Jayadeva Yogendra

Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra (1929–2018) was an Indian yoga guru, researcher, author, educator and president of The Yoga Institute, the oldest organized yoga center in the world, founded by Yogendra in 1918. Yogendra was known for studies on therapeutic effects of Yoga. He pioneered yoga education and has written several books on the therapeutic effects of the ancient science, including Yoga Therapy in Asthma, Diabetes, Heart Disease and Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Jayadeva worked as a lecturer, who taught Sanskrit at the Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Bombay. He was appointed principal of Teacher Training Institute of Yoga, Bombay, in 1957. Jayendra was also the editor of Yoga & Total Health, a monthly journal, published since 1933.

He edited a book ‘Yoga Today’ published by Macmillan Co. of India in 1971. The book carries authentic information on the applicability of yoga for human society. Yoga Cyclopedia Volume II – Letter ‘B’ and Yoga Education for the Child and the Adult (1988), Yoga Cyclopedia Volume III – Stress Management and Mental Health (1993) Yoga Cyclopedia Volume IV – Mystics and Demystifying Mysticism (2006), Yoga in Modern Life (1996) Yoga Today

Recantation He was featured in Who's Who India in 1972 and 2000.

Death

Jayadeva Yogendra died on 16 February 2018. He was survived by his wife Hansa and son Hrishi. The Ministry of AYUSH and Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga paid tribute to Jayendra Yogendra at the International Yoga Festival in New Delhi on 22 March 2018.