Yoga Alliance Asia-Pacific (YAAP) is a direct division of Yoga Alliance International, the first India-based global yoga alliance . It is founded by Swami Vidyanand, a renowned Yoga Master who invented the revolutionary Transformational Yoga Series. Linda Loo, an accomplished Yoga teacher who has completed her 500-level TTC at the SriMa International School of Transformational Yoga in New Delhi, is the Director of Yoga Alliance Asia Paciific.

About Swami Vidyanand
Sri Swami Vidyanand is a renowned yoga master and the founder of

Transformational Yoga , a new yogic system that synthesizes techniques of hatha, white tantra, raja, mantra, astanga and kundalini yoga to bring about rapid transformations in practitioners. His signature system is inspired by the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother and was developed when he taught yoga for more than a decade at the Sri Aurobindo Society, Adchini, Delhi, where he continues to teach. After establishing YOGA ALLIANCE ASIA-PACIFIC, he has established the YOGA ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL and YOGA ALLIANCE INDIA to foster a community of dedicated Yoga practitioners. Swami Vidyanand is also a LIFE MEMBER - SRI AUROBINDO EDUCATION SOCIETY,Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch, Delhi.

Swami Vidyanand mastered yoga in the traditional Indian yogic way, through apprenticeships under enlightened yoga masters in India and anonymous ascetics in the Himalayas. Hailing from a long line of renowned Bhakti yogis, he was born into the deeply spiritual environment of Datiya, an area in Madhya Pradesh, India, recognized as being one of the 17 sacred centres of tantra in India . His first guru was his father, Sri Harihar Goswami, a highly respected devotional yogi and founder of the Yoga Mandir of Datiya. Later on, he studied Kundalini Yoga with Paramhansa Swami Satyanand, the famous founder of the Bihar School of Yoga. He has also enjoyed Satsang with Swami Rama, the late founder of the Himalayan Institute. In the Himalayas, Swami Vidyanand learnt esoteric meditation techniques from Tibetan masters.

Swami Vidyanand's techniques are well recognized in India, evident from the respect he has received from cultural bodies such as the prestigious Bharat Nirman, an organization that recognizes individual efforts to promote ancient Indian wisdom, systems and practices. Among the awards and titles he has received are the Bhaskar Award, the highest award conferred by Bharat Nirman. He is also the Honorary President of the World Yoga Council of the International Yoga Federation, the world governing body of yoga that provides standards and recognition for yoga professionals internationally. In Hong Kong, Swami Vidyanand  taught Transformational Yoga courses at the Centre on Behavioral Health of the University of Hong Kong.

He operates today as an urban master, using the yogic system he has developed to help individuals in big cities rid and heal themselves of stress.

About Linda Loo

Linda is dedicated to a purpose of teaching people on conscious living through diet and lifestyle. She has been practicing Yoga for 5 years, and completed the Yoga Master 500 TTC Level Training in India under the direct guidance and discipleship of Swamiji Vidyananda - Founder and President of Yoga-Alliance-India and Yoga-Alliance-International. She is also a certified Living Foods Chef & teacher from Boston, and has been teaching Live Foods for more than 2 years. Linda’s immense passion for the secret of lasting youth, vitality and longevity, led her to probe deep into the realms of Vedic Yogic wisdom and Living Foods Science. By marrying the 2 ancient schools of wisdom, Linda is a living example of the effect of conscious living through lifestyle and diet with her abundant energy, stamina and youthfulness. She believes that by combining Yoga and Living Foods intelligently, one can unleash the natural healing as well as rejuvenating powers latent in every living human being. Linda now conducts Yoga classes, Yoga & Live Food Workshops as well as special Transformational Yoga classes. You can connect with her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Yoga Alliance Asia-Pacific Mission Statement:

1)    To serve as a platform of connectivity, support and continuous education for all Yoga Teachers in Asia Pacific.
2)    To identify and make available honest Yoga Centres/Institutions, as well as sincere and passionate Yoga Teachers for all Yoga learners in the Asia Pacific region.
3)    To foster and promote an environment of peace and harmony through the ancient art of Yoga.

YOGA CENTRE/INSTITUTION REGISTRATION

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INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION

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YOGA CENTRE/INSTITUTION CERTIFICATION

If you are conducting Teachers Training Programs and would like your certificates to be recognized and issued by us, please write in with your contact details to us, and we will get in touch with you shortly.

INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATION

If you want to be certified by us as a Yoga teacher, please write in to us along with your contact details and we will send you more information regarding the process.