Presenting Maa Hansaji Yogendra

Presenting Maa Hansaji Yogendra
3 June 2025 Richard Slager
Maa Hansaji

Presenting Maa Hansaji Yogendra

Maa Hansaji is one of the speakers during the One Planet – One People Yogafestival 2025. Her full name is Hansaji Yogendra. She is the director of The Yoga Institute in Mumbai, the oldest organised yoga centre in the world. She is also the President of International Board of Yoga and Senior Vice President Indian Yoga Association (IYA).
The aim of the festival is to unite people from all over the world and together to strive for living in unity withing ourselves, with others and with the world. Since 2019 Centre Lothlorien organises Yoga Teacher Training Courses based on the teachings of Maa Hansaji and The Yoga Institute and as such it is an honour to have her come over from India to visit the festival and share with us her profound wisdom.

What is the vision of Maa Hansaji on Yoga?

According to Maa Hansaji, Yoga is essentially education. “We want to understand life better. If your lifestyle, your perspective on the world, your way of thinking and your diet is not balanced, then you will suffer from physical and mental problems. Once you understand the connection between those different aspects, you can work in a targeted way to find balance and your blockages will be removed.”
You can read more on her vision in this article from Indian Classical Yoga.
Maa Hansaji is the leading face of householder Yoga and has conducted over 1,00,000 theoretical and practical sessions of Yoga till date. Her significant contributions in areas like Yoga education, research, experiential learning, standardisation of Yoga practices have been widely recognized.
Furthermore, she is the celebrated presenter of the popular television series Yoga for Better Living which was telecast repeatedly. She has also been expert yoga presenter for the Yoga Sutra program aired on ZEE TV across the globe in 162 countries.

At the Youtube page of The Yoga Institute you can find hundreds of video’s in which she gives advice about subject like dealing with health issues, nutrition, lifestyle and yoga philosophy.

What to expect during the festival?

On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Maa Hansaji will give a talk on the implementation of Yoga in your daily life. Besides her great knowledge on Yoga and the interaction of the human body and mind with the external world, her strength lies in giving practical advice and in simplifying what can be complex yoga philosophy.
You can see the full festival program here.

During these first four days it is possible to reserve a private consultation with Maa Hansaji on your personal difficulties.

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