Swami Sitaramananda has been an international teacher of yoga, meditation, and yoga philosophy for 35 years. A direct disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda, she is a senior acharya of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres in Vietnam and head of the West Coast Sivananda centers in the US and the Asian centers in Vietnam, Japan, China, and Taiwan. Swami Sitaramananda has served as Director of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm in Grass Valley, California, for more than 20 years and is the main teacher of the Yoga Teacher Training Courses offered there. She also teaches annually at Sivananda ashrams and centers in India and Asia.

Swami Sitaramananda has studied Ayurveda, the Indian science of healing and has a unique passion for the study of Jyotish (Vedic astrology). She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree University of Quebec of Montreal and a doctorate in therapeutic counseling from the Open University of Sri Lanka. Over the years, she has counseled and taught many thousands of people from diverse backgrounds in ways to improve health, peace, and happiness.

Swami Dharmananda is the assistant director and spiritual advisor to staff and students of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm in Grass Valley, California, where he teaches yoga and meditation in the Teacher Training Course. He presents the classical teachings in a practical and accessible way to people of all backgrounds.

Dr. Ramkumar Kutty is a lifelong student of Ayurveda and other traditional Indian knowledge systems and an internationally renowned speaker. He is a founder-director of Punamava Ayurveda, and institution committed to universal wellbeing through authentic Ayurvedic practice. He works in collaboration with Yoga of Recovery, facilitating profound healing through cleanses and Panchakarma.

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Durga Leela is an Ayurvedic and Yoga Therapy Specialist and the founder of Yoga of Recovery®, a comprehensive program that integrates Ayurveda and yoga with recovery tools for those affected by addiction and self-destructive behaviors. She teaches a holistic approach to recovery, integrating mind, body, and spirit. She overcame her own struggles with addiction and is a grateful member of 12-step fellowships for over 20 years. She is the author of Yoga of Recovery: Integrating Yoga and Ayurveda With Modern Recovery Tools for Addiction with a foreword by David Frawley.