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 yoga with modern science. It emphasizes a holistic approach to health and spiritual growth through a progressive learning of Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga, Kriya Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Gnana Yoga, aiming for personal and social transformation.
Satyananda Yoga Centre
Having experienced yoga’s transformative power firsthand, Sn.Shiva Rishi sought to introduce young people to these ancient teachings. His vision for SYCT was to create a center where individuals could explore yoga deeply, refine their personalities, and work towards Yogic Re-Engineering.
Satyananda Yoga Centre founded by Sn,Shivarishi has been offering progressive yoga courses that help aspirants from preliminary to intense, serious and long term courses, Satyananda Yoga Centre has conducted various workshops for corporates, banks, educational institutions, armed forces, medical professionals, national and international sports academies. With his profound knowledge in Yoga and Indian Knowledge System, the classes go beyond just asana and pranayama practices and enable students to realise their full potential and experience inner peace, tranquility and bring out the best possibilities in all genres.
We are most delighted that the world renowned teachings of our Guru Parampara which draws its inspiration and refugee in the teachings of our Paramaguru Swami Sivananda will be shared with the people of the very land of Tirunelveli.
Swami Sivananda – The flow of Divinity from the perennial Tamraparani to the Whole World
Swami Sivananda was born in the small village called Patthamadai, in Tirunelveli with a great ancestral heritage of the famous Appaya Dikshitar, on 8th September 1887. Became a Medical Doctor and practiced medicine successfully in Malaya. Renounced his successful medical practice to take to Poorna Sannyasa.
Swami Sivananda founded “The Divine Life Society” in Rishikesh on the banks of Ganga. The wisdom of the ancient sages, flowed from the banks of Tamraparani to the banks of Ganga. From the banks of Ganga, the wisdom of the seers of Bharath, knocked “Door to Door” and reached out from “Shore to Shore”.
Swami Sivananda nurtured his disciples who became the greatest illumined masters who have made Yoga the culture of future humanity.
It is indeed a great opportunity for us at Satyananda Yoga Centre, Chennai, to bring this great wisdom of Yoga to the young enginners of Tirunelveli.
On 6th, 7th and 8th March, Sannyasi Shivarishi has been invited to conduct an introductory session to the students of the Tamaraparani Engineering College, to the professors of the college and to the parents and other members of Tirunelveli.
Satyananda Yoga Centre is delighted to give back the the people of Tirunelveli the timeless tradition of Yoga which was brought back to relevance of our present times by the greatest modern sage “SWAMI SIVANANDA”