Our Teachers

Swami Vijayashakti Saraswati is trained in the Bihar Yoga Tradition, and based in Canberra. Drawn to the human mind, personality and its potential, she first studied psychology and went on to work in youth services and crisis support, then trained in body therapies. Yoga followed, and with it a deepening pull towards her Guru, Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati, which she felt compelled to follow into a spiritual life.

She entered the ashram to imbibe his teachings and spent thirteen years in study and residential service at Bihar School of Yoga in Munger, India, coordinating education programs, teaching, managing accommodation, developing courses and delivering events, and was initiated into sannyasa. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Diploma of Satyananda Yoga Teaching, is a Level 3 Senior Yoga Australia member, and serves as a committee member of the Satyananda Yoga Teachers Association, . Now back in the community, she runs Canberra Yoga for Everyone and co-teaches Yoga and Happiness Sadhana and other events with Swami Prembhava through Janani Yoga, sharing sadhanas and programs that awaken positive connection, inner strength and happiness