Swami Durgananda is Yoga Acharya for Europe and a senior disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda. She directs the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres in Europe and teaches yoga and philosophy at the Sivananda teachers’ training courses around the world, sharing the inspiration of over 30 years of teaching experience.

Swami Kailasananda is spiritual director (Yoga Acharya) of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres in England and France. She is a long time disciple of Swami Vishnudevananda and teaches in the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Courses with great clarity and precision.

with Dr. Uma Krishnamurthy

A 3-day programme exploring the transformative power of Yoga and the techniques for positive mental health and the psychology of happiness.

Dr. Uma Krishnamurthy is a Yoga Psychologist with a background in child psychiatry. She is from Bangalore, India. She has done extensive research on child and adolescent psychiatric problems for the Indian Council for Medical Research. She also has many years of experience in counselling and healing of emotions. She is currently conducting workshops and teaching programmes on Yoga psychology and mental health. She has travelled worldwide conducting spiritual retreats on Yoga and Mental Health.
She has received formal training in Indian classical dance and conducted many workshops on dance and Yoga. 

with Catherine O'Neill (Durga)

Yoga of Recovery integrates the wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda with modern recovery tools and 12-Step Programmes. It is open to all who are looking to overcome self-destructive or addictive tendencies and those affected by the addictions of others.

Catherine O'Neill (Durga) is the founder of Yoga of Recovery TM,
a comprehensive program that integrates Ayurveda and Yoga with recovery tools for a holistic mind, body and spirit approach for all those affected by addiction and self-destructive behaviors.
She is a Clinical Ayurvedic and Pancha Karma Specialist, trained at the California College of Ayurveda and also in Kerala, India. Durga holds the RYT-500 qualification, having completed both the Sivananda Yoga teachers Training Course and an Advanced Yoga Training.