1986,
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
meets the
leader and
general
secretary of
European Union
of Yoga Gerard
Blitz in
Paris, to work
with the Latin
American Union
of Yoga and
create the
future
International
Yoga
Federation.
1986,
December.
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
and Carlos
Trotta
(Yogacharya
Vayuananda),
both members
of Swami Asuri
Kapila School,
meet the
members of
Yoga
Federation of
Brazil, Yoga
Association of
Brazil and
National Union
of Yoga, in
Rio de Janeiro
and Sao Paulo,
Brazil.
Swami
Gitananda Giri
founds the
World
Parliament of
Yoga or the
Vishwa Yoga
Samaj at
Pondicherry,
India.
1987,
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
founds the
International
Professional
Yoga Teachers
Federation
(the first
name given to
the actual
International
Yoga
Federation) in
Montevideo,
Uruguay. The
first board of
International
Yoga
Federation
1987-1989, is:
Honorary
President:
Mataji Indra
Devi (Latvia),
President Luiz
Alvares de
Rose (Brazil)
and Secretary
General: Swami
Maitreyananda
(Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D.,
Uruguay).
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Mataji
Indra Devi and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
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Luiz
Alvares de
Rose and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
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1988, the
International
Yoga Congress
meets in 1988
in Zinal,
Switzerland to
work towards
the
integration of
national yoga
associations.
Presents:
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
and Mataji
Indra Devi
from Latin
American Union
of Yoga and
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga Teachers;
Gerard Blitz
and Raoul Lenz
from the
European Union
of Yoga, and
Swami
Satchidananda,
Nancy Ford
Khonne and
Larry Payne
from Unity in
Yoga
International
(Yoga Alliance
of USA).
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1988
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
and Mataji
Indra Devi
dictating the
yoga teachers
course of the
International
Yoga
Federation in
Buenos Aires.
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1988, takes
place the
First World
Yoga Congress
of IYF at the
City Palace of
Montevideo
Government, in
Montevideo,
Uruguay, to
work towards
the
integration of
national yoga
associations.
Presents:
Swami
Maitreyananda
and Mataji
Indra Devi
from Latin
American Union
of Yoga and
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga Teachers,
Carlos Fiel
from the
European Union
of Yoga, Larry
Payne from
Unity in Yoga
International
(Yoga Alliance
of USA), Auri
Moya from
International
Yoga Teachers
Association of
Australia and
Puerto Rico,
Luiz de Rose
from Yoga
Confederation
of Brazil,
Goldemberg
from Yoga
Association of
Argentina,
Babaji Singh
from Mexico
member of
Kundalini Yoga
Teachers
Association of
3HO, Swamini
Dayananda from
Yoga
Association of
Uruguay, Swami
Pravananda
Mexico.
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Swami
Pranavananda,
1988,
World Yoga
Congress at
Montevideo
City
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First
World Yoga
Congress
(1988,
Montevideo
City,
Uruguay).
Gucha Miño,
Yoga
Federation of
Argentina,
Larry Payne
president of
International
Association of
Yoga Therapist
and delegate
of Unity in
Yoga (Yoga
Alliance
U.S.A) Auri
Moya from
International
Yoga Teachers
Association,
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
from Latin
American Union
of Yoga,
Carlos Fiel
from European
Union of Yoga,
Sw. Dayananda
from Yoga
Association of
Uruguay, Luiz
Alvares De
Rose from
International
Yoga
Federation,
and Goldemberg
from
Association of
Yoga Teachers
of Argentina
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1989,
Zinal,
Switzerland
the
International
Yoga Congress
meets to work
toward the
integration of
continentals
and
internationals
federations.
Presents:
Gerard Blitz,
Secretary
General of the
European Union
of Yoga, Swami
Chidananda
from the
Divine Life
Sivananda
Ashram, Swami
Satchidananda
from Integral
Yoga USA,
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
from South
American
Integral Yoga
and president
of the
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga Teachers
and the Latin
American Union
of Yoga. This
congress is
considered the
base of the
International
Association of
Yoga movement.
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Gerard
Blitz, Swami
Satchidananda,
Swami
Chidananda and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
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Blitz becomes
gravely ill
and asks to
integrate all
the
continental
and national
yoga
organizations
in an
International
Yoga
Federation, in
order to give
yoga some
seriousness.
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
offers to go
forward with
the project of
Gerard Blitz
and Swami
Asuri Kapila
and he slowly
transforms the
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga
Teachers into
the
International
Yoga
Federation
with a change
of statutes.
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Blitz and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
Zinal, 1989
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1989, in Buenos
Aires City,
Argentina, Raoul
Lenz
(Switzerland),
General Secretary
of European Union
of Yoga meets
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando Estevez
Griego (Sw.
Maitreyananda),
President of Latin
America Union and
elected president
of International
Federation of
Professional Yoga
Teachers, with
Silvia Irigoyen
(Sw. Dayananda),
General Secretary
of Latin America
Union and Mataji
Indra Devi,
honorary president
of both Latin
America Union and
International
Federation of
Professional Yoga
Teachers.
1989, November.
In the World Yoga
Conference in
Montevideo,
Uruguay, Mataji
Indra Devi and
Swami Sarvananda
propose that
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando Estevez
Griego (Swami
Maitreyananda) to
become the
president of the
International
Federation of
Professional Yoga
Teachers.
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando Estevez
Griego (Swami
Maitreyananda) is
elected president
of International
Federation of
Professional Yoga
Teachers,
president of the
Latin American
Union of Yoga and
president of the
Yoga Association
of Uruguay. He is
also member of the
World Yoga Council
in India, member
of the
International Yoga
Society (U.K.),
member of the
World Parliament
of Yoga in
Pondicherry, and
vice-president of
the International
Federation of Yoga
Sports. He is part
of General
Assembly of
European Yoga
Union in 1988 and
1989 because the
Yoga Association
of Uruguay is
member of EUY and
friend with Gerard
Blitz.
M.S.Viswanath,
vice-president of
Yoga Federation of
India, from
Pattabi Jois
Ashtanga Vinyasa
Yoga School, is
elected president
1989-1994 of
International
Federation of Yoga
Sports.
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Yogacharya
Pietro Bonvini
from Italy,
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Uruguay) and
Swami
Sarvananda
(Romania and
Brazil) in the
inauguration
of World Yoga
Conference IYF
1989
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1990, World Yoga
Conference in
Buenos Aires City,
Argentina, with
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando Estevez
Griego (Swami
Maitreyananda)
president of Latin
American Union and
President of
International Yoga
Teachers
Federation, Susana
Balech from
Friends of Yoga
Association,
Mataji Indra Devi,
Diego Martinez
president of Yoga
Association of
Uruguay, Rosa
Espinosa from
Chile, Daniel
Espina from Yoga
Association of
Argentina, Sonia
Sumar from Brazil,
Swami Sarvananda
and the presidents
of national yoga
associations of
South America
1990,
International and
Latin American
Yoga Conference in
Curitiba, Brazil.
This Conference is
organized by Yoga
Association of
Parana, Latin
American Yoga
Union and
International Yoga
Federation,
integrating
Brazilian
associations with
the rest of
America
associations. Were
present Swami
Sarvananda,
Monserrat Rosa
Fernandes, Neuva
Ribeiro, Proffesor
Hermogenes of the
Yoga Confederation
of Brazil and
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando Estevez
Griego (Swami
Maitreyananda).
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Proffesor
Hermogenes of
the Brazilian
Yoga
Confederation
with
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda).
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1991,
International Yoga
Conference in San
Jose, Costa Rica.
Are present: Rama
Vernon, Nancy Ford
Khone, Sandra
Summerfield and
Patricia Hansen
from Yoga Alliance
of USA, Yogacharya
Dr. Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
president of Latin
American Union and
President of
International Yoga
Teachers
Federation, Prue
Ketner from
International Yoga
Teachers
Association of
Australia founded
by Roma Blair
(Swami
Nirmalananda),
Mataji Indra Devi,
Ferriz Olivares
from Great
Universal
Brotherhood,
delegates from
South, North and
Central American
Yoga Organizations
and Russian Yoga
Organization.
1992, January 12.
Meeting in New
Delhi, India,
Yogavatar Krishna
Kisore Das is
elected the new
president of the
International
Federation of
Professional Yoga
Teachers and moves
its H.Q. to New
Delhi until 1996. At
the meeting are
present all the
leaders of national
and state yoga
associations of
India. The members
of World Yoga
Council with
Yogavatar Krishna
Kisore Das meet the
former board with
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando Estevez
Griego (Swami
Maitreyananda).
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Yogavatar
Krishna Kisore
Das
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Yogacharya
Diego
Martinez,
president of
Latin American
Union of Yoga,
Yogacharya M.
S. Viswanath
(New Delhi)
vicepresident
of Yoga
Federation of
India and
president of
International
Yoga Sports
Federation and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Sw.
Maitreyananda)
of the
International
Integral Yoga
Society
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1992,
International and
Latin American
Yoga Conference,
Santiago de Chile.
