Being the Guru Bhakti Yoga day, Satyananda Yoga Centre will observe Guru Bhakti Yoga Aaradhana tomorrow.
The Divya Padukas of Sri Swamiji has gone on an Anugraha Yatra across six cities and the blessings of the tradition was showered upon 3500 people of Tamilnadu!
Tomorrow evening we will offer our shraddha to our beloved Paramaguru Sri Swami Satyananda, who took a Yoga Samadhi on 5th December 2009. Every month, we remember the spectacular Yoga Samadhi that Sri Swamiji took as a proof of the yoga vidya that our venerated tradition has preserved for posterity.
Satyananda Yoga Centre is delighted to make this announcement! The aspirants of South India, had the blissful opportunity of receiving the showers of wisdom that poured from our Guru Paramahamsa Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati, Paramacharya of Satyananda Yoga Tradition and spiritual successor of Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati.
The Centenary Celebration of Bihar School of Yoga and World Yoga Convention were celebrated under the vision and guidance of Swami Niranjan in the year 2013 to mark the completion of fifty years and the Golden Jubilee of Bihar School of Yoga.
The mandate given by Pujya Gurudev Swami Sivananda “Take Yoga from Door to Door and Shore to Shore” had been accomplished by Sri Swami Satyananda.
Swami Niranjan announced that the first chapter of Bihar School of Yoga had been completed with the celebration of the Golden Jubilee and announced the commencement of the second chapter of Yoga. Swami Niranjan has brought forth the guidelines for the second chapter.
Six programs happened from 8th to 26th April across south India that were organized by Satyananda Yoga Centre. Read a full report about the Bharath Yoga Yatra, see some lovely moments, visit: https://www.syctchennai.com/yogayatra2025/
If you wish to join these webinars that are offered by Satyananda Yoga Centre, Chennai from wherever you are, click on the link given below
A systematic and meticulous approach, based on decades of experience
Courses & Offerings
Individuals and families can directly learn from us for immediate and long term goals. Organizations can collaborate with us and bring the inputs of Satyananda Yoga to the benefit of your people and organization
Courses for Adults
Regular Practice is the Primary Pre-Requisite for success in Yoga!
Sannyasi Shivarishi
The greatest challenge for an adult is to identify the time and space regularly for the practice of Yoga, by themselves! At Satyananda Yoga Centre, the courses are designed in such a way that the learning is “A little at a time” that can be assimilated by regular practice, followed by further learning.
“Development of Self Awareness & Awakening of the hidden potential is the approach to the experience of yoga”
Systematic practice and expanded states of awareness allow one to awaken the hidden energy & manifest it in daily life as Creativity, Enthusiasm, and Empowerment. These result in faultless thinking and clutter free mind and disease free body.The courses are designed to gradually expand ones awareness from the grosser planes to the subtle plane & then develop the awareness that one is the awareness and not the things one is aware of. “Learning is Progressive”
In yogic learning there is a gradual transformation of the whole being. The body, mind, intellect, emotions, the energy; every part of the person engaging in yoga go through transformation.Each small movement can be a great leap in life with respect to that dimension of one’s personality. The process of evolution is set in motion.The courses conducted by Satyananda Yoga Centre, Chennai are planned carefully to give the time and space for the aspirant to adjust to the emerging changes.
Click on the image or the title to read about respective courses
The beginners course is where we accept anyone approaching us for learning Satyananda Yoga. Anyone with no experience or lots of experience is accepted into the beginners course first! One can progress to next stage only after going through this course!
This allows one to become flexible, light and be free from stiffness and be relaxed
Only the Graduates of PSL-1, can enroll in PSL-2. This course is a strenuous program designed to bring fitness. Flexibility, Strength, Endurance, Agility, Vitality. A course to strengthen the whole personality.
PSL1 & PSL2 are essential for those who wish to enjoy good health and a strengthened personality
Graduates of PSL-2 only are allowed to apply for this course. This course is aimed at fine tuning and to bring about total transformation in ones personality. It is a course that demands serious involvement, commitment to practice and sincerity to the teachings.
