Best known representatives include Maha MahaRishi Paranjothiar ( Kundalini Yoga ), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ( Transcendental Meditation ), Sai Baba, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Balyogeshwar ( also known as " Guru Maharaj Ji ", " Maharaji ", and " Prem Rawat ") ( Divine Light Mission ), and Rajneesh ( Sannyasis ).

* Highlighting what he sees as the difficulty in understanding the guru from Eastern tradition in Western society, Dr. Georg Feuerstein, a well-known German-American Indologist, writes in the article Understanding the Guru from his book The Deeper Dimension of Yoga: Theory and practice :" The traditional role of the guru, or spiritual teacher, is not widely understood in the West, even by those professing to practice Yoga or some other Eastern tradition entailing discipleship.

He completed the Yoga Works basic Hatha Yoga instructor program ; is presently studying Pentjak Silat ( an Indonesian fighting system ) with Guru Stevan Plinck, and Ashtanga Yoga ( an aerobic form of yoga ).

* The Drigung Kagyu " Possessing Five " tradition-Jigten Gonpo founded the school and mahāmudrā lineage whose main practice is devotion via Guru Yoga and purification and merit collection practices.

The new movements look up to Swami Vivekananda ; Rabindranath Tagore ; Ramana Maharshi ; Shri Aurobindo ( for his Integral Yoga ); Maharishi Dayananda Saraswati, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ( founder of the modern Hare Krishna movement ); Swami Sivananda, Swami Rama Tirtha ; Narayana Guru, Jagadguru Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi, Paramhansa Yogananda ; Shrii Shrii Anandamurti.

In 1884, Priyanath met Lahiri Mahasaya, who became his Guru and initiated him into the path of Kriya Yoga.

After climbing further, he met his Guru Mahavatar Babaji, who initiated him into the techniques of Kriya Yoga.

* Gen Lamrimpa and B. Allan Wallace Transcending Time, an Explanation of the Kalachakra Six-Session Guru Yoga ( Wisdom 1999 )

Comparing the outer forms of Yoga with ' sahaj Yoga ' the First Guru Sri Guru Nanak Dev ( SGGS: p., 359 ) says, " Let the Word of the Guru's Shabad be the ear-rings ( of yogis ) in your mind, and wear the patched coat ( worn generally by ' yogis ') of tolerance.

He recounted that after his initiation into Kriya Yoga, " Babaji instructed me in the ancient rigid rules which govern the transmission of the yogic art from Guru to disciple.

In the Yoga Vasistha, Lord Rama inquires about King Bali and he is told by his Guru Vasistha that Bali was a great king and is always protected by Lord Vishnu.

In the Hindu philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism ( Hindu tantra ), siddha also refers to a Siddha Guru who can by way of Shaktipat initiate disciples into Yoga.

Scriptural texts chanted in Siddha Yoga ashrams and meditation centers include the morning and evening Arati ; the Guru Gita, a hymn of 182 verses transmitted in the Skanda Purana ; Shree Rudram, an ancient hymn to Rudra ( Shiva ) preserved in the Krishna Yajurveda ; and the Kundalini Stavaha, an eight-stanza hymn to the Kundalini.

Students of Siddha Yoga celebrate two major Hindu religious holidays: Maha Shivaratri ( celebrated on the night of the new moon in late February ) and Guru Purnima ( celebrated on the full moon in July – August ).

* Khalsa, Guru Fatha Singh, The Essential Gursikh Yogi: The Yoga and Yogis in the Past, Present and Future of Sikh Dharma, Toronto, Monkey Minds Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-9682658-2-6

* Bikram Yoga: The Guru Behind Hot Yoga Shows the Way to Radiant Health and Personal Fulfillment

His teachings follow the traditional stages of the practice of the Four Preliminaries, followed by Guru Yoga, Deity Yoga, the Vajra Practices, and finally Highest Yoga Tantra.

