Italy, Swami Nlagame from Mauritius Yoga Association, Caudia Sanz from Yoga Association of Integral Yoga and 50 delegates of europe.

1998, World Yoga Conference of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Taunay Valle, president of World Union of Yoga (International Yoga Federation), Rama Vernon Unity in Yoga ( Yoga Alliance U.S.), Yogacharya Estevez-Griego president of Yoga Federation of Argentina, Pietro Bonvini president of Italian Yoga Schools Federation, Tom Styles for Restorative Yoga Therapy, Neusa Verissimo from Yoga Confederation of Brazil and 200 yoga teachers from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Portugal, Spain, Italy, India, Israel, France, Venezuela, Mexico, France, Paraguay, Peru, U.S.A., and Canada meet in the congress. After Unity in Yoga International changed its status and became Yoga Alliance of USA under the leadership of Patricia Hasen.

1999, World Yoga Conference of Montevideo, Uruguay. Taunay Valle, president of World Union of Yoga (International Yoga Federation), Yogacharya Estevez-Griego president of Yoga Federation of Argentina, Pietro Bonvini president of Italian Yoga Schools Federation, Daniel Petrov and Viara president of Yoga Federation of Bulgary, Miryma Segundo President of Yoga Association of Uruguay. Delegation of Indian Yoga Federation and 150 yoga teachers from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Portugal, Spain, Italy, India, France, Venezuela, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, U.S.A., and Canada meet in the congress.

2000, World Yoga Conference and 14th General Assembly of International Yoga Federation (Formed World Union of Yoga), New Delhi, India.
Yogacharya Dr. Gopalji president of Asian Union of Yoga, Secretary of Indian Yoga Federation, Dr. Dayma secretary of Asian Union of Yoga, North India Yoga Federation and Yoga Federation of India, Swami Vidyananda, Yoga Alliance International and Yoga Alliance India and member of Aurobindo Ashram, Yogacharya Dr. Estévez Griego Yoga Federation of Argentina, Swami Chaitanya, Cosmic Yoga Foundation, Taunay Valle MA president of International Yoga Federation (formed World Union of Yoga), Master Karina Dupre, vice Latin America Union, Master Lino Centrone, Italy, Sri Gopalji, Delhi Yoga Association, Patel, president of Delhi Yoga Association, Dharam Vir India Yoga Federation, Dr Koushi, Russia, Andre, Ukraine, Dr Mazundar, India Yoga Federation, Dr Rita Balla vicepresident of India Yoga Federation, Dept of Yoga Studies Himalach Pradesh University, Igor Subbutin, Director of Yoga Centre of Moscow Russia, Yogamaharishi Dr. B Gopalananda, Vicepresident of Indian Yoga Federation, Bal Mukund Singh, Moraji National Yoga Institute of Delhi, India.


Sri Gopalji lead the integration of Asian Union of Yoga, Yoga Centres of Asia, all Yoga States Associations of India, Indian Yoga Federation, North Indian Yoga Federation, different ashrams and schools of yoga from India to be members of International Yoga Federation. After his resolution India have the majority of the general assembly of IYF and was great change for the structure and politics of IYF.

Swami Vidyananda president of International Yoga Alliance member of Aurobindo Ashram with Swami Maitreyananda president of Aurobindo Sivananda Ashram ® in Argentina at Aurobindo Ashram of New Delhi.

2000, Rishikesh Yoga Conference IYF, Sri Gopalji, Swami Vidyanandam, Swami Maitreyananda and Taunai Valle with have general meeting at Parmath Niketan Ashram with Swami Chidananda at Rishikesh and after members of yoga federations of India and members of International Yoga Federation and Asian Union of Yoga. All have meeting with differents leaders of Ashram in Rishikesh.

2001, World Yoga Conference of IYF, Rio Janeiro, Brazil. General Assembly of International Yoga Federation. Yogacharya Dr.Fernando Estévez-Griego was elected president 2002-2005 (after 18 years of work for bring together international, continental and national yoga federations). The vicepresidents was elected Yogasiromani Dr Gopalji from Asian Union of Yoga/Yoga Confederation of India, and Yogacharini Paia Irigoyen (Swamini Dayananda ) Latin America Union of Yoga/Yoga Association of Uruguay. In the meeting K.C. Sharma president Yoga Federation of India, Taunay Valle president Yoga Confederation of Brazil, Myriam Segundo president of Yoga Association of Uruguay, Dr Gopalji from Asian Union of Yoga/Yoga Confederation of India, Yogacharya Babakar Khane from Senegal and France director of International Yoga Institute at Paris. KC Sharma president of Yoga Federation of India, Satyendra president of Yoga Federation of Canada, Roma Rokotyol and Anatoly Zencheko from Ashtanga Yoga Club of Ukraine, Gabriel Collazo from International Yogatherapy Association .

