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
Nirjara only after, the Mohaniya karma are first destroyed, followed by Jnanavaraniya karma, Darsanavarana karma and Antaraya karma. However after attaining the "Kevala jnana", the causes of bandha, bondage end, thus the influx of Karma, asrava, ends as well, thus the person is freed from the Aghatiya karmas namely, Ayu karma, Nama karma, Gotra karma and Vedaniya karma, which cause worldly existence. Emptied of karma the person attains liberation. Nirjara Nirjara is one of the seven fundamental principles, or Tattva in Jain philosophy, and refers to the shedding or removal of accumulated karmas from the atma (soul), essential for breaking free