Select Language:

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 PT | 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.

4th of July: Heartfelt and Joyful Living with Infinite Compassion Orchestra

Also with Swami Sivasankariananda, Infinite Compassion Orchestra, Swami Adiparashaktiananda and Swami Divyananda

July 2 - 5, 2026
Life is love and love is life, according to Swami Sivananda. Life is poetry and relationships. Nourish the right brain and discover your creative self. Relax in your fulfilled divine nature. Most people exhaust themselves by over-thinking.

Onsite Yoga Teachers Training Course

Also with Swami Adiparashaktiananda, Swami Sivasankariananda, Swami Amritananda and Swami Gangananda

October 24 - November 21, 2026
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.

Sivananda Yoga Peace Educator Training (1-year program)

Also with Swami Narayanananda, Swami Sivasankariananda, Swami Sankarananda, Stephen Longfellow Fiske and Dr. Fred Luskin

January 3 - December 15, 2027

Promote holistic peace/conflict transformative practices and methods as an accessible way to wellbeing and peaceful development of individuals and society. Apply classical Yoga and Vedanta philosophy to address specific disharmonious conditions in a person, a family or a community. Gain the knowledge and skills to apply the 5 Points of Yoga Life: 1. Proper exercise […]

Onsite Yoga Teachers Training Course

Also with Swami Adiparashaktiananda, Swami Sivasankariananda and Swami Divyananda

May 15 - June 12, 2027
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.

Sadhana Intensive

Also with Swami Adiparashaktiananda and Swami Divyananda

June 16 - 30, 2027

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.