This course lays the foundation for a spiritual transformative journey.
Seva is the solution in which the egocentric personality can be dissolved. One’s unresolved self image is like a thorn that keeps hurting. Seva Shibiram gives opportunities for participants to involve themselves in the Guru-Sishya relationship. One is blessed with Chitta Suddhi.
A harmonized and refined mind is the blessing of this long term course.
Our mind can be our blessing when it is fine tuned. Otherwise it can be a curse. Yogic wisdom converts the mind into an amazing tool of harmony and creativity. Several practices of pratyahara and yogic attitudes are introduced during this long term course.
This course introduces people to progress in the path of yoga’s intermediate steps
Mana Aikagriya Shibiram
One pointedness is a pre requisite for being in a meditative experience. After sufficient preparation, after laying a strong foundation through sincere practice, one can embark into the inner journey through this course
Mana Aikagrya Shibiram – Intense Course for Concentration
2 Years
Shravan Sadhana – Scriptural Study
5 – 7 years
Courses For Children
After a long time, we have rolled out once again a Children Yoga Course at Satyananda Yoga Centre. It is a completely fun filled yoga program that challenges, prods, encourages your child to explore the wonderful ways of understanding the body-mind-energy complex and making full use of the great gift of life! Our course for children will be held on every Sunday from 9.30am to 10.30am. the course will be conducted by teachers who are filled with wisdom and enthusiasm and are systematically trained to make the learning of yoga total fun. If you wish to enroll your child in the course, please call us or bring your child to Satyananda Yoga Centre on a Sunday around 9.15am.
There is so much that can be obtained from the wisdom of yoga which has relevance to the modern human problems and maladies. Inspiring and informative workshops can be conducted for your people!We have conducted Workshops and meaningful discussions for every environment in the last three decades.
For Families
In Corporate Environment
For Educational Institutions
For Youth
For Health Management
For Professionals
In Arena of Sports
For Performing Artistes
We can be contacted, to guide you and plan an interesting workshop, for your organisation.
Satyananda Yoga Centre has conducted hundreds of programs over three decades. Since it would be impossible to read through all of them, we are presenting here only the most important ones.This apart several organisations have availed our expertise, however we are not presenting all of them here.We welcome interested organisations to connect with us for organizing joint programs for the welfare of all!
Swami Anandananda Italy at SYC
Workshops on Yogic Application in life
Discovery of Human Potential 2007
Swami Niranjan meeting with students of DAV Chennai
Satyananda Yoga Centre actively collaborates with the society through individuals and through several organisations, to create opportunities for all to have contemporary, researched authentic inputs about Yoga as a system of self development, to help them improve the quality of their lives. Several programs, ranging from one time session of 45 minutes to year long periodic interventions have been conducted effectively to the benefit of a variety of people from different strata of society. Our association has been with every aspect of the fabric of human development, which include, Educational institutions, corporate multi national companies, Government departments, Government undertakings, Private firms, Spiritual and cultural associations, Sports academies for more than two decades.
Since inception SYC has involved itself in the study and application of Yoga in several setting and environments, reaching out to people with various needs.
These are some of the dimensions in which we have introduced Yoga, studied its impact and applied it successfully
32 YEARS EXPERIENCE THOUSANDS OF LIVES TRANSFORMED AT
Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam
Indian Army
BCCI
Servion t
RBI
DAV Group of Schools
Murugappa Group
Indian Overseas Bank - IOB
Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank
VIT
Royal Bank of Scotland
IBM
Sri Ramakrishna Mission
Sri Ramachandra Medical University
Ashok Leyland
Scope International
Atos | Syntel
PMI
NMO
Tagore Medical College
Heartfulness
Swabodhini
Rela Hospital
An unbroken tadition
Our Uniqueness
Personal attention, sincere attempt to bring the complete range of the teaching to you in a systematic manner! With about 50000 hours of teaching experience of our founder and cumulative 500000 hours of teaching experience of teachers trained by us.
