History of the European Union of Yoga

Zinal Village is described as “a deserted hamlet with only six inhabitants and no infrastructure”.

Opening of the Zinal Holiday Complex that will welcome yoga congress participants.

In 1971 and 1972 Gérard Blitz organizes the first Zinal meeting on meditation.

First “Rencontres Internationales de Zinal”

In the first decades, the EUY was still called the “European Union of National Yoga Associations”. The idea was that each country would have a single yoga federation and these associations would then together form the UEFNY.

First Zinal Yoga Congress

Number of participants: 350

Guest of Honour: TKV. Desikachar

Some of the Zinal Teachers:

• • André Van Lysebeth
  • Jean Herbert
  • Marie-Madeleine Davy
  • Arnaud Desjardin

New Federation joins EUY: IYA TBC

EUY President: Gérard Blitz

Tantra

Guest of Honour: TKV. Desikachar

EUY President: Gérard Blitz

The Vedanta, here and now

Guest of Honour: TKV. Desikachar

EUY President: Gérard Blitz

Evangile and Yoga

Guest of Honour: TKV. Desikachar

EUY President: Gérard Blitz

Dhyana

Guest of Honour: TKV. Desikachar

EUY President: Gérard Blitz

Man and Suffering

EUY President: Gérard Blitz

The meditation YS II 11

EUY President: Gérard Blitz

L’Ame et le Corps

Guest of Honour: Swami Yogamudrananda

EUY President: Raoul Lenz, Switzerland

Science & Yoga

New Federation joins EUY: FIDHY

EUY President:Antonietta Rozzi FIY

Anahata Spirituality Pathology Therapy

EUY President: Antonietta Rozzi FIY

The West

EUY President: Antonietta Rozzi FIY

Yoga & Shakti

EUY President: Antonietta Rozzi FIY

Yoga and everyday life

Some of the Zinal Teachers: Dr M.V. Bhole

EUY President: Antonietta Rozzi FIY

Yoga, art of living…

EUY President: Antonietta Rozzi FIY

Awakening of the senses Development of the tattvas

EUY President: Antonietta Rozzi FIY

Yoga and social consciousness: Yama and Niyama

EUY President: Antonietta Rozzi FIY

Prana and its Manifestations

EUY President: Marianne Mascini

Dharana Сoncentration

EUY President: Marianne Mascini

Yoga and Science The Science of Being

Some of the Zinal Teachers: Dr M.V. Bhole

EUY President: Marianne Mascini

Yoga and Health

Some of the Zinal Teachers: Danièle Laffond

EUY President: Marianne Mascini

Yoga education and society

Number of participants: 233

Guest of Honour: Ranade Sraddhalu

Some of the Zinal Teachers:

• Micheline Flak
• Ajit Sarkar
• Maurice Daubard
• John Marchand

New Federation joins EUY: ABEPY

EUY President: Claire Bornstain FIDHY

Yoga in East & West a marriage in quest of freedom

Guest of Honour: Swami Veetamohananda

Some of the Zinal Teachers:

• Ariane Buisset
• Priithvindra Muhherjee
• Reinhard Palm
• Anuradha Choudry

EUY President: Claire Bornstain FIDHY

Yoga and Ayurveda

Number of participants: 492

Guest of Honour: Swami Yoga Anand Bharati

Some of the Zinal Teachers:

• • Josma Coll

• Gianna Dupont
• Michèle Lefebvre
• Pilar Luna

EUY President: Claire Bornstain FIDHY

Awareness

Some of the Zinal Teachers: Anuradha Choudry

EUY President: Herman Seymus YFN vzw

Living Yoga Tapas Svadhyaya Ishvarapranidhana

Guest of Honour: Sraddhalu Ranade

Some of the Zinal Teachers:

• Anoula Sifonios
• Rodolphe Milliat
• Amandio Figueiredo
• Lav Sharma

EUY President: Herman Seymus YFN vzw

Ananda Yoga & Joy

Number of participants: 280

Guest of Honour: Swami Nityamuktananda

Some of the Zinal Teachers:

