About School of Yoga

Founded by Yogacharya Sundaram with a legacy spanning five generations, School of Yoga aims to become a complete knowledge center for classical yoga and to be a tool for fitness, health, wellness and spiritual development.

Our Mission

School of Yoga aims to restore authentic yoga practice, reconnecting it to its ancient foundations.

We try to collate all material available on classical yoga, resources all theory available on the subject, invites contributions from writers, publishers and other thinkers.
We also connect with practitioners, teachers, therapists and dieticians so that visitors find the most contemporary solution.

Contributions of the family of
Yogacharya Sundaram to Yoga

Second oldest family of Yoga masters, teachers, researchers, writers, and therapists.
First Indian female Yoga teacher and instructor – Jayalakshmi (daughter of Yogacharya Sundaram).

1921

Second oldest Yoga class started by Yogacharya Sundaram.

1927

First to write on Yoga in an English periodical Brahmacharyam

1928

First English manual on Yoga (Yogic Physical Culture) published by Yogacharya Sundaram

1930

First to publish Yogic Physical Culture in Kannada

1936

First to write on Yoga in Tamil periodical Ananda Vikadan

1938

First Tamil manual on Yoga (Ananda Rahasyam) published by Yogacharya Sundaram

1948

First to start a printing press exclusively for Yoga (Yogacharya Sundaram and son Balasubramanian)

1953

First female Yoga teacher and instructor – Jayalakshmi (daughter of Yogacharya Sundaram)

1921

Second oldest Yoga class started by Yogacharya Sundaram.

1927

First to write on Yoga in an English periodical Brahmacharyam

1928

First English manual on Yoga (Yogic Physical Culture) published by Yogacharya Sundaram

1930

First to publish Yogic Physical Culture in Kannada

1936

First to write on Yoga in Tamil periodical Ananda Vikadan

1938

First Tamil manual on Yoga (Ananda Rahasyam) published by Yogacharya Sundaram

1948

First to start a printing press exclusively for Yoga (Yogacharya Sundaram and son Balasubramanian)

1953

First female Yoga teacher and instructor – Jayalakshmi (daughter of Yogacharya Sundaram)

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