2002, World Yoga Conference of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Swami Maitreyananda was elected president of World Union of Yoga, and since 2005 the institution definately established the name International Yoga Federation

Swami Gopalananda, Yoga Confederation of India, Dr Gopalji, president of the Asian Union of Yoga, Swami Vidyananda president of the Yoga Alliance International and Swami Maitreyananda president of the International Society of Yoga Integral AUROBINDO SIVANANDA ASHRAM.

2003, World Yoga Conference of IYF at Portugal. 17th General Assembly of International Yoga Federation, 2nd European Yoga Conference- Euro Yoga 2003.Yogacharya Dr.Fernando Estévez-Griego president of International Yoga Federation, lead the integration of Yogacharya Carlos Miguel Perez president of European Yoga Alliance, Swami Saradananda president of British Yoga Teachers Association, Beatriz Portugues president of Integral Yoga Association of Portugal, George Strovarts honorary president of Yoga Federation of Portugal, Tino, president of Yoga Federation of Portugal, Carlos president of Yoga Association of Portugal, Amadio Bianchi president of Yoga Confederation of Italy, Franca Sachi honorary president of European Yoga Federation, Pietro Bonvini President of Italian Yoga Schools Federation, Swami Narayana, Erick Schultz of Suddha Dharma Mandalam of Brazil, Members of Yoga Association of Cuba, members of International Yoga Institute of Babkar Khane, Mrs Mesko from Slovenia, Yogasiromani Dr Gopalji president of Asian Union of Yoga and the new Yoga Confederation of India, Yogacharini Eugenia Salas president of Yoga Federation of Argentina, Antonio Sausys Sat Yoga, Yogatherapy Conferences, K.C. Sharma president Yoga Federation of India, Roma Rokotyol and Anatoly Zencheko from Ashtanga Yoga Club of Ukraine, Swami Ramalingan from Sivananda Yoga Centre of Tamil Nadu and Radhakrishna from India.

Santa Maria -Oporto, Portugal 2003
Santa Maria -Oporto, Portugal 2003

2004, 18th World Yoga Conference of Madrid and 18th General Assembly of IYF, Spain. 3rd European Yoga Confrence- Euro Yoga 2004. Under the presidenship of Yogacharya Carlos Miguel Perez president of European Yoga Alliance and Yogacharya Dr. Fernando Estévez-Griego president of International Yoga Federation,Sri Ajita president of Raja Yoga Federation of Holland, Aruna (Surinam) member of Raja Yoga Institute of Holland, Bala Rita member of Yoga Cofederation of India, and director of HP University, Sri Gopalji president of Asian Union of Yoga, President of Yoga Confederation of India, president of International Federation of Yoga Sports and vicepresident of International Yoga Federation. K.C. Sharma president Yoga Federation of India, Roma Rokotyol and Anatoly Zencheko from Ashtanga Yoga Club of Ukraine, Amadio Bianchi president of Yoga Confederation of Italy, Franca Sachi honorary president of European Yoga Federation, Pietro Bonvini President of Italian Yoga Schools Federation, Eugenia Salas president of Yoga Federation of Argentina, Habib BA from Yoga Assocation of Spain (member of European Union of Yoga), Tino president of Yoga Federation of Portugal, Beatriz Portugues, president of Integral Yoga Association of Portugal, Members of Kriya Yoga Federation of Italy (Satyananda), Maite from Yoga Federation of Spain, Mimoun (Marroc) from Karate and Yoga teachers association, Swami Vivekananda from Agama Thaliland Association and more than 50 delegates.


Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain 2004
Yogacharya Carlos Miguel Perez, president of European Yoga Alliance


2004, 19th World Yoga Conference of New Delhi and Rishikesh india . 3rd Asian and India Yoga Conference- IndiaYoga 2004. Under the presidenship of Shakaracharya of Prayag and Swami Maitreyananda

 
The Pontiff Hindu Shankaracharya of Prayag, Swami Maitreyananda worldwide president of yoga, and Shri VK Malhotra leader of National Hindu Party and vicepresident of Indian Olympic Association. Yogacharya Prabhakraji Mishra the president of World Brahmin Federation and World Parliment of Religions. India 2004


The president of World Brahmin Federation and World Parliment of Religions, Yugacharya Mishra, Swami Maitreya world-wide president of yoga, and Tai Situpa Rimpoche the Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhist and Emanation of Maitreya Buddha


2004 Ceremony at Holy Ganga River, Swami Chidananda Maharaj and Swami Maitreyananda at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh, India.

