The number of influential yoga teachers is surely countless! While there is no set criteria for the teachers on this list, our objective is to include teachers who have made an impact well beyond their own communities.
We want to make it easy for you to find information on teachers who, for instance:
We are absolutely not judging quality of teachers and we welcome your ideas for more teachers to add. Please email us with any recommendations.
- Baitmangalkar, Arundhati
- Baptiste, Baron
- Bell, Baxter MD
- Benagh, Barbara
- Bhajan, Yogi
- Birch, Beryl Bender
- Blossom, Scott
- Boccio, Frank Jude
- Bondy, Dianne
- Bossart, Chase
- Bowen, Rane
- Brower, Elena
- Brown, J.
- Candea, Nancy
- Cardoza, Nicole
- Carpenter, Annie
- Chanterrwyn, Nam
- Chellaram, Hersha Harilela
- Chinea, Constanza Eliana
- Choudhury, Bikram
- Cole, Roger
- Cope, Stephen
- Corn, Seane
- Costello, Nikki
- Crandell, Jason
- Dass, Ram
- Degener, Maris
- Desikachar, T.K.V.
- Devananda, Swami Vishnu
- Devi, Nischala Joy
- Devi, Indra
- Dias, Manoj
- Doane, Nicki
- Eggleston, Pamela Stokes
- Ezraty, Maty
- Farhi, Donna
- Farmer, Angela
- Feuerstein, Georg
- Finger, Alan
- Flynn, Dana Trixie
- Folan, Lilias
- Forbes, Bo
- Forrest, Ana
- Freeman, Richard
- Friedrichsen, Shari
- Friend, John
- Gannon, Sharron
- Gates, Rolf
- Guest-Jelley, Anna
- Halpern, Gabriel
- Heyman, Jivana
- Holcombe, Kate
- Holleman, Dona
- Hong, Hien
- Howard, Leslie
- Iyengar, B.K.S.
- Jois, K. Pattabhi
- Jois, Manu
- Kaivalya, Alanna
- Kaminoff, Leslie
- Kest, Bryan
- Khalsa, Gurmukh Kaur
- Kraftsow, Gary
- Kripalu, Swami
- Krishnamacharya, T.
- Lacambra , Robin Yolanda
- Lappa, Andrey
- Lasater, Judith Hanson
- Le Page, Joseph
- Lee, Cyndi
- Life, David
- Little, Tias
- Lozano, Ariana
- Ma, Anandamayi
- Maehle, Gregor
- Maharshi, Ramana
- Maitland, Malaika
- Mehrotra, Anand
- McGonigal, Kelly
- Michaan, Nevine
- Miller, Chuck
- Miller, Elise Browning
- Miller, Jill
- Miller, Richard
- Miller, Tim
- Mitchell, Jules
- Mittra, Dharma
- Mohan, A.G.
- Mondestin, Janessa
- Muktananda, Swami
- Myers, Nikki
- Nelson, Sonia
- Noble, Donna
- Palkhivala, Aadil
- Paul, Russill
- Payne, Larry
- Powers, Sarah
- Prabhupada, A.C. Bhaktidevanta Swami
- Pransky, Jillian
- Radha, Swami
- Rama, Swami
- Rangel, Luvena
- Ray, Kali
- Raye, Saul David
- Rea, Shiva
- Remski, Matthew
- Rivera, Julio
- Rosen, Richard
- Ross, Steve
- Rumbaugh, Desiree
- Sanford, Matthew
- Satchidananda,Sri Swami
- Schiffmann, Erich
- Schumacher, John
- Shankar, Sri Sri Ravi
- Sherman, Sianna
- Shyam, Padma
- Sivananda, Swami
- Snyder, Stephanie
- Stanley, Jessamyn
- Sterios, Peter
- Stern, Eddie
- Stonechild, Shayla
- Stryker, Rod
- Swenson, David
- Tigunait, Pandit Rajmani
- Titchkosky, Puja Singh
- Vernon, Rama Jyoti
- Vivekananda, Swami
- Walden, Patricia
- Walford, Lisa
- West, Alison
- White, Ganga
- Whitwell, Mark
- Wildcroft, Theo
- Yee, Colleen Saidman
- Yee, Rodney
- About video + written bio & references
- Sri Anandamayi Ma website link
- Books link
- Website link
- About Manu Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, South India link
- Chuck Miller Bio link
- Website link
- ISKCON – The International Society of Krishna Consciousness link
- About Luvena link
- Website link
- Padma Meditation & Yoga link