European Union of Yoga
{{Short description|International non-profit organisation}}
The European Union of Yoga (EUY) is an international non-profit organisation which co-ordinates a network of yoga teachers, training schools and yoga federations. It was founded in 1971, and has since 1973 held an annual congress at Zinal, Switzerland where yoga teachers and practitioners can meet in a multi-lingual, cross-cultural environment and hear from invited Indian yoga teachers.
History
File:Swami Veetamohananda-Zinal 2011 (1).jpg congress in 2011]]
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The European Union of Yoga (EUY) was founded in 1971 by the entrepreneur Gérard Blitz and the yoga teacher and author André Van Lysebeth, with representatives of National Federations who met in Switzerland to create the European Union of Yoga Federations (UEFNY), which became the EUY in 1975.{{cite book |last=Newcombe |first=Suzanne |author-link=Suzanne Newcombe | title=Handbook of Hinduism in Europe (2 vols) | chapter=Yoga in Europe | publisher=Brill | date=2020 | doi=10.1163/9789004432284_019 | pages=555–587|isbn=9789004432284 |s2cid=187825112 }}{{Cite web |last=Newcombe |first=Suzanne |author-link=Suzanne Newcombe |date=June 2011 |title=Timeline - Modern Yoga in Britain |url=http://modernyogaresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uk_yoga_timeline_june2011.pdf |website=Modern Yoga Research}} In 1973, the first UEFNY Congress was held at Blitz's Club Mediterranee in Zinal, Switzerland, at the suggestion of Claude Peltier.{{cite book | last=Newcombe | first=Suzanne | title=Yoga in Britain: stretching spirituality and educating yogis | publisher=Equinox Publishing | publication-place=Bristol | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-78179-661-0 | oclc=1076458787 | pages=68–69}}{{cite web |title=40 Years European Union of Yoga |url=https://www.europeanyoga.org/downloads/EUY%2040th%20Anniversary%20Brochure.pdf |publisher=European Union of Yoga |access-date=25 March 2022 |date=2013}} The Yoga teacher training program has a minimum duration of 4 years and a minimum 500 hours of tuition. This must include tutorials with course tutor(s), seminars, and extra-mural courses approved by the Training School.
The multilingual Zinal Congress, attended by hundreds of yoga teachers and practitioners, is held annually.{{cite web |last=Ohlig |first=Adelheid |date=June 2016 |title=Zinal |language=de |url=https://luna-yoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/16-12-yogajournal-zinal.pdf |website=Yoga Journal}}{{cite journal |last=Nizard |first=Caroline |year=2017 |issue=7 |pages=35–43 |title=Yoga, entre image médiatique, connaissances théoriques et réalités vécues |language=fr |trans-title=Yoga, between media image, theoretical knowledge, and lived realities |journal=Inter Pares |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02288613/document }}{{Cite web |last=Zbinden |first=Reto |date=2013 |title=Die Europäische Yoga Union und die Yoga Kongresse von Zinal in Yoga Textbuch - Yoga Journal Verlag, CH-2613 Villeret |url=http://yoga-journal.ch/de/kategorie-4.html}} It seeks to network across cultures with invited Indian teachers such as T. K. V. Desikachar, who came to influence the British Wheel of Yoga through the Congress.
Analysis
The Austrian yoga scholar Karl Baier describes the EUY as an international yoga association representing a secularised variant of the "modern denominational yoga" defined by Elizabeth De Michelis, a category he finds too narrow to be workable. The EUY in his view is not a neo-Hindu faith community, but it does draw on traditional yoga literature from India; postural yoga and meditation are practised, while devotional practices are largely absent.{{cite web |last1=Baier |first1=Karl |title=Modern Yoga Research: Insights and Questions |url=http://modernyogaresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Baier-Modern-Yoga-Research-Review-2012.pdf |website=Modern Yoga Research |page=14 |access-date=25 March 2022}}
Member organisations
The EUY's member organisations are:
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- Austria: BYO [https://www.yoga.at/ Berufsverband der Yogalehrenden in Österreich]
- Belgium: ABEPY [http://www.yoga-abepy.be Association Belge des Enseignants et des Pratiquants de Yoga]
:::: FBHY [http://www.fbhy.be/Federation_Belge_dHebertisme_et_de_Yoga_-_Accueil.html Fédération Belge d'Hébertisme et de Yoga]
:::: YFNB [https://yogafederatie.be/ Yoga Federatie van de Nederlandstaligen in België]
- Finland: SJL/YFF [https://www.joogaliitto.fi/ Yoga Federation of Finland Suomen Joogaliitto ry]
- France: FIDHY [https://www.fidhy.fr/ Fédération Inter-enseignements de Hatha Yoga]
:::: FYT Fédération de Yoga Traditionnels
:::: IFY [https://www.ify.fr/ Institut Francais De Yoga]
:::: FVI [https://www.federationviniyoga.org/?lang=fr Fédération Viniyoga Internationale]
:::: FNEY [https://lemondeduyoga.org/lassociation-fney/ Fédération Nationale des Enseignants de Yoga]
- Germany: BDY [https://www.yoga.de/ Berufsverband der Yogalehrenden in Deutschland]
- Ireland: IYA [https://www.iya.ie/iyayoga/ Irish Yoga Association]
- Italy: FIY [https://www.yogaitalia.org/ Federazione Italiana Yoga]
:::: FMY [https://www.mediterraneayoga.org/en/ Federazione Mediterranea Yoga]
- Netherlands: VYN [https://www.yoganederland.nl/ Vereniging Yogadocenten Nederland]
:::: YV [https://yoga-vedanta.nl/ Stichting Yoga & Vedanta] (associate)
- Portugal: FPY [http://federacaoportuguesayoga.pt/ Portuguese Yoga Federation]
- Romania: GNSPY Groupe National d’Etude et de Pratique du Yoga
- Slovakia: SYA [https://www.saj.sk/ Slovenska Asciacia Jogy]
:::: YSadhana [https://www.yogasadhana.eu/es/ Federación Nacional de Yoga Sadhana]
- Switzerland: SYV [https://www.swissyoga.ch/ Schweizer Yogaverband]
:::: YCH [https://www.yoga.ch/ Yoga Schweiz Suisse Svizzera]
- Ukraine: UFY [https://www.in.yoga/ Ukrainian Federation of Yoga]
- United Kingdom: BWY [https://www.bwy.org.uk/ British Wheel of Yoga]{{cite journal |author=Anon |title=European Union of Yoga |journal=Spectrum: The Official Magazine of the British Wheel of Yoga |date=2016 |issue=Autumn 2016 |page=10 |url=http://spectrum.bwy.org.uk/spectrum/autumn2016/files/assets/common/downloads/publication.pdf |access-date=27 March 2022 |quote=BWY has been a full member almost since the inception of EUY and is currently a member of the EUY Education Team.}}
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See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.europeanyoga.org/euyws/ Official website]
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