SWAMI ANANDANANDA SARASWATI: born in 1951, he met his guru and spiritual master, Swami Satyananda Saraswati, in 1979 and in 1980 was initiated into the tradition of Sannyasa.
Yogacharya of Satyananda Ashram Italia, since 1980 he has been teaching and spreading yoga under the instructions of his guru, specialising in the advanced techniques of yoga like kriya yoga, tattwa shuddhi, nada yoga, mantra and other techniques of meditation according to the SATYANANDA YOGA tradition. In 1982, he founded the “Scuola di Yoga Satyananda Ashram Italia” and the following year, the publishing house “Edizioni Satyananda Ashram Italia”. He has given accounts seminars and workshops at international conferences in Europe, India, Australia, Colombia and South Africa. He conducts yoga teacher training courses and in service training lectures and seminar on different aspects and branches of yoga. Since 2003 he is conducting courses and seminars in the ashram at Rikhia, India, for yoga aspirants and students.