We offer our programs to suit the needs and the demands of householders, who have an inspiring leadership role to play in their lives, yet have spiritual aspirations glowing within their heart
This is a unique offering for humanity in the modern fast world!
Our Parampara
Our Illumined Masters
Satyananda Yoga Centre follows the tradition of yoga as given by Swami Sivananda, Developed by Sri Swami Satyananda, preserved and propagated by Illumined masters of our Parampara
Sri Swami Sivananda
Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati was born at Pattamadai, (Tamil Nadu) in 1887. After serving as a medical doctor in Malaya, he renounced his practice to search for his Guru in the foothills of the Himalayas. He settled in the sacred valley of Rishikesh and was initiated into the Dashnami Sannyasa tradition in 1924 by Swami Vishwananda Saraswati.
In subsequent years he wrote hundreds of books and articles on yoga and spirituality to maintain and introduce yogic values in the minds of the general public. His emphasis was on breaking down the barriers which separated the needy from the teachings that could help them, whether this took the form of yoga for health, peace of mind or spiritual aspiration. This ideology continues to guide the work of the Satyananda branch of his lineage.
To this end Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati toured India extensively, inspiring people to practice yoga and lead a divine life. He founded the Divine Life Society at Rishikesh in 1936, the Sivananda Ayurvedic Pharmacy in 1945, the Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy in 1948 and the Sivananda Eye Hospital in 1957 and attained Maha Samadhi on 14th July 1963.
As a major spiritual voice of not only his time, but forever, Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati guides thousands of spiritual seekers, disciples and aspirants all over the world.
If you wish to read more about Swami Sivananda and the mission that was started by him, you may visit the website of DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY : https://www.dlshq.org/
Sri Swami Satyananda
Sri Swami Satyananda was born in1923 at Almora on the foothills of The Himalayas. At a young age he had the inclination and the opportunity to meet and serve several sadhus, who were on their way to the Himalayas. It had a strong influence in the young Dharmendar!
At the tender age of six, when most people would play with toys, he had a profound spiritual experience. His parents were reassured by many saints about the spiritual potential of their son!
In the life of Sri Swamiji, several spiritual, tantric, yoga Gurus were eager to adopt him and even offered to make him their successors. Sri Swamiji also received guidance into several aspects of spiritual sadhana.
In 1943, at the age of 20 Sri Swamiji met Swami Sivananda at Rishikesh and the rest of his life is history that the whole world knows.
If you wish to actually read about the life and work of Sri Swami Satyananda, you can visit the website of Bihar School of Yoga : https://www.biharyoga.net/
Paramahamsa Swami Niranjanananda
Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati was born in Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) in 1960. Guided by his guru, Swami Satyananda Saraswati, from birth, at the age of four he came to live with him at the Bihar School of Yoga in Munger where he received training in yogic and spiritual sciences through yoga nidra.
In 1971 he was initiated into Dashnami sannyasa, and thereafter for eleven years he lived overseas, mastering skills in varied areas, acquiring an understanding of different cultures and helping propagate yoga in Europe, Australia, North and South America.
At the behest of his guru, he returned to India in 1983 to guide the activities of Bihar School of Yoga, Sivananda Math and the Yoga Research Foundation at Ganga Darshan. In 1990 he was initiated as a paramahamsa sannyasin and in 1993 anointed spiritual preceptor in succession to Swami Satyananda Saraswati. He established Bihar Yoga Bharati, the first university of yoga, in 1994 and the Yoga Publications Trust in 2000 in Munger. He also initiated a children’s yoga movement, Bal Yoga Mitra Mandal, in 1995. In addition to inspiring the activities at Munger, he travelled extensively to guide seekers around the world.
In 2008 he relinquished the presidency of the Bihar School of Yoga and all institutional responsibilities were handed to the next generation of yoga sevaks. Before his Mahasamadhi in 2009, Sri Swami Satyananda gave Swami Niranjanananda the mandate to explore the sannyasa lifestyle and to revive and expound the classical yoga vidya. Author of many classic books on yoga, tantra and the upanishads, Swami Niranjan is a magnetic source of wisdom on all aspects of yogic philosophy, practice and lifestyle. He ably combines tradition with modernity as he continues to nurture and spread his guru’s mission from his base in Munger town.
