Swami Prajñananda Saraswati

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Swami Prajñananda Saraswati

Yoga & Meditation Teacher
Teacher Trainer at Svaroopa Vidya Ashram I am a Teacher Trainer at Svaroopa Vidya Ashram. I teach both yoga & meditation.

My joy and goal is to share what my Guru, Gurudevi Nirmalananda has given to me. This yoga is amazing and I would love to share it with you. 🙏

03/06/2026

Why I teach…

1. To share what I’ve learned from my Guru. I have learned so much, how could I not share?

2. People get so much from it. It is a joy to see students heal, transform, and settle into their own Self.

3. It is prasad. Teaching is a gift. When I teach I am in the flow of grace. It shows me how to live a grace filled life.

4. A way to serve my Guru. When I serve students, I am serving Gurdevi and in alignment with the vision and mission of our Ashram.

5. A way to give back. I have received so much from these practices and from my Guru. Every time I teach I can give back a little more. It will never even out of course, but every bit counts!

There are so many other reasons I love to teach. And mostly it is the joy and delight of the Self - my Self, your Self, the dance when we come together.

I’d love to share with you too. My class schedule is:
✨ Continuing Yoga Wednesdays 10:30 am-12 pm ET online
✨ Yoga & Meditation Sundays 4-6 pm ET online
✨ Continuing Yoga Tuesdays 5:45-7:15 pm ET onsite
✨ Yoga therapy one-on-one by appointment
✨ Vichara (guided self-inquiry) one-on-one by appointment

Feel free to message me or check out our class schedule here:
https://downingtownyoga.org/weekly-classes

03/01/2026

The stages of yoga are full of wonder ✨
Vismayo yogabhūmikāḥ
Shiva Sutras 1.12

When you do yoga and meditation you go through a process of uncovering your own inner radiance. You shine brighter and brighter, filled with delight and delighting those around you like the moon sparkling on the river delights all who see. Yet your light is not a reflected light, it is the light of your own Being, the light of your Self and the Self of all.

02/28/2026

Come take a virtual tour with me!
Our ashram is Svaroopa Vidya Ashram located in Downingtown, PA

Today we are looking at the stairwell leading up to the second floor. Yes we are taking a tour of a stairwell, but I have to say it is a great stairwell! ✨

And that’s because Gurudevi designed it so you would have a reminder every step of the way of how great you are. The Guru’s of our lineage not only guide each step up the stairs, they act like a mirror, showing you how it will be when you grow into your own greatness. 🙏

I love showing you around our ashram! We have lots of offerings that you can check out on our website: https://svaroopa.org/

You can join us in person or by zoom or take part in the loads of free offerings on our freebies page on our website.

02/07/2026

I tried to capture the essence of this sutra in this doodle - the feeling of complete loss and dejection.

It is the loss of the knowing of your own greatness. You replace the knowing of your divinity with the knowing that you are small, insignificant, not good enough.

That is the meaning of Shiva Sutras 1.2 Jñānaṁ bandhaḥ
Knowledge is bo***ge.

**ra

02/05/2026

Explore the inner realms of your being in 6 evenings of Guided Shavasana.

Each class includes poses, a long Guided Awareness in Shavasana and then a seated meditation. There is so much to discover inside. Each session will give you a guided mystical tour.

Dates: Sun Feb 8 - Fri Feb 13
Time: 6:30-9 pm ET
Where: Online

https://svaroopa.org/shavasana-course-online-260208

01/19/2026

This is The Mango Story 🥭
I first heard it when I took teacher training with Gurudevi. I love this story and I thought it would be a perfect first offering because it explains the word “vidya” in the name of our Ashram: Svaroopa Vidya Ashram.

I hope you enjoy! ✨🥭✨
Feel free to share what you got from the story. And if you have any story requests, drop them in the comments below ☺️🙏

01/13/2026

I had fun making this doodle. I’m a bit of a nerd when it comes to yoga philosophy. I find it fun to memorize sutras and write them out and I just discovered I like doodling about them too!

Caitanyamātmā is the first sutra in the Shiva Sutras, the foundational text of Kashmiri Shaivism.

When I took my very first teacher training with Gurudevi, we threw our hands up in the air while exclaiming CAITANYAMĀTMĀ!!!!!!
It was ecstatic 😍

I feel like this tiny doodle encapsulates the joy and freedom that is the hallmark of this teaching - that at our essence we are absolutely free, a mass of consciousness and bliss, which we express with our will, knowledge and action.

We all get a taste of this from time to time- feeling joyful, fully empowered, bursting with creativity like you could do anything. But feeling this way time to time is just not enough. My wish is for you and for me to know our true nature all the time. 🙏

01/09/2026

Sadhana (spiritual practice) is not always smiles and popcorn on the roof!

It’s a blessing to have companions on the path that understand the ups and downs that you experience while being transformed in the fire of yoga. 🔥 I love and admire you all and see you as a great blessing in my life. 🙏

And as you know, when you give yourself to the process you come out more shiny from the inside out. ✨✨✨

OM namah shivaya 💙🙏

01/06/2026

Sometimes the smallest thing like making a beaded key chain for my keys, brings me so much delight. 🥰 I love all the different colors and shapes and how shiny they are. ✨

It makes me think how there’s the possibility
to feel delight in every moment. And yoga is the science of maximizing your delight by finding it inside.

There are so many tools yoga offers from breathing, poses, mantra, meditation and more. While the practices are important it’s ultimately all about how you imbibe them in your life, day to day, moment to moment. ✨🙏✨

01/03/2026

I always love to pick a yogic quality to focus on in the New Year. This year I’m cultivating "focused practice" and "focused deepening". I've already been trying it out and for me it feels like getting completely present and embodied in the moment.

For example, as I was doing ujjayi this morning I reminded myself "focused practice" so I felt how my body was leaning into the floor. I felt my breath moving in and out. And then I turned my attention to my sound and really listened to it as it flowed in and out. My practice was more embodied than usual, and I could tell the difference.

Is there a quality you would like to cultivate this year? Share below!

12/19/2025

Like a rose, yoga is about the blossoming forth of your inner being. It’s about seeing the beauty inherent in everything. It’s about having something to give. For when you know who you are, you live your life from an inner fullness that effulges forth no matter who you are with or what you are doing. Not only do you feel great, but your presence is a gift to all.
So for this holiday season give yourself the gift of doing more yoga! It will be a gift for you and all those in your life.✨🎁✨

11/07/2025

I love how the leaves on the trees change color in the Fall. The various shades of red, orange and yellow are so beautiful, almost like the trees are on fire. 🍁🔥🍁

Yet, while the leaves are beautiful, their changing of color signifies death. Each of those beautiful leaves are like a flame burning out. Soon they will fall from the tree to be blown away by the wind or someone’s leaf blower. 🍂

We can learn from the leaves. There is a beauty, an art to letting go when it’s the proper time. When you allow the letting go, that part of you dies. We have many leaves some that we keep for a while and some that change color and drop away.

Yet, you aren’t the leaves. You are the tree. Even when all the leaves fall, the tree stands strong ready for the winