Swami Sitaramananda
Writings, Audio, Video, Webinars, and much more
Swami Sitaramananda is a senior acharya of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers (ISYVC) and is director of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm in Grass Valley, California and the Sivananda Yoga Resort and Training Center in Dalat, Vietnam as well as more city centers in Ho Chi Minh, Dalat, Hanoi, and Tokyo, Japan. Swamiji is the acharya for Asia as well as the organizer and teacher of the Sivananda Yoga Health Educator Training (SYHET) program, an 800-hour program on yoga therapy, accredited by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT).
Swami Sitaramananda is the author of Essentials of Yoga Practice and Philosophy (translated in Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese), Positive Thinking Manual, Karma Yoga Manual, Meditation Manual, 108 Yoga Health Tips, Swamiji Said, Guru Grace, The Answer Lies Within, Learning Selfless Love, as well as two poem books. She is responsible for the Vietnamese translation of The Completed Illustrated Book of Yoga (CIBY) by Swami Vishnudevananda. Many of Swamiji’s video & audio lectures on Yoga Life, Yoga Philosophy & Yoga Psychology can be found on this website.
Swamiji is an ardent supporter of the integration of the Vedic Sciences such as Vastu, Jyotish, Ayurveda, Yoga and Vedanta.
Writings, Audio, Videos
Increase Prana for Stress Relief
Stress is a subjective feeling, when you feel that your survival is being threatened. You cannot avoid stress. Yoga teaches us how to increase prana so we can respond to stress properly, in a better manner. Stress Resilience Stress resilience is our capacity to be...
Swami Sivananda’s Guide on How to Overcome Depression
It is very easy to overcome depression. It is not at all as difficult as one imagines. Mind has the mysterious power of magnifying a problem and making it appear formidable. Do not listen to the promptings of the mind. Reject them ruthlessly and throw them out. Here...
History of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm
Grass Valley, California, USA Swami Vishnu-devananda (1927-1993) was an accomplished yogi from India sent by his guru (Swami Sivananda — a modern day Himalayan saint and author of over 300 books) to North America in 1957 to spread the methods and teachings of Yoga....
We Are Moving From Darkness to Light
Yoga offers us valuable guidance on our journey towards peace of mind. The formula is simple and can be described as a way of working with the three gunas or qualities of nature: 1) break through the tamas; 2) calm down the rajas; and 3) nourish the sattva.
Peace of Mind is Happiness
Swami Vishnudevananda tells the story of a man who is seated under a tree in a desert. The tree gives him shade and a little cool breeze. All around he is surrounded by white sand.
As the sun starts to rise on the horizon, he starts to get thirsty and becomes more and more dehydrated. Still he sits in the shade of the tree.
Soon, his desire for water becomes important to his very existence. He sees a beautiful, shimmering lake in the distance. Waves. Ripples. What is that?
Yoga for Awareness and Letting Go
Yoga is not escaping life, but facing life’s difficulties with detachment and fortitude.
Healing with Medicine, Yoga, Ayurveda, Jyotish, and Vedanta
I want to share with you a true story of karmic disease and karmic healing. Disease can be karmic, i.e., not sure of the cause, but meant to happen for self-transformation and growth.
Yoga Training to Uplift Yourself
We have been instructed to first put the oxygen mask on ourselves in case of emergency on a flight, then put it on others who can not do it themselves.
In the same manner, you need to uplift yourself and help yourself first before helping others.
Yogic Guidelines to Alleviate Suffering
In this podcast on Yogic Guidelines to Alleviate Suffering, Swamiji tells us that the causes of suffering are mental, emotional, and karmic.
Yoga and Healing
This podcast is an a webinar by Swami Sitaramananda from 2016. Swamiji discusses Yoga and Healing and how holistic healing of body, mind, and spirit can happen through the practice of yoga asana, pranayama, relaxation, and meditation.
Sivananda Yoga: Health Educator Training – Documentary film by Benoy K Behl
This is the audio file from the documentary film on the yoga health education-training course which is a yoga therapy course where we focus on positive health and well-being.
Sivananda Yoga: Health, Peace & Unity – Documentary Film by Benoy K Behl
This is the audio file from the documentary film on the International Sivananda Yoga organization.
Yoga and Karma
Swamiji shares that karma means action and comes from our desires. Our actions from the past will result in our present situation.
Crest Jewel of Discrimination
In this podcast, Swami Sita teaches from the book Crest Jewel of Discrimination written by Adi Sankaracharya.
How Yoga Helps with Stress and Diseases that come from Stress
Many people come to yoga because of stress in their lives. In fact, most diseases that people suffer from come from stress. Stress is in fact a subjective phenomenon.
Essential Principles to Leading a Yoga Life
Yoga life is a conscious life. In yoga, we become conscious of our actions. It’s not what you do that is important, but the attitude in which you do it.
Meaning of Life Video Clips
These short video clips are from a Satsang on the Meaning of Life with Swami Sitaramananda.
How to understand Prana, our Vital Energy
Swamiji tells us the 5 things we can do with prana: increase, conserve, balance, channel, purify.
Upcoming Online Satsangs
Online Satsangs with Swami Sitaramananda
TIME & DATE
Vietnam – Thursdays at 6:00 am
California – Wednesday at 3 pm PT
Swami Sitaramananda is offering weekly online Satsangs which will be held on Thursdays at 6 am PT. You can join directly by clicking the zoom link here. Donations are optional. For access to previous satsang talks, you can scroll down to see many of the articles below.
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Books by Swami Sitaramananda