• Walter Thirak Ruta
• Alberto Paganini
• Tara Michael

EUY President: Herman Seymus YFN vzw

Svastha yoga and health

Number of participants: 350

Guest of Honour:The Mohan Family
Some of the Zinal Teachers:

• Geza Timcak
• Gualtiero Vannucci
• Tara Michael
• Philippe Djoharikian

EUY President: Gabi Gillessen IYA

Atha yoga is now

Number of participants: 363

Guests of Honour: T.K. Shribashyam, François Lorin
Some of the Zinal Teachers: Anuradha Choudry & Vinaya Banavathy, Giorgio Cammarata, Hilde Peer
New Federation joins EUY: FYT

EUY President: Gabi Gillessen IYA

Ekata, unity in diversity

Guests of Honour:

• Ravi Ravindra
• Swami Nityamuktananda
• Sri Ananda Ma

Some of the Zinal Teachers:

• Maurice Daubard
• Emmanuelle Oliviero
• Sergio Castello et Vicenta Server
• Sari Penttilä

EUY President:Gabi Gillessen IYA

Spirituality in the XXI century

Number of participants: 320

Guests of Honour:

• Richard Moss
• Anna Gamma
• Jeffrey Yuen
• Swami Nityamuktananda
  
  

Some of the Zinal Teachers:

• Ron van der Post
• Alexandra Eichenauer-Knoll
• Jacques Vigne
• Keishin Kimura

Some interesting facts: Maurice Daubard as EUY Honorary Member

EUY President: Gabi Gillessen IYA

Yoga & the Social Reality / Online

Guest of Honour:Ranade Sraddhalu
Some of the Zinal Teachers:

• Alberto Paganini
• Hardy Furchs
• Martin Henniger
• Bernadette Connor

EUY President:Virginie Zajac FIDHY

5000 years of Yoga, 50 years EUY / Online

Some of the Zinal Teachers:

• David Gordon White
• Siddartha Krishna
• Locana Sansregret
• Colette Poggi

EUY President:Virginie Zajac FIDHY

Viveka the art of seeing beyond appearances

Number of participants: 150<

Guest of Honour: Swami Purnananda
Some of the Zinal Teachers:

• François Lorin
• Linda Brys
• Atul Mulji
• Malek Daouk

EUY President: Dagmar Blight SJA

Hridaya Yoga

Guests of Honour: Ravi Ravindra & Dipa Hélène Marinetti

Le village de Zinal est décrit comme “un hameau désert qui ne compte que six habitants et aucune infrastructure”.

Ouverture du complexe de vacances de Zinal qui accueillera les participants au congrès de yoga.

Gérard Blitz organise en 1971 et 1972 la première réunion préliminaire de Zinal sur la méditation.

Les premières “Rencontres Internationales de Zinal”

Au cours des premières décennies, l’UEY s’appelait encore “Union européenne des associations nationales de yoga”. L’idée était que chaque pays ait une seule fédération de yoga et que ces associations forment ensuite ensemble l’UEFNY.

Premier congrès de Zinal

Nombre de participants: 350

Invité d’honneur: TKV Desikachar

Certain.e.s des enseignant.e.s

• • André Van Lysebeth
  • Jean Herbert
  • Marie-Madeleine Davy
  • Arnaud Desjardin

Tantra

Invité d’honneur: TKV Desikachar
Président de l’UEY: Gérard Blitz

Le Védanta: ici et maintenant

Invité d’honneur: TKV Desikachar

Président de l’UEY: Gérard Blitz

L’Evangile et le Yoga

Invité d’honneur: TKV Desikachar
Président de l’UEY: Gérard Blitz

Dhyana

Invité d’honneur: TKV Desikachar
Président de l’UEY: Gérard Blitz

L’homme et la souffrance

Président de l’UEY: Gérard Blitz

La méditation YS II II

Président de l’UEY: Gérard Blitz

L’Ame et le Corps

Invité d’honneur: Swami Yogamudrananda
Président de l’UEY: Raoul Lenz (Suisse)

La Science et le Yoga

Une nouvelle fédération (la FIDHY) rejoint l’UEY
Présidente de l’UEY: Antonietta Rozzi (FIY, Italie)