Sivananda yoga Sivananda yoga Sivananda yoga, after teachings of Swami Sivananda, is a non-proprietary form of hatha yoga in which the training focuses on an integrative approach to yogic disciplines. Sivananda Yoga is a school of traditional Hatha yoga, developed in the 20th century. It teaches the 4 paths of yoga; karma, bhakti, raja and jnana yoga. Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh followed Vivekananda's vision of yoga as having four parts, but asanas became more important in his teaching. His pupils, especially including Swami Vishnudevananda in Canada from 1959, helped to set up Sivananda Yoga Centres around the world. Tony Sanchez, a founder
Aparoksha from which unity of existence is derived. This knowledge is gained by establishing a "guru-shishya sambandha" (Guru-shishya tradition) with a teacher who has already experienced that kind of knowledge (Aparoksanubhuti); the karma or acts required to be done, after gain of "Aparoksha jnana" is "Vidya-karma" which consists in "sravana" (hearing of srutis), "manana" (reflection) and "nididhyasana" (meditation on Brahman). Aparoksha is "savikalpa jnana" (knowledge) when one re-recognizes the non-dual nature of the ever-realized Self (Tat Tvam Asi), it is the immediate knowledge gained through the "pramanas"; practice of "Dhyana" (meditation) removes all "vikalpas" (varied thoughts) and leads to "nirvikalpa" or