Hansa Yogendra

Hansa Yogendra (born 8 October 1947) is an Indian yoga teacher, author, researcher, and television presenter. She is the director of The Yoga Institute, a non-profit yoga organization based in Mumbai, which was founded in 1918 by her father-in-law, Yogendra. She is the chair of the Yoga Certification Committee for Quality Council of India (QCI) and President of the International Board of Yoga. She is the Vice President of the Indian Yoga Association.

Early life

Born on 8 October 1947 to Jitendra Phulchand Patni and Tara Patni, in a Jain family, she completed her graduation in science from Mithibai College. Later, she completed her Yoga teacher training course at The Yoga Institute. She holds a degree in law from the Government Law College, Mumbai. She received a Ph.D from The Open International University for Complementary Medicines in February 2018.

Works

In 1991, she and Jayadeva Yogendra advised the National Council of Educational Research and Training on a Yoga education syllabus for schools in India. She has conducted several seminars and lecture tours in India and in Canada, Pakistan, Europe, Hong Kong, Australia and the USA.

Her book, Yoga For All (2018) was released by C. Vidyasagar Rao, the Governor of Maharashtra in January 2019. It took her 3 years to finish the book, based on a hundred years of research by The Yoga Institute.