About
Swami Sivananda Saraswati was a Hindu spiritual teacher and a prolific author of over 200 books on yoga, Vedanta, and a wide range of spiritual subjects. A physician before renouncing the world, he founded the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh and trained a generation of teachers who spread yoga internationally, including Swami Vishnu-devananda and Swami Satchidananda. He advocated an integral approach combining karma, bhakti, jnana, and raja yoga.