SRI SWAMI VIDYANAND
Email: founder@transformationalyoga.org
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Sri Swami Vidyanand is a renowned yoga master and the founder of Transformational
Yoga, a new yogic system that synthesizes techniques of hatha, white tantra, raja,
mantra, astanga and kundalini yoga to bring about rapid transformation in practitioners.
His signature system is inspired by the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother
and was developed when he taught yoga for more than a decade at the Sri Aurobindo
Ashram, Delhi Branch.
Swami Vidyanand mastered yoga in the traditional Indian yogic way, through apprenticeships
under enlightened yoga masters in India and anonymous ascetics in the Himalayas.
Hailing from a long line of renowned Bhakti yogis, he was born into the deeply spiritual
environment of Datiya, an area in Madhya Pradesh, India, recognized as being one
of the 17 sacred centres of tantra in India . His first guru was his father, Sri
Harihar Goswami, a highly respected devotional yogi and founder of the Yoga Mandir
of Datiya.
Swami Vidyanand's techniques are well recognized in India, evident from the respect
he has received from cultural bodies such as the prestigious Bharat Nirman, an organization
that recognizes individual efforts to promote ancient Indian wisdom, systems and
practices. Among the awards and titles he has received are the Bhaskar Award, the
highest award conferred by Bharat Nirman. He is also an Honorary Member of the Vishwa
Yoga Samsad (World Yoga Council) of the International Yoga Federation, the world
governing body of yoga that provides standards and recognition for yoga professionals
internationally.
He operates today as an urban master, using the yogic system he has developed to
help individuals in big cities rid and heal themselves of stress. In Hong Kong,
Swami Vidyanand has taught Transformational Yoga courses at the Centre on Behavioral
Health of the University of Hong Kong. In 2004, he founded his own school, SriMa
School of Transformational Yoga, of which he is now Spiritual Head. He is undoubtedly
one of the most authentic and experienced yogis operating in Hong Kong today.