Are present:
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando Estevez
Griego (Swami
Maitreyananda)
with the
Yogacharya Eduardo
Nunez, director of
the Classical Yoga
School, M. Sabate
of Yoga
Association of
Chile, Daniel
Espina, president
of Yoga Federation
of Argentina, C.
Sainz, president
of South American
Integral Yoga
Association and
other directors of
Yoga Centres from
Chile.
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Yogacharya
Juan Eduardo
Nunez of the
Classical Yoga
School of
Chile and
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
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1993, World Yoga
Conference at
Pondicherry,
India. The leading
lights attending
were: Sri Swami
Dayananda
Saraswathi. Sant
Keshava Das, Shri
Amrit Desai, Nancy
Ford Khone and
Patricia Hansen
form Unity in Yoga
(Yoga Alliance
U.S.A.) Yogacharya
Fernando Estevez
Griego Ph.D.
(Swami
Maitreyananda),
Pietro Bonvini,
Ms. Viswanath,
Yogarishi Dr.
Swami Gitananda
Giri, and Shri MP
Pandit, spokesman
for the Sri
Aurobindo Ashram
in Pondicherry.
The leading
political
dignitaries of
Pondicherry State
Government
including: the Lt.
Governor Shri Har
Swaroop Singh,
Chief Minister
Shri A. Gandhiraj,
Chief Secretary
Shri S. Sharma,
Finance Secretary
Smt. P.M. Singh
and Director of
Tourism, Shri V.
Shivashanmugam.
Participants meet
the presidents of
state associations
that form the Yoga
Yoga Federation of
India.
1993, Unity in
Yoga Conference
celebrating 100
years of Yoga in
America, in the
Pocono Mountains
Pensylvania
U.S.A., with some
of the Yoga
masters well known
internationally,
including Yogi
Bhajan, Amrit
Desai, Swami
Satchidananda,
Swami Anandamoy
and Dr. Pratap.
Also are invited
Yoga instructors
such as Lilias
Folan. Are
present: Rama
Vernon, Nancy Ford
Khone and Patricia
Hansen, leaders of
Yoga Alliance of
North America
(Unity in Yoga),
Yogacharya
Fernando Estevez
Griego Ph.D.
(Swami
Maitreyananda),
President of
International Yoga
Teachers
Federation meeting
presidents of Yoga
States
Associations of
U.S.A., Russia,
Argentina, Brazil
and Uruguay.
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Swami
Vidyananda,
Nancy Ford
Khone and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
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Rama
Vernon, Amrit
Desai, Rita
Goswami (Dru
Yoga),
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
and the
president of
Russian Yoga
Association
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1993, World Yoga
Conference in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina. Are
present: Professor
Hermogenes from
Brazil, Yogacharya
Fernando Estevez
Griego (Swami
Maitreyananda),
M.S. Vishwanth
from India, Mr
Espina, president
of Yoga Federation
of Argentina,
Swami Sarvananda
and 300 yoga
teachers from:
Argentina, Brazil,
Colombia, Chile,
Portugal, Spain,
Italy, India,
Israel, France,
England,
Venezuela, Mexico,
France, Paraguay,
Peru, U.S.A.,
Canada and
Switzerland.
1994, World Yoga
Conference in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Presents: Pietro
Bonvini, president
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation, Tony
Sanchez (from
Bikram School),
president of
U.S.A. Yoga
Association,
Marisol Sabate
from Yoga
Association of
Chile, Taunay
Valle, president
of Yoga
Association of
Brazil, Daniel
Espina, president
of Yoga Federation
of Argentina, Ada
Saliz, president
of Latin American
Union of Yoga,
Diego Martinez,
president of Yoga
Association of
Uruguay,
Yogacharya
Fernando Estevez
Griego successor
of Yogavatar
Kirshna Kisore
Das, president of
International Yoga
Federation and
World Yoga
Council.
1995, Unity in
Yoga Conference in
Aspen, Colorado.
Are present: Rama
Vernon, Nancy Ford
Khone, Sandra
Summerfield and
Patricia Hansen
from Yoga Alliance
of U.S.A., and
Yogacharya Dr.
Estevez Griego
meeting Russian
Yoga Organizations
and presidents of
Yoga States
Associations of
U.S.A., Russia,
Argentina, Brazil
and Uruguay.
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Rama
Veron and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph. D. with
Nancy Ford
Khone
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Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. and
Larry
Payne Ph. D.
founder of
International
Association of
Yoga Therapist
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Swami
Vidyananda and
Swami
Maitreyananda
at Unity In
Yoga
Conference in
Aspen,
Colorado
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1996,
International Yoga
Conference and
Latin America Yoga
Conference in
Buenos Aires.
Antonietta Rossi
the Secretary
General from the
European Union of
Yoga along with
the directors from
the Latin American
Union of Yoga and
the International
Federation of
Professional Yoga
Teachers meet in
Argentina to
integrate the
European Union of
Yoga to the
International Yoga
Federation.
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1996,
Switzerland.
International and
European Yoga
Meeting. Ada
Saliz, the
president of the
Latin American
Union of Yoga,
Antonietta Rossi
the Secretary
General from the
European Union of
Yoga and Sandra
Summerfield Kozak
from Unity in Yoga
(Yoga Alliance of
U.S.A.) meet in
Zinal, Switzerland
to propose
changing the
structure of
International
Federation of
Professional Yoga
Teachers and
convert it in the
World Union of
Yoga.
1996, World Yoga
Conference in
Porto Alegre,
Brazil. The new
president of the
Latin American
Yoga Union: Taunay
Da Silva Valle,
who replaces Ada
Saliz, becomes the
new president of
World Union of
Yoga
(International
Yoga Federation)
which HQ changes
from India to
Brazil.
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Horivaldo
Gomes
president of
National
Integral Yoga
Association of
Brazil, Tony
Sanchez
president of
U.S.A. Yoga
Association,
Pietro Bonvini
president of
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Rachel Solberg
founder
president of
Israeli Yoga
Teachers
Association,
Yanquinao
Guash
president of
Yoga
Association of
Chile, Taunay
Vale president
of Yoga
Confederation
of Brazil,
Nilda Conzalez
from Paraguay,
Swami from
China,
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
from Aurobindo
Sivananda
Ashram
International
Integral Yoga
Society and
Ada Saliz from
Latin America
Union of Yoga
and Swami
Varuna and
Clementina
Bonvini
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1997,
International Yoga
Conference and
Latin American
Yoga Conference at
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. Presents:
Swami Buaji from
India, future
honorary president
of International
Yoga Federation,
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez-Griego
(Maitreyananda) ,
Prof. Hermogenes,
Horivaldo Gomes,
president of
National Integral
Yoga Association
of Brazil, Caudia
Sanz from South
America Yoga
Association of
Integral Yoga,
Neusa Verissimo,
president of
National Yoga
Confederation of
Brazil, Prof. De
Rose, president of
National Yoga
Confederation,
Taunay Valle,
president of
Brazilian Yoga
Confederation and
all yoga centres
from Brazil
1997, World Yoga
Conference and
European Yoga
Conference "Euro
Yoga" at Genoa,
Italy. Are
present: Pietro
Bonvini president
of Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Harmond Hatway
President of
American Yoga
Foundation, Varagi
secretary of
Indian Yoga
Federation, Bal
Muknd, Moraji
National Yoga
Institute of
Goverment of
India, Yogacharya
Fernando Estevez
Griego president
of Yoga Federation
of Argentina,
Swami Varuna,
Yogacharini
Clementina Pascale
from Italy, Swami
Nlagame from
Mauritius Yoga
Association,
Caudia Sanz from
South America Yoga
Association of
Integral Yoga and
50 delegates of
Europe.
1998, World Yoga
Conference in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina, with
Taunay Valle,
president of World
Union of Yoga
(International
Yoga Federation),
Rama Vernon of
Unity in Yoga
(Yoga Alliance
U.S.A.),
Yogacharya Estevez
Griego president
of Yoga Federation
of Argentina,
Pietro Bonvini
president of
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation, Tom
Styles from
Restorative Yoga
Therapy Centre,
Neusa Verissimo
from Yoga
Confederation of
Brazil and 200
yoga teachers from
Argentina, Brazil,
Colombia, Chile,
Portugal, Spain,
Italy, India,
Israel, France,
Venezuela, Mexico,
France, Paraguay,
Peru, U.S.A. and
Canada. Unity in
Yoga International
changes its
statutes and
becomes Yoga
Alliance of USA
under the
presidency of
Patricia Hasen.
1999, World Yoga
Conference of
Montevideo,
Uruguay. Taunay
Valle, president
of World Union of
Yoga
(International
Yoga Federation),
Yogacharya Estevez
Griego, president
of Yoga Federation
of Argentina,
Pietro Bonvini,
president of
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation, Daniel
Petrov and Viara,
president of Yoga
Federation of
Bulgary, Miryam
Segundo, President
of Yoga
Association of
Uruguay,
delegation of
Indian Yoga
Federation and 150
yoga teachers from
Argentina, Brazil,
Colombia, Chile,
Portugal, Spain,
Italy, India,
France, Venezuela,
Mexico, Paraguay,
Peru, U.S.A. and
Canada meet in the
congress.
