Swami Niranjanananda

Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati (born 14February1960) is the successor of Paramahamsa Satyananda, founder of Satyananda Yoga, who passed on the worldwide coordination of Satyananda Yoga to Swami Niranjanananda in 1988.

Born in Rajnandgaon, Madhya Pradesh, India, Swami Niranjanananda is considered by his followers to be a yogi from birth. He began his training at Bihar School of Yogain India at the age of four. In 1971, at the age of ten, he toured extensively in Europe, Americaand Australia. This experience gave him a deep understanding of the Western mind and society. In 1983 he returned to Indiaand was appointed the Head of Bihar School of Yoga. For the next eleven years, he spear headed the research and development activities at Ganga Darshan, Shivananda Mathand Yoga Research Foundation.

In 1990, he was initiated in tradition of Paramhamsaand in 1993 he was chosen as the successor of Paramhamsa Satyananda. In 1993, he organized a World YogaConvention on the occasion of the golden jubilee of Sannyasof his guru. In 1994, he established Bihar Yoga Bhartias the centre for higher studies in the field of Yoga.

Swami Niranjanananda is a modern master of yoga, whose understanding spans both the scientific Western culture and the mystical wisdom of the East.

At present he is the Paramacharyaof Bihar Yoga Bharati(Institute for Advanced Studies in the Yogic Sciences) in Munger, Bihar.

See also

• Bihar School of Yoga
• Bihar Yoga Bharati
• Yoga Nidra
• Paramahamsa Satyananda
• Swami Sivananda

External links

• Satyananda Yoga(Official website)
• Bihar School of Yoga
• Bihar Yoga Bharati
• Yoga Magazine published by Satyananda Yoga
• Sivananda Math
• Satyananda Yoga(Official German website)
• Satyananda Yoga ~ Mangrove (Residential Yoga Retreat Centre - near Sydney, Australia)

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