Dr. Hansaji Yogendra is currently the Director of The Yoga Institute, Mumbai, the world’s oldest organised Yoga center. She is also the Chairperson of Yoga Certification Committee for Quality Council of India (QCI); President of International Board of Yoga; and Senior Vice President International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). She is the leading face of householder Yoga and has conducted over 1,00,000 theoretical and practical sessions of Yoga till date.
Renowned as the First Lady of Yoga, she made the nation proud by sharing the stage alongside Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji at the first International Day of Yoga in New Delhi.
Smt. Hansaji Yogendra is the celebrated presenter of the popular television series Yoga for Better Living which was telecast thrice, repeatedly. She has also been expert yoga presenter for the Yoga Sutra program aired on ZEE TV across the globe in 162 countries.
The yoga education syllabus formulated by The Yoga Institute for the schools in India has implemented by NCERT, BMC schools, University of Mumbai and benefited lakhs of students.
The Caring Heart on the Reversal of Heart Disease, – the Yogic Way, a benchmark research project was conducted at The Yoga Institute. It proved to the medical world that heart disease could be treated through Yogic lifestyle leading to reversal in coronary artery disease.
Recognising and honouring the philanthropic work done under Dr. Hansaji Yogendra’s guidance, The Yoga Institute won the prestigious PM’s award for spreading the yoga goodness to all in June 2018.
She has authored and co-authored over 50 books of which Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, How to Reverse Heart Disease, Pregnancy, Parenthood are quite popular. Social Service Initiatives for welfare of society under her leadership has touched upon thousands of lives for the better.
The Institute conducts various health care, rehabilitation programs and yoga educational programmes for underprivileged, special needs children (Physically and Mentally Challenged), marginalized communities especially women and children suffering from exploitation, abuse, malnutrition, HIV, AIDS, Juvenile programs, rehabilitation of youth and drug abusers, Women Rescue Programmes, Orphanages, bettering living of the slum inhabitants of Mumbai, clean beach transformation drive as well as wellness camps for various Government and Non- Government departments like employees of the Mantralaya, the Excise department, the University of Mumbai, Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Police, Western Railways, Commando force to name a few social service initiatives.
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