2000, World Yoga
Conference and
14th General
Assembly of
International Yoga
Federation (Formed
World Union of
Yoga), New Delhi,
India. Are
present:
Yogacharya Dr.
Gopalji, president
of Asian Union of
Yoga and Secretary
of Indian Yoga
Federation, Dr.
Dayma secretary of
Asian Union of
Yoga, North India
Yoga Federation
and Yoga
Federation of
India, Swami
Vidyananda, Yoga
Alliance
International,
Yoga Alliance
India and member
of Aurobindo
Ashram, Yogacharya
Dr. Estevez Griego
from Yoga
Federation of
Argentina, Swami
Chaitanya, Cosmic
Yoga Foundation,
Taunay Valle,
president of
International Yoga
Federation, Master
Karina Dupre, vice
president of Latin
America Union,
Master Lino
Celtrone from
Italy, Sri
Gopalji, Delhi
Yoga Association,
Patel, president
of Delhi Yoga
Association,
Dharam Vir Indian
Yoga Federation,
Dr Koushi from
Russia, Andre from
Ukraine, Dr
Mazundar, Indian
Yoga Federation,
Dr Rita Balla vice
president of
Indian Yoga
Federation, Dept
of Yoga Studies
Himalach Pradesh
University, Igor
Subbutin, director
of Yoga Centre of
Moscow Russia,
Yogamaharishi Dr.
B Gopalananda,
vice president of
Indian Yoga
Federation, Bal
Mukund Singh,
Moraji National
Yoga Institute of
Delhi, India.
Sri Gopalji and
Swami
Maitreyananda lead
the integration of
Asian Union of
Yoga, Yoga Centres
of Asia, all Yoga
States
Associations of
India, Indian Yoga
Federation, North
Indian Yoga
Federation, and
different ashrams
and schools of
yoga from India,
to become members
of International
Yoga Federation.
After this
resolution, India
has the majority
of the general
assembly of IYF
and changes the
structure and
politics of IYF.
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Swami
Vidyananda
president of
International
Yoga Alliance
member of
Aurobindo
Ashram with
Swami
Maitreyananda
president of
Aurobindo
Sivananda
Ashram ® in
Argentina at
Aurobindo
Ashram of New
Delhi.
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2000, Rishikesh
International Yoga
Federation Yoga
Conference, Sri
Gopalji, Swami
Vidyananda, Swami
Maitreyananda and
Taunay Valle have
a general meeting
at Parmath Niketan
Ashram, Rishikesh
with Swami
Chidananda,
members of yoga
federations of
India, members of
International Yoga
Federation and
Asian Union of
Yoga. They all
meet different
leaders of Ashrams
in Rishikesh.
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Swami
Gopalananda
from Yoga
Confederation
of India, Dr
Gopalji,
president of
the Asian
Union of Yoga,
Swami
Vidyananda
president of
the Yoga
Alliance
International
and Swami
Maitreyananda
president of
the
International
Integral Yoga
Society,
AUROBINDO
SIVANANDA
ASHRAM.
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2001,
World Yoga
Conference of IYF,
Rio Janeiro,
Brazil. General
Assembly of
International Yoga
Federation.
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando Estevez
Griego is elected
president
2002-2005 (after
18 years of work
for bring together
international,
continental and
national yoga
federations). The
vice presidents
elected are
Yogasiromani Dr
Gopalji from Asian
Union of Yoga and
Yoga Confederation
of India, and
Yogacharini Paia
Irigoyen (Swamini
Dayananda) from
Latin America
Union of Yoga and
Yoga Association
of Uruguay. In the
meeting are
present: K.C.
Sharma, president
of Yoga Federation
of India, Taunay
Valle, president
of Yoga
Confederation of
Brazil, Myriam
Segundo, president
of Yoga
Association of
Uruguay, Dr
Gopalji from Asian
Union of Yoga and
Yoga Confederation
of India,
Yogacharya Babakar
Khane from Senegal
and France,
director of
International Yoga
Institute from
Paris., Satyendra,
president of Yoga
Federation of
Canada, Roma
Rokotyol and
Anatoly Zencheko
from Ashtanga Yoga
Club from Ukraine
and Gabriel
Collazo from
International
Yogatherapy
Association.
2002, IYF
International Yoga
Conference in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina. The
World Union of
Yoga, definitely
establishes the
institutional
name:
International Yoga
Federation.
Presents: Swami
Maitreyananda,
president of
International Yoga
Federation, K.C.
Sharma, president
of Yoga Federation
of India, Ashok
Agarwal, secretary
general of Yoga
Federation of
India, Taunay
Valle, president
of Yoga
Confederation of
Brazil, Myriam
Segundo, president
of Yoga
Association of
Uruguay, Dr
Gopalji from Asian
Union of Yoga and
Yoga Confederation
of India, Swami
Dayananda,
president of Latin
American Union of
Yoga and member of
Yoga Centres of
Europe.
2003, World Yoga
Conference of IYF
in Santa Maria,
Portugal. 17th
General Assembly
of International
Yoga Federation,
2nd European Yoga
Conference “Euro
Yoga
2003”.Yogacharya
Dr.Fernando
Estevez Griego,
president of
International Yoga
Federation, leads
the integration of
Yogacharya Carlos
Miguel Perez,
president of
European Yoga
Alliance, Swami
Saradananda,
president of
British Yoga
Teachers
Association,
Beatriz Portugues,
president of
Integral Yoga
Association of
Portugal, George
Strovarts,
honorary president
of Yoga Federation
of Portugal, Tino,
president of Yoga
Federation of
Portugal, Carlos,
president of Yoga
Association of
Portugal, Amadio
Bianchi, president
of Yoga
Confederation of
Italy, Franca
Sachi, honorary
president of
European Yoga
Federation, Pietro
Bonvini, President
of Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation, Swami
Narayana, Erick
Schultz of Suddha
Dharma Mandalam of
Brazil, members of
Yoga Association
of Cuba, members
of International
Yoga Institute of
Babkar Khane, Mrs
Mesko from
Slovenia,
Yogasiromani Dr
Gopalji, president
of Asian Union of
Yoga and the new
Yoga Confederation
of India,
Yogacharini
Eugenia Salas
president of Yoga
Federation of
Argentina, Antonio
Sausys Sat Yoga,
Yogatherapy
Conferences, K.C.
Sharma, president
Yoga Federation of
India, Roma
Rokotyol and
Anatoly Zencheko
from Ashtanga Yoga
Club of Ukraine,
Swami Ramalingan
from Sivananda
Yoga Centre of
Tamil Nadu and
Radhakrishna from
India.
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Santa
Maria, Oporto,
Portugal 2003
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Santa
Maria, Oporto,
Portugal 2003
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2003,
OFFICIAL
DECLATARATION OF
RISHIKESH AS
WORLD YOGA
CAPITAL.
International
Yoga Meeting in
New Delhi and
Rishikesh,
India.
Yogacharya F.
Estevez Griego
(Sw
Maitreyananda),
president of
International
Yoga Federation
meet leaders of
national and
states yoga
organizations of
India.
International
Yoga Federation
officially
declares
Rishikesh City
the Yoga Capital
of the World or
World Yoga
Capital on
behalf the
Worldwide Yoga
Community.
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Rishikesh,
India.
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2004, 18th World
Yoga Conference
of IYF and 18th
General Assembly
of IYF in
Madrid, Spain,
3rd European
Yoga Conference
“Euro Yoga
2004”. Under the
direction of
Yogacharya
Carlos Miguel
Perez, president
of European Yoga
Alliance, and
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando Estevez
Griego,
president of
International
Yoga Federation.
Presents: Sri
Ajita, president
of Raja Yoga
Federation of
Holland, Aruna
(Surinam) member
of Raja Yoga
Institute of
Holland, Bala
Rita, member of
Yoga
Cofederation of
India and
director of HP
University, Sri
Gopalji,
president of
Asian Union of
Yoga, President
of Yoga
Confederation of
India, president
of International
Federation of
Yoga Sports and
vice president
of International
Yoga Federation,
K.C. Sharma,
president of
Yoga Federation
of India, Roma
Rokotyol and
Anatoly Zencheko
from Ashtanga
Yoga Club of
Ukraine, Amadio
Bianchi,
president of
Yoga
Confederation of
Italy, Franca
Sachi, honorary
president of
European Yoga
Federation,
Pietro Bonvini,
President of
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Eugenia Salas,
president of
Yoga Federation
of Argentina,
Habib BA from
Yoga Assocation
of Spain (member
of European
Union of Yoga),
Tino, president
of Yoga
Federation of
Portugal,
Beatriz
Portugues,
president of
Integral Yoga
Association of
Portugal,
members of Kriya
Yoga Federation
of Italy
(Satyananda),
Maite from Yoga
Federation of
Spain, Mimoun
(Morocco) from
Karate and Yoga
Teachers
Association,
Swami
Vivekananda from
Agama
Association from
Thailand and
more than 50
delegates.
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Alcobendas,
Madrid, Spain
2004
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Yogacharya
Carlos Miguel
Perez,
president of
European Yoga
Alliance
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2004, 19th World
Yoga Conference of
New Delhi and
Rishikesh, India.
