Jyoti Jo Manuel is recognised by many as one of the world's leading authorities  

on therapeutic yoga for children.

In 2002 Jyoti founded Special Yoga, a global organization established to provide and develop sustainable and accessible yoga programmes for children with special and additional needs.

As founder, lead and spiritual head of Special Yoga she has trained senior practitioners to support the effective and impactful delivery of Special Yoga into local councils, academies and individual special schools and specialist provisions to provide training in therapeutic yoga for children with special needs. 

She is a published author with The Spiritual Teachings of Yoga, and She is a contributor to the report on INTEGRATIVE PEDIATRICS at

the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona,Spain).  She also contributed a chapter in the yoga research book by Dr ShirleyTelles. https:// www.igi-global.com/book/handbook-resear