Karma Sannyasin Shantanu (Botti Stefano) has been practicing Satyananda Yoga since 1999, completing his TTC at Kalpa Vriksha Satyananda Yoga School, Piossasco in 2003. Since then he has been teaching yoga as a continuous activity to beginner, intermediate and advanced classes.
He visited Ganga Darshan many times attending Ashram life and training courses and taking part in the Seva in Rikhiapeeth. He met Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati in Rikhia in 2004 and he received the initiation to Karma Sannyasa by Paramahamsa Niranjanananda in 2008 at Ganga Darshan.