Yogiraj Behramji was born in India in 1926. Behramji had mastered Yoga in India under the guidance of B.K.S. Iyengar during the 1960s. During the mid '70s, Behramji was given the title "Yogiraj" ("King of Yoga") by Swami Rama of the Himalayas, founder of the Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy.

In 1969, Behramji and his wife Katy Guard founded the Yoga and Meditation School in Rockford, Illinois. Over the next 25 years, the couple taught thousands in the US abroad. In addition to teaching students, they started training and certifying Yoga teachers, certifying more than seventy-five people as Yoga Teachers.

In 1979 they moved to San Diego, California, where they started the San Diego Yoga and Meditation School. They frequently returned to their school in Rockford to continue to train Yoga teachers.

In 1989, Berhramji authored the book Yogasana for Health, a comprehensive guide to the practice of Hatha Yoga, meditation, and related techniques.