Satyananda Yoga is a living tradition based on the vision of two masters, Swami Sivananda and Swami Satyananda. Swami Sivananda was the first personality in the twentieth century to emphasize that divine life is everyone’s birthright and could be practiced in simple way in the normal social environment. He introduced the concept of integral yoga for harmonious development of personality incorporating a practical philosophy and holistic lifestyle.

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Swami Satyananda was given the mandate of taking yoga ‘from door to door and from shore to shore’. He simplified and systematized the yogic practices, and the same time added depth to every dimension of yoga. Swami Satyananda taught yoga in practically every country around the world. He found total acceptance everywhere due to his simple approach and universality. His successor Swami Niranjanananda has built up and consolidated this foundation of yoga.

 

Although heavily based on the ancient yoga systems of Hatha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Jnana Yoga, Satananda Yoga is highly adaptable to the individual needs of its practitioners.

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“Yoga is complete life. It is a method which overhauls every aspect of the human nature. Yoga shows you the way.”

- Sri Swami Sivananda

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In fact, how one person experiences this yoga system will be different from another’s, because the yoga practices depend on each person’s individual needs and requirements – whether physical, mental or spiritual. This system actively works to create and maintain a balance between the body and the mind. It allows for aspirants to rediscover themselves in yoga, improving on those aspects of life they wish to improve, without any drastic lifestyle change.