Sri Swami Satchidananda was one of the first Yoga masters to bring the classical Yoga tradition to the West. Affectionately named “The Woodstock Guru” because he officially opened the Woodstock Festival in 1969, he became one of the most respected and beloved Yoga masters of our time. Panicked by the increasingly large crowds gathering for the Woodstock Music Festival, the organizers quickly helicoptered Swami Satchidananda in to deliver a message of peace.

Swami Satchidananda, a disciple of the renowned Guru, Sri Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, was well-known for his combination of practical wisdom and spiritual insight. He lived a life of service, demonstrating by his own example the means of finding abiding peace. Born to a devout family in South India in 1914, he gave up a personal life for a life dedicated to inner peace and spiritual knowledge. In 1966, he was invited to visit the West, where his deep spiritual realization made a profound and lasting impression.

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