Generated by Rank Math SEO, this is an llms.txt file designed to help LLMs better understand and index this website. # Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, India ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://sivananda.org.in/sitemap_index.xml): Includes all crawlable and indexable pages. Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres & Ashrams in India is a non-profit yoga and Vedanta organisation rooted in the teachings of Swami Sivananda and Swami Vishnudevananda. In India, it operates four residential ashrams, four city centres and the Sivananda Institute of Health, offering yoga teacher training, yoga vacations, meditation, classical yoga programmes and Ayurveda-based wellness programmes. The Sivananda tradition follows the classical teachings of yoga and Vedanta transmitted through Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh and his disciple Swami Vishnudevananda. ## Accreditations and Affiliations - [Yoga Certification Board — Leading Yoga Institutions](https://yogacertificationboard.nic.in/leading-yoga-institution/): Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram is accredited by the Yoga Certification Board, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, as a Leading Yoga Institution. The TTC conforms to the YCB Yoga Protocol Instructor exam and the ATTC to the Yoga Wellness Instructor exam. - [Yoga Alliance, USA](https://sivananda.org.in/yoga-teachers-training-course-ttc/): Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram Trust is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School. The TTC conforms to RYT200 and the ATTC to RYT300. - [Indian Yoga Association](https://www.yogaiya.in/members-institutions/): Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram is a recognised member institution of the Indian Yoga Association. - [Fit India Yoga Centre](https://sivananda.org.in/yoga-teachers-training-course-ttc/): Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari and Meenakshi Ashrams are accredited Fit India Yoga Centres under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. ## Ashrams - [Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram, Neyyar Dam, Kerala](https://sivananda.org.in/neyyardam/): Headquarters of Sivananda Yoga India. - [Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Meenakshi Ashram, Madurai, Tamil Nadu](https://sivananda.org.in/madurai/): Founded in 2002 at the foothills of the Western Ghats near Madurai. - [Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Tapaswini Ashram, Gudur, Andhra Pradesh](https://sivananda.org.in/gudur/): Residential Sivananda yoga and Vedanta ashram in Andhra Pradesh. - [Sivananda Kutir, Netala, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand](https://sivananda.org.in/uttarkashi/): Founded in 1991; Himalayan ashram on the Ganga at Netala, approximately 8 km north of Uttarkashi. ## City Centres - [Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Nataraja Centre, Kailash Colony, New Delhi](https://sivananda.org.in/delhi/): Founded in 1992. - [Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, Dwarka, New Delhi](https://sivananda.org.in/dwarka/): Founded in 2007. - [Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, Kottivakkam, Chennai](https://sivananda.org.in/chennai/): Sivananda city centre in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. - [Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, Thiruvananthapuram](https://sivananda.org.in/trivandrum/): Founded in 1986. ## Teacher Training - [Yoga Teachers' Training Course (TTC)](https://sivananda.org.in/yoga-teachers-training-course-ttc/): Intensive 28-day residential yoga teacher training created by Swami Vishnudevananda in 1969 and offered at the four Sivananda ashrams in India. - [Advanced Teachers' Training Course (ATTC)](https://sivananda.org.in/advanced-teachers-training-course/): 300-hour, month-long residential advanced training for certified yoga teachers. - [Sadhana Intensive](https://sivananda.org.in/sadhana-intensive/): Two-week programme of advanced pranayama, asana, spiritual practice and scripture study for experienced practitioners with TTC or equivalent training; offered at Madurai, Uttarkashi and Gudur. ## Courses, Classes and Retreats - [Yoga Vacation](https://sivananda.org.in/yoga-vacation/): Ashram programme combining daily yoga, meditation, satsang, vegetarian meals and spiritual teachings. Available year-round at selected ashrams; at Sivananda Kutir, Uttarkashi, it runs from 16 April to 14 October. - [Beginners' Yoga Course](https://sivananda.org.in/beginners-yoga-course/): Introductory course in classical Sivananda yoga. - [Meditation Course](https://sivananda.org.in/meditation-course/): Course introducing meditation and related yogic practices. - [Open Classes](https://sivananda.org.in/open-class/): Regular Sivananda yoga practice classes. - [Kids Classes](https://sivananda.org.in/kids-classes/): Yoga classes designed for children. - [Online Yoga](https://sivananda.org.in/online-yoga/): Online yoga courses and classes. ## Ayurveda - [Sivananda Institute of Health (SIH)](https://sivananda.org.in/sih/): Ayurveda centre founded in 1995 at Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram, Neyyar Dam. - [Panchakarma Detoxification Programme](https://sivananda.org.in/panchakarma-detoxification-programme/): Doctor-led Ayurvedic Panchakarma programme at the Sivananda Institute of Health. - [Ayurveda Wellness Course](https://sivananda.org.in/sih/ayurveda-wellness-course/): Two-week Ayurveda course at the Dhanwantari Ashram combining theory and practical study; participants receive a certificate of participation after completing the course requirements. ## About Sivananda Yoga India - [Who We Are](https://sivananda.org.in/who-we-are/): Organisation, mission, Indian ashrams and centres. - [Lineage](https://sivananda.org.in/lineage/): Swami Sivananda, Swami Vishnudevananda and the Sivananda teaching lineage. - [Teachings](https://sivananda.org.in/teachings/): The Four Paths of Yoga, Five Points of Yoga and classical Sivananda teachings. - [Ashram Information](https://sivananda.org.in/ashram-information/): Practical information for staying at Sivananda ashrams in India. - [Contact and Locations](https://sivananda.org.in/contact/): Contact details for the four ashrams and four city centres.