2005, 20th World Yoga Conference of IYF at Milan, Italy. 19th General Assembly of International Yoga Federation, 4th European Yoga Conference- Euro Yoga 2005. Under the presidenship of Yogacharya Dr.Fernando Estévez-Griego president of International Yoga Federation, was the meeting with Kali Ray president of Tri Yoga International, Mantra Master Krishna Das form Italy, Sushil Batacharya from Nepal and Ruth Batacharya from Swiss Yoga Federation, Anabela Tavares from Integral Yoga Association of Portugal, Dr. Bernard Auriol MD (France), Reverend Sri Roy Eugene Davis USA Kriya Yoga Direct disciple of Parahamsa Yogananda, Swami Joythimayananda (Sri Lanka), President of International Ayurved College at Italy, Sri Vijayananda Principal of Rishikesh Yoga Foundation, Amadio Bianchi new president of new European Yoga Federation, Yogacharya Carlos Miguel Perez president of European Yoga Alliance and Sri Ajita president European Yoga Council and Raja Yoga Federation of Holland, Sri Gopalji president of Asian Union of Yoga, President of Yoga Confederation of India, president of International Federation of Yoga Sports and vicepresident of International Yoga Federation. K.C. Sharma president Yoga Federation of India, Roma Rokotyol and Anatoly Zencheko from Ashtanga Yoga Club of Ukraine, Franca Sachi honorary president of European Yoga Federation, Pietro Bonvini President of Italian Yoga Schools Federation, Eugenia Salas president of Yoga Federation of Argentina, Habib BA from Yoga Association of Spain (member of European Union of Yoga), Tino president of Yoga Federation of Portugal, members of Kriya Yoga Federation of Italy (Satyananda), Maite from Yoga Federation of Spain, Mimoun (Marroc) from Karate and Yoga teachers association, Swami Vivekananda from Agama Thailand Association, Andre Rihel (France) President of Traditional Yoga Federation of France, Chalie Stevens president of Yoga Federation of Ireland and more than 50 delegates.

Milan, Italy 2005
Yogacharya Fernando Estevez - Griego Ph.D. (Swami Maitreyananda) and Kali Ray, founder of TriYoga International
Yogacharya Sushil Bhattacharya and Ruth Bhattacharya, Sapta Yoga International of Switzerland and Nepal

2006, Montevideo, Uruguay. By the 20th General Assembly of International Yoga Federation (Feb. 2006), Swamini Dayananda Ma was elected the new president of the International Yoga Federation and will be in office until 2010. The International Yoga Federation´s H.Q. and offices are in Montevideo since 2006.

Swamini Dayananda - President of International Yoga Federation 2006 - 2010

2006. International Yoga Festival atLisbon, Portugal. Under the presidenship of Swami Maitreyananda president of International Integral Yoga Society and Swamini Taraji Dharmacharini (Beatriz Portugues) with Sri Gopalji president of Asian Union of Yoga, President of Yoga Confederation of India, president of International Federation of Yoga Sports, Eugenia Salas president of Yoga Federation of Argentina, members of Yoga Federation of Bulgary, Pietro Bonvini President of Italian Yoga Schools Federation, Carlos Miguel Perez President European Yoga Alliance, Swami Omkarananda president of International Classsic Yoga Federation, members of Hindu Community of Portugal and Hindu Temple, Oksana from Ukraine Yoga Centre, Guilermo Ferrara president of Tantra Yoga Association and presidents of states yoga associations of Portugal.

Swamini Taraji Dharmacharini (Beatriz Portugues)

2006, 21th. World Yoga Conference - Global Yoga Festival of IYF at New Delhi and Rishikesh and General meeting of World Yoga Council. Under the presidenship of Swami Maitreyananda president of International Integral Yoga Society - Aurobindo Sivananda and H.H. Jagatguru Shankaracharya Omkarananda Saraswati Ji Maharaj of Prayag Peeth (India), with Sri Gopalji president of Asian Union of Yoga, President of Yoga Confederation of India, president of International Federation of Yoga Sports, K.C. Sharma president Yoga Federation of India, H.H. Acharya Dr. Prabhakar Mishra (India) (President of World Religous Parlament, president of Brahmin Word Federation, World Ayurveda Academy and Universal Sanathana Dharma Foundation, Yogacharya Dr. B. Gopalananda director of Sri Vishwa Ashram the International Yoga Academy Secretary of Tamil Nadu Yoga Association, Yogacharini Swami Saradananda (USA), President of British Yoga Teachers Association, Swami Ma Thayeananda Devi, Yogacharini Clementina Parziale Bonvini Italy, Director of Ananta Ashram International & Secretary of Italian Yoga Sport Fedederation. 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), 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), Swamini Gauri (Uruguay) President of of Yoga Asssociation of Uruguay, Eugenia Salas president of Yoga Federation of Argentina and presidents of all national and states yoga association of India Swami Ramananda from Hanuman Temple, Swami Viswananada, Swami Shankara, swami Chidananda, members of Yoga Federation of Bulgary, Pietro Bonvini President of Italian Yoga Schools Federation, Beatriz Portuges president of Integral Yoga Association of Portugal

