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Swami Sivasankariananda

Swami Sivasankariananda is director of the Los Angeles Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. She completed her TTC at the Yoga Farm in 1997 and ATTC there in 2008. Swamiji has been on yatra in north and south India and Mount Kailas. She loves to teach and is particularly fond of the Bhakti Yoga practices. She took sannyas in 2017 and is a certified yoga therapist, specializing in chronic pain care. She is on the faculty of the Sivananda Institute of Health & Yoga (SIHY). She served as director of the San Francisco Center from 2015 to 2019.

Upcoming Programs by Swami Sivasankariananda

Onsite Yoga Teachers Training Course

Also with Acharya Swami Sitaramananda, Swami Adiparashaktiananda, 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 Acharya Swami Sitaramananda, Swami Narayanananda, 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 […]