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The Yoga Institute
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The Yoga Institute (abbreviated as TYI) is a government recognized non-profit organisation, known as the oldest organized yoga center in the world. It was founded in 1918 by Shri Yogendra (1897-1989), who was one of the important figures in the modern revival of yoga. It is headquartered in Santacruz, Mumbai, India.
The Yoga Institute is certified by the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India as the first authorized Yoga School to conduct government certified courses. It won the Prime Minister's Award 2018 by the Ministry of AYUSH for outstanding contribution in the field of Yoga in June 2018.
The institute is run by Dr. Hansa Yogendra, who also serves as President of The International Board of Yoga. Hansa was appointed as Special Executive Officer by the Government of Maharashtra on 20 June 2011.
The Yoga Institute was founded in 1918 by Shri Yogendra at The Sands, the residence of Dadabhai Naoroji, at Versova beach near Bombay. It was the first yoga center to offer courses for free to men, women and children of any caste or creed.
In 1919, Shri Yogendra set off for America to found The Yoga Institute of America on Bear Mountain, New York. Until his marriage in 1927, Yogendra toured the world, teaching yoga, treating patients and gathering manuscripts on Hatha Yoga.
The first journal of The Yoga Institute, YOGA was published in 1933. The journal has been renamed Yoga & Total Health. In 1940, publications of the Institute were microfilmed and preserved in the Crypt of Civilization to be read 6000 years later at Oglethorpe University, Georgia.
The Yoga Institute found a permanent base in Santacruz in 1948. In 1951 the Government of India prepared its first cultural documentary film on yoga under its supervision.
In 1957, the Central Government requested the institute to conduct a survey of yoga in India.
Yoga Institute launched the Medical Research Unit for research on psychosomatic and psychiatric diseases in 1970 with aid from the Central Council for Research in Indian Medicine and Homeopathy (now part of the Ministry of AYUSH).
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