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.

July 1, 2025
Venkatesa Daily Readings Vol 1 - The Shell of Individuality

The movement of energy into the shell of individuality also brings experiences with it. Pure experiencing is pure consciousness. But when the experience touches the individual who is ...

July 1, 2025
Song of God (Bhagavad Gita) — Chapter IX: 6

Krishna is a genius. He discloses that the very duties and the service that we are compelled to perform daily contain in themselves not only agents to purify us, but to ...

July 1, 2025
Insights & Inspirations (Venkatesa Daily Readings Vol 2) — True Freedom

Guru means 'light'. God, Guru and the inner reality or Atman are synonyms. That inner light is nameless and formless. It is the limitation of our own vision that sees ...