Welcome

Welcome to the Swami Venkatesananda Website.  We are currently revising a newer version (but it is not yet posted to the web). 

Swami Venkatesananda - like his master, Swami Sivananda - can be regarded as a sage of practical wisdom.

Focusing on issues that concern and unite all branches of yoga, it is our intention to provide materials that will enrich and enliven your understanding and practice of yoga.

It with great sadness that we announce that Robert Franke, our long time webmaster,  programmer and host of SwamiVenkatesananda.org passed away at the end of 2021.  We owe Robert much of the credit for this site and also the new site which was he on the way to completing when he was hospitalized and where he remained until he passed away.  This has not only delayed our new version of our website, but currently makes it difficult to update the old site. If you spot a problem or have difficulty with something, please let us know.  

In the meantime, we have added some new audio to our What's New section.  There are four dozen new talks (48), with the latest ones being added on August 15th, 2022.

Thank you for your patience. 


Daily Readings

The next three daily readings are shown below. You may also view a complete listing on our Calendar of Daily Readings.

April 24, 2024
Song of God (Bhagavad Gita) - Chapter V: 14-15

There is plenty of work to do in the Lord’s good world – but it is his world, his body. His life, power, nature or śakti is the motive force. His consciousness or intelligence is the ...

April 24, 2024
Venkatesa Daily Readings Vol 1 — It Depends

Question: For someone just beginning yoga practice, who is prepared to get up at 4:30am or 5am,  how could one best use an hour and a half? What proportion of time should they give to meditation, asanas, and 

April 24, 2024
Insights and Inspirations (Venkatesa Daily Readings Vol 2) — Touching The Infinite

Meditation cannot enter into me, I must enter into meditation. The whole of my mind, the whole of myself, everything, must enter into meditation, as if ‘I’ does not exist. That is when ...