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\n\tVishnudevananda Saraswati<\/strong> (December 31, 1927 — November 9, 1993) was a disciple of Sivananda Saraswati, and founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and Ashrams. He established the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Course, one of the first yoga teacher training programs in the West. His books The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga <\/em>(1959) and Meditation and Mantras<\/em> (1978) established him as an authority on Hatha and Raja yoga. Vishnudevananda was a tireless peace activist who rode in several "peace flights" over places of conflict.\n<\/p>\n\n\tVishnudevananda entered the Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh in 1947 at the age of twenty. He took sannyas<\/em> (became a monk) and was appointed the first professor of hatha yoga at the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy. In this capacity, he trained scores of Indian and Western students. At the same time he continued his own practice, mastering advanced hatha yoga techniques.\n<\/p>\n\n\tVishnudevananda condensed the teachings of classical yoga into five principles: proper exercise, proper breathing, proper relaxation, proper diet, meditation and positive thinking. The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Organization founded by Vishnudevananda has centers and ashrams around the world. It is one of the largest training bodies of yoga teachers in the world, having produced over 28,000 graduates since the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Course was first inaugurated in 1969. His motto was, "Health is Wealth. Peace of Mind is Happiness. Yoga Shows the Way<\/em>."\n<\/p>\n\n\tVishnudevananda died on November 9, 1993. His body was then placed into the Ganges at the Sivananda Kutir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Salutations to the Gurus Om Bhagavan Shri Bahgavan Ananda Bhagavan Sivananda Bhagavan Om Bhagavan Shri Bhagavan Ananda Bhagavan Vishnu-Swami Bhagavan Siv\u0101nanda Saraswati (September 8, 1887 – July 14, 1963) One of the greatest Yoga masters of the 20th century, Swami Sivananda, is the inspiration behind the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres. The teachings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yogasmriti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yogasmriti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yogasmriti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yogasmriti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yogasmriti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/www.yogasmriti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"http:\/\/www.yogasmriti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/88"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yogasmriti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yogasmriti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}