3rd Asian and Indian
Yoga Conference
“IndiaYoga 2004”.
With the presidency
of Swami Madhvananda
Shakaracharya de
Prayag and Swami
Maitreyananda
(Yogacharya Fernando
Estevez Griego).
The
Pontiff Hindu
Shankaracharya
of Prayag, Swami
Maitreyananda,
president of
International
Yoga Federation,
Shri VK
Malhotra, leader
of National
Hindu Party and
vice president
of Indian
Olympic
Association, and
Yogacharya
Prabhakraji
Mishra the
president of
World Brahmin
Federation and
World Parliment
of Religions.
India 2004
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Yogacharya
Mishra, Swami
Maitreyananda
and Tai Situpa
Rimpoche the
Spiritual
leader of
Tibetan
Buddhist and
Emanation of
Maitreya
Buddha
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2004
Ceremony at
Holy Ganga
River, Swami
Chidananda
Maharaj and
Swami
Maitreyananda
at Parmarth
Niketan
Ashram,
Rishikesh,
India.
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2005,
20th World Yoga
Conference of IYF
at Milan, Italy.
19th General
Assembly of
International Yoga
Federation, 4th
European Yoga
Conference, Euro
Yoga 2005. With
the guidance and
presidency of
Yogacharya
Dr.Fernando
Estevez Griego,
president of
International Yoga
Federation, are
present: Kali Ray,
president of Tri
Yoga
International,
Mantra Master
Krishna Das from
Italy, Sushil
Batacharya from
Nepal and Ruth
Batacharya from
Swiss Yoga
Federation,
Anabela Tavares
from Integral Yoga
Association of
Portugal, Dr.
Bernard Auriol MD
(France), Reverend
Sri Roy Eugene
Davis Kriya Yoga
USA direct
disciple of
Paramahamsa
Yogananda, Swami
Joythimayananda
(Sri Lanka),
President of
International
Ayurved College in
Italy, Sri
Vijayananda,
principal of
Rishikesh Yoga
Foundation, Amadio
Bianchi, president
of new European
Yoga Federation,
Yogacharya Carlos
Miguel Perez,
president of
European Yoga
Alliance and Sri
Ajita, president
of European Yoga
Council and Raja
Yoga Federation of
Holland, Sri
Gopalji, president
of Asian Union of
Yoga, president of
Yoga Confederation
of India,
president of
International
Federation of Yoga
Sports and vice
president of
International Yoga
Federation, K.C.
Sharma, president
of Yoga Federation
of India, Franca
Sachi, honorary
president of
European Yoga
Federation, Pietro
Bonvini, president
of Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Eugenia Salas,
president of Yoga
Federation of
Argentina, Habib
BA from Yoga
Association of
Spain (member of
European Union of
Yoga), Tino,
president of Yoga
Federation of
Portugal, members
of Kriya Yoga
Federation of
Italy
(Satyananda),
Maite from Yoga
Federation of
Spain, Mimoun
(Morocco) from
Karate and Yoga
teachers
association, Swami
Vivekananda from
Agama Thailand
Association, Andre
Rihel, president
of Traditional
Yoga Federation of
France, Charlie
Stevens president
of Yoga Federation
of Ireland and
more than 50
delegates.
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Milan,
Italy 2005
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Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez -
Griego Ph.D.
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
and Kali Ray,
founder of Tri
Yoga
International
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Yogacharya
Sushil
Bhattacharya
and Ruth
Bhattacharya,
Sapta Yoga
International
of Switzerland
and Nepal
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2005, December.
Yogacharya
Fernando Estevez
Griego (Swami
Maitreyananda)
leaves the
presidency of IYF
after 4 years of
dedicating fully,
to lead
International
Integral Yoga
Society Aurobindo
Sivananda Ashram.
2006, February.
Montevideo,
Uruguay.
International Yoga
Conference of IYF
and 20th General
Assembly of
International Yoga
Federation,
Swamini Dayananda
Ma is elected the
new president of
the International
Yoga Federation
until 2010. The
International Yoga
Federation´s H.Q.
and offices are in
Montevideo since
2006.
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Swamini
Dayananda.
President of
International
Yoga
Federation
2006 - 2010
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2006,
October.
International Yoga
Festival at
Lisbon, Portugal.
With the
presidency and
guidance of Swami
Maitreyananda,
president of
International
Integral Yoga
Society and
Swamini Taraji
Dharmacharini
Beatriz Portugues.
With Sri Gopalji,
president of Asian
Union of Yoga,
president of Yoga
Confederation of
India, president
of International
Federation of Yoga
Sports, Eugenia
Salas, president
of Yoga Federation
of Argentina,
members of Yoga
Federation of
Bulgary, Pietro
Bonvini, president
of Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation, Carlos
Miguel Perez,
president of
European Yoga
Alliance, Swami
Omkarananda,
president of
International
Classical Yoga
Federation,
members of Hindu
Community of
Portugal and Hindu
Temple, Oksana
from Ukraine Yoga
Centre, Guilermo
Ferrara, president
of Tantra Yoga
Association and
presidents of
states yoga
associations of
Portugal.
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Swamini
Taraji
Dharmacharini
(Beatriz
Portugues)
and Swami
Maitreyananda.
International
Yoga Festival
at Lisbon,
Portugal
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2006,
December. 21th.
World Yoga
Conference, Global
Yoga Festival of
IYF and General
meeting of World
Yoga Council in
New Delhi and
Rishikesh, India.
With the
leadership and
presidency of
Swami
Maitreyananda,
president of
International
Integral Yoga
Society Aurobindo
Sivananda and H.H.
Jagatguru
Shankaracharya
Omkarananda
Saraswati Ji
Maharaj of Prayag
Peeth (India),
with Sri Gopalji,
president of Asian
Union of Yoga,
president of Yoga
Confederation of
India, president
of International
Federation of Yoga
Sports, K.C.
Sharma, president
of Yoga Federation
of India, H.H.
Acharya Dr.
Prabhakar Mishra
(India) president
of World Religous
Parlament,
president of
Brahmin World
Federation, World
Ayurveda Academy
and Universal
Sanathana Dharma
Foundation,
Yogacharya Dr. B.
Gopalananda,
director of Sri
Vishwa Ashram and
the International
Yoga Academy,
secretary of Tamil
Nadu Yoga
Association,
Yogacharini Swami
Saradananda (USA),
president of
British Yoga
Teachers
Association, Swami
Ma Thayeananda
Devi, Yogacharini
Clementina
Parziale Bonvini
from Italy,
director of Ananta
Ashram
International
& secretary of
Italian Yoga
Sports Federation,
Dr Chidananda
Murthy (India),
director of
Central Council
for Research in
Yoga and
Naturopathy from
Dept of Ayurveda,
Yoga, Umani,
Siddha and
Homeopathy of
Ministry of Health
and F. W Govt. of
India, Dr. S.N.
Pandey (India),
member of Dr.
R.M.L. Hospital,
Swamini Gauri
(Uruguay),
president of Yoga
Association of
Uruguay, Eugenia
Salas, president
of Yoga Federation
of Argentina,
presidents of all
national and
states yoga
association of
India. Swami
Ramananda from
Hanuman Temple,
Swami Viswananada,
Swami Shankara,
swami Chidananda,
members of Yoga
Federation of
Bulgary, Pietro
Bonvini, President
of Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Beatriz Portuges,
president of
Integral Yoga
Association of
Portugal.
Rishikesh,
Himalayas
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Swami
Chidananda
Muniji, Sw.
Maitreyananda,
Swamini Tara
and Dr
.Gopalji at
Parmarth
Niketan Ashram.
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Sw.
Gauri Ma, Sw.
Maitreyananda,
Dr. Gopalji
and
Shankaracharya
of Prayag
(India)
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2007, June. 22th
World Yoga
Conference and
General Assembly
of IYF in Mexico
DF and Cancún.
Mexico. Organized
and directed by
Swami Shivadev,
president of Yoga
Alliance of Mexico
and Swamini Gauri,
president of Latin
America Union of
Yoga. Are present
in the conference
delegates of
Singapure, China,
India, Guatemala,
Mexico, Argentina,
Uruguay, USA,
Canada, Venezuela,
Chile, Colombia,
Brazil, Italy,
Spain, Portugal
and Cuba.
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Swami
Maitreyananda,
Swamini Gauri
Ma and
Swamini
Lakshmi
(Mexico) 2007
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2008,
23th World Yoga
Conference and
General Assembly
of IYF at
Montevideo,
Uruguay with the
leadership of
Swamini Dayananda
Ma, president of
International Yoga
Federation,
delegates of
Panama, Paraguay,
Peru, Israel,
France, Hungary,
Romania, U.K.
India, Guatemala,
Mexico, Argentina,
Uruguay, USA,
Canada, Venezuela,
Chile, Poland,
Colombia, Brazil,
Italy, Spain,
Portugal, Denmark
and Cuba.
2008, Yoga
Conference in Mar
del Plata, Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
Are present Swami
Maitreyananda,
Swamini Lakshmi,
Swamini Kali,
Swamini Yoga
Shakti, Swamini
Maia Prem, Swamini
Ganga, Swamini
Padma, Yogacharini
Viviana Sapia and
Swamini Shakti Ma.
