Yoga Federation of Europe was established with the goal to associate members who perceive yoga as the discipline of self-development in order to achieve the common goals in the field of yoga, as follows:
1. coordination of the members’ activities,
2. keeping and improvement of the set standards,
3. common promotion of the benefits of yoga practice by organising scientific, cultural and educational contents (scientific conferences, gatherings, festivals, seminars, camps, championships),
4. improvement of the professional work of yoga professionals and organisations, specially those that are engaged in researching effects of the yoga practice,
5. establishing academic education in the field of yoga,
6. organising and support for organisations that work on education in the field of yoga,
7. organising and support for organisations that use yoga in the health care services (prevention, yoga therapy, rehabilitation, yoga psychotherapy)
8. organising and support for organisations that promote yoga as proposal of the culture of everyday living
9. organising and support to the possible contribution of yoga in education
10. initiative to achieve and support recognition of yoga as recreation and sport
11. initiative and support to achieve recognition of yoga as philosophy of life and life style
12. initiative and support to achieve recognition of yoga as possible help for citizens in need (vulnerable citizens)
13. initiative and support to achieve recognition of yoga as a form of contribution to the youth activism
14. initiative and support to achieve recognition of yoga as possible method to help disabled persons
15. initiative and support to achieve recognition of yoga as possible method for healthy ageing
16. initiative and support to achieve recognition of yoga as possible method to achieve excellence in art, sports, science and management
17. initiative and support to achieve recognition of yoga as possible method to improve the environmental awareness
18. continual yoga education and improvement of the profession of yoga experts
19. recognition of professional and academic yoga titles in the European environment
