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ETERNAL LINK TO THE BLESSINGS OF YOGA

GURUS & PRECEPTOR

With unshakeable faith and unflinching determination, His Holiness Swami Jyotirmayananda achieved the blessed goal for every soul, transcended all impurities, distractions and illusions, and ended suffering caused by birth and death, to become the fully enlightened and truly realized Sage of our age, profoundly transforming the lives of seekers and spiritual aspirants throughout the world. He is the living Guru who has brought Yoga's profound mysticism to the forefront of its teachings. Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda reminds us of the core truth that, “You are the architect of your destiny,” echoing the message that every person can be a steadfast hero in the intense battle of life, and as such, an indominable inspiration to all!

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Photo of Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda Miami Florida

​SRI SWAMI JYOTIRMAYANANDA

Gurudev

THE LAST ​LIVING DIRECT DISCIPLE OF H. H. SWAMI SIVANANDA SARASWATI
 

    Swami Jyotirmayananda was incarnated as an avatara of Vishnu on February 3, 1931, in the state of Bihar, India, a northern province sanctified by Budhha. In 1953, Swamiji or “Gurudev'' as he is lovingly referred to, embraced the eternal order of sanyasa at age 22, as a direct disciple of His Holiness Swami Sivananda Saraswati Maharaj, the world’s preeminent spiritual master and founder of the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh, India. In tireless service to his spiritual preceptor, Gurudev taught at the Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy giving lectures on the Upanishads, Yoga Vasistha, Raja Yoga and other scriptures of Yoga. Gurudev also handled all of Swami Sivananda’s correspondence, translated many of his books into Hindi, and served as the Chief Editor of the Yoga Vedanta Journal. 

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​Gurudev’s transcendental command of spiritual knowledge and dynamic expositions attracted enormous interest from aspirants worldwide. After many requests, Swami Jyotirmayananda came to the West in 1962 to spread the knowledge of Yoga Vedanta, first landing in Puerto Rico. In 1969, he established the Ashram in Miami, Florida, which has become the center for international activities, publications and teachings of the Yoga Research Foundation. Later in 1985, Gurudev established the International Yoga Society to serve a worldwide audience and Divya Jyotir School for children in New Delhi, India. In 2000, the Jyotirmayananda Ashram and Vocational Training Center for abused and neglected women was established in Bihar. Then in 2006, the Lalita Jyoti Anananthalaya orphanage and school for young girls opened its doors in Sonipat. These institutions in India and the United States are serving the community by offering regular satsanga, Yoga classes and camps, published and translated writings, and operating free medical clinics for the marginalized and underserved populations. ​

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Photo of Gurudev Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda Miami Florida
Photo of Gurudev Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda Miami Florida
Photo of Gurudev Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda Miami Florida

    Today, Swami Jyotirmayananda, age 93, living saint and sage, occupies the highest place among men of wisdom. He is recognized as the foremost proponent of Integral Yoga, the synthesis of the Yoga tradition into a comprehensive plan of personality integration. Through discipleship, blessings and darshan, lectures, courses, his books on all aspects of of Yoga and Vedanta, and the monthly International Yoga Guide magazine, Sri Gurudev continues to share the richness of his boundless knowledge of the great scriptures of India and the world – inspiring spiritual seekers everywhere to attain the true goal of life – Enlightenment.
 

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INVOCATION OF ALL SAGES, SAINTS & MASTERS OF YOGA
GURU PARAMPARA
REVERENCE TO THE TEACHERS​
​OM TAT SAT 

​AUSPICIOUSLY ORDERED BY THE ENLIGHTENED MASTERS:

​H. H. SRI SWAMI JYOTIRMAYANANDA
H. H. SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA
H. H. SWAMI RAJARSHI MUNI

BLESSINGS OF ALL DIVINE GURUS,
SPIRITUAL SAGES AND SAINTS!

DIRECTED BY:

​SRI SUDARSHAN JYOTIRMAYANANDA
PRECEPTOR, SKYLIGHT YOGA
DISCIPLE, H. H. SRI SWAMI JYOTIRMAYANANDA

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GURUDEV
H. H. ​SRI SWAMI JYOTIRMAYANANDA 
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PARAM GURU
H. H. ​SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA
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ADVAITA GURU
SRI ADI SANKARACHARYA
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By the power of repeated self-effort through divine grace, faith and discernment, Sri Sudarshan employs virtues for removing blindness (ignorance) and bestowing true vision (knowledge). Having sought and found what is truly peaceful, healthy and enlightened within our own nature, Sri Sudarshan is an active leader, exemplifies Yoga in daily life and uplifts humanity with his joyous, loving wisdom!

