About SYVM
Swami Sivananda (1887-1963):
Swami Sivananda was one of greatest sages of modern India. He was born at Pattamadai, Tamil Nadu in 1887. After a successful career as a doctor he renounced his practice to search for his Guru in the foothills of Himalayas. He settled in the sacred valley of Rishikesh and was initiated in the Dashnami Sannyasa tradition in 1924 by Swami Vishwananda Saraswati. He founded the Divine Life Society at Rishikesh in 1936, the Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy in 1948. He has published more than 300 books and articles on Yoga and spirituality to maintain and introduce yogic values in the minds of the general public. His emphasis was on bringing the spiritual and yogic teachings to mankind without distinction, for health, peace of mind or spiritual upliftment. In his ashram, the Divine Life Society, he trained many outstanding disciples. In 1957 he sent one such disciple, Swami Vishnudevananda, to teach Yoga in the West. Swami Sivananda’s teachings inspired people across the globe to practice yoga and lead a divine life. The Divine soul attained Maha Samadhi on 14th July 1963.
Swami Vishnudevananda (1927-1993):
Swami Vishnudevananda was born in Kerala, India on December 31, 1927. Vishnudevananda entered the Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh in 1947 at the age of twenty. He was the direct disciple of Swami Sivananda and lived with his master for 12 years. In 1957 Swami Vishnudevananda was send to west by his teacher to spread yoga. Swami Vishnu was the founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres. He was recognized as a world authority on Hatha and Raja Yoga. Thousands of students have been personally trained by Swami Vishnudevananda as yoga teachers and many more have been inspired by his books, “The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga”, “Meditation and Mantras”.
Meet our Team
Our organization strictly follows Shri Swami Sivananda’s motto ‘an ounce of practice is worth tons of theory
MONI
Founder
Moni is a well-known Yoga teacher in Trivandrum. He has completed 500 Hours Teacher Training from Sivananda Yoga Vedanta centre in Neyyardam, Trivandrum and associated with the organisation for10 years. He has more than 15years of experience in teaching yoga and philosophy. He has done talks and lectures on yoga to many organisations and schools. He is one of the founder of Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Madom.
LEKSHMI N S
Co-Founder
Lekshmi NS is the co-founder of Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Madom and teaching Yoga and philosophy since 2015. She has done her yoga teaching training from Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre in Neyyardam, Trivandrum. Her love for yoga and meditation led to devote her whole life for this spiritual path and spreading happiness to mankind.
PRASANTH SREERANJAN
Teacher
Prasanth Sreeranjan started yoga in 2014 because of heavy stress from his corporate sector job. He has got training from many Yoga Gurus and after that, he understood yoga is his way of life. Then he started his spiritual journey and begun to teach and spread his knowledge in yoga.
LALLU MARQUIZ
Teacher
Lallu Marquiz was a journalist and traveler. He started yoga because of an injury in his shoulder. But that was the game-changing incident in his life. After many years of practice, he quitted his job and decided to become a yoga teacher. He started teaching in Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Madom since 2018 and also teaching other yoga centers and resorts.
PRAVEEN DAS
Teacher
Praveendas is a graduate in philosophy and did his yoga teachers training course at the International Sivananda yoga Vedanta centre in Neyyardam and his advanced teachers training course at the G.S. College of yoga and cultural synthesis, kaivalyadhama ashram, Lonavla, Pune. He has long years of experience in teaching yoga in its practical and theoretical aspects. His articles on yoga have appeared in many magazines and journals and he is keen on the application of yoga for an organized life. He has done talks and conducted guided meditation sessions for many reputed institutions and organisations.