VAYU, world's first yoga university outside India, to start classes in August 2020

17 Feb 2020

VAYU, world’s first yoga university outside India, to start classes in August 2020

VAYU, world’s first yoga university outside India, to start classes in August 2020The world’s first yoga university outside India, Vivekananda Yoga University (VAYU) plans to start a Master's programme in yoga by August 2020 in the US.

Admissions for the course will begin in April 2020.

The university has established its first campus in Los Angeles, California, US with a budget of US$5 million.
 	The university said that its President is Sree Sreenath, a Professor from Case Western University, US while the chairman is Indian yoga guru H R Nagendra.
 	Along with the course, the university will also conduct research into yoga and its practices.

VAYU received official recognition from the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, California to offer yoga-based higher education programmes in November 2019.

Who has started this university?

Yoga guru H R Nagendra is believed to be the main initiator of the idea behind the university.
 	Mr Narendra is a former NASA scientist who has been working in the field of yoga for the last 40 years.
 	He also started the first Yoga University in India (S-VYASA) in 2002 and aims to create a global university for yoga.

Who will benefit from this university?

The university says it will help thousands of yoga teachers in the US who can now formally study yoga and take their learnings further.

Every year, 21 June is celebrated as the International Day of Yoga.

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