Serenity of a Living Tradition in Chennai

Satyananda Yoga Centre is intimately connected to the tradition for which the inspiration flows from Swami Sivananda Saraswati. The system of yoga offered at our centre was given originally by Swami Sivananda, it has been developed by our Parama Guru Swami Satyananda Saraswati and is preserved and propagated by the luminaries Paramahamsa Swami Niranjananda Saraswati and Paramahamsa Swami Satyasangananda Saraswati.

When Paramahamsa Satyasangananda Saraswati inaugurated the Satyananda Yoga Centre - Triplicane, in Ocotber 2011, she said

“This centre will be a haven for the people of Chennai.”

Since its inception Satyananda Yoga Centre has helped thousands of people to empower their personality. Courses are conducted for children, youth, women, men, old people, sick people. We don't have short term relationship. Every person walking into the centre is considered as Divine and our teachers offer their Seva with dedication and devotion.

Since all people in Chennai will not be able to go to our Ashrams in Bihar and Jharkhand, we have dedicated this centre in Chennai for the benefit of people in Chennai. When people walk into the centre they feel that they have been touched by something sublime. When Swami's from our ashrams visited our centre, they said “We feel like we are in the Rikhia Ashram”.

We invite the people of Chennai to visit our centre in Triplicane and be touched by the sublime grace of our Guru Parampara!

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Fine Tuning the Young Mind

NKT.M.Jeyagopal was torn apart between the intense yogic tranquility versus the sensual roller coaster life that he had habituated to during early youth! Though the yogic experiences were genuine and intense, the entrenched habits were also strong! As yoga practices intensified in the four years from 1988 to 1992, more and more effort was put in by him to deepen his experience!

NKT.M.Jeyagopal got initiated into Simplified Kundalini Yoga on 17^th May 1992 at the Temple of Consciousness, Aaliyar, Pollachi when he was about 24 years. There were a million questions in the young mind about the higher dimensions of yoga practices and philosophy.  After practicing the several stages of meditation and introspection courses for over one year, and adhering to a systematic and disciplined effort, Jeyagopal had several inner awakenings.

In 1993 he was given the title Arul Nidhi by Vethathri Maharishi after being initiated to be a teacher of SKY. From 1993 to 2000 for over seven years, Kundalini Yoga engulfed NKT.M.Jeyagopal into its fold and rendered a renewed and transformed person.

On a fine afternoon, a Saturday in 1993, Vethathri Maharishi was sitting on the dais in front of about 300 people from all over Chennai. The venue was the World Community Service Centre, in Thiruvanmiyur. Vethathri Maharishi was conducting the KAYA KALPA session.

Simplified Kundalini Yoga(SKY), a modern re-presentation of the practices and concepts of Kundalini Yoga and the Vedantic Philosophy was the contribution of Vethathri Maharishi. NKT.M.Jeyagopal had been initiated into SKY by Vethathri Maharishi.

On that Saturday afternoon, Vethathri Maharishi was explaining about the concept of Kaya Kalpa and initiating the members present to the techniques of Kaya Kalpa! His systematic and scientific explanations and the direct experience of awakened states of consciousness had gained a huge following in the nineties itself.

The world famous violin maestros Ganesh and Kumaresh were participants and NKT.M.Jeyagopal had the opportunity of introducing both of them to Vethathri Maharishi. Vethathri Maharishi was delighted to meet them as they were in the prime of their youth and had globe trotted to present their musical genius.

Young minds are generally skeptic when they are asked to believe. It becomes all the strange for them if not explained from their level of understanding. Ganesh and Kumaresh are world acclaimed music icons, with a very sharp mind and intellect. The eagerness with which they were approaching Kundalini Yoga was resonating in NKT.M.Jeyagopal, he could see the appeal that yoga could make to the young minds.

FROM BHOGA TO YOGA

The early childhood provided a cultural backgroud of a devout hindu Brahmin family, that had The yoga journey of NKT.M.Jeyagopal started with practice of Asanas and Pranayama from Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, Chennai in 1988. For over four years he learnt the basics of Yoga from his yoga teacher Vishnu at the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, known as the Sivananda Yoga popularly, developed by Swami Vishnudevananda.

From 1988 to 1992 for four years NKT.M.Jeyagopal practiced yoga for almost 6 hours every day, with the thirst to know everything that yoga had to offer. Four years of intense advanced asana pranayama practices, brought about a complete change in the physical and psychological structure and functions.

When he had mastered all the movements, inversions, contractions and stretches, NKT.M.Jeyagopal felt the need to intensify his practice and search, but in the physical domain there was nothing more he could have done. Flexibility, strength, endurance and agility were achieved, but there was a sense of dissatisfaction. There was nothing more that the yoga centre could teach NKT.M.Jeyagopal.

He had to either go for their teacher training program or take to sannyas. NKT.M.Jeyagopal was not inclined to become a teacher, because he was a seeker. He had heard about Kundalini Yoga, about Vedanta, Sri Vidya and many other streams of psychic and  spiritual traditions. He had read masters like Sivananda, Vivekananda,  Ramana, J.Krishnamurthy, Osho Rajneesh and Maha Periyava! Reading of the works made him know that there was lot more than just asanas. Yoga was unleashing a grand path to NKT.M.Jeyagopal! 

SWAMI SIVANANDA VISITED TRIPLICANE

On 1^st  & 2^nd October 1950, Swami Sivananda was in Triplicane Chennai. He addressed several satsangs, in and around Triplicane.

In Triplicane Swami Sivananda said

“Divine Life is a syntheses of service, devotion and knowledge. It is not a dry philosophical doctrine. It is the yoga of synthesis which is eminently suited to the people of this age. It is practical religion. It enables you to converse with God daily, hourly, minute after minute. In Such communion lies supreme goodness, eternal joy and immortality.”

Srinivasa Gandhi Nilayam, Madras International Fellowship on Inter-Religious cooperation, Museum Theatre, Egmore, Sai Samaj, Shivaji Vyayam Mandal, Bells Road, and many more places, were visited by Swami Sivananda and thousands of people thronged to have a glimpse of the great Rishi.

No wonder a Satyananda Yoga Centre has been founded in Triplicane. Our centre in Triplicane, is dedicated to the teachings given out by Swami Sivananda, developed by Swami Satyananda, preserved and propagated by the illumined masters of our tradition.

The spiritual vibrations that were invoked by Swami Sivananda in Triplicane can be felt, when you learn yoga from this centre. During Sivananda Janmotsav celebrations every year from 8th -15th September, participants feel the presence of the great masters blessings at the Satyananda Yoga Centre – Triplicane!

If you wish to read the lectures that Swami Sivananda had given out during his stay in Triplicane, you are welcome to our library, or you can find it in the book Sivananda's Lectures, During All India and Ceylon Tour 1950.

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