MASTERS

OUR MASTERS (GURUS) AND GUIDELINES

Swami Sivananda (1887-1963)

The spiritual strength behind the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres, Swami Sivananda’s teachings are a synthesis of all the formal doctrines of yoga. Author of more than 300 books on yoga, Swami Sivananda was a medical doctor before renouncing worldly life for the spiritual path. He founded the Divine Life Society and the Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy, Rishikesh, Himalayas. His main message was: Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize. In 1957, he sent one of his foremost disciples, Swami Vishnudevananda to the West to spread the ideals of yoga. Swami Sivananda entered Mahasamadhi on July 14th 1963.

Swami Vishnudevananda (1927-1993)

Born in South India in 1927, Swami Vishnudevananda entered the ashram of Swami Sivananda at the age of 18. A world famous authority on Hatha and Raja Yoga, Swami Vishnudevananda founded the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres in 1957 and was author of The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga, Meditation and Mantras, Karma and Disease and a commentary on the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. Swami Vishnudevananda entered Mahasamadhi on November 9th, 1993.

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Swami Krishnananda Saraswati :-

One of the senior disciples of Swami Vishnudevananda and who spent 18 years with gurus mission International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta centre as a Director in different branches. Swamiji is the author of poetry Kaliyuga Vahini in Kannada language. His poetry is coming in all major languages shortly. Swamiji is teaching yoga and Meditation and conducting Satsanga and giving spiritual guidelines to sadhakas all over the world. Swamiji is traveling across the globe in spreading Gurus message.

His main teachings are :-

YOGA IS A WAY TOWARDS DIVINITY by Simple living and high thinking. Practice yoga with devotion and faith and discipline.
SEE GOD IN ALL
Talk less work more.
HELP EVER HURT NEVER.
DEVOTIN TO GOD MAKES YOU FREE.
SERVE POOR, HELP TO NEEDY, PRAY TO LORD, REPEET HIS NAME.
Follow the dharma. Dhrama will protect you.

Yogacharya Vishwanath :-

Yogacharya Vishwanath is born in Karnataka and joined Sivananda Ashram Kerala 1n 1995 to learn yoga Vedanta. Served as a permanent staff 12 years in India all branches and Neyyar dam Ashram selflessly. He graduated Yoga Siromani 1997, Yogacharya in the year 1998, Yoga Sadhana in Himalayas and graduated Yoga Bhaskara in 2003. He is a certified Yoga teacher from International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre Canada. Presently he is the Director of Surya Jyothi Yoga Vedanta Centre Mission which newly founded to spread Guru Swami Sivananda & Swami Vishnudeananda's teachings. He also woking as a Yoga consultant in FITNESS ONE INDIA PVT. LTD. Bangalore.

Dr.Madhu

A medical practitioner and Yoga therapy teacher