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Swamini
Padma, Swami
Maitreyananda,
Swamini Kali,
Swamini
Yogashakti,
Swamini Maia,
Swamini
Lakshmi,
Swamini Ganga,
Yogacharini
Viviana Sapia
and Swamini
Shakti Ma.
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2008,
June.
International
Yoga Convention
and
International
Yogatherapy
Conference in
Cancun, Isla
Mujeres, Mexico.
With the
guidance of
Swami Shivadev
president of
Yoga Alliance of
Mexico, are
present
delegates of
Guatemala,
Mexico,
Argentina,
Uruguay, USA,
Canada,
Venezuela,
Chile, Colombia,
Brazil, Spain,
Portugal and
Cuba.

International
Yoga
Convention and
International
Yogatherapy
Conference
in Cancun,
Isla Mujeres,
Mexico
1986,
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
meets the
leader and
general
secretary of
European Union
of Yoga Gerard
Blitz in
Paris, to work
with the Latin
American Union
of Yoga and
create the
future
International
Yoga
Federation.
1986,
December.
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
and Carlos
Trotta
(Yogacharya
Vayuananda),
both members
of Swami Asuri
Kapila School,
meet the
members of
Yoga
Federation of
Brazil, Yoga
Association of
Brazil and
National Union
of Yoga, in
Rio de Janeiro
and Sao Paulo,
Brazil.
Swami
Gitananda Giri
founds the
World
Parliament of
Yoga or the
Vishwa Yoga
Samaj at
Pondicherry,
India.
1987,
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
founds the
International
Professional
Yoga Teachers
Federation
(the first
name given to
the actual
International
Yoga
Federation) in
Montevideo,
Uruguay. The
first board of
International
Yoga
Federation
1987-1989, is:
Honorary
President:
Mataji Indra
Devi (Latvia),
President Luiz
Alvares de
Rose (Brazil)
and Secretary
General: Swami
Maitreyananda
(Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D.,
Uruguay).
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Mataji
Indra Devi and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
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Luiz
Alvares de
Rose and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
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1988, the
International
Yoga Congress
meets in 1988
in Zinal,
Switzerland to
work towards
the
integration of
national yoga
associations.
Presents:
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
and Mataji
Indra Devi
from Latin
American Union
of Yoga and
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga Teachers;
Gerard Blitz
and Raoul Lenz
from the
European Union
of Yoga, and
Swami
Satchidananda,
Nancy Ford
Khonne and
Larry Payne
from Unity in
Yoga
International
(Yoga Alliance
of USA).
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1988
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
and Mataji
Indra Devi
dictating the
yoga teachers
course of the
International
Yoga
Federation in
Buenos Aires.
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1988, takes
place the
First World
Yoga Congress
of IYF at the
City Palace of
Montevideo
Government, in
Montevideo,
Uruguay, to
work towards
the
integration of
national yoga
associations.
Presents:
Swami
Maitreyananda
and Mataji
Indra Devi
from Latin
American Union
of Yoga and
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga Teachers,
Carlos Fiel
from the
European Union
of Yoga, Larry
Payne from
Unity in Yoga
International
(Yoga Alliance
of USA), Auri
Moya from
International
Yoga Teachers
Association of
Australia and
Puerto Rico,
Luiz de Rose
from Yoga
Confederation
of Brazil,
Goldemberg
from Yoga
Association of
Argentina,
Babaji Singh
from Mexico
member of
Kundalini Yoga
Teachers
Association of
3HO, Swamini
Dayananda from
Yoga
Association of
Uruguay, Swami
Pravananda
Mexico.
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Swami
Pranavananda,
1988,
World Yoga
Congress at
Montevideo
City
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First
World Yoga
Congress
(1988,
Montevideo
City,
Uruguay).
Gucha Miño,
Yoga
Federation of
Argentina,
Larry Payne
president of
International
Association of
Yoga Therapist
and delegate
of Unity in
Yoga (Yoga
Alliance
U.S.A) Auri
Moya from
International
Yoga Teachers
Association,
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
from Latin
American Union
of Yoga,
Carlos Fiel
from European
Union of Yoga,
Sw. Dayananda
from Yoga
Association of
Uruguay, Luiz
Alvares De
Rose from
International
Yoga
Federation,
and Goldemberg
from
Association of
Yoga Teachers
of Argentina
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1989,
Zinal,
Switzerland
the
International
Yoga Congress
meets to work
toward the
integration of
continentals
and
internationals
federations.
Presents:
Gerard Blitz,
Secretary
General of the
European Union
of Yoga, Swami
Chidananda
from the
Divine Life
Sivananda
Ashram, Swami
Satchidananda
from Integral
Yoga USA,
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
from South
American
Integral Yoga
and president
of the
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga Teachers
and the Latin
American Union
of Yoga. This
congress is
considered the
base of the
International
Association of
Yoga movement.
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Gerard
Blitz, Swami
Satchidananda,
Swami
Chidananda and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
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Gerard
Blitz becomes
gravely ill
and asks to
integrate all
the
continental
and national
yoga
organizations
in an
International
Yoga
Federation, in
order to give
yoga some
seriousness.
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
offers to go
forward with
the project of
Gerard Blitz
and Swami
Asuri Kapila
and he slowly
transforms the
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga
Teachers into
the
International
Yoga
Federation
with a change
of statutes.
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Gerard
Blitz and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda)
Zinal, 1989
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1989, in
Buenos Aires
City,
Argentina,
Raoul Lenz
(Switzerland),
General
Secretary of
European Union
of Yoga meets
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Sw.
Maitreyananda),
President of
Latin America
Union and
elected
president of
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga Teachers,
with Silvia
Irigoyen (Sw.
Dayananda),
General
Secretary of
Latin America
Union and
Mataji Indra
Devi, honorary
president of
both Latin
America Union
and
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga Teachers.
1989,
November. In
the World Yoga
Conference in
Montevideo,
Uruguay,
Mataji Indra
Devi and Swami
Sarvananda
propose that
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
to become the
president of
the
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga Teachers.
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
is elected
president of
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga Teachers,
president of
the Latin
American Union
of Yoga and
president of
the Yoga
Association of
Uruguay. He is
also member of
the World Yoga
Council in
India, member
of the
International
Yoga Society
(U.K.), member
of the World
Parliament of
Yoga in
Pondicherry,
and
vice-president
of the
International
Federation of
Yoga Sports.
He is part of
General
Assembly of
European Yoga
Union in 1988
and 1989
because the
Yoga
Association of
Uruguay is
member of EUY
and friend
with Gerard
Blitz.
M.S.Viswanath,
vice-president
of Yoga
Federation of
India, from
Pattabi Jois
Ashtanga
Vinyasa Yoga
School, is
elected
president
1989-1994 of
International
Federation of
Yoga Sports.
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Yogacharya
Pietro Bonvini
from Italy,
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Uruguay) and
Swami
Sarvananda
(Romania and
Brazil) in the
inauguration
of World Yoga
Conference IYF
1989
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1990, World
Yoga
Conference in
Buenos Aires
City,
Argentina,
with
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
president of
Latin American
Union and
President of
International
Yoga Teachers
Federation,
Susana Balech
from Friends
of Yoga
Association,
Mataji Indra
Devi, Diego
Martinez
president of
Yoga
Association of
Uruguay, Rosa
Espinosa from
Chile, Daniel
Espina from
Yoga
Association of
Argentina,
Sonia Sumar
from Brazil,
Swami
Sarvananda and
the presidents
of national
yoga
associations
of South
America
1990,
International
and Latin
American Yoga
Conference in
Curitiba,
Brazil. This
Conference is
organized by
Yoga
Association of
Parana, Latin
American Yoga
Union and
International
Yoga
Federation,
integrating
Brazilian
associations
with the rest
of America
associations.
Were present
Swami
Sarvananda,
Monserrat Rosa
Fernandes,
Neuva Ribeiro,
Proffesor
Hermogenes of
the Yoga
Confederation
of Brazil and
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda).
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Proffesor
Hermogenes of
the Brazilian
Yoga
Confederation
with
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda).
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1991,
International
Yoga
Conference in
San Jose,
Costa Rica.
Are present:
Rama Vernon,
Nancy Ford
Khone, Sandra
Summerfield
and Patricia
Hansen from
Yoga Alliance
of USA,
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
president of
Latin American
Union and
President of
International
Yoga Teachers
Federation,
Prue Ketner
from
International
Yoga Teachers
Association of
Australia
founded by
Roma Blair
(Swami
Nirmalananda),
Mataji Indra
Devi, Ferriz
Olivares from
Great
Universal
Brotherhood,
delegates from
South, North
and Central
American Yoga
Organizations
and Russian
Yoga
Organization.
1992, January
12. Meeting in
New Delhi,
India,
Yogavatar
Krishna Kisore
Das is elected
the new
president of
the
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga Teachers
and moves its
H.Q. to New
Delhi until
1996. At the
meeting are
present all
the leaders of
national and
state yoga
associations
of India. The
members of
World Yoga
Council with
Yogavatar
Krishna Kisore
Das meet the
former board
with
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda).
