Yogis

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 127. Chapters: Patañjali, Paramahansa Yogananda, Yogi, Harbhajan Singh Yogi, Sri Aurobindo, Shivarudra Balayogi, Swami Kriyananda, Shivabalayogi, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi, Baba Faqir Chand, Pandurangashram, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Swami Maheshwarananda, Gaudapada, Lahiri Mahasaya, Swami Ramdev, Mahamandaleshwar Swami Shankarananda, Sri Anirvan, Gregorian Bivolaru, Sivananda Saraswati, Babacar Khane, Mahendranath Gupta, Malladihalli Sri Raghavendra Swamiji, Trailanga Swami, Mahavatar Babaji, Angel Kyodo Williams, Albert Rudolph, Swami Rama, Swami Satchidananda, Tara Stiles, Sahajananda, Hudson Leick, Muktananda, Yogini, Pandit Gopi Krishna, Ernest Wood, Siddhar, Swami Budhpuri Ji, Rama Tirtha, Kamala Silva, Master DeRose, Rigdzin Kumaradza, David Charles Manners, Larry Schultz, Adhyatma Niketan, Bhagat Munshi Ram, K. Pattabhi Jois, B. K. S. Iyengar, Navnath, Swami Hariharananda Giri, Swami Vishnu-devananda, Shiv Dayal Singh, Norman Sjoman, Pierre Bernard, Daya Mata, Jeannine Parvati Baker, Gorakshanath, Nakamura Tempu, Bikram Choudhury, Swami Kamal Nayanacharya, Swami Narayanananda, Shri Mangalnath Maharaj, Igor Kufayev, T. K. V. Desikachar, Swami Sundaranand, H. H. Sadguru Sadafaldeo Ji Maharaj, Ruesi, Swami Lakshmanananda, Satyananda Saraswati, Arnaud Maitland, Mahesh Kanojia, Paul Genki Kahn, Judith Hanson Lasater, Matsyendranath, Theos Casimir Bernard, Amrit Desai, Radhikabai, Anne T. Hill, Ganesh Baba, Colleen Saidman, Panchanan Bhattacharya, Siri Shiva Singh, Swami Niranjanananda, Bija Bennett, Deborah Adele, Swami Vishnu Tirtha, Rodney Yee, Indra Devi, Chantal Maillard, Yogacharya Oliver Black, Bharat Bhushan, Dharma Mittra, Kripalvananda, Swami Janakananda, Tim Miller, Yogacharya K. B. Sahasrabudhe, Sadhu Haridas, Srivatsa Ramaswami, Erich Schiffmann, Manav Dayal I.C.Sharma, Elisabeth Haich, Pambatti Siddhar, John Friend, Saint Chot, Chot Hasbamrer, Standing Baba, Saint Chaud, Kareen Zebroff, I. K. Taimni, Kali Ray, Selvarajan Yesudian, Yogacharya Govindan Nair, Swami Yogananda Giri, Yogi Swatmarama. Excerpt: Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji (born as Harbhajan Singh Puri) (August 26, 1929-October 6, 2004), also known as Yogi Bhajan and Siri Singh Sahib, was a spiritual leader and entrepreneur who introduced Kundalini Yoga and Sikhism to the United States. He was the spiritual director of the 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization) Foundation, with over 300 centers in 35 countries. Singh was born on August 26, 1929 into a Sikh family in Kot Harkarn, district Gujranwala, in the province of Punjab (British India). His father, Dr. Kartar Singh Puri, served the British Raj as a medical doctor. His mother was named Harkrishan Kaur. His father was born in the Sikh tradition, while his mother was a Hindu, and young Harbhajan was educated in a Catholic school run by nuns. Theirs was a well-to-do landlord family, owning most of their village in the foothills of the Himalayas. Singh married Inderjit Kaur Uppal in Delhi in 1954. They had three children, Ranbir Singh, Kulbir Singh and Kamaljit Kaur. In 1976, Singh legally changed his name to Harbhajan Singh Khalsa. His wife, known as "Bibiji" went on to inherit the religious post of "Bhai Sahiba" of Sikh Dharma of the Western Hemisphere in the 1980s. Most influential of Singh's relations in his early development was his paternal grandfather, Bhai Fateh Singh, who taught him the foundations of Sikh dharma. As a teen, Singh spent several year...