Swami Hridyananda is a direct disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda and senior staff at the Yoga Retreat. She has spent over 35 years teaching different aspects of yoga, as well as teaching in Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training Courses. She also teaches meditation, thought power, chanting, and supports individuals on their inner transformative journey.
Swami Brahmananda is Manager of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat and senior staff of the Sivananda organization. A long-time practitioner of yoga, he regularly teaches yoga philosophy and meditation for the Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training Courses as well as meditation immersion courses. He is a much-loved, inspiring, and knowledgeable teacher.
Swami Paramananda is the manager of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch and longtime teacher of Sivananda Yoga Teacher Trainings in the Bahamas, New York, and India. A much-loved teacher admired for his humor, warmth, and devotion to the practice, he seamlessly weaves classical yoga teachings into modern daily life.
Jnaneshwari Chaitanya is a senior staff member and teacher of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat. An experienced and devoted practitioner, she is an inspiring and insightful teacher of Yoga and Vedanta in Yoga teachers training courses and many of the ashram programs. Jnaneshwari Chaitanya is known for her clear and pure way of communicating the knowledge and its application in daily life, and is especially known for her skill in teaching the Bhagavad Gita.
Rukmini Chaitanya is a senior staff member of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat Bahamas, and the personal assistant to Swami Swaroopananda, the Acharya, or spiritual director of the Ashram. She regularly teaches the Bhagavad Gita during the Sivananda Yoga Teacher training as well as other courses on the Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta, positive thinking, meditation, and yoga philosophy.
Rukmini Chaitanya is known for her enthusiastic and inspiring teaching style as well as for her devotion to the lineage and the scriptures. She is dedicated to each of her students and has an innate desire to share knowledge with them. She brings a great deal of clarity to every topic and is highly appreciated for her capacity to unfold complicated topics and present them in a coherent and pure way.
Krishna Chaitanya is a physical therapist, senior staff member of the Yoga Retreat, and senior instructor of Hatha Yoga in the Teacher Training Course and other courses. He has taught for more than 20 years and specializes in working with the elderly population. He teaches Adaptive Yoga, Chair Yoga, and has many years experience helping individuals with all kinds of physical limitations.
Parvati Chaitanya is a senior staff member of the ashram with many years of experience teaching, studying, and practicing yoga. She currently serves the ashram as caretaker of the gardens.
Narayani is an advanced Sivananda Yoga teacher (RYT 500), staff member at the ashram, and a hatha yoga instructor in yoga teacher trainings. She is a much loved teacher, teaching with love, devotion and great clarity.
Upcoming Programs
Yoga Teacher TrainingJanuary 4 — 31, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Learn how to bring the benefits of classical yoga to others and take your yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level.
Yoga Teacher TrainingJanuary 4 — 31, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
Deepen and expand your knowledge and practice as a yoga teacher through this four-week immersion into advanced yogic practices of hatha yoga, meditation, pranayama, Sanskrit, and the Sivananda teachings.
Yoga Teacher TrainingJanuary 21 — 29, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
For those students who took the 200-hr Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training online and wish to add to their certification.
Yoga Teacher TrainingFebruary 3 — March 2, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Learn how to bring the benefits of classical yoga to others and take your yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level.
Yoga Teacher TrainingFebruary 20 — 28, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
For those students who took the 200-hr Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training online and wish to add to their certification.
Yoga Vacation ProgramFebruary 25 — 26, 2025
Krishnan Namboodiri and Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
Join us in celebration of Maha Sivaratri, the night of Lord Siva, one of the most sacred nights on the yogic calendar to honor the union of Siva and Shakti in this all-night event.
Yoga Teacher TrainingMarch 5 — April 1, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Learn how to bring the benefits of classical yoga to others and take your yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level.
Yoga Teacher TrainingMarch 22 — 30, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
For those students who took the 200-hr Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training online and wish to add to their certification.
Yoga Teacher TrainingApril 4 — May 1, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Learn how to bring the benefits of classical yoga to others and take your yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level.
Yoga Teacher TrainingApril 4 — May 1, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
Deepen and expand your knowledge and practice as a yoga teacher through this four-week immersion into advanced yogic practices of hatha yoga, meditation, pranayama, Sanskrit, and the Sivananda teachings.
Yoga Vacation ProgramApril 12, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
Enjoy a delicious vegetarian feast, a reading of the Haggadah, Passover chants, and teachings on Passover’s relationship to yogic principles.
Yoga Teacher TrainingApril 21 — 29, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
For those students who took the 200-hr Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training online and wish to add to their certification.
Yoga Vacation ProgramMay 1, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
Celebrate the lineage of Advaita Vedanta with prayer, puja, and prasad.
Yoga Teacher TrainingMay 4 — 31, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Learn how to bring the benefits of classical yoga to others and take your yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level.
Yoga Teacher TrainingMay 21 — 29, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
For those students who took the 200-hr Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training online and wish to add to their certification.
Yoga Teacher TrainingJune 3 — 30, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Learn how to bring the benefits of classical yoga to others and take your yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level.
Yoga Teacher TrainingJune 20 — 28, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
For those students who took the 200-hr Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training online and wish to add to their certification.
Yoga Teacher TrainingJuly 3 — 30, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Learn how to bring the benefits of classical yoga to others and take your yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level.
Yoga Teacher TrainingJuly 20 — 28, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
For those students who took the 200-hr Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training online and wish to add to their certification.
Yoga Vacation ProgramAugust 26, 2025
Krishnan Namboodiri and Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
Join us for this sacred ceremony to strengthen your own resolves and bring stamina and fortitude into your life.
Special EventSeptember 8, 2025
Krishnan Namboodiri and Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
Join us in the joyful celebration of Swami Sivananda’s life.
Yoga Teacher TrainingNovember 4 — December 1, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
Deepen and expand your knowledge and practice as a yoga teacher through this four-week immersion into advanced yogic practices of hatha yoga, meditation, pranayama, Sanskrit, and the Sivananda teachings.
Yoga Teacher TrainingNovember 4 — December 1, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Learn how to bring the benefits of classical yoga to others and take your yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level.
Yoga Vacation ProgramNovember 9 — 11, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
Join us for this special celebration of puja and prayer to honor the Mahasamadhi and Jalasamadhi of our founder and guru Swami Vishnudevananda.
Yoga Teacher TrainingNovember 21 — 29, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
For those students who took the 200-hr Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training online and wish to add to their certification.
Yoga Teacher TrainingDecember 4 — 31, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Learn how to bring the benefits of classical yoga to others and take your yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level.
Yoga Teacher TrainingDecember 21 — 29, 2025
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
For those students who took the 200-hr Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training online and wish to add to their certification.
Yoga Teacher TrainingJanuary 4 — 31, 2026
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Learn how to bring the benefits of classical yoga to others and take your yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level.
Yoga Teacher TrainingJanuary 4 — 31, 2026
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
Deepen and expand your knowledge and practice as a yoga teacher through this four-week immersion into advanced yogic practices of hatha yoga, meditation, pranayama, Sanskrit, and the Sivananda teachings.
Yoga Teacher TrainingJanuary 21 — 29, 2026
Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
For those students who took the 200-hr Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training online and wish to add to their certification.
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