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Acharya Swami Sitaramananda

Swami Sitaramananda is a senior acharya of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers and is director of the Sivananda Ashram Vedanta Yoga Farm, California and the Sivananda Yoga Resort and Training Center, Vietnam.  She is acharya of China, Taiwan, and Japan as well. Swamiji is 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, Vietnamese, and Russian), “Positive Thinking Manual”, “Karma Yoga Manual”, “Meditation Manual”, “Swamiji Said, a collection of teachings by Swami Vishnu” in His Own Words. She is responsible for the Vietnamese translation of “Completed Illustrated Book of Yoga” (CIBY) and “Meditation & Mantras” by Swami Vishnu. Many of her video & audio lectures on Yoga life, philosophy, and psychology as well as articles and webinars can be found on this website.

Swami Sita is an ardent supporter of the integration of the Vedic sciences such as Vastu, Jyotish, Ayurveda, Yoga and Vedanta. She is an international teacher of the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Courses and Advanced Yoga teachers’ Training courses, as well as Meditation and Vedanta & Silence Courses both in Sivananda Ashrams in Vietnam and in Grass Valley, CA.

Upcoming Programs by Acharya Swami Sitaramananda

Online International Satsangs with Swami Sitaramananda

Open Dates
The satsangs will now be held on Thursdays at 6 am Vietnam | Swami Sitaramananda has been offering regular weekly online Satsangs since 2020.

Correspondence Course - Yoga Sadhana for Self Healing (18 Classes)

Open Dates
18 class recordings, shared from private YouTube recordings, each class is about 2 hours length, Homework and writing assignments after every class, Assigned Mentor to review your HW assignments, Final Exam at end of course to receive certificate

Self paced online course - Essentials of Yoga Practice and Philosophy (18 Lessons)

Open Dates
Summary of the core teachings of Swami Sivananda and Swami Vishnudevananda. It is a perfect introduction course to those new to Sivananda Yoga. The online course consists of 18 lessons, each lesson includes a 1 hour video by Swami Sitaramananda, supporting text on the topic, and a short quiz after each lesson. The content is dripped out over 18 days.

Video Lessons on Mind and Meditation

Open Dates
10 total Video Lessons (1st lesson is free) | Enjoy the following videos as a guide in your meditation life and learn how to better understand the mind and its workings.

Video Lessons on Health & Well-being

Open Dates
10 total Video Lessons (1st lesson is free) | Commit to your own Health & Well-being by accessing theses lessons and understand deeply how to become healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Free Online - TTC Information Meeting

Also with Swami Dharmananda, Swami Adi Parashaktiananda and Swami Sivasankariananda

January 18, 2025
5:00 pm PT | Speak to senior swamis and staff about the upcoming Teacher Training Courses. We have upcoming courses in California and Vietnam.

Yoga Teachers Training Course in Dalat, Vietnam

Also with Swami Narayanananda, Swami Pranavananda and Swami Adi Parashaktiananda

February 8 - March 8, 2025
This 4 week course is in beautiful Vietnam. It offers a profound personal experience, will allow you to transmit the knowledge of yoga to others. The spiritual essence of yoga is learned through a combination of repeated practice and inspirational lessons.

Free Online - TTC Information Meeting

Also with Swami Dharmananda, Swami Adi Parashaktiananda and Swami Sivasankariananda

February 15, 2025
5:00 pm PT | Speak to senior swamis and staff about the upcoming Teacher Training Courses. We have upcoming courses in California and Vietnam.

Onsite Yoga Teachers Training Course

Also with Swami Dharmananda and Swami Adi Parashaktiananda

May 10 - June 7, 2025
This 4 week course, which offers a profound personal experience, will allow you to transmit the knowledge of yoga to others. The spiritual essence of yoga is learned through a combination of repeated practice and inspirational lessons.

Memorial Day Weekend: TTC Reunion, Passing the Flame

Also with Swami Dharmananda, Swami Adi Parashaktiananda and Swami Sivasankariananda

May 23 - 26, 2025
This Memorial Day Weekend we will hold a TTC Reunion, Passing the Flame at the Sivananda Yoga Farm.  We will have satsangs, yoga classes, vegetarian meals, and workshops on sharing the teachings.  Swami Sitaramananda will deliver lectures and meditation.  

Sadhana Intensive

Also with Swami Adi Parashaktiananda

June 10 - 25, 2025

Sadhana Intensive is a two-week program devised by Swami Vishnudevananda based on his own hatha yoga sadhana in the Himalayas. He said that six months of this intensive practice gave him the energy to carry out his mission of spreading the teachings of yoga in the West for next 40 years.

4th of July: Vedic Sciences

Also with Komilla Sutton, Bill Sinclair (Ramdas) and Swamini Svatmavidyananda

July 3 - 6, 2025
This Holiday weekend we will have talks from renown special guest speakers on how the Yoga and vedic teachings give us perfect health in body, mind and spirit.

Labor Day Weekend: Integrated Health

Also with Swami Adi Parashaktiananda, Swami Dharmananda, Shreelata Suresh and Dr. Sachin Deshmukh

August 28 - September 1, 2025
Join us for our Integrated Health & Relaxation Retreat as we take time in the beautiful nature of the Yoga Farm. We close the summer with this special program with Swami Sitaramananda and the senior teachers of the Ashram presenting the Classical Yoga teachings and featuring leading teachers in the field of Holistic Health and Healing. Heera Kulkarni shares her vast knowledge to create nutritious and delicious plant-based meals for healing health conditions. Dr. Sachin Deshmukh offers talks on daily and seasonal routines and healthy lifestyle practices following the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda. Shree Lata Suresh will present traditional Bharat Natyam dance with her students from the Vishwa Shanti Dance Academy. 

Onsite Yoga Teachers Training Course

Also with Swami Dharmananda and Swami Adi Parashaktiananda

October 11 - November 8, 2025
This 4 week course, which offers a profound personal experience, will allow you to transmit the knowledge of yoga to others. The spiritual essence of yoga is learned through a combination of repeated practice and inspirational lessons.