Category: Legacy Series

Pioneering the spread of the ancient Kriya Yoga science Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda narrates an incident in his spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi, which changed the whole course of his life. Once his Guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar asked him: “Why are you averse to…

A Scientific Approach to Yoga IntroductionNestled in the midst of one of the busiest cities of India is calm and serene campus of The Yoga Institute (TYI). The institute was founded in the year 1918, by Shri Yogendraji with the inspiration and blessings of his…

Prajnana Mission, part of the Kriya Yoga International Organization, was established by Paramahamsa Hariharanandaji in 1993 for the propagation of Kriya Yoga Kriya Yoga Lineage of Masters Although the lineage starts from God, this lineage belongs to ‘Kriya Yoga’ that has both sannyasis and householders…

Historical Background of Yoga Research at Kaivalyadham: Late Swami Kuvalayananda (1883-1966), was a pioneer in Scientific Yoga, and Founder Director of Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute, Lonavla. He was initiated into yoga by his Guru, Paramhamsa Swami Madhavdasji of Malsar, after which he founded Kaivalyadhama, Lonavla in…

Arogyadhama, the residential integrative health home of S-VYASA, Bengaluru by Dr. Suchitra Patil, BAMS, MD, PhD S-VYASA hosts Arogyadhama, a 600 bed inpatient treatment facility. It is an Integrative Holistic Research Health Home that uses self-healing techniques based on research by Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana…

Part II Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya (University). DSVV is based on the teachings and vision of, Pt. Shri Ram Sharma Acharya Ji, who was a ground-breaking scholar and one of the greatest philosophers of recent times in India. His education philosophy was to provide a free…

Holistic well-being has today become the need of the hour as we constantly try to navigate our way in a world that is fraught with challenges in all spheres. To attain the balance between the physical, mental and emotional, perhaps the most effective methodology which…

A True Master and a Complete Teacher– Sri T Krishnamacharya If there is one name that can be considered pretty much synonymous with contemporary yoga, it is T Krishnamacharya who is well known the world over as the yoga guru of legendary masters such as…

Part I Yugrishi Vedmurti Taponistha, Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya ji belongs to a tradition of divine rishis such as Bhagirath and Dadhichi whose sacrifice and ashirvaads have liberated not only the flow of Mother Ganga, but also the holy waters of…