He is founder of the Himalayan Hermitage, an eco-friendly spiritual retreat, 25 km from Rishikesh in India.
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His more than 35 years of yoga experience gives him much inner knowledge that he shares in a simple and joyful way with all students.
Swami Bodhichitananda Saraswati
Swami is a Kriya Yogi who has lived in the Indian Himalayas since 1991.
He was a monk in Self-Realization Fellowship, founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in California, from 1987 to 1991, then joined Sivananda Ashram (The Divine Life Society), Rishikesh and took final vows in 1999 as a Swami from H.H. Swami Chidananda Saraswati, successor of Swami Sivananda.
He was a personal assistant to Swami Chidananda, and Yogacharya at the Divine Life Society from 1991 to 2003.
His Kriya Yoga Guru, who authorized him to give Kriya Yoga Initiation, is a Himalayan Kriya Yogi, Swami Jnanananda Giri, who walked to India in 1952 after reading Autobiography of a Yogi, was a Swami in Yogananda’s India organization(Yogoda Satsang Society), but finally retired to seclusion in the Himalayas. Swami Bodhichitananda primarily teaches Kriya Yoga of Babaji, Sivananda’s Integral Yoga and Evolutionary Spirituality.
"AND WE KNOW THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE."
ROMANS 8:28