In 2017, he was awarded the third highest civilian award of India, the Padma Bhushan, by the President of the Republic of India for meritorious work in yoga.
Swami Satyasangananda Saraswati popularly known as Swami Satsangi, was born in 1953, in the small town of Chandernagore, West Bengal, India. Although from childhood she had a completely modern education and upbringing, she opted for the traditional life of renunciation and sannyasa after she had a series of inner awakenings at an early age, which led her to her guru, Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati. She was initiated into the Dashnami tradition of sannyasa on 6 July 1982 at Ganga Darshan, Munger.
Thereafter she travelled extensively and ceaselessly with Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati on his tours in India and abroad, which gave her immense exposure and contributed to her development into a scholar with deep insight into the yogic and tantric traditions as well as modern sciences and philosophies. A truly inspirational teacher and gifted writer, Swami Satsangi is the author of major texts on yoga and tantra, such as Sri Vijnana Bhairava Tantra: The Ascent, Karma Sannyasa, Light on the Guru and Disciple Relationship and her latest, The Descent, a commentary on Adi Guru Shankaracharya’s famous poem of divine ecstasy, Sri Saundarya Lahari. One of her most acclaimed books, Tattwa Shuddhi: The Tantric Science of Inner Purification, outlines an essential practice for inner experience which she herself developed and presented. Her ability to articulate ancient teachings from yogic, tantric and vedic texts and bring these into a modern context makes Swami Satsangi an ideal teacher to transmit the wisdom of her guru’s teachings.
In 1989 when her guru Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati, ordained by an inner mandate he received in meditation, went to live in seclusion at a remote rural village in Jharkhand known as Rikhia, Swami Satyasangananda was the person who located the place he saw in his vision and negotiated the purchase of the land, which was to become the tapobhoomi of Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati. At that time Rikhia was a poor, nondescript, unknown village in one of India’s poorest states. No roads, no electricity, no phones, no shops, no traffic, no trace of the 21st century, that was the Rikhia she entered in 1989, to prepare for the arrival of her guru.
Since that time Swami Satsangi has dedicated herself to fulfilling her guru’s vision of uplifting the neglected, impoverished and downtrodden villagers in the surrounding areas of the ashram, by implementing the cardinal teachings of Paramguru Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati: Serve, Love, Give. Her tireless and unceasing efforts, which are carried out under the banner of Sivananda Math, an institution founded by Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati in 1987 at Munger in memory of his guru, have transformed the entire area into a vibrant centre of spirituality where people throng in large numbers for spiritual solace.
On January 1st 2007, she was appointed as the Peethadhishwari of Rikhiapeeth by Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Presently she resides at Rikhia, and is dedicated to implementing Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati’s three precepts of serve, love and give, working tirelessly for the material and spiritual upliftment of the local community, who are the neighbours of her guru. She travels nationally and internationally carrying the light of Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati’s and Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati’s teachings to all.
Satyananda Yoga Centre – Triplicane, is a sincere attempt of Sannyasi Shiva Rishi formerly known as NKT.M.Jeyagopal to provide an authentic experience and exposure to Sadhana, Seva and Samarpan, as given by Swami Sivananda, presented by Swami Satyananda and preserved and propagated by the luminaries of the Bihar Yoga or the Satyananda Yoga tradition.
In his childhood & during his young years, Sannyasi Shivarishi was very playful, weak in studies, with a distracted & dissipated mind; a notorious boy, pain to teachers & elders. During his youth he developed an interest for unhealthy habits. The spoilt youth felt a transformation happening when Yoga touched his life in 1988.
Much to his surprise, Yoga brought about a universal transformation in him.
Today he is known as Sannyasi Shiva Rishi. He is a disciple of Paramahamsa Niranjanananda Saraswati.
He was initiated into the Jignasu Sannyasa at Ganga Darshan, Bihar School of Yoga on the first day of Navaratri 2009, into Karma Sannyasa on the auspicious day of AKSHAYA TRITIYA in 2012, by Paramahamsa Swami Satyasanganada Saraswati in the sacred grounds of Akhara of Rikhiapeeth.