Rishikesh, Himalayas
Swami Chidananda Muniji, Sw. Maitreyananda, Swamini Tara and Dr .Gopalji at
Parmarth Niketan Ashram
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Sw. Gauri Ma, Sw. Maitreyananda, Dr. Gopalji and Shankaracharya of Prayag (India)

2007, 22th World Yoga Conference and General Assembly of IYF at Mexico, DF and Cancún. Mexico. Under the presidentship of Swami Shivadev president of Yoga Alliance of Mexico, Swamini Gauri president of Latin America Union of Yoga was the meeting of delegates of Singapure, China, India, Guatemala, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, USA, Canada, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Cuba.


Swamini Gauri Ma (Mexico) 2007

2008, 23th World Yoga Conference - General Assembly of IYF at Montevideo, Uruguay under the presidenship of Swamini Dayananda Ma president of International Yoga Federation, delegates of Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Israel, France, Hungary, Romania, U.K. India, Guatemala, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, USA, Canada, Venezuela, Chile, Poland, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and Cuba.

2009, April 23th General Assembly of IYF at Montevideo, Uruguay.
Swamini Gauri Ma is one of the candidate of all Continental Yoga Organization for be president of International Yoga Federation 2010 - 2014

2009, September 22, 24th European Yoga Conference and 24th World Yoga Conference of IYF at Rome, Italy under the presidenship of Swami Maitreyananda and Shankaracharya of Prayag delegates of Portugal, France, U.K., India, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Portugal.

2009, 25th World Yoga Conference of IYF at Lisbon, Portugal under the presidenship of Swami Maitreyananda and Swamini Tara (Yogacharini Beatriz Portugues) delegates of Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Germany, France, U.K., India, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Portugal.

2010, January 17, 24th General Assembly of IYF at Montevideo, Uruguay.
Swamini Gauri Ma elected president of International Yoga Federation 2010 - 2014 with Swamini Padma as general secretary, Swamini Lakshmi administrator and Saraswati as  director.


Swamini Gauri
President of International Yoga Federation
2010-2014


2010 February 17, India. Swamini Dayananda former president of International Yoga Federation was in Parmarth Niketan Ashram at Rishikesh for one week, visited Sivananda Ashram and other ashram. And after meet Ramcha Chandra Das director of Sri Aurobindo Mandir in Nepal, and visit the Aurobindo Ashram of Delhi. Swamini meet yoga teacher in India.


Swamini Dayananada in India, Aurobindo Ashram in Delhi

2010 March, 26 to 28, Argentina. International Yoga Conference and Retreat
Swami Gauri president of International Yoga Federation and Swami Maitreyananda World Yoga Council with Swamini Lakshmi, Swamini Padma, Swamini Nilavani, Swamini Parvati, Swamini Kali, Swami Mahadeva, Swamini Devi, Swamini Ganga, Swamini Yogashakti meet delegates of Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Portugal.

2010 April 17 and 18, Montevideo, Uruguay. International Yoga Conference and Uruguayan Yoga Conference

Swamini Gauri in India
Swamini Gauri
President of International Yoga Federation
2010-2014

Dharmachari Swamini Tara
Director of International Yoga Federation
Head of Headquarters at Europe

2010-2014

International Yoga Federation is the largest yoga organization in the world and is open to all yogis and yoga organizations.. IYF supports the minimum international standards for yoga teachers from 1987.

From 1987, the emphasis has been on mutual tolerance, respect, friendship, sensitivity and support of different approaches to yoga and an equal voice for every member of the Global Yoga Community


Swami Asuri Kapila
Pionner of IYF
.

Vayuananda
First Candidate for President of IYF
at 1986
Mahasamadhi 1987
.
Presidents of International Yoga Federation
.

Mataji Indra Devi
Honorary President
1987 - 2002
.

Swami Buaji
Honorary president 2004 -2010
.

Luis Alvares De Rose
President 1987-1989
.

Yogacharya Fernando Estevez-Griego (Maitreyananda)
President 1990-1992
.

Yogavatar Krishna Kisore Das
President 1992-1996
.

Taunai Valle
President 1997-2001
.

Yogacharya Fernando Estevez-Griego (Maitreyananda)
President 2002-2005
.

Swami Dayananda
President 2006-2010
.


Swamini Gauri
President 2010-2014

 

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