Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Founder of yoga movement in Bulgaria Ventseslav Evtimov passed away

Ventseslav Evtimov
Photo: library

Today, the followers of yoga in Bulgaria said last farewell to Ventseslav Evtimov, the founder of the yoga movement in this country, who passed away on May 25 at the age of 87. By profession he was an electric engineer. After being diagnosed with many diseases, he turned to yoga at the age of 33. "Yoga gave me something I did not have - health," Evtimov would later say. He attracted people interested in yoga around him and in 1966 the first yoga school in Bulgaria was formed. In 1978, Evtimov was among the people who helped the establishment of the Yoga section of the Bulgarian Union for Physical Education and Sport. In 1981 he published his book "Yoga", which deals with all aspects of the hatha-yoga school. It attracted thousands of Bulgarians to yoga.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Radoslav Yankov

Radoslav Yankov ranks third in the parallel giant slalom of the World Snowboarding Cup in Bansko

The only Bulgarian snowboarder with victories in the World Snowboarding Cup, Radoslav Yankov, finished in the third place , at the parallel giant slalom of the World Cup in Bansko. This happened after the Bulgarian team challenged Yankov's rival in the..

published on 1/19/25 7:09 PM
Tervel Zamfirov

Tervel Zamfirov secures fourth place in Bansko World Cup

Nineteen-year-old Tervel Zamfirov achieved his highest ever World Cup finish in alpine snowboarding with a career-best fourth place in the parallel giant slalom in Bansko. Fellow Bulgarian Radoslav Yankov was stopped in the quarter-finals by none..

published on 1/18/25 3:13 PM
Radoslav Yankov

Radoslav Yankov and Tervel Zamfirov advance in Bansko World Cup qualifiers

Radoslav Yankov and Tervel Zamfirov qualified for the first parallel giant slalom of the World Cup in Bansko. Yankov secured second place with a time of 1 minute 13.62 seconds, while Zamfirov finished seventh, achieving a personal best and improving..

published on 1/18/25 1:46 PM