Woodstock Guru

Sr Swami Satchidananda was one of the first Yoga masters to bring the classical Yoga tradition to the West. Invited to America in 1966 by iconic pop artist Peter Max, he taught Yoga postures, meditation, and a compassionate vegetarian lifestyle. In 1969, he opened the Woodstock Festival and became known to an entire generation as "the Woodstock Guru". Swami Satchidananda founded the global Integral Yoga(R) organization, Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville(R) and the Light Of Truth Universal Shrine (Lotus.org). He is the author of Integral Yoga Hatha, To Know Yourself, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Beyond Words, The Living Gita, and the Golden Present. He is also the subject of the documentary Living Yoga (For more information, visit: swamisatchidananda.org)