About
Swami Yogaratna Saraswati
Swami Yogaratna Saraswati is a sannyasin in the Satyananda Yoga tradition and the founder of Shankar Prasad Ashram.
The teacher & founder
Swami Yogaratna Saraswati
May we live with awareness, connect deeply with nature, and serve all beings with love and divine purpose.
Swami Yogaratna Saraswati, Swamiji, is a senior sannyasin (renunciate) in the Satyananda Yoga tradition.
Born in Paris to Australian parents and raised in India, Swamiji has devoted over 40 years to yoga, meditation and seva (selfless service). After studying in Australia, she returned to India in 1984 and joined the Atma Darshan Yogashram in Bangalore, where she received her training and sannyasa initiation under Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati, the direct successor of Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati (1923–2009), founder of the Bihar School of Yoga.
Her teaching & the ashram
Her teaching
Swamiji teaches Yoga Nidra, chakra sadhana, kundalini yoga and tantric meditations. She has conducted yoga therapy and stress-management programs for communities in India and overseas.
Courses and retreats run at the ashram in Bankikodla, 5 km from Gokarna, and several of her courses are also taught online. Guests join the daily classes, satsangs (wisdom talks), kirtans (group chanting) and the weekly havan (fire ceremony), and may offer seva (selfless service) on the organic farm and in the village projects.
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