PAVLOS K. HASSANAGAS
President of the International Association of Yoga Science Centres, Yoga Teacher and

Yoga Therapist. Has been teaching yoga since 1969. He is founder of IAYSC, of Yoga Centres in different countries, of "YOGA - Health and Harmony" Magazine, and of the Centre for Training Yoga Teaching Staff. He is one of the pioneers of Yoga Science Research in Europe. He conducts lectures and international seminars, writes articles for the YOGA H&H Magazine, and is author of various scientific studies. He also conducts teacher training seminars. His disciples teach yoga in several European countries. He is the Secretary General of Word Federation of Holistic Health Sciences (WFHHS). He is honorary member of the Indian Association of Clinical Ayurveda from Bilai, India.

   ACTIVITIES

 Educational courses: Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced

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    CENTRE FOR TRAINING TEACHING STAFF

    The Centre for Training Teaching Staff was founded in 1980. The teaching methodology is based on traditional and  

    contemporary teaching. The Centre educates yoga instructors and scientific consultants.

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    PUBLICATIONS

Basics of Hatha Yoga Teaching Methodology, Pavlos K. Hassanagas, 1982.

Hatha Yoga - Guide to Techniques of Body and Mind Culture, Pavlos K. Hassanagas, 1985.

International Yoga Seminars in FYR Macedonia, Skopje Yoga Society, 1987.

Yoga - Natural Way to a Healthy Heart, Yoga Federation of FYR Macedonia, 1993.

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    RESEARCH  

Hassanagas P. K., Trojacanec Z., Spirovski M., Paroussi A.
PHYSIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF EFFECTS RESULTING FROM APPLICATION OF YOGA (1982 - 1984)
Skopje Yoga Society, Institute for Medical, Experimental and Applied Physiology with Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine, Skopje
Presented at the 7th International Yoga Seminar "Yoga as Science and Subject of Scientific Research", Leunovo, SFR Yugoslavia, June/July 1984.

Hassanagas P.K.
APPLICATION OF YOGA FOR CHILDREN WITH SPEECH PROBLEMS
Skopje Yoga Society, SFR Yugoslavia, 1982

Hassanagas P.K.
THE CONCEPT OF HOLISM AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN THE

THERAPEUTIC AND EDUCATIONAL APPROACH IN YOGA
Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece

International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, Ohrid,

R. Macedonia, June 1997.

Trojacanec Z., Hassanagas P.K., Nikolic S., Handziski Z.
COMPARATIVE VALUES OF FUNCTIONAL AND MOTORIC FUNCTIONS
IN BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED YOGA PRACTITIONERS
Institute for Medical, Experimental and Applied Physiology with Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine, Skopje, Skopje Yoga Society, R. Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, Ohrid,

R. Macedonia, June 1997.

Gjorgjieski B.
SURVEY OF SOMATIC IMPROVEMENTS OF YOGA PRACTITIONERS
Yoga Federation of Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, Ohrid,

R. Macedonia, June 1997.

Edrovska K.
POSITIVE CHANGES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS AS RESULT OF REGULAR YOGA PRACTICE
Yoga Federation of Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres ( IAYSC )
Presented at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, Ohrid,

R. Macedonia, June 1997.

Hassanagas P.K., Edrovska I.
THE WORKING MAN AND EDUCATION OF HIS PSYCHOPHYSICAL CAPABILITIES IN THE CULTURE OF LABOUR
Skopje Yoga Society, R. Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the Innovations Fair "MAKINOVA 86" in Skopje, former Yugoslavia, 1986, assigned a silver plaque by Skopje Fair and third prize of Young Innovators awarded by the Youth Organization. This study also entered the final selection of 20 studies out of 1000 at the Competition for Improvement and Humanization of the Working Environment organized by the Trade Union Organization of former Yugoslavia in Belgrade, 1987.

Hassanagas P.K., Edrovska I., Gjorgjieski B., Digalovski V.
YOGA EDUCATION OF THE PSYCHOPHYSICAL CAPABILITIES OF MAN IN THE CULTURE OF LABOUR
Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece
Yoga Federation of Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 6th World Congress on Holistic Life and Medicine, Calicat, India, January 1996 and at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, Ohrid, R. Macedonia, 1997. Published in Aryavaidyan, a journal of Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal, India, Vol. IX, No 4, May 1996: pp 239 - 246.

