Yoga Course for All by Dr. Hansraj Yadav

This book has been written on the basis of Yoga syllabus approved and recommended by the international Board of yoga Santa Cruz Mumbai India for the benefit of the students of school and colleges business executives administrators and other men and women of any age.

Various courses of psycho-physical practices of integrated yoga system are described for the development of physical health and hygiene mental relaxation and concentration emotional control and discipline spiritual enlightenment and development. All these things are possible through scientific training of dynamic static rhythmic psycho-physical yogic asanas control of bioenergy yogic pranayamas pacificator practices of Yogic pratyahara ethical moral values of Yogic yamas and niyamas balanced diet i. e. yogic aharas.

These courses have been formulated by the Yoga Institute on the basis of the experience and research of sixty years on medical and educational values of yoga ideology and technology.

Yogacharya Dr. Hansraj Yadav was born on 12 may 1931 on Yogeswar Nagar, Dadar, Rampur, Dist. Jaunpur (U.P) in North India. He spent his early childhood at his father’s farm looking after their cows etc. and as per prevailing custom of those times was married at the tender age of 12 years. Thereafter the course of his life changed as he got on opportunity to go to school. With his keen enthusiasm hard work and correct guidance from his teachers he passed the 8th Std. in just three years. His late father Sangramji was a bhakti yogi and together with his uncle Jayramji the young Hansraj attended several spiritual discourses. He was so enamored by this that he studied the teachings of Satyarth Prakash. Sant Kabirdas, Panchtantra Hitopdesh, Geeta etc. He was initiated to the study of yoga by Pramhans Paribrakacharya of Uttar Kashi and was taught practices like various asanas prenaymas kriyas etc.

He was fortunate enough to meet several great yogis of his time form whom he leant a lot. His search for yogic knowledge brought him Bombay (Mumbai) where he met Gurudev Yogendraji the founder president of the yoga Inst at Santa Cruz and under his tutelage he completed the yoga teachers training course very effectively.

In 1958 he was invited by Prof. T. K. Tope to teach the students and staff of the university. Hansraj’s teachings in a simple yet scientific way were very much appreciated by his student and staff and their encouragement inspired him, to his life’s mission of teaching and promoting Yoga.

In 1959 he was invited to teach Yoga to the students and staff of the Allahabad University where he also taught other distinguished men of the city like Sumitrandan Pant etc.

In 1963 he conducted various yoga activities at the Yoga Inst. At Santa Cruz and in 1964 undertook the survey of nature cure Yoga & spiritual Inst. Of India under a Govt. of India sponsored Project.

In 1975 he was invited to teach at the Banaras Hindu University as a visiting Yogacharya. From time to time he was invited by other Universities in various countries like U.S.A, U.K, Hongkong, Thailand, Japan, etc.

At present he regularly conducts stress Management and other course at the invitation of several institutes Universities Business Organizations Banks and other Large companies for their staff.

His multifarious activities are:

Founder Member: International Board of Yoga
Founder chairman: Krishna Yoga Ashram Trust
Founder President: Yadavesh Parmarth Pratishthan
Founder managing Director: Yogayana Professor M. Yamazaki Shiksha Samiti
Director: Bhavan’s Yoga Bharati, Bhavan’s college campus Andheri (w) Mumbai 400 058
Director: Yoga Kendra keshev Gore Smarak Trust
Yoga Professor: Yogacharya Diploma Training Courses various health guide courses

He has also written several books on Yoga.