Had the good fortune of getting trained under some of the greatest masters of modern time, into several disciplines of Yoga. Being such a beneficiary of Yoga, he realized that if he had the exposure to the traditions at a younger age it would have been a greater way to experience youth.
He decided that he would work to create opportunities for young people to have an enjoyable experience of the ancient wisdom of the Vedic Rishis. To bring this ancient wisdom closer to children and youth, that they feel a connect and a meaning of yogic inputs in their life.
SYCT is the culmination of his vision of providing a centre of learning, for those interested in a complete understanding & learning of yoga for spiritual awakening and fulfillment of life purpose to take part in the process of self reflection, refinement, fine tuning of personality; resulting in a readiness for Self Realization.
You can read the following pages to know about the journey that he went through.
Satyananda Yoga Education Charitable Trust is a registered charitable trust with 80G and 12A. SYECT has been blessed by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati. Several projects have been undertaken by SYECT for providing opportunities for the students of Yoga to involve themselves in SEVA
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Sannyasi Shiva Rishi is one of the renowned Yoga Acharyas in the country. With over 37 years of practice and teaching experience since 1993, Sn.Shiva Rishi has shared his profound understanding of Yogic Wisdom with over a million people, fostering peace, tranquility, and spiritual growth. Bihar School of Yoga Sn. Shiva Rishi has learnt yoga from various Illumined Masters since 1988 and found fulfilment when he came under the discipleship of Paramahamsa Swami Niranjananda Saraswati Paramacharya of Bihar School of Yoga in 2003. The Bihar School of Yoga, founded by Swami Satyananda Saraswati, is a world-renowned institution that blends traditional …
Basant Panchami Celebrations On the auspicious day of Basant Panchami, the Saraswati Tradition, the fount of Para and Apara Vidya, flows like the subtle Saraswati River, bringing the sublime spiritual awakening in human nature. It is this auspicious thithi that Sri Swami Satyananda chose to inaugurate the Bihar School of Yoga by lighting the lamp of Wisdom, that has been glowing since then, bringing luminosity in the lives of millions of aspirants all over the world. At Satyananda Yoga Centre, we will be celebrating this by auspicious ocassion in honour of the illumined masters of our Saraswati Tradition by performing …
Hari Om Shri Gurubhyo Namaha By the grace of Pujya Gurudev and the blessings of Sriman Narayana, Satyananda Yoga Centre, will be organising a unique program to bestow Health and Harmony for everyone at all levels. We invite everyone to participate in this auspicious event and receive the blessings of Lord Dhanwantari and the Divine Vaidyas Ashwini Kumaras. Program : 8th January 6am : Guru Aradhana Dhanwantari Homam Pawamana Sukta Parayanam Ashwini Sukta Parayana To be in the environment where the homam happens and the chants are being repeated, protects, provides a divine shield, purifies and uplifts the entire personality. …
Paramahamsa Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati, our beloved Guru, has given us an amazing way to welcome the New Year. At Ganga Darshan on the day of New year, all the Swamis, Residents and visitors sit together and sing Hanuman Chalisa one hundred and eight times. Every Year on the 1st January, at Satyananda Yoga Centre, Triplicane, our day is filled with chanting, aradhana, kirtan and satsang. We are delighted to invite all students of Satyananda Yoga Centre this year for welcoming 2025. Tulsidas has made a promise in Hanuman Chalisa जो शत भार पाटकर कोई छूटहि बंधी महा सुख होइ | जो यह पड़े …
