Yogendra

Shri Yogendra
શ્રી યોગેન્દ્ર
Born	Manibhai Haribhai Desai (1897-11-18)November 18, 1897 Gujarat, British India
Died	September 25, 1989(1989-09-25) (aged 91) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Shri Yogendra
Occupation(s)	Yoga teacher, author, poet, researcher
Years active	1918–1989
Organization	The Yoga Institute
Known for	Founder of The Yoga Institute, Yoga therapy, Modern yoga revival
Notable work	Founder of Yoga Journal (1933), Gujarati translation of Gitanjali
Spouse	Sita Devi

Manibhai Haribhai Desai (1897–1989), also known as Shri Yogendra, was an Indian yoga teacher^[1], writer, poet, and researcher.^[2] He was one of the early figures in the modern development of hatha yoga in India and the United States. In 1918, he founded The Yoga Institute, which is considered the world’s oldest organised yoga centre.^[3][4]

He is sometimes called the Father of the Modern Yoga Renaissance.^[5][6] He helped bring back the practice of asanas (yoga poses) and worked to make yoga more accessible to the general public.^[7] Shri Yogendra introduced new ways of teaching yoga and supported research, especially in the area of yoga therapy. He wrote several books on yoga and started a journal called Yoga in 1933. He also wrote poetry under the pen name Mastamani and translated Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali into Gujarati language.^[2] He died in Mumbai on 25 September 1989 at the age of 91.^[8]

1. ↑ Singleton, Mark; Goldberg, Ellen (2014). Gurus of Modern Yoga. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 60–79. ISBN 978-0199938728.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Goldberg 2016, pp. 2–74. sfn error: no target: CITEREFGoldberg2016 (help)
3. ↑ "World's oldest yoga centre still going strong". The Times of India. 5 February 2015.
4. ↑ Jhangiani, Diipti (22 November 2013). "Neighbourhood Haven The Yoga Institute". DNA India.
5. ↑ Mishra, Debashree (3 July 2016). "Once Upon A Time: From 1918, this Yoga institute has been teaching generations, creating history". Mumbai: Indian Express.
6. ↑ Sadhaka (2015). A Spiritual Path That Led to Arunachala. p. 11.
7. ↑ Barrett, Jennifer (December 1997). "Householders Yoga". Yoga Journal (137). Active Interest Media: 24.
8. ↑ Raj, Ashok (1 April 2010). The Life and Times of Baba Ramdev. Hay House. ISBN 9789381398098.