Swami Sitaramananda
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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
Give the Gift of Yoga this Holiday Season
Give the Gift of Yoga this Holiday Season This Holiday Season, offer the perfect gift of peace to you loved ones. A Yoga Retreat is a wonderful gift and is a great way to rejuvinate, relax, and reconnect. The Sivananda Yoga Farm is offering 15% off for all program...
Vegetarian Thanksgiving and Kirtan Concert at the Yoga Farm
We will have our Thanksgiving Feast on Thursday at 5:00 pm. Here is the Thanksgiving Menu - Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Shredded Kale Salad with Toasted Sesame Seeds and Orange Green Salad with Cherry Tomatoes and Shredded Carrot, Sunflower Seed Dressing Lasagne...
Announcement for Fire Victims
If you are victim of the recent California fires in Paradise and in Malibu, and have lost your property and home. If you are distraught and upset in this crisis situation. The Yoga Farm community and Ashram is established in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California...
Gaining Self Awareness
Learn practical skills and tools for gaining self awareness which helps you become more peaceful and connect with the Divine.
What is Yoga Meditation?
This page describes in a detailed protocol what Yoga meditation is and also shares a short video of Swami Sitaramananda explaining further.
Spiritual Guidance
Spiritual guidance that comes from living in a spiritual community that follows a guru lineage is essentially the teaching of life lessons.
How to Meditate for Beginners
Learning how to meditate for beginners starts in day-to-day life by detaching from activities so you can close your eyes and go into meditation.
Ultimate Guide to Positive Thinking
This Ultimate Guide to Positive Thinking teaches practical classical yoga techniques to gain awareness and insights into our daily thoughts and feelings.
Learn to Focus with Yoga Psychology
Yoga psychology analyzes different mental states to find ways to overcome the distracted mind and learn to focus. If we can do this it will lead to peace, bliss, and true freedom.
Transforming Fear into Faith and Courage
Transforming Fear into Faith and Courage by Swami Sitaramananda 3 AUGUST, 2018 In Yoga philosophy, the teachers or wise people (the rishis) discuss about the relationship between the individual Self and the Absolute Reality. They help us to understand the mysteries...
Suffering Can Be Our Greatest Teacher
Yoga is a scientific method to alleviate suffering and help people find the Truth and Essence in the teachings of all religions.
Old Age, Desire and Anger
Why is it that as people age it seems they become more negative, not all of them, just a lot of them? In life either you follow your desires or you try to live a desireless life. Know that you can never reach satisfaction by fulfilling your desires. Your desire will...
Videos – Yoga of Relationships
In the Yoga of Relationships we learn to see the Self in all beings so that we can respect our differences and live harmonious with others.
Yoga Shows the Way to Positive Health
Positive health is that state in which all the internal organs of the body function optimally under the intelligent control of the mind.
Your Mind is Your Best Friend or Your Worst Enemy
You are the observer of the mind. You are the witness of the mind. The mind is not you. It is your instrument. It is your tool. It is like when you drive a car. You don’t say the car is me. The car is a tool. You can stop it, you can start it , you can park it, and you can leave it alone. Observe the mind. How to do it: you realize that the mind functions in a certain way. So you have to learn about the mechanics of the mind, how the mind works. Here is an article on 5 Practices to Keep the Mind Elevated.
Guru is the Mirror: the Truth is Within
The Guru is the mirror shows that in order to find the Truth we need outside guidance. But after practice and learning we realize the Truth is within.
17 Loving Reminders for a New Year
17 Loving Reminders for a New Year by Swami Sitaramananda Om Namah Sivaya, Blessings and New Year greetings from the Sivananda Ashram in Dalat Vietnam! I am sitting on top of the mountain in Central Vietnam looking out to the lake, the distant mountains, and the pine...
Finding your Dharma through Selflessness
For finding your dharma, yoga recommends selflessness. Whatever skills you have or whatever you desire find the way to use that to help others.
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