Hassanagas P.K., Edrovska I., Gjorgjieski B., Digalovski V.
YOGA EDUCATION OF THE PSYCHOPHYSICAL CAPABILITIES OF MAN IN THE CULTURE OF LABOUR
Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece
Yoga Federation of Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 15th Congress of Physicians in Macedonia, Ohrid, R. Macedonia, October 1999.

Krsteska M., Gjorgjieski B., Saveski Z.
YOGA IN PREVENTION, THERAPY AND REHABILITATION OF PROFESSIONAL DISEASES
Prilep Yoga Society, Medical Dispensary at Tobacco Factory-Prilep, R. Macedonia
International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, Ohrid,

R. Macedonia, June 1997.

Hassanagas P.K., Bogdanov P., Aleksovska V.
BRONCHIAL ASTHMA REHABILITATED WITH YOGA - CASE PRESENTATION
Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece
Skopje Yoga Society, R. Macedonia, Institute of TBC and Lung Diseases, Medical Faculty, Skopje
International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, Ohrid,

R. Macedonia, June 1997.

Hassanagas Pavlos K., Tomanoski V., Derebanova A., Edrovska I., Taseski V., Edrovska K.
YOGA AS METHOD FOR REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY
Institute for Nephrology, Struga, Struga Yoga Society, R. Macedonia
Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece
International Association of Yoga Science Centres ( IAYSC )
Presented at the 5th World Congress for Yoga and Holistic Medicine, in Annecy, France, May 1994, and at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, with international participation, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, in Ohrid, R. Macedonia, June 1997. Published in YOGA-Health and Harmony, a journal of the Yoga Federation of Macedonia, year 13, summer 1/95: pp 62 - 66.

Ilievska-Arsova M.
THE ROLE OF YOGA IN REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT TUMOURS
Yoga Federation of Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, with international participation, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, in Ohrid, R. Macedonia, June 1997.

Hassanagas P.K., Kotlar M., Edrovska I., Taseski V., Edrovska K.
YOGA AS A METHOD OF REHABILITATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Institute for Prevention, Treating and Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ohrid
Struga Yoga Society, R. Macedonia, Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 5th World Congress for Yoga and Holistic Medicine, in Annecy, France, May 1994.

Hassanagas P.K., Kotlar M., Edrovska I., Taseski V., Edrovska K.
YOGA AS A COMPLEMENTARY METHOD FOR REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Institute for Prevention, Treating and Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ohrid-Struga Yoga Society, R. Macedonia, Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece
International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the III International Conference Frontiers in Yoga Research & Application, in Bangalor, India, 1995, and at the 6th World Congress on Holistic Life and Medicine, in Calicat, India, 1996. Published in Aryavaidyan, a journal of Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal, India, Vol. IX, No 1, February 1996: pp 144 - 153.

Hassanagas P.K., Kotlar M., Edrovska I., Taseski V., Edrovska-Isajlovska K., Kliseski T., Prangoski I.
APPLICATION OF YOGA IN REHABILITATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Institute for Prevention, Treating and Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ohrid-Struga Yoga Society, R. Macedonia, Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece
International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 1st Macedonian Congress on Cardiology, Ohrid, R. Macedonia, October 1996.

Hassanagas P.K., Kotlar M., Edrovska I., Taseski V., Edrovska K.
YOGA AS COMPLEMENTARY METHOD FOR REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Institute for Prevention, Treating and Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ohrid Struga Yoga Society, R. Macedonia, Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece
International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, with international participation, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, Ohrid, R. Macedonia, June 1997.

Edrovska I.
PRENATAL & POSTNATAL YOGA - YOGA FOR HARMONIOUS PREGNANCY,
NATURAL BIRTH AND SUPPORT AFTER BIRTH
Yoga Science Centre, Athens, Greece, International Association of Yoga Science Centres ( IAYSC )
Presented at the 1st Greek Seminar of Psychoprophylaxis in Midwifery, Athens, Greece, 1998.

Edrovska I.
YOGA BEFORE AND AFTER BIRTH
Yoga Science Centre, Athens, Greece, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Published in "Contemporary Therapeutics", Journal for mild, alternative, complementary therapeutics. Issue 4 (8), October-November 1998, pp. 76-77. Athens, Greece.

