Our Story
Our story begins with Shai Kaplan’s journey with yoga. At the age of 14, Shai faced a life-threatening brain tumour that altered her life dramatically. Her survival was made possible by life-saving medical care and surgery, but her quality of life remained deeply affected. Determined to find additional paths to healing, she refused further invasive treatments at 17 and embarked on a transformative journey to India, where she met B.K.S. Iyengar, a world-renowned yoga master.
Age 14 - Diagnosis of a life-threatening tumour and undergoing life-saving surgeryving surgery
Teen Years - Journey to India and meeting B.K.S. Iyengar, marking the start of a transformative healing process through yoga
B.K.S Iyengar with Shai Kaplan, Founder & CEO
Hospital Staff Yoga Class, Belguim
Under Iyengar’s guidance, Shai immersed herself in yoga for over a decade, experiencing profound healing and personal growth. Yoga enabled her to coexist with her condition, turning challenges into strengths.
Empowered by this transformative experience and supported by the Iyengar Family, Shai returned to Israel with a mission: to make the therapeutic benefits of yoga accessible to everyone.
She established Israel’s first rehabilitative yoga unit at Reuth Medical Center, integrating Iyengar Yoga into medical care, and later founded AnuYoga in 2021 to expand this vision.
Today, AnuYoga continues to bring healing and well-being to individuals and communities across Israel and beyond.
2012 - Return to Israel and establishment of the first rehabilitative yoga unit
2021 - Founding of AnuYoga as a Community Interest Company (CIC)
2022 - Development of 6 rehabilitation units across Israel and Belgium
2023 - Collaboration with over 50 healthcare and yoga professionals, supporting more than 800 patients and practitioners
2025 - Projected growth to serve around 2,000 patients through rehabilitative yoga programs
"Yoga helps us
cure what need
not be endured
and endure what
cannot be cured "
– B.K.S. Iyengar
Inspired by her own healing journey, Shai Kaplan founded AnuYoga to make yoga's therapeutic and rehabilitative power accessible to all.
Her vision is to break down barriers – geographical, social, and economic – so everyone can experience the transformative benefits of yoga.