Satyananda Saraswati

Satyananda Saraswati
In later life
Personal life
Born(1923-12-25)25 December 1923
Almora, Uttarakhand
Died5 December 2009(2009-12-05) (aged 85)
Religious life
ReligionHindu
Senior posting
GuruSwami Sivananda Saraswati

Satyananda Saraswati (25 December 1923 – 5 December 2009), was a Sanyasi, yoga teacher and yoga guru in both his native India and the West. He was a student of Sivananda Saraswati, the founder of the Divine Life Society, and founded the Bihar School of Yoga in 1964. He wrote over 80 books, including the popular 1969 manual Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha.