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{{Infobox university<br />
| name = Bihar International School of Yoga<br />
| image = Bihar school of yoga.jpg<br />
| type = [[Yoga]]<br />
| established = 1963<br />
| city = [[Munger]]<br />
| state = [[Bihar]]<br />
| country = [[India]] and international<br />
| website = [http://www.biharyoga.net biharyoga.net]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Bihar School of Yoga''' is a modern school of [[yoga]] founded by [[Satyananda Saraswati]] in [[Munger]], [[Bihar]], India, in 1963. An Institute of Yogic Studies was created in 1994.<br />
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==History==<br />
The Bihar School of Yoga was established in 1963 at [[Munger]], in the Indian state of [[Bihar]], by [[Satyananda Saraswati]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Munger: Yoga and Guns |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/ot-getaway-guides/munger-yoga-guns/ |publisher=[[Outlook India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Dipak |title=City of yoga remembers biggest fan |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1150729/jsp/bihar/story_34155.jsp |publisher=[[Telegraph India]] |date=29 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Yoga school comes out with remedy to cure chronic ailments |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/yoga-school-comes-out-with-remedy-to-cure-chronic-ailments-485258-2016-01-08 |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=8 January 2016}}</ref> By the late 1960s, it had expanded to become an international organisation and by the mid-1970s comprised 54 [[ashram]]s in various countries.<ref name="aveling">{{cite book |title=The Laughing Swamis: Australian Sannyasin Disciples of Swami Satyananda Saraswati and Osho Rajneesh |first=Harry |last=Aveling |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |year=1994 |isbn=978-8-12081-118-8 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ehB5Gt2qE8C&pg=PA61}}</ref><br />
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An institute of Yogic studies was created in 1994.<ref name=center>{{cite journal|title=Bihar School of Yoga |url=http://www.satyanandayogacenter.com/id1.html |website=satyanandayogacenter.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721233536/http://www.satyanandayogacenter.com/id1.html |archive-date=2015-07-21 }}</ref><br />
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The school publishes ''Yoga Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Satyananda Yoga - Bihar Yoga |url=http://www.biharyoga.net/ |publisher=Bihar School of Yoga |access-date=24 May 2019 |quote=Yoga Magazine}}</ref> The school teaches traditional yoga in a modern style, for example making use of [[Application software|software apps]] to distribute knowledge of [[mantra]] yoga, [[hatha yoga]], [[jnana yoga]] and raja yoga.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apps |url=https://www.biharyoga.net/apps.php |publisher=Satyananda Yoga - Bihar Yoga |access-date=24 May 2019 |quote=Bihar School of Yoga is pleased to present the following Apps to make the classical yoga vidya readily available in the digital age, for the benefit and upliftment of sincere seekers and practitioners.}}</ref><br />
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==Locations==<br />
The primary Bihar School of Yoga campus is called Ganga Darshan. It includes residential facilities for guests and students.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Bihar School of Yoga |url=http://www.yoga.info/en/yoga-place/india/munger/bihar-school-of-yoga |journal=Yoga.info |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100940/http://www.yoga.info/en/yoga-place/india/munger/bihar-school-of-yoga |archive-date=2015-04-02}}</ref><br />
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Satyananda yoga was taught in many organizations in the world by the mid-1970s, including eight ashrams in Australia, of which 3 were run by sannyasins.<ref name="aveling"/><br />
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== Sexual abuse allegations ==<br />
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The 2014 public hearing of Case study of Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse inquired into the response of Satyananda Yoga Ashram (Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales)<ref>{{cite web |title=Case Study 21: Satyananda Yoga Ashram |url=https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-studies/case-study-21-satyananda-yoga-ashram |publisher=Child Abuse Royal Commission |access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref> to allegations of child sexual abuse by the ashram's former spiritual leader, Swami Akhandananda Saraswati, in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.royalcommission.gov.au/royal-commission-institutional-responses-child-sexual-abuse/case-study-21 |title=Case Study 21 |date=2-10 December 2014 |author=Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse}}</ref> In 2016, the [[Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse]] found that "The Bihar School of Yoga's response did not properly prioritise the welfare of survivors over the interests of the 'brand' of Satyananda yoga."<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Report into Satyananda Yoga Ashram |url=https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/media-releases/report-satyananda-yoga-ashram-released |access-date=2018-02-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218091512/https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/media-releases/report-satyananda-yoga-ashram-released |archive-date=2018-02-18}}</ref><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
The [[Prime Minister of India]] conferred the National Yoga Award 2019 on the Bihar School of Yoga for outstanding contributions to the promotion and development of yoga.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prime Minister Narendra Modi confers Yoga Awards 2019 |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/prime-minister-confers-yoga-awards-2019-1567241410-1 |publisher=Jagranjosh |date=September 1, 2019}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.biharyoga.net}}<br />
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/trends/rediscovering-yoga/605859.html Rediscovering yoga]<br />
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