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
Karma, Dharma and Sadhana
Karma is your desires that you try to fulfill now in this life. Dharma is the result of your karma that is playing out now. You have to do it until it exhausts itself. Sadhana is one step further – it is creating space. You have to squeeze it in; it is what allows you...
Yoga is a Way of Life
Yoga is a way of life that brings about balance and centeredness. That means you have to apply it in daily life. That is why it is so wonderful that you come to a yoga ashram to learn yoga. Because here you don't just learn yoga only as a system of...
9 Ways to Practice Bhakti Yoga in Daily Life
Bhakti Yoga is the branch of yoga that focuses on devotion and devotional practices. God is love and love is God. Bhakti yoga uses our fundamental emotional relationships and sublimates them into pure, selfless, divine love. There are 9 traditional ways to sublimate...
The Yoga of Selflessness
Selfishness arises from us failing to realize that we gain more from giving than from taking. Our mistaken belief that we are separate from others leads us to behave selfishly. We fail to consider the deep interconnectedness and oneness of all life, and act from the...
Yoga of Relationships: The way to Selfless Love
Yoga of relationships teaches life is nothing but relationship and nothing is independent because we are in relationship at all times.
10 Ways How to Control Negative Emotions
Today we will talk about positive thinking. Choose from the words written on the board. Which negative emotions would you like to eradicate? Fear, procrastination, tired, anxiety, jealousy, attachment, brooding. I would say fear and anxiety, anxiety is also fear...
Ways to Increase Life Force Prana Energy
Swami Sita: Can you tell me which one of your nostrils is working without checking? Satsang students: the right, the left, the right. Swami Sita: Who has both nostrils working? You have to check your nostrils all the time to know how your energy is. When both work...
How to tune to positive thoughts – Satsang with Swami Sita
We talked already about the 5 points. Proper exercises or asanas, breathing or pranayama. We talked about relaxation and then we talked about diet. The body is like a vehicle and the proper exercise is like the oiling system of the body all the parts...
Journey from Here to Eternity
Ashram as a Spiritual Haven Master Sivananda said that "one ounce of practice equals tons of theory." Swami Vishnudevanandaji not only gives us the teachings but also provides the camp ground to bring everything we learned into practice. He created the Sivananda Yoga...
Overcoming Distraction And Restlessness
Q. What do I do when my mind is distracted? A. When the mind is distracted, it will bounce randomly from thought to thought and object to object. You will feel restless. Most of the time our minds are like this. The yogic advice in order to bring back focus and peace...
Learn from the Spiritual Masters and Become Wise
In honor of Guru Purnima - celebrations in honor of the guru First you need to know that you do not know and someone knows. This attitude will help you to be receptive to meeting with those who have the ultimate knowledge of reality, and it will help you to be humble...
Yogic Guidelines For Good Conduct
In this article on Yogic Guidelines we learn about the yamas and niyamas and how they are helping us to progress on the path to peace.
20 Inspirations for Lasting Happiness
1. When the mind is more focused, you are happier. When the mind is one-pointed, it doesn't swing so much. If it doesn't have many waves, then you are happy. 2. Objects appear to give you happiness because of the conditioning of your mind to like this...
Karmic Relationships
All relationships come through your life, flow through your life, and flow out of your life. Sometimes you are doing something good for them,sometimes they have insulted you,sometimes they praise you,sometimes they need you, andsometimes they don't need you; they go...
Self Awareness and Intuition
Most people only talk about their body and mind because that's all that they can handle. They forget about the spirit. However, it's actually the spirit that is the most important thing because it comes before everything else. The mind comes from the spirit and the...
Jaya Ganesha is the Daily Chants at the Sivananda Ashram. Ganesha represents the remover of obstacles on our path to happiness.
A Spiritual Interview with Swami Sitaramananda
A Spiritual Interview with Swami Sitaramananda Swami Sitaramananda is a senior disciple of Swami Vishnu-devananda and is the current director of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm in Grass Valley California. She has been teaching Yoga, meditation and positive thinking for...
Upcoming Online Satsangs
Online Satsangs with Swami Sitaramananda
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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
