modern period
1893: Swami Vivekananda speaks at the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago about Raja yoga.
1920s: Paramahansa Yogananda begins Self-Realization Fellowship in Boston
1930s:Sri Aurobindo founds Integral Yoga (process of gathering all the parts of one's being with the Divine)
1920s-1930s in India: Krishnamacharya standardizes the pose sequences into three series: primary, intermediate and advanced. His four most famous disciples become the founders of yoga schools in America: K. Pattabhi Jois, Iyengar, Indra Devi, and Krishnamcharya’s son, Desikachar
1943: Paramahansa Yogananda publishes “Autobiography of a Yogi”
1950s: Sivananda Yoga, series of 12 postures, is created by Swami Vishnudevananda
1953: Indra Devi publishes the first best-selling book on yoga “Forever Young, Forever Healthy”
1960s: Pattabhi Jois formulates Astanga yoga
1966: Sri Swami Satchidananda finds Integral Yoga Institute in New York
1969: Swami Satchitananda speaks at Woodstock
1970: Yogi Bhajan founds Kundalini Yoga in the West
1970s: Swami Muktananda founds Siddha Yoga Dama in the West
1970s: Bikram Choudhury founds Bikram Yoga which consists of 26 poses performed in a heated room
1980s: David Life and Sharon Gannon found Jivamukti Yoga in the East Village in New York
1997: John Friend formulates Anusara Yoga
2000: The beginning of Transcendental Meditation
1920s: Paramahansa Yogananda begins Self-Realization Fellowship in Boston
1930s:Sri Aurobindo founds Integral Yoga (process of gathering all the parts of one's being with the Divine)
1920s-1930s in India: Krishnamacharya standardizes the pose sequences into three series: primary, intermediate and advanced. His four most famous disciples become the founders of yoga schools in America: K. Pattabhi Jois, Iyengar, Indra Devi, and Krishnamcharya’s son, Desikachar
1943: Paramahansa Yogananda publishes “Autobiography of a Yogi”
1950s: Sivananda Yoga, series of 12 postures, is created by Swami Vishnudevananda
1953: Indra Devi publishes the first best-selling book on yoga “Forever Young, Forever Healthy”
1960s: Pattabhi Jois formulates Astanga yoga
1966: Sri Swami Satchidananda finds Integral Yoga Institute in New York
1969: Swami Satchitananda speaks at Woodstock
1970: Yogi Bhajan founds Kundalini Yoga in the West
1970s: Swami Muktananda founds Siddha Yoga Dama in the West
1970s: Bikram Choudhury founds Bikram Yoga which consists of 26 poses performed in a heated room
1980s: David Life and Sharon Gannon found Jivamukti Yoga in the East Village in New York
1997: John Friend formulates Anusara Yoga
2000: The beginning of Transcendental Meditation