According to Article I of the " Rehat Maryada " ( the Sikh code of conduct and conventions ), a Sikh is defined as " any human being who faithfully believes in One Immortal Being ; ten Gurus, from Guru Nanak Dev to Sri Guru Gobind Singh ; Sri Guru Granth Sahib ; the teachings of the ten Gurus and the baptism bequeathed by the tenth Guru ; and who does not owe allegiance to any other religion ".

According to traditional Hindu astrology, worship or propitiation of Bṛhaspati or Guru ( Jupiter ) results in cure from ailments affecting the stomach and helps ward off sins.

According to a statement released by his PR company upon his death, Guru appeared to have fallen out with DJ Premier seven years prior to his death and did " not wish my ex-DJ to have anything to do with my name, likeness, events, tributes, etc.

According to Paramahansa Yogananda in his work the Autobiography of a Yogi, it was on the Kumbha Mela in January 1894 at Allahabad that his Guru Sri Yukteswar met Mahavatar Babaji for the first time.

According to the Gazetteer of the Sirmur State, the Guru was compelled to quit Anandpur Sahib due to differences with Bhim Chand, and went to Toka.

According to Bichitra Natak and the Bhatt Vahis, Guru Gobind Singh remained at Nadaun, on the banks of the River Beas, for eight days, and visited the places of all the chiefs.

According to Sikh tradition, Guru Angad is said to have invented the script, and popularised its use among the Sikhs.

According to Sainapti, while creating the Khalsa, Guru Gobind Singh said that bhaddar is bharam ( illusion ), and not dharam.

According to the Guru kian Sakhian, Baisakhi of 1665 was celebrated at Sabo-ki Talwandi, now known as Damdama Sahib.

According to a legend mentioned in the Jain texts, Chandragupta's Guru and advisor Chanakya used to feed the emperor with small doses of poison to build his immunity against possible poisoning attempts by the enemies.

According to a legend mentioned in the Jain texts, Chandragupta's Guru and advisor Chanakya used to feed the emperor with small doses of poison to build his immunity against possible poisoning attempts by the enemies.

According to Bhai Man Singh's Pothi Janam Sakhi ( late 18th century ), Guru Nanak visited Ayodhya and said to his Muslim disciple Mardana: ' Mardania!

According to Bichitra Natak, said to be the autobiography of the last Sikh Guru Gobind Singh, but whose authenticity is a matter of ongoing dispute, the Bedi sub-caste of the Khatris derives its lineage from Kush, the son of Rama in the Hindu mythology.

According to Jain traditions, it was on this day, falling at the beginning of chaturmas, the four month rainy season retreat, Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara, after attaining Kaivalya, made Indrabhuti Gautam, later known as Gautam Swami, a Ganadhara, his first disciple, thus becoming a Guru himself, therefore it is observed in Jainism as Guru Purnima, and is marked special veneration to one's Gurus and teachers.

According to legend, Batara Kala is the son of Batara Guru ( the Javanese version of Shiva ).

Padmasambhava ( flourished eighth century AD ), also called Guru Rimpoche, Tibetan Slob-dpon ( teacher ), or Padma ‘ byung-gnas ( lotus born ) legendary Indian Buddhist mystic who introduced Tantric Buddhism to Tibet and is credited with establishing the first buddhist monastery there. According to tradition, Padmasambhava was native to Udyana ( now Swat in Pakistan ).

According to the 1977 case of Malnak v. Yogi, TM teachers were reported to chant and make offerings to a " deified Guru Dev " during the puja ceremony they performed before giving mantras to their students.

According to the Damdami Taksal, it was entrusted with the responsibility of teaching the reading ( santhyia ), analysis ( vichar ) and recitation of the Sikh scriptures by Guru Gobind Singh.

According to legend the Guru blessed the land, introduced Buddhism to Sikkim and also foretold the era of the monarchy in the state, which would arrive centuries later.

According to Vyasa Mahabharata she went to Guru Parshuram who was the teacher of Bhishma.