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Yogavatar
Krishna Kisore
Das
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Yogacharya
Diego
Martinez,
president of
Latin American
Union of Yoga,
Yogacharya M.
S. Viswanath
(New Delhi)
vicepresident
of Yoga
Federation of
India and
president of
International
Yoga Sports
Federation and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Sw.
Maitreyananda)
of the
International
Integral Yoga
Society
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1992,
International
and Latin
American Yoga
Conference,
Santiago de
Chile. Are
present:
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
with the
Yogacharya
Eduardo Nunez,
director of
the Classical
Yoga School,
M. Sabate of
Yoga
Association of
Chile, Daniel
Espina,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Argentina, C.
Sainz,
president of
South American
Integral Yoga
Association
and other
directors of
Yoga Centres
from Chile.
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Yogacharya
Juan Eduardo
Nunez of the
Classical Yoga
School of
Chile and
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
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1993, World
Yoga
Conference at
Pondicherry,
India. The
leading lights
attending
were: Sri
Swami
Dayananda
Saraswathi.
Sant Keshava
Das, Shri
Amrit Desai,
Nancy Ford
Khone and
Patricia
Hansen form
Unity in Yoga
(Yoga Alliance
U.S.A.)
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda),
Pietro
Bonvini, Ms.
Viswanath,
Yogarishi Dr.
Swami
Gitananda
Giri, and Shri
MP Pandit,
spokesman for
the Sri
Aurobindo
Ashram in
Pondicherry.
The leading
political
dignitaries of
Pondicherry
State
Government
including: the
Lt. Governor
Shri Har
Swaroop Singh,
Chief Minister
Shri A.
Gandhiraj,
Chief
Secretary Shri
S. Sharma,
Finance
Secretary Smt.
P.M. Singh and
Director of
Tourism, Shri
V.
Shivashanmugam.
Participants
meet the
presidents of
state
associations
that form the
Yoga Yoga
Federation of
India.
1993, Unity in
Yoga
Conference
celebrating
100 years of
Yoga in
America, in
the Pocono
Mountains
Pensylvania
U.S.A., with
some of the
Yoga masters
well known
internationally,
including Yogi
Bhajan, Amrit
Desai, Swami
Satchidananda,
Swami
Anandamoy and
Dr. Pratap.
Also are
invited Yoga
instructors
such as Lilias
Folan. Are
present: Rama
Vernon, Nancy
Ford Khone and
Patricia
Hansen,
leaders of
Yoga Alliance
of North
America (Unity
in Yoga),
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. (Swami
Maitreyananda),
President of
International
Yoga Teachers
Federation
meeting
presidents of
Yoga States
Associations
of U.S.A.,
Russia,
Argentina,
Brazil and
Uruguay.
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Swami
Vidyananda,
Nancy Ford
Khone and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
.
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Rama
Vernon, Amrit
Desai, Rita
Goswami (Dru
Yoga),
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
and the
president of
Russian Yoga
Association
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1993, World
Yoga
Conference in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina. Are
present:
Professor
Hermogenes
from Brazil,
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda),
M.S. Vishwanth
from India, Mr
Espina,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Argentina,
Swami
Sarvananda and
300 yoga
teachers from:
Argentina,
Brazil,
Colombia,
Chile,
Portugal,
Spain, Italy,
India, Israel,
France,
England,
Venezuela,
Mexico,
France,
Paraguay,
Peru, U.S.A.,
Canada and
Switzerland.
1994, World
Yoga
Conference in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Presents:
Pietro
Bonvini,
president
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Tony Sanchez
(from Bikram
School),
president of
U.S.A. Yoga
Association,
Marisol Sabate
from Yoga
Association of
Chile, Taunay
Valle,
president of
Yoga
Association of
Brazil, Daniel
Espina,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Argentina, Ada
Saliz,
president of
Latin American
Union of Yoga,
Diego
Martinez,
president of
Yoga
Association of
Uruguay,
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
successor of
Yogavatar
Kirshna Kisore
Das, president
of
International
Yoga
Federation and
World Yoga
Council.
1995, Unity in
Yoga
Conference in
Aspen,
Colorado. Are
present: Rama
Vernon, Nancy
Ford Khone,
Sandra
Summerfield
and Patricia
Hansen from
Yoga Alliance
of U.S.A., and
Yogacharya Dr.
Estevez Griego
meeting
Russian Yoga
Organizations
and presidents
of Yoga States
Associations
of U.S.A.,
Russia,
Argentina,
Brazil and
Uruguay.
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Rama
Veron and
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph. D. with
Nancy Ford
Khone
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Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
Ph.D. and
Larry
Payne Ph. D.
founder of
International
Association of
Yoga Therapist
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Swami
Vidyananda and
Swami
Maitreyananda
at Unity In
Yoga
Conference in
Aspen,
Colorado
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1996,
International
Yoga
Conference and
Latin America
Yoga
Conference in
Buenos Aires.
Antonietta
Rossi the
Secretary
General from
the European
Union of Yoga
along with the
directors from
the Latin
American Union
of Yoga and
the
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga Teachers
meet in
Argentina to
integrate the
European Union
of Yoga to the
International
Yoga
Federation.
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1996,
Switzerland.
International
and European
Yoga Meeting.
Ada Saliz, the
president of
the Latin
American Union
of Yoga,
Antonietta
Rossi the
Secretary
General from
the European
Union of Yoga
and Sandra
Summerfield
Kozak from
Unity in Yoga
(Yoga Alliance
of U.S.A.)
meet in Zinal,
Switzerland to
propose
changing the
structure of
International
Federation of
Professional
Yoga Teachers
and convert it
in the World
Union of Yoga.
1996, World
Yoga
Conference in
Porto Alegre,
Brazil. The
new president
of the Latin
American Yoga
Union: Taunay
Da Silva
Valle, who
replaces Ada
Saliz, becomes
the new
president of
World Union of
Yoga
(International
Yoga
Federation)
which HQ
changes from
India to
Brazil.
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Horivaldo
Gomes
president of
National
Integral Yoga
Association of
Brazil, Tony
Sanchez
president of
U.S.A. Yoga
Association,
Pietro Bonvini
president of
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Rachel Solberg
founder
president of
Israeli Yoga
Teachers
Association,
Yanquinao
Guash
president of
Yoga
Association of
Chile, Taunay
Vale president
of Yoga
Confederation
of Brazil,
Nilda Conzalez
from Paraguay,
Swami from
China,
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
from Aurobindo
Sivananda
Ashram
International
Integral Yoga
Society and
Ada Saliz from
Latin America
Union of Yoga
and Swami
Varuna and
Clementina
Bonvini
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1997,
International
Yoga
Conference and
Latin American
Yoga
Conference at
Rio de
Janeiro,
Brazil.
Presents:
Swami Buaji
from India,
future
honorary
president of
International
Yoga
Federation,
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez-Griego
(Maitreyananda)
, Prof.
Hermogenes,
Horivaldo
Gomes,
president of
National
Integral Yoga
Association of
Brazil, Caudia
Sanz from
South America
Yoga
Association of
Integral Yoga,
Neusa
Verissimo,
president of
National Yoga
Confederation
of Brazil,
Prof. De Rose,
president of
National Yoga
Confederation,
Taunay Valle,
president of
Brazilian Yoga
Confederation
and all yoga
centres from
Brazil
1997, World
Yoga
Conference and
European Yoga
Conference
"Euro Yoga" at
Genoa, Italy.
Are present:
Pietro Bonvini
president of
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Harmond Hatway
President of
American Yoga
Foundation,
Varagi
secretary of
Indian Yoga
Federation,
Bal Muknd,
Moraji
National Yoga
Institute of
Goverment of
India,
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Argentina,
Swami Varuna,
Yogacharini
Clementina
Pascale from
Italy, Swami
Nlagame from
Mauritius Yoga
Association,
Caudia Sanz
from South
America Yoga
Association of
Integral Yoga
and 50
delegates of
Europe.
1998, World
Yoga
Conference in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina,
with Taunay
Valle,
president of
World Union of
Yoga
(International
Yoga
Federation),
Rama Vernon of
Unity in Yoga
(Yoga Alliance
U.S.A.),
Yogacharya
Estevez Griego
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Argentina,
Pietro Bonvini
president of
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Tom Styles
from
Restorative
Yoga Therapy
Centre, Neusa
Verissimo from
Yoga
Confederation
of Brazil and
200 yoga
teachers from
Argentina,
Brazil,
Colombia,
Chile,
Portugal,
Spain, Italy,
India, Israel,
France,
Venezuela,
Mexico,
France,
Paraguay,
Peru, U.S.A.
and Canada.
Unity in Yoga
International
changes its
statutes and
becomes Yoga
Alliance of
USA under the
presidency of
Patricia
Hasen.
1999, World
Yoga
Conference of
Montevideo,
Uruguay.
