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Controversial Blessed are the Postures It’s been defi ned and described , the in several ways, from the 69-year-old guru, who Flexible now lives in Los Angeles and fountain of youth and the has a big following among strength of god, to an ancient but Hollywood stars, has perfect science and a light that The Famous Schools The Bihar School of Yoga was founded in 1964 by late Swami been accused of rape and will never dim once it’s lit. Despite Vedanta to impart yogic training to householders sexual assault by six former and sanyasins alike. The yoga techniques developed there are a students. With his Bikram its numerous interpretations, Centres synthesis of many approaches to personal development, based brand under fi re, many of the yoga at the end of the day – or, The International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres on traditional vedantic, tantric and yogic teachings in conjunction yoga studios have dropped his name rather, at the beginning of the is a non-profi t organization named after late Swami with contemporary physical and mental health sciences. Today, Sivananda, and founded by his disciple late Swami these techniques are day – is about enhancing your , who built taught by Bihar Yoga Vishnudevananda. The mission of the organisation the Texas-based Anusara emotional and mental well-being, Bharati in Munger and is to spread peace, health and joy through yoga. The yoga school into a and living a more fulfi lling and also by Satyananda Yoga ashrams and centres teach not just yoga to maintain global empire, had to meaningful life. The ways to get a healthy body but also how yogic philosophy, Academies in Australia step down from the there are many. ET Magazine takes applied in daily life, for a peaceful mind. In 1959, and Colombia. Bihar organisation after his a look at the various styles and Swami Vishnudevananda established the fi rst School of Yoga also alleged involvement in a Sivananda centre in Montreal, Canada, and now guides yoga projects lurid scandal in 2012 schools of yoga: there are close to 60 Sivananda locations (ashrams, and medical research in association with TEXT: Ishani Duttagupta yoga centres and affi liated centres) around the world. Over 26,000 teachers have been trained by prestigious hospitals, In the early 1980s, former the organisation. The centre has its headquarters in organisations and devotees accused late , Val Morin, Canada establishments Swami Muktananda SOURCE: WEB NEWS REPORTS founder of Siddha Yoga, Hindu tradition believes that is the founder of Hatha Yoga. Now of molesting and raping more of a generic term used to distinguish it from meditative yoga women and indicate a more static practice with a focus on physical postures ANUSARA YOGA In 1991, multiple women A form of Hatha Yoga started by American yoga teacher John Friend in accused late Swami A popular system of yoga in the US developed by Rishikesh & 1997. While the style derives from , it combines elements of Satchidananda, who Kolkata-born Bikram Choudhury from traditional Hatha Rishikesh is the most popular destination for Hindu spirituality with a health-oriented western approach. gave the invocation at Yoga techniques in the early 1970s. Bikram Yoga classes yoga in and attracts a large number of Woodstock, of sexually The Anusara School of Hatha Yoga is responsible for creating and run for 90 minutes and consist of a series of 26 yoga overseas visitors who come to Rishikesh to exploiting them maintaining the standards for Anusara yoga teachers worldwide. postures, and is practised in a room heated to 40°C with learn and practise yoga. There are numerous Friend himself founded Anusara Inc, a private corporation, a humidity of 40%. Taught by Bikram-certifi ed ashrams along the bank of the Ganga river, In the early 1990s, late from which he stepped down in 2012 after becoming teachers, who have completed nine weeks of and numerous styles of yoga and , , founder embroiled in a controversy training endorsed by Choudhury. Globally, to choose from in Rishikesh. These include of the Pennsylvania- there are over 600 Bikram Yoga studios Parmarth Niketen, Omkarananda Ganga Sadan, CELEBRITY PRACTITIONER: Gisele Bündchen Sadhana Mandir and Swami Rama Sadhaka based Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and CELEBRITY PRACTITIONER: Andy Murray Grama Ashram Philosophy and one of ASHTANGA YOGA the fi rst yogis to be studied by Western scientists, faced An ancient system of yoga that was practised by late T Krishnamacharya controversy after several women in Mysore in the early 1900s and later passed down to his student late K IYENGAR YOGA Yoga in China alleged he sexually abused them Pattabhi Jois during the duration of his studies with Krishnamacharya, Developed by the late BKS Iyengar, it lays a lot of stress China’s fi rst yoga studio beginning in 1927. Jois wrote a book Yoga Mala, which is a reference on precision and alignment in the performance of opened in 2004. Now there for the practice that has been popular in the West since the 1970s. and breath control (). Iyengar has In 1994, Amrit are over 10 million Chinese This style is also called the of yoga tradition systematised over 200 classical yoga poses and 14 Desai, founder of the different types of pranayama (with variations of many people who practice yoga -based CELEBRITY PRACTITIONER: Madonna of them) ranging from the basic to advanced. regularly. In less than a for Yoga Iyengar Yoga often makes use of props, such decade, there are yoga & Health, resigned from as belts, blocks, and blankets, as aids in studios all across China. BKS the organisation after he performing asanas Iyengar yoga is popular in admitted having sex with Yoga exercises performed in colder climates under hot and humid followers, since the retreat required CELEBRITY PRACTITIONER: Rahul Dravid China and many teachers conditions (to replicate Indian weather patterns). Some forms vows of celibacy from its residents of Hot Yoga include Bikram Yoga, , have been trained in this and TriBalance Yoga practice CELEBRITY PRACTITIONER: Gwyneth Paltrow

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