Swami Kuvalayananda (1883–1966)

Swami Kuvalayananda was the founder of Kaivalyadhama Health and Yoga Research Center and impetus for the founding of the Lonavla Yoga Institute, sources of many authentic, well-edited primary yoga texts and translations; "Yoga Mimamsa," was the Kaivalyadhama Health and Yoga Research Center's research journal and, beginning in the early 1920s, was the first journal dedicated to the scientific investigation of yoga. Swami Kuvalayananda's Research Center promoted the study of and published many articles on important esoteric physiological subjects such as pranayama, bandhas, nauli, mudras of various sorts and the effects of meditation and breathing techniques on the nervous system. His work and the foundation's various publications are seminal works in the history of practical yoga research.