Swami Sivananda

Swami Sivananda

male, deceased (1963)
Swami Sivananda Saraswati, was an Indian spiritual leader and a well known proponent of Yoga and Vedanta. Sivananda was born Kuppuswami in South...
Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda

male, deceased (1952)
Paramahansa Yogananda (Bengali: পরমহংস যোগানন্দ "Pôromôhongsho Joganondo", Hindi: परमहंस योगानन्‍द; January 5, 1893-March 7, 1952),...
Pattabhi Jois

Pattabhi Jois

male, 94 years old
Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois, (born July 26 1915) is an Indian yoga teacher. He was a student of Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. He currently teaches...
Milarepa

Milarepa

male, deceased (1135)
Jetsun Milarepa, (c. 1052-c. 1135 CE) is generally considered one of Tibet's most famous yogis and poets, a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a major...
Rodney Yee

Rodney Yee

male, 52 years old
Rodney Yee is an internationally acclaimed yoga instructor who has appeared in many publications. He studied philosophy and physical therapy at the...
Muktananda

Muktananda

male, deceased (1982)
Swami Muktananda (May 16, 1908-October 2, 1982) is the monastic name of an Indian Hindu guru. Muktananda was the founder of Siddha Yoga, a new...
Swami Rama

Swami Rama

male, deceased (1996)
Swami Rama (1925 - 1996) was born Brij Kishore Dhasmana, to a Northern Indian Brahmin family and became lineage holder of the Sankya Yoga tradition...
Lahiri Mahasaya

Lahiri Mahasaya

male, deceased (1895)
Shyama Charan Lahiri, best known as Lahiri Mahasaya (September 30, 1828 - September 26, 1895), was an Indian yogi and a disciple of Mahavatar...
Bikram Choudhury

Bikram Choudhury

male, 63 years old
Bikram Choudhury (born 1946) is an Indian yoga guru and the founder of Bikram Yoga, also known as "Hot Yoga", a copyrighted series of 26 hatha yoga...
B. K. S. Iyengar

B. K. S. Iyengar

male, 91 years old
Belur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar, (aka Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar) (Born December 14 1918 in Belur, Karnataka, India) is the founder of...