Disciples and Students of Satyananda Yoga tradition will assemble on to honour our Parama Guru and the greatest Yogi of modern time Sri Swami Satyananda on the auspicious occasion of the “15th Maha Samadhi Diwas”. You can participate in Divya Paduka Aradhana Sadguru Gayatri Havan Sri Swami Satyananda Aradhana Kirtan Satsang We invite you to come along with your family to participate and be blessed on this most auspicious day. Date: December 5th at 5pm, Venue: Satyananda Yoga Centre, Triplicane Kindly send a word of confirmation by WhatsApp to 9841738069 Kindly inform the number of persons who will attend the …
Webinar -2 for people in USA and Canada! The mind body complex is often complicated by having asynchronous thoughts, words and deeds. Body-Prana-Mind influence each other positively and negatively. Learn to minimise conflicts and promote harmony. To know more interesting facts about Prana, join the 2nd FREE webinar conducted by Satyananda Yoga Centre on December 15th at 4 PM PST. To register for the Webinar or Scan the QR code in the image above or use the link https://www.syctchennai.com/satyananda-yoga-for-usa/
The Physical, Mental and Vital dimensions are inter related and interconnected. They rely on one another and also affect each other. They are complimenting to each other and participate in the effort to bring about a feeling of a unified single personality. They are like the three legs of the tripod and if one of them is not set or aligned properly then the picture taken is also improper. If one wishes to have a happy peaceful life, if one aspires to enjoy the beauties of life, if one wishes to set specific achievable goals in life and successfully achieve them then one should ensure that these three part of …
Your family is depending upon you! Your Health, Happiness has a direct impact on the lives of your family members! Your children look up to you for feeling secure and happy. Your health is of highest priority! If you are able to invest few minutes every day and integrate simple practices of Yoga, Fine Tune your mind and refine your thoughts, you can enjoy every moment of life! Live YOGA moment after moment! This is the new mandate our Guru Swami Niranjan has given to every person who wishes to enjoy Health, Happiness, Peace and Prosperity in life. Beginner’s Course …
ஹரி ஓம்ஸ்ரீ சுவாமி சத்யானந்தருடைய நூறாவது ஜெயந்தி வருஷமான 2023 ஆண்டில் சென்னை வாழ் மக்களாகிய நாம் மாபெரும் பாக்கியம் அடைய இருக்கிறோம். சுவாமி நிரஞ்சனாநந்தருடைய அருட்பெரும் கருணையினாலும் சுவாமி சத்சங்கி அவர்களின் பேரருளாலும் குரு தேவர் ஸ்ரீ சுவாமி சத்யானந்தருடைய திவ்ய பாதுகைகள் நமது சத்யானந்த யோக மையத்தில் வெள்ளிக்கவசம் பூண்டு அருள் பாலிக்கிறது. இவ்வாண்டில் குரு பூர்ணிமா மகோத்சவத்தின் பொழுது ஸ்ரீ சுவாமிஜி அவர்களின் பாதுகைகள் ரிக்கியா பீட்டில் ஸ்ரீ சுவாமிஜியின் சமாதியிலும் அவரது கணேஷ் குடிர் வளாகத்திலும் சதுர் வேத பாராயணம் மற்றும் குருபூர்ணிமா மகோத்சவத்தின் பொழுது வைக்கப்பட்டு ஸ்ரீ சுவாமிஜி அவர்களுடைய அனுக்கிரகத்துடன் சென்னை திரும்பியது. இது தாங்கள் அனைவரும் முன்பே அறிந்ததே. லக்ஷ்மி நாராயண மகாயக்ஞத்தின் பொழுது ஸ்ரீ சுவாமிஜி அவர்களின் திவ்ய பாதுகைகள் கங்கா தர்ஷன் ஆசிரமத்திற்கு கொண்டு செல்லப்பட்டது. அங்கு அக்காடாவிலும் ஸ்ரீ சுவாமிஜி உடைய தங்குமிடமாக விளங்கிய ஸ்ரீநிவாசிலும் மற்றும் …
Year of Outreach announced by Bihar School of Yoga https://www.biharyoga.net/yoga-outreach.php Visit the above link to know about the plan rolled out by Bihar School of Yoga, visit the websites of both our ashrams to see the year long programs happening throughout the year. Plan in advance so that you can apply for programs and training that you would like to participate. Visit the following link for Bihar School of Yoga https://www.biharyoga.net Visit the following link for Rikhiapeeth Home – 21 Dec
