Sri Swami Shivananda Saraswati

Swami Sivananda Saraswati left his life as a doctor behind at an early age to find his guru. He met Swami Vishwananda Saraswati in Rishikesh, who initiated him into the Dashnami Sannyasa tradition in 1924. Swami Sivananda travelled extensively throughout India, inspiring people to practise yoga and lead a spiritual life. It was important to him to help those in real need through his teachings, in the form of yoga for health, inner peace and spiritual development. This ideology continues today in Satyananda Yoga. The following institutions were established under his inspiration: Divine Life Society in Rishikesh, Ayurvedic Pharmacia, Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy, and a set of eye hospitals.

Swami Sivananda Saraswati left his life as a doctor behind at an early age to find his guru. He met Swami Vishwananda Saraswati in Rishikesh, who initiated him into the Dashnami Sannyasa tradition in 1924. Swami Sivananda travelled extensively throughout India, inspiring people to practise yoga and lead a spiritual life. It was important to him to help those in real need through his teachings, in the form of yoga for health, inner peace and spiritual development. This ideology continues today in Satyananda Yoga. The following institutions were established under his inspiration: Divine Life Society in Rishikesh, Ayurvedic Pharmacia, Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy, and a set of eye hospitals. more