Resources
Useful Links
International Sivananda Centres
Sivananda Yoga International Centres
Sivananda Yoga Centres - India
Sivananda Yoga Centres - Europe
Divine Life Society
Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh, started by Swami Sivananda in 1936.
Books by Swami Sivananda (downloadable)
Sivananda Yoga Vidya Peetham
Swami Govindananda is a direct disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda and runs Sivananda Yoga Vidya Peetham (SYVP) in Kerala, India.
Swamiji spent 23 years teaching yoga in the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres throughout the world and has taught a number of the Sivananda Yoga teachers in Singapore.
You can find out more about SYVP here.
Image from SYVP.
Dhyana Slokha and Closing Prayer
Downloadable chants
A Sivananda Yoga class always begins with an opening prayer, known as Dhyana Slokha, and ends with a closing prayer.You can find the transliteration and translated meaning below (downloadable PDF):