SKYLIGHT YOGA LEADERSHIP
ACCESS THE PROFOUND DIMENSIONS OF LIFE
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Sri Sudarshan oversees SKYLIGHT YOGA's purpose-driven mission and universal curricula


​SRI SUDARSHAN JYOTIRMAYANANDA SARASWATI

Founder & Preceptor
SKYLIGHT YOGA

​​​​​​​​"We practice Yoga to achieve Yoga."​​​

Sri Sudarshan integrates the wisdom of spirituality, health and happiness into the daily human experience. His teachings focus on the interconnection of our universal nature and the experience of individual existence. Through the lives and teachings of illumined sages, Yoga has revealed its infinitely positive and mystic outcomes in states of divine revelation, leading to absolute enlightenment, or as it was heard by him, "Welcome to You."

"Welcome to You."

Sri Sudarshan was an educator and Yoga teacher at M.B. Patel HSS Schools in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, while following the same footsteps of his great-grandfather, Purushottamdas 'Daskaka' Patel, Indian Parliamentary Member, pioneer of education, and national reformer with Mahatma Gandhi. After studies in global sustainability, energy and human behavior, religion, philosophy and economics, and writing his theses on the ethnography of Yoga, as expressions of his interest in personal, professional and civil leadership, Sri Sudarshan completed his B.A. degree at SGIS with prestigious scholarship from Indiana University. Later he was licensed to teach by the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. 

Yoga has continued evolving Sri Sudarshan toward the purity of Self-Realization. Developing the auspicious aspiration and sublime knowledge from Yoga’s unbroken lineages of saints and sages, Sri Sudarshan has given his life to teaching the art and science of Yoga through guidance from Yoga Masters who have preserved this undeniable gift by their shining example. He accepted the designation of Yoga Siromani, ‘Jewel of the Crown of Yoga,’ and committed his life to upholding the eternal truths and universal virtues of Yoga Vedanta and Sanatan Dharma.

​​"Yoga is physical strength, mental stability and spiritual grace!"

Sri Sudarshan lives with the purpose of his name "remover of blindness and ignorance and bestower of true vision by the power of self-effort and divine grace." An initiated direct disciple of two of the world's most illustrious spiritual masters, Sri Sudarshan studies and teaches Yoga for attaining the Goal of Life through direct initiation from His Holiness Pujyatman Sri Swami Jyotirmayananda, the Enlightened Saint, Living Sage, the 'Genius of Yoga,' who is now presiding at the Yoga Research Foundation in Miami, FL, U.S.A. Sri Sudarshan's beloved Guru is also the venerable and last-remaining direct disciple of the world's preeminent spiritual master of the 19th Century, Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati of the Divine Life Society. Sri Sudarshan also received the direct initiation from Sri Swami Rajarshi Muni, at the Lakulish Yoga University in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Their lives embody all Yoga teachings.

​"Realize, 'I am pure light of the sky!​'"

Sri Sudarshan reminds us of life’s most essential questions: “Who Am I?” “What Is My Purpose?” & “What Is My Goal?” With profound insight and clarity, he transforms the wisdom of the ancient way into simple and focused actions for the modern day. Uniting self-practice with proper understanding is the key to improvement, serving the world and gradually attaining Self-realization. An advanced teacher, Sri Sudarshan encourages the joyous movement toward Enlightenment through integration of action, will, emotion and reason. Sri Sudarshan is a servant of the body, mind, heart and soul of humanity.

"Truth is one, with many appearances.​"

Sri Sudarshan instructs sincere students, trainees and clients from beginning endurance to peak performance by developing their confidence, discernment, faith, and by unlocking and harnessing the power of the human mind and spirit. Sri Sudarshan brings his inspiring teachings, steadfast commitment, and practical wisdom for empowering individuals and institutions to maximize overall health and realize true success - the goals for all souls. Sri Sudarshan is the author of the 333-page manual and treatise on teaching Yoga, entitled “Attention To Yoga.” He is invited to speak and teach for a multitude of industries and businesses; corporate health and insurance; wellness conferences; hospitals and medical clinics; private and public schools; interfaith symposiums; spiritual retreats; and more. He is actively involved with several non-profit organizations for housing, clothing and feeding the hungry and poor; supporting orphanages for victims of abuse; assisting women's empowerment shelters; facilitating open cultural dialogue opportunities; education scholarships; and more, including his own, the Sarva Mangala Trust. Sri Sudarshan is based at the SKYLIGHT YOGA Ashram in Miami Beach, Florida where he oversees all worldwide humanitarian operations, shares mystic insights into living deeply and profoundly, and provides full-time guidance, virtually and globally. He directs and leads SKYLIGHT YOGA's mission to ensure the physical health, mental stability and spiritual grace of people everywhere.

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