Yoga, rather than being the name for a singular lineage or even a specific practice, is a bracket term that covers a number of methodologies, each with a number of schools. Within the major branches of yoga such as haá¹ha, lÄya, rÄja, jñÄna, and bhakti there are many different schools and lineages, both extant and defunct. Since the late 19th century, a great number of distinct new styles of "Yoga" have been introduced by individual teachers. There are also a number of schools and traditions that are occasionally referred to as yoga or yogic for their similar practices despite having no foundation in the Indian tradition such as Shin Shin TÅitsu-dÅ, and Daoyin.
Modern Hinduism and Neo-Hindu revival
The term "Yoga" has been used for various philosophies and concepts in the context of Hindu revivalism and Neo-Hindu religious and philosophical movements.
- 1906: Yoga - Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
- 1920: Agni Yoga - Nicholas Roerich and his wife Helena Roerich (theosophy)
- 1921: Integral Yoga - Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga
- 1946: Kriya Yoga - Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi
- 1948: Yoga of Synthesis - Swami Sivananda
- 1950s: Satyananda Yoga - Swami Satyananda Saraswati
- 1964: Bihar School of Yoga
- 1994: Bihar Yoga Bharati
- 1955: Ananda Marga - Shrii Shrii Anandamurti
- 1960s: Transcendental Meditation - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
- 1960s: Classical Ashtanga Yoga (Raja Yoga) - Baba Hari Dass
- 1970: Bikram Yoga - Bikram Choudhury
- 1971: Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy - Swami Rama
- 1970s: Siddha Yoga - Swami Muktananda
- 1970s: Surat Shabd Yoga - Sant Mat movement, Kirpal Singh
- 1970s: Sahaja Yoga, a new religious movement founded by Nirmala Srivastava
- 1981: Art of Living - Ravi Shankar
- 1991: Shiva Yoga
- 1992: Isha Foundation - Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
- 1997: Ananda yoga - Swami Kriyananda
- 2016: Department of Yoga IGNTU Amarkantak Madhya Pradesh - Central University
Styles of Ashtanga Yoga
- 1948: Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga - Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
- 1950s: Bihar School of Yoga - Swami Satyananda Saraswati
- 1960s: Sivananda Yoga - Swami Vishnu-devananda
- 1960s: Iyengar Yoga - B.K.S. Iyengar
- 1980s: Rocket Yoga - Larry Schultz
- 1982: Forrest Yoga - Ana Forrest
- 1983: Kripalu Yoga
- 1986: Jivamukti Yoga
- 1997: Anusara Yoga - John Friend
- 2000: Shadow Yoga - Shandor Remete
- 2000s: TriYoga - Kali Ray
- Viniyoga
- Yin Yoga
Eclectic styles
These are partially derived from concepts of Hatha yoga.
- 1935: Kundalini Yoga described by Sivananda Saraswati
- 1969: Kundalini Yoga - Harbhajan Singh Yogi (Yogi Bhajan)
- 1974: Naked Yoga
- 1975: Zen Yoga
- 1985: Body & Brain ("Korean Yoga") - Ilchi Lee
- 1995: Laughter Yoga
Yoga in other religious traditions
With the widespread reception of the concept of "Yoga" in the west, the term has also been transferred to similar systems of meditation and exercise which are not of Indian origin.
- Tsa lung Trul khor, a concept in Tibetan Buddhism described as "Yantra Yoga" by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu (2000)
- Kum Nye, Tibetan practice, sometimes dubbed "Kum Nye Yoga"
- Shin Shin TÅitsu-dÅ, a system of "mind and body unification" created by Nakamura Tempu in the 1940s which is also known as "Japanese Yoga".
- Daoyin is a similar Daoist practice in China, part of a broader meditation system which includes Qigong and Taijiquan
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