Taunay Valle,
president of
World Union of
Yoga
(International
Yoga
Federation),
Yogacharya
Estevez
Griego,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Argentina,
Pietro
Bonvini,
president of
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Daniel Petrov
and Viara,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Bulgary,
Miryam
Segundo,
President of
Yoga
Association of
Uruguay,
delegation of
Indian Yoga
Federation and
150 yoga
teachers from
Argentina,
Brazil,
Colombia,
Chile,
Portugal,
Spain, Italy,
India, France,
Venezuela,
Mexico,
Paraguay,
Peru, U.S.A.
and Canada
meet in the
congress.
2000, World
Yoga
Conference and
14th General
Assembly of
International
Yoga
Federation
(Formed World
Union of
Yoga), New
Delhi, India.
Are present:
Yogacharya Dr.
Gopalji,
president of
Asian Union of
Yoga and
Secretary of
Indian Yoga
Federation,
Dr. Dayma
secretary of
Asian Union of
Yoga, North
India Yoga
Federation and
Yoga
Federation of
India, Swami
Vidyananda,
Yoga Alliance
International,
Yoga Alliance
India and
member of
Aurobindo
Ashram,
Yogacharya Dr.
Estevez Griego
from Yoga
Federation of
Argentina,
Swami
Chaitanya,
Cosmic Yoga
Foundation,
Taunay Valle,
president of
International
Yoga
Federation,
Master Karina
Dupre, vice
president of
Latin America
Union, Master
Lino Celtrone
from Italy,
Sri Gopalji,
Delhi Yoga
Association,
Patel,
president of
Delhi Yoga
Association,
Dharam Vir
Indian Yoga
Federation, Dr
Koushi from
Russia, Andre
from Ukraine,
Dr Mazundar,
Indian Yoga
Federation, Dr
Rita Balla
vice president
of Indian Yoga
Federation,
Dept of Yoga
Studies
Himalach
Pradesh
University,
Igor Subbutin,
director of
Yoga Centre of
Moscow Russia,
Yogamaharishi
Dr. B
Gopalananda,
vice president
of Indian Yoga
Federation,
Bal Mukund
Singh, Moraji
National Yoga
Institute of
Delhi, India.
Sri Gopalji
and Swami
Maitreyananda
lead the
integration of
Asian Union of
Yoga, Yoga
Centres of
Asia, all Yoga
States
Associations
of India,
Indian Yoga
Federation,
North Indian
Yoga
Federation,
and different
ashrams and
schools of
yoga from
India, to
become members
of
International
Yoga
Federation.
After this
resolution,
India has the
majority of
the general
assembly of
IYF and
changes the
structure and
politics of
IYF.
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Swami
Vidyananda
president of
International
Yoga Alliance
member of
Aurobindo
Ashram with
Swami
Maitreyananda
president of
Aurobindo
Sivananda
Ashram ® in
Argentina at
Aurobindo
Ashram of New
Delhi.
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2000,
Rishikesh
International
Yoga
Federation
Yoga
Conference,
Sri Gopalji,
Swami
Vidyananda,
Swami
Maitreyananda
and Taunay
Valle have a
general
meeting at
Parmath
Niketan
Ashram,
Rishikesh with
Swami
Chidananda,
members of
yoga
federations of
India, members
of
International
Yoga
Federation and
Asian Union of
Yoga. They all
meet different
leaders of
Ashrams in
Rishikesh.
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Swami
Gopalananda
from Yoga
Confederation
of India, Dr
Gopalji,
president of
the Asian
Union of Yoga,
Swami
Vidyananda
president of
the Yoga
Alliance
International
and Swami
Maitreyananda
president of
the
International
Integral Yoga
Society,
AUROBINDO
SIVANANDA
ASHRAM.
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2001,
World Yoga
Conference of
IYF, Rio
Janeiro,
Brazil.
General
Assembly of
International
Yoga
Federation.
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez Griego
is elected
president
2002-2005
(after 18
years of work
for bring
together
international,
continental
and national
yoga
federations).
The vice
presidents
elected are
Yogasiromani
Dr Gopalji
from Asian
Union of Yoga
and Yoga
Confederation
of India, and
Yogacharini
Paia Irigoyen
(Swamini
Dayananda)
from Latin
America Union
of Yoga and
Yoga
Association of
Uruguay. In
the meeting
are present:
K.C. Sharma,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
India, Taunay
Valle,
president of
Yoga
Confederation
of Brazil,
Myriam
Segundo,
president of
Yoga
Association of
Uruguay, Dr
Gopalji from
Asian Union of
Yoga and Yoga
Confederation
of India,
Yogacharya
Babakar Khane
from Senegal
and France,
director of
International
Yoga Institute
from Paris.,
Satyendra,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Canada, Roma
Rokotyol and
Anatoly
Zencheko from
Ashtanga Yoga
Club from
Ukraine and
Gabriel
Collazo from
International
Yogatherapy
Association.
2002, IYF
International
Yoga
Conference in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina. The
World Union of
Yoga,
definitely
establishes
the
institutional
name:
International
Yoga
Federation.
Presents:
Swami
Maitreyananda,
president of
International
Yoga
Federation,
K.C. Sharma,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
India, Ashok
Agarwal,
secretary
general of
Yoga
Federation of
India, Taunay
Valle,
president of
Yoga
Confederation
of Brazil,
Myriam
Segundo,
president of
Yoga
Association of
Uruguay, Dr
Gopalji from
Asian Union of
Yoga and Yoga
Confederation
of India,
Swami
Dayananda,
president of
Latin American
Union of Yoga
and member of
Yoga Centres
of Europe.
2003, World
Yoga
Conference of
IYF in Santa
Maria,
Portugal. 17th
General
Assembly of
International
Yoga
Federation,
2nd European
Yoga
Conference
“Euro Yoga
2003”.Yogacharya
Dr.Fernando
Estevez
Griego,
president of
International
Yoga
Federation,
leads the
integration of
Yogacharya
Carlos Miguel
Perez,
president of
European Yoga
Alliance,
Swami
Saradananda,
president of
British Yoga
Teachers
Association,
Beatriz
Portugues,
president of
Integral Yoga
Association of
Portugal,
George
Strovarts,
honorary
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Portugal,
Tino,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Portugal,
Carlos,
president of
Yoga
Association of
Portugal,
Amadio
Bianchi,
president of
Yoga
Confederation
of Italy,
Franca Sachi,
honorary
president of
European Yoga
Federation,
Pietro
Bonvini,
President of
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Swami
Narayana,
Erick Schultz
of Suddha
Dharma
Mandalam of
Brazil,
members of
Yoga
Association of
Cuba, members
of
International
Yoga Institute
of Babkar
Khane, Mrs
Mesko from
Slovenia,
Yogasiromani
Dr Gopalji,
president of
Asian Union of
Yoga and the
new Yoga
Confederation
of India,
Yogacharini
Eugenia Salas
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Argentina,
Antonio Sausys
Sat Yoga,
Yogatherapy
Conferences,
K.C. Sharma,
president Yoga
Federation of
India, Roma
Rokotyol and
Anatoly
Zencheko from
Ashtanga Yoga
Club of
Ukraine, Swami
Ramalingan
from Sivananda
Yoga Centre of
Tamil Nadu and
Radhakrishna
from India.
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Santa
Maria, Oporto,
Portugal 2003
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Santa
Maria, Oporto,
Portugal 2003
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2003,
OFFICIAL
DECLATARATION
OF RISHIKESH
AS WORLD YOGA
CAPITAL.
International
Yoga Meeting
in New Delhi
and Rishikesh,
India.
Yogacharya F.
Estevez Griego
(Sw
Maitreyananda),
president of
International
Yoga
Federation
meet leaders
of national
and states
yoga
organizations
of India.
International
Yoga
Federation
officially
declares
Rishikesh City
the Yoga
Capital of the
World or World
Yoga Capital
on behalf the
Worldwide Yoga
Community.
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Rishikesh,
India.
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2004, 18th
World Yoga
Conference of
IYF and 18th
General
Assembly of
IYF in Madrid,
Spain, 3rd
European Yoga
Conference
“Euro Yoga
2004”. Under
the direction
of Yogacharya
Carlos Miguel
Perez,
president of
European Yoga
Alliance, and
Yogacharya Dr.
Fernando
Estevez
Griego,
president of
International
Yoga
Federation.
Presents: Sri
Ajita,
president of
Raja Yoga
Federation of
Holland, Aruna
(Surinam)
member of Raja
Yoga Institute
of Holland,
Bala Rita,
member of Yoga
Cofederation
of India and
director of HP
University,
Sri Gopalji,
president of
Asian Union of
Yoga,
President of
Yoga
Confederation
of India,
president of
International
Federation of
Yoga Sports
and vice
president of
International
Yoga
Federation,
K.C. Sharma,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
India, Roma
Rokotyol and
Anatoly
Zencheko from
Ashtanga Yoga
Club of
Ukraine,
Amadio
Bianchi,
president of
Yoga
Confederation
of Italy,
Franca Sachi,
honorary
president of
European Yoga
Federation,
Pietro
Bonvini,
President of
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Eugenia Salas,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Argentina,
Habib BA from
Yoga
Assocation of
Spain (member
of European
Union of
Yoga), Tino,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Portugal,
Beatriz
Portugues,
president of
Integral Yoga
Association of
Portugal,
members of
Kriya Yoga
Federation of
Italy
(Satyananda),
Maite from
Yoga
Federation of
Spain, Mimoun
(Morocco) from
Karate and
Yoga Teachers
Association,
Swami
Vivekananda
from Agama
Association
from Thailand
and more than
50 delegates.
