International Center for Yoga Education and Research (ICYER) in
Viluppuram District of
Tamil Nadu offers one year international diploma in yoga, six month international yoga teachers training course, special ten-day introductory residential courses in the months of June, July and August and a 52-lesson correspondence course. Commenced in 1968 by Dr Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Maharaj, one of the five leading promoters of
Ashtanga Yoga in the twentieth century, the center has sixty-five affiliated centers in twenty-two countries. For tourists, the center conducts special ten-lesson package courses in yoga, special demonstration of yoga asanas, special lecture - demonstration and performance of
Bharatanatyam and Carnatic vocal concerts or lecture demonstration with explanation in English. Its publication department publishes books on yoga and Indian cultural arts and a monthly international journal ‘Yoga Life.’
