Both a renowned Sanskrit scholar and yogi, Swami Venkatesananda - like his master, Swami Sivananda - can be regarded as a sage of practical wisdom.

    Focusing on issues that concern the daily practice of all branches of yoga  (Hatha, Karma, Bhakti, Raja and Jnana), as well as giving guidance in how to avoid common obstacles on the spiritual path, this web site provides access to lectures, discussions and daily readings.

    Yoga students wishing to purchase important yogic texts, audio and video tapes will find many helpful items here.  Some of the Chiltern Yoga Trust books are going to be for sale here soon. Proceeds from these sales will go back into producing books and CDs for distribution.

    Also, we are very happy to announce that the web site will begin publishing some publications from the Chiltern Yoga Trust for visitors to read online. The first publication has already been uploaded to our web site. Given originally as a lecture on the 13th chapter of The Bhagavad Gita (The Song of God), The Mine Field  is valuable aid to Gita study and yoga sadhana.  We've also added Talks on the Ramayana (originally published in 1998 by Chiltern Yoga Trust).

    Added on April 28th, 2008: Talks on The Upanishads (mp3 audio), six talks given by Swami Venkatesananda in 1980 in Perth, Australia for the Chiltern Yoga Trust.  Added in May 2008 the remaining Hatha Yoga Talks given at Yasodhara Ashram in 1975. And in June 2008, the first three days of the second series, Karma Yoga Talks, has also been added. These audio files are in MP3 format.  

   Our thanks to our good friends for helping us digitize the Chiltern Yoga Trust's edition of The Bhagavad Gita, Song of God,  added to the site on June 17th, 2008. If you are interested in having your own paperback edition of this Bhagavad Gita, then please contact us by email to request ordering information.