Swami Vashistananda comes from the Namboodiri lineage in Kerala, India. He was the personal priest of Swami Vishnudevananda and has been a long-time teacher of Bhakti Yoga and Vedanta in the Sivananda organization ever since. Serving at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm since 2014. Swami Vashistananada is the brother of Krishnan Namboodiri, the ashram priest in the Bahamas.