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Member Since: 30/07/2007
Band Members:Biography:
Swami Ramananda, a senior monastic disciple of
Sri Swami Satchidananda, is the Director of the New York
Integral Yoga Institute. He formerly served as Director of
the San Francisco Integral Yoga Institute and Manager
of Integral Yoga’s headquarters, Satchidananda Ashram-
Yogaville, in Buckingham, Virginia. Ramananda has been
teaching Hatha Yoga since 1976, and now lectures and
conducts programs on many aspects of Yoga practice and
philosophy, and leads Integral Yoga Teacher Training Certification programs for Beginning,
Intermediate and Advanced Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga and Stress Management.
Ramananda is also a scholar of The Yoga
Sutras of Patanjali. With his deep knowledge
and love of this ancient yogic text, Ramananda
has a great ability to explain, inspire, and
demonstrate how to integrate yogic teachings
into one’s daily life.
Ramananda also has a deep love of kirtan
(chanting), mystical poetry and devotional
ritual. He offers workshops on “Mystical
Poetryâ€â€”reading, discussing, and writing,
“Giving a Voice to the Heartâ€â€”participatory
chanting in English and Sanskrit from a variety
of spiritual and cultural traditions, and “Calling
Forth the Divine: How to Perform a Puja.â€
His warmth, wisdom, and sense of humor
have endeared him to many. He has
presented his popular programs worldwide
including presentations at Yoga conferences
for Yoga Journal, the Omega Institute and the
International Association of Yoga Therapists.
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