* Padoux, André The Tantric Guru, in: Tantra in Practice, Ed by David Gordon White, MLBD, New Delhi

According to Sahaja Yoga, the kundalini resides in the triangular shaped sacrum bone in three and a half coils.

According to the contemporary Indian philosopher and tantric author, founder of Ananda Marga school of Tantra Yoga, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, also known by his spiritual name, Shrii Shrii Anandamurti, tantra had its origin in India and South Asia.

According to various teachers and authors, Kundalini Yoga has been described as: " A contrast of active and passive approaches designed to awaken the kundalini.

According to Eliade, Yoga techniques aim at escaping the limitations of the body, allowing the soul ( atman ) to rise above maya and reach the Sacred ( nirvana, moksha ).

According to the second century Yoga Kundalini Upanishad, " The divine power, Kundalini, shines like the stem of a young lotus ; like a snake, coiled round upon herself she holds her tail in her mouth and lies resting half asleep as the base of the body " ( 1. 82 ).

He wrote a number of books and articles on sexual magic and various other esoteric studies, including The Yoga of Power: Tantra, Shakti, and the Secret Way ( 1949 ), Eros and the Mysteries of Love: The Metaphysics of Sex ( 1958 ), Meditations on the Peaks: Mountain Climbing as Metaphor for the Spiritual Quest ( 1974 ), The Path of Enlightenment According to the Mithraic Mysteries ( 1977 ).

According to David Barret, these techniques have some similarities to techniques in Sant Mat derived movements and may be derived from Surat Shabd Yoga.

According to the Yoga Sutras, the end-result or fruit of Brahmacharya practised to perfection is unbounded energy or vitality.

" According to them there are six " stations ", corresponding to the six psychic centers of Yoga.

According to Patanjali, this is one method of achieving the initial concentration ( dharana: Yoga Sutras, III: 1 ) necessary for the mind to go introverted in meditation ( dhyana: Yoga Sutras, III: 2 ).

According to the movement, Sahaja Yoga is the state of self-realization produced by kundalini awakening and is accompanied by the experience of thoughtless awareness or mental silence ( Nirvichar Samadhi ).

According to a book published by the movement, Sahaja Yoga means spontaneous and born with you meaning that the kundalini is born within us and can be awakened spontaneously.

According to the Sahaja Yoga movement, one cannot put in any effort to awaken the kundalini ; just have to ask for it to happen as it is spontaneous.

According to the Healing Heart Yoga Center, Leick, as of 2009, had been studying yoga for over sixteen years and has taught for thirteen.

According to Yogananda, Kriya Yoga was well-known in ancient India, but was eventually lost, due to " priestly secrecy and man ’ s indifference ".

According to the Yoga Vasistha, after inquiring about the realm beyond the universe, heaven, devas and asuras, which is ruled by the mind, Bali thus concentrates on the mind and being satisfied in himself, and teaches the asuras to do so likewise.

According to teachings of Agni Yoga, Serapis Bey purports to be, in past lives, the Roman king Numa Pompilius, and the philosophers Confucius, Plato and Seneca the Younger ( Lucius Annaeus Seneca ).

According to Sri Aurobindo, the central theme of Integral Yoga is the evolution of life into a " life divine ".

According to the school website, Sahaja Yoga education " envisages the development of the child in an atmosphere where the innate qualities, such as innocence and wisdom, are protected and enhanced ; where the students imbibe the timeless and unchanging values which come from inner awareness, and are not subject to the vagaries of fashion, religion or national culture.

According to the Yoga Vasistha, people who are of a satvic nature and whose activities are mainly based on satva, will tend to seek answers regarding the origin and truth of material life.

According to Karma Yoga a company which does good work will reap their benefits and vice-versa. social responsibility plays very important role in our organisation.

According to this kind of interpretation ( which is the Yoga interpretation ) the breathing techniques will purify and develop these two energetic currents and will lead to breathing special exercises whose goal is to awake kundalini.

According to the official Anusara Yoga website, the school's ideology is " grounded in a Tantric philosophy of intrinsic goodness ".