About 

Sivananda yoga

The yoga that is given here is based on the teachings of Swami Vishnu-devananda, the founder of the International Yoga Vedanta Centers around the world. In 1957 he was sent to America on instruction of his Guru Swami Sivananda with the words 'Go, people are waiting, many souls from the east are reincarnating now in the west. Go and reawaken the consciousness hidden in their memories and bring them back to the path of yoga'.

Swami Sivananda was a great Indian Master, trained and worked as a doctor before renouncing the world for the spiritual path. A man of great vigor and strength, he published over 300 books, bringing the authority of his medical background to bear on the teachings of yoga.

Besides establishing an Ashram and a yoga Academy, Swami Sivananda founded the Divine Life Society in 1935, dedicated to the ideals of truth, purity, non-violence and self-realization.

For Sivananda centres in Europe go to www.sivananda.eu