Sw. Suryamurti was born in1954. He got a degree in Arts and Sculpture at University in Bologna (1977). He has been practicing Yoga since 1980. He met Sw. Satyananda in 1984, he took Poorna Sannyasa on 25th/12/1988 by Sw Niranjanananda. He abandoned any gainful activity and has devoted himself to teaching, spreading and research in Yoga according to the teachings of Sw. Satyananda and his successor Sw. Niranjanananda. He founded Satyananda Yoga Salento in 1993 with the approval of Sw. Niranjanananda. Since then he has been doing regular Yoga courses, pre-natal classes, state schools, seminars, retreats and weekly meetings. Almost every year he helps in the organization of Yajna in Rikhia. Since 2000 he has been creating a garden called Shivananda Garden dedicated to Shivananda Math.