Week 44 · eastern

Swami Sivananda

Swami Sivananda was a medical doctor in colonial Malaya who gave up a successful practice to become a wandering monk in the Himalayas. He settled in Rishikesh, founded the Divine Life Society, and spent the rest of his life writing over 200 books on yoga, health, and spirituality. He trained some of the most influential yoga teachers of the twentieth century, and his motto was disarmingly simple: "Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, realize."

“"Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success." He said that as someone who wrote 200 books, ran an ashram, and personally answered thousands of letters from seekers around the world.”