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Alcobendas,
Madrid, Spain
2004
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Yogacharya
Carlos Miguel
Perez,
president of
European Yoga
Alliance
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2004, 19th
World Yoga
Conference of
New Delhi and
Rishikesh,
India. 3rd
Asian and
Indian Yoga
Conference
“IndiaYoga
2004”. With
the presidency
of Swami
Madhvananda
Shakaracharya
de Prayag and
Swami
Maitreyananda
(Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez
Griego).
The
Pontiff Hindu
Shankaracharya
of Prayag,
Swami
Maitreyananda,
president of
International
Yoga
Federation,
Shri VK
Malhotra,
leader of
National Hindu
Party and vice
president of
Indian Olympic
Association,
and Yogacharya
Prabhakraji
Mishra the
president of
World Brahmin
Federation and
World
Parliment of
Religions.
India 2004
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Yogacharya
Mishra, Swami
Maitreyananda
and Tai Situpa
Rimpoche the
Spiritual
leader of
Tibetan
Buddhist and
Emanation of
Maitreya
Buddha
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2004
Ceremony at
Holy Ganga
River, Swami
Chidananda
Maharaj and
Swami
Maitreyananda
at Parmarth
Niketan
Ashram,
Rishikesh,
India.
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2005,
20th World
Yoga
Conference of
IYF at Milan,
Italy. 19th
General
Assembly of
International
Yoga
Federation,
4th European
Yoga
Conference,
Euro Yoga
2005. With the
guidance and
presidency of
Yogacharya
Dr.Fernando
Estevez
Griego,
president of
International
Yoga
Federation,
are present:
Kali Ray,
president of
Tri Yoga
International,
Mantra Master
Krishna Das
from Italy,
Sushil
Batacharya
from Nepal and
Ruth
Batacharya
from Swiss
Yoga
Federation,
Anabela
Tavares from
Integral Yoga
Association of
Portugal, Dr.
Bernard Auriol
MD (France),
Reverend Sri
Roy Eugene
Davis Kriya
Yoga USA
direct
disciple of
Paramahamsa
Yogananda,
Swami
Joythimayananda
(Sri Lanka),
President of
International
Ayurved
College in
Italy, Sri
Vijayananda,
principal of
Rishikesh Yoga
Foundation,
Amadio
Bianchi,
president of
new European
Yoga
Federation,
Yogacharya
Carlos Miguel
Perez,
president of
European Yoga
Alliance and
Sri Ajita,
president of
European Yoga
Council and
Raja Yoga
Federation of
Holland, Sri
Gopalji,
president of
Asian Union of
Yoga,
president of
Yoga
Confederation
of India,
president of
International
Federation of
Yoga Sports
and vice
president of
International
Yoga
Federation,
K.C. Sharma,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
India, Franca
Sachi,
honorary
president of
European Yoga
Federation,
Pietro
Bonvini,
president of
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Eugenia Salas,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Argentina,
Habib BA from
Yoga
Association of
Spain (member
of European
Union of
Yoga), Tino,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Portugal,
members of
Kriya Yoga
Federation of
Italy
(Satyananda),
Maite from
Yoga
Federation of
Spain, Mimoun
(Morocco) from
Karate and
Yoga teachers
association,
Swami
Vivekananda
from Agama
Thailand
Association,
Andre Rihel,
president of
Traditional
Yoga
Federation of
France,
Charlie
Stevens
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Ireland and
more than 50
delegates.
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Milan,
Italy 2005
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Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez -
Griego Ph.D.
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
and Kali Ray,
founder of Tri
Yoga
International
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Yogacharya
Sushil
Bhattacharya
and Ruth
Bhattacharya,
Sapta Yoga
International
of Switzerland
and Nepal
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2005,
December.
Yogacharya
Fernando
Estevez Griego
(Swami
Maitreyananda)
leaves the
presidency of
IYF after 4
years of
dedicating
fully, to lead
International
Integral Yoga
Society
Aurobindo
Sivananda
Ashram.
2006,
February.
Montevideo,
Uruguay.
International
Yoga
Conference of
IYF and 20th
General
Assembly of
International
Yoga
Federation,
Swamini
Dayananda Ma
is elected the
new president
of the
International
Yoga
Federation
until 2010.
The
International
Yoga
Federation´s
H.Q. and
offices are in
Montevideo
since 2006.
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Swamini
Dayananda.
President of
International
Yoga
Federation
2006 - 2010
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2006,
October
Francophone
Yoga
Conference,
Quebec, Canada
2006,
October.
International
Yoga Festival
at Lisbon,
Portugal. With
the presidency
and guidance
of Swami
Maitreyananda,
president of
International
Integral Yoga
Society and
Swamini Taraji
Dharmacharini
Beatriz
Portugues.
With Sri
Gopalji,
president of
Asian Union of
Yoga,
president of
Yoga
Confederation
of India,
president of
International
Federation of
Yoga Sports,
Eugenia Salas,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Argentina,
members of
Yoga
Federation of
Bulgary,
Pietro
Bonvini,
president of
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Carlos Miguel
Perez,
president of
European Yoga
Alliance,
Swami
Omkarananda,
president of
International
Classical Yoga
Federation,
members of
Hindu
Community of
Portugal and
Hindu Temple,
Oksana from
Ukraine Yoga
Centre,
Guilermo
Ferrara,
president of
Tantra Yoga
Association
and presidents
of states yoga
associations
of Portugal.
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Swamini
Taraji
Dharmacharini
(Beatriz
Portugues)
and Swami
Maitreyananda.
International
Yoga Festival
at Lisbon,
Portugal
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2006,
December.
21th. World
Yoga
Conference,
Global Yoga
Festival of
IYF and
General
meeting of
World Yoga
Council in New
Delhi and
Rishikesh,
India. With
the leadership
and presidency
of Swami
Maitreyananda,
president of
International
Integral Yoga
Society
Aurobindo
Sivananda and
H.H. Jagatguru
Shankaracharya
Omkarananda
Saraswati Ji
Maharaj of
Prayag Peeth
(India), with
Sri Gopalji,
president of
Asian Union of
Yoga,
president of
Yoga
Confederation
of India,
president of
International
Federation of
Yoga Sports,
K.C. Sharma,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
India, H.H.
Acharya Dr.
Prabhakar
Mishra (India)
president of
World Religous
Parlament,
president of
Brahmin World
Federation,
World Ayurveda
Academy and
Universal
Sanathana
Dharma
Foundation,
Yogacharya Dr.
B.
Gopalananda,
director of
Sri Vishwa
Ashram and the
International
Yoga Academy,
secretary of
Tamil Nadu
Yoga
Association,
Yogacharini
Swami
Saradananda
(USA),
president of
British Yoga
Teachers
Association,
Swami Ma
Thayeananda
Devi,
Yogacharini
Clementina
Parziale
Bonvini from
Italy,
director of
Ananta Ashram
International
&
secretary of
Italian Yoga
Sports
Federation, Dr
Chidananda
Murthy
(India),
director of
Central
Council for
Research in
Yoga and
Naturopathy
from Dept of
Ayurveda,
Yoga, Umani,
Siddha and
Homeopathy of
Ministry of
Health and F.
W Govt. of
India, Dr.
S.N. Pandey
(India),
member of Dr.
R.M.L.
Hospital,
Swamini Gauri
(Uruguay),
president of
Yoga
Association of
Uruguay,
Eugenia Salas,
president of
Yoga
Federation of
Argentina,
presidents of
all national
and states
yoga
association of
India. Swami
Ramananda from
Hanuman
Temple, Swami
Viswananada,
Swami
Shankara,
swami
Chidananda,
members of
Yoga
Federation of
Bulgary,
Pietro
Bonvini,
President of
Italian Yoga
Schools
Federation,
Beatriz
Portuges,
president of
Integral Yoga
Association of
Portugal.
Rishikesh,
Himalayas
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Swami
Chidananda
Muniji, Sw.
Maitreyananda,
Swamini Tara
and Dr
.Gopalji at
Parmarth
Niketan Ashram.
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Sw.
Gauri Ma, Sw.
Maitreyananda,
Dr. Gopalji
and
Shankaracharya
of Prayag
(India)
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2007, June.
22th World
Yoga
Conference and
General
Assembly of
IYF in Mexico
DF and Cancún.
Mexico.
Organized and
directed by
Swami
Shivadev,
president of
Yoga Alliance
of Mexico and
Swamini Gauri,
president of
Latin America
Union of Yoga.
Are present in
the conference
delegates of
Singapure,
China, India,
Guatemala,
Mexico,
Argentina,
Uruguay, USA,
Canada,
Venezuela,
Chile,
Colombia,
Brazil, Italy,
Spain,
Portugal and
Cuba.
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Swami
Maitreyananda,
Swamini Gauri
Ma and
Swamini
Lakshmi
(Mexico) 2007
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2007,
October
Francophone
Yoga
Conference,
Quebec, Canada | |