Sivananda Radha Saraswati

Sivananda Radha Saraswati (March 20, 1911 – November 30, 1995), born Sylvia Demitz, was a German yogini who emigrated to Canada and founded [https://www.yasodhara.org/ Yasodhara Ashram] in British Columbia. She established a Western-based lineage in the Sivananda tradition and published books on several branches of Yoga, including ''Kundalini Yoga for the West'' and ''Mantras: Words of Power''. She was a member of the California Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and developed transpersonal psychology workshops to help students prepare for intense spiritual practice. [https://yasodharayoga.org/ Yasodhara teachers] trained at Yasodhara Ashram can now be found across North America and in Europe, the Caribbean, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Provided by Wikipedia