Hassanagas P.K., Edrovska I., Aleksovska V., Stoimenova E., Edrovska K.
YOGA FOR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
Stip Yoga Society, Yoga Science Centre, Skopje, R. Macedonia
Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece
International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 5th World Congress for Yoga and Holistic Medicine, in Annecy, France, May 1994 and at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, with international participation, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, in Ohrid, R. Macedonia, June 1997.

Published in YOGA, journal of the Yoga Federation of Macedonia, No 82/83, 1994, pp: 15-18.

Hassanagas P.K., Georgieva L.
POSSIBILITIES AND NEEDS OF YOGA IN THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
University Yoga Centre, Skopje, R. Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, with international participation, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, Ohrid, R. Macedonia, June 1997.

Ilievska-Arsova M.
INFLUENCE OF YOGA TECHNIQUES IN THERAPY OF PSYCHOSOMATIC DISEASES

WITH GASTROINTESTINAL MANIFESTATION
Skopje Yoga Society, R. Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, with international participation, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, in Ohrid, R. Macedonia, June 1997.

Bogdanov P., Hassanagas P.K.
LUNG FIBROSIS AND COMPLEMENTARY TREATMENT WITH YOGA TECHNIQUES
Skopje Yoga Society, R. Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 1st Yoga Scientific Conference, with international participation, Science and Spirituality at the End of the 20th Century, Ohrid, R. Macedonia, June 1997.

Bogdanov P., Janackovic S., Vulovik M., Vidoevska A., Ilievska B., Hassanagas P.K.
LUNG FIBROSIS - CASE PRESENTATION
Institute for Lung TBC and other Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Skopje, R. Macedonia
Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece
International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 2nd Congress of the Macedonian Respiratory Society, Ohrid, R. Macedonia, 1997.

Ristanoska S., Taseski V.
LIFE UNDER STRESS
Institute for Prevention, Treating and Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ohrid Struga Yoga Society, R. Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the International Symposium: Progress in Heart Electro-stimulation and Treatment of Heart Arrhythmia, Ohrid, R. Macedonia, October 1998.

Kotlar M., Hassanagas P.K., Edrovska I., Taseski V., Edrovska-Isajlovska K.
YOGA AS A COMPLEMENTARY METHOD FOR SECONDARY PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Institute for Prevention, Treating and Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ohrid
Struga Yoga Society, R. Macedonia, Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at 1st Congress of Physicians of Macedonian Preventive Medicine, Ohrid, R. Macedonia, 1998.

Hassanagas P.K., Gjorgjieski B.
APPLICATION OF YOGA AS COMPLEMENTARY METHOD OF PREVENTION, THERAPY AND REHABILITATION OF CORONARY DISEASE
Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece
Prilep Yoga Society, R. Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 18th Symposium for Improvement of General Physicians of Macedonia, in Skopje, R. Macedonia, in November 1999.

Hassanagas P.K., Gjorgjieski B., Handziski Z., Bogdanov P., Naumoska R., Stefanovski V.
RESPIRATORY RE-EDUCATION THROUGH YOGA TECHNIQUES
AS PREVENTION OF ASTHMA AND OTHER LUNG DISEASES
Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece
Yoga Federation of Macedonia, Institute for Medical, Experimental and Applied Physiology with Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine, Skopje, Institute for Lung TBC and other Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Skopje, Occupational Medicine, Medical Centre Prilep, Occupational Medicine, Medical Centre Ohrid, R. Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 1st European Conference of the International Association against Asthma and Other Lung Diseases organized with the 51st Conference of the Hungarian Respiratory Association, in Budapest, Hungary, 2000. Published in YOGA, journal of the Yoga Federation of Macedonia, year 18, No 105/106, 2000: pp 38 - 44.

Naumova K.
YOGA AS STRESS MANAGEMENT METHOD
Yoga Federation of Macedonia
International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 2nd Congress of Macedonian Psychiatrists, in Ohrid, R. Macedonia, June 2000.

Hassanagas P.K., Naumova M., Gjorgjieski B.
INFLUENCE OF YOGA PRACTICE IN REDUCTION OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS REACTIONS AFTER DEATH

OF A CLOSE PERSON
Yoga Science Centre for Integral Education and Holistic Health, Athens, Greece
Yoga Federation of Macedonia, International Association of Yoga Science Centres (IAYSC)
Presented at the 2nd Congress of Macedonian Psychiatrists, in Ohrid, R. Macedonia, June 2000.