The Science of Pranayama

Download or read book The Science of Pranayama written by Sri Swami Sivananda and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sivananda Saraswati (or Swami Sivananda) (8 September 1887 - 14 July 1963) was a Hindu spiritual teacher and a proponent of Yoga and Vedanta. Sivananda was born Kuppuswami in Pattamadai, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. He studied medicine and served in British Malaya as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism. He lived most of his life near Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh. He was the founder of the Divine Life Society (DLS) in 1936, Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy (1948) He established Sivananda Ashram, the headquarters of the DLS, on the bank of the Ganges at Sivanandanagar.