International Yoga Federation
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The International Yoga Federation is an organization relating to yoga and the practice of yogis. It was founded in 1987 in Montevideo, Uruguay. It previously was known as the International Federation of Professional Yoga Teachers until 2001.
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[edit] History
The concept for the International Yoga Federation originated from the French yoga master Swami Asuri Kapila (Cesar Della Rosa Bendio). He was the founder of Ramana Ashram in 1934 and a direct disciple of Ramana Maharshi and with the support of his friend Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh.
In 1935, Swami Asuri Kapila, introduced the general type of yoga in Uruguay, and a few years later traveled to Argentina and Brazil, bringing his style of yoga with him. The training course includes Hatha Yoga, Yoga, Shankya, Shivaism of Kashmir, Ayurveda and Buddhism. Swami Asuri Kapila is the founder at 1935 of the National Yoga School of Uruguay (after 1985 the Yoga Association of Uruguay), the Ramana Ashram (Purna Yoga Integral) and the Maha Bodhi Shanga.
Swami Asuri Kapila studied yoga with his guru Ramana Maharshi, Swami Annamalai, the trika yoga with Swami Vidyadhar (Shivaism of Kashmir), Integral Yoga with Sri Aurobindo (in French India, Pondichery). It obtains the disha of Swami Vishwananda and the confirmation of Swami Chandrashekhara Bharati the Shankaracharya de Sringeri Peetham. Swami Asuri Kapila studied Buddhism with Anagarika Dhampala (David Hewavitharana) and LAMA Lobsang Dorje (Tibet). He was a friend of Alexandra David-Néel, Felix Guyot, Lucien Ferrier and Swami Sevananda (Leo Alvarez Costet de Mascheville) president Suddha Dharma Mandalam International.
In 1970 Krishna Kisore Dasji (Delhi) created the World Council of Yoga and in 1968 Yogamaharishi Dr Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Maharaj (www.icyer.com)at Pondichery started the World Parliament of Yoga both in India.
[edit] The Federation's members in Europe
In 1948, Lucien Ferrier founded, in Paris, the Western of Yoga Academy. With the company's demise in 1964, it was Roger Clerc who succeeded him to continue his teaching in Hatha-Yoga. In addition, it occupies a long time the post of secretary general of the National Federation of France, and creates in 1978 the Academy of the Yoga of Energy. In 1972, in October, is founded the European Union of Yoga (UEY) by Claude Peltier, Roger Clerc, the Nile Hahoutoff, André Van Lysebeth and Hug which becomes the first secretary general. This Union organizes in 1973, under the impulse of Gerard Blitz his new secretary general, a first meet European in Zinal, Switzerland: 350 teachers coming from fifteen different countries took part in it. The topic was “the Occident vis-a-vis the heritage of yoga”.
[edit] On the American continent
In 1982, Rama Vernon in the United States creates Unity In Yoga become Ad hoc Yoga Alliance of the United States. In October 1985, the Union Latin-American of Yoga ULY is founded. (become in 2006 Latin-American Yoga federation) Yogacharya Dr. Estevez Griego (swami Maitreyananda) friend of Gerard Blitz and successor of Swami Asuri Kapila, becomes the first president of Latin-American Yoga Union. Mataji Indra Devi is elected honorary president and Yogacharini Silvia Irigoyen (Swamini Dayananda My) secretary general.
In 1988, the successor of Swami Asuri Kapila and Krishna Kisore Dasji: Yogacharya Dr. Estevez Griego (swami Maitreyananda) is elected president of International Yoga Federation, Krishna Kisore Dasji and Mataji Indra Devi are elected honorary presidents.
The International Federation of Yoga gathers the whole of associations and federations of yoga in the world.
[edit] Assessment
After 20 years and more than 20 world yoga conferences, many continental organizations of yoga are members of the International Federation of Yoga in particular:
- the European Alliance of Yoga,
- the European Federation of Yoga, Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda,
- the European Association of the Professionals of Yoga, Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda,
- European Union of yoga,
- the Council European of Yoga
- the World Council of Yoga
- Asian Union of Yoga,
- the Asian Alliance of Yoga,
- the African Yoga Alliance,
- the Federation Latin-American of Yoga,
- the North-American Federation of Yoga,
- the Federation South-American de Yoga,
- the French-speaking Federation of yoga,
- association Ibero-American of Yoga,
- associations and national federations of yoga of Asia, Europe, America, Oceania and Africa
- regional associations and federations of yoga
- International federations of yoga, yoga therapy, professionals of yoga, professors of yoga
- etc
Integration with diversity is possible with tolerance, compassion, equanimity, harmony, affectionate kindness and goodwill (Swami Maitreyananda)
[edit] Today
In 2006 Swami Dayananda My was elected executive president of the International Federation of Yoga and Swami Buaji the honorary president.
