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About Us
Welcome to the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) Centre. We offer many courses in yoga and meditation for the beginner, intermediate as well as for the advanced practitioner. We follow the ancient discipline of yoga practice as taught by founder Swami Vishnudevananda, one of the foremost disciples of Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh.
The Centre in Thiruvananthapuram
In 1987 the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre in West Fort, Trivandrum was opened as part of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres (ISYVC), a non-profit organization (this centre is now under re-construction). Swami Vishnudevananda synthesized the ancient wisdom of yoga into five basic principles that could easily be incorporated into one's daily lifestyle to provide the foundation for healthy living. The teachings at the centre are based around these 'Five Points of Yoga'.
The Five Points of Yoga include:
- Proper Exercise - asana
- Proper Breathing - pranayama
- Proper Relaxation - savasana
- Proper Diet - vegetarian
- Positive Thinking and Meditation - Vedanta and Dhyana
It is best to start at the beginning. If you are new to yoga or Sivananda style of yoga, we suggest you start with the Yoga Beginners course.
Ashram Visitors please note
The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram is 30km away in a beautiful rural area at Neyyar Dam - although we are a unit and closely associated with them, this is not the Ashram website.
If you wish to book a Teachers Training Course, email yogaindia@sivananda.org, or for a Yoga Vacation / stay at the Ashram (minimum for three days) then email guestindia@sivananda.org directly.
We do not offer accomodation here at the City centre, only regular daily classes.
Contacting us
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre Trivandrum
TC 36/1238 Hs No 18 Subash Nagar Vallakkadavu P.O.,
Airport road,Perunthanni, Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala 695 008 South India
telephone: +91 471 245 1398 /0942
fax: +91 471 246 5368
e-mail trivandrum@sivananda.org
website: www.sivananda.org/trivandrum
