Sivananda Radha Saraswati

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Sivananda Radha
Born	Sylvia Demitz (1911-03-20)March 20, 1911
Died	November 30, 1995(1995-11-30) (aged 84)
Nationality	German Canadian
Other names	Ursula Sylvia Hellman
Occupation	Yoga guru
Years active	1956–1995
Known for	Yasodhara Ashram, transpersonal psychology trainings
Notable work	Kundalini Yoga for the West

Sivananda Radha Saraswati (March 20, 1911 – November 30, 1995), born Sylvia Demitz,^[1] was a German yogini who emigrated to Canada and founded Yasodhara Ashram in British Columbia. She established a Western-based lineage in the Sivananda tradition and published books on several branches of Yoga, including Kundalini Yoga for the West and Mantras; Words of Power. She was a member of the California Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and developed transpersonal psychology workshops to help students prepare for intense spiritual practice. Teachers trained at Yasodhara Ashram can now be found across North America and in Europe, the Caribbean, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.