International Yoga Day 2022: India’s greatest yoga gurus of all time

Many people all across the world are dealing with health problems that could become dangerous in the future. Yoga, on the other hand, is thought to be quite helpful in lowering a variety of health issues. Every year on June 21, International Yoga Day is commemorated to raise awareness about the benefits of yoga. In his inaugural address to the United Nations General Assembly in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed that June 21 be designated as International Yoga Day. 175 countries have pledged their assistance to India as co-sponsors. Yoga has been popularised all over the world thanks to the efforts of several yoga masters in India. Take a peek at this list of India’s finest yoga gurus.

Baba Ramdev

Baba Ramdev has popularised yoga and Ayurveda in India, and his yoga courses are shown on a variety of television networks. He is also the Patanjali Ayurved brand ambassador. Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, also known as the “Father of Modern Yoga,” is regarded as one of the most influential gurus of modern yoga. He was an ayurvedic healer and scholar who contributed to the resurgence of hatha yoga, in addition to being a yoga instructor.

Swami Sivananda

In 1936, Swami Sivananda launched the Divine Life Society (DLS), and in 1948, the Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy. He was also a Hindu spiritual teacher and doctor in addition to being a yoga guru. He also wrote 296 books on metaphysics, yoga, Vedanta, religion, western philosophy, psychology, and a variety of other topics.

BKS Iyengar

B K S Iyengar founded Iyengar Yoga, which is one of the schools of yoga as exercise, and is regarded as one of the world’s foremost yoga gurus. Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, and Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are some of the books he produced regarding yoga practise and philosophy. He received the Padma Shri award in 1991, the Padma Bhushan award in 2002, and the Padma Vibhushan award in 2014.

K Pattabhi Jois

Ashtanga vinyasa yoga, a flowing style of yoga for exercise, was popularised by k pattabhi jois. he is considered as one of the yoga teachers who helped to popularise modern yoga as a form of fitness. in 1948, he founded the ashtanga yoga research institute.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Transcendental Meditation, a type of silent mantra meditation, was conceived and popularised by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He rose to prominence as a personal guru to the Beatles, Beach Boys, and other celebrities. In the year 2000, he founded Global Country of World Peace, a non-profit organisation.