Hansa Yogendra

Hansa Yogendra (born 8 October 1947) is an Indian yoga guru, author, researcher and TV personality. She is director of The Yoga Institute in Mumbai, founded by her father-in-law Shri Yogendra. It is a government recognized non-profit organization and the oldest organized yoga center in the world, founded in 1918.

She was presenter of the television series Yoga for Better Living, aired on DD National in 1980s. 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.

Personal life
She married Jayadeva Yogendra in 1973. She is daughter-in-law of Shri Yogendra.

Awards & distinctions

 * 1994 Vocational Excellence Award by Rotary Club of Bombay
 * Award for contribution to Women's Health from the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres.
 * 2011 Special Award by The International Association of Yoga Therapists for pioneering work in Yoga Therapy, Yoga education and research in 2011.
 * Yoga Tapaswini title at Pune International Yoga Week
 * Award of Excellence by Podar International School for her contribution to Yoga education.
 * 2015 Special Award by Lions Clubs International
 * 2015 Keynote speaker at International Conference on Yoga for Holistic Health at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
 * 2017 Rotary International Award for her contribution to spread the awareness of Yoga at Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai
 * 2018 Chief guest at Pune International Yoga Festival
 * 2018 Vocational Excellence Award by Rotary Discon, Utsav
 * 2018 PhD. from The Open International University for Complementary Medicines
 * 2018 Divine Shakti Leadership Award at Parmarth Niketan, International Yoga Festival
 * 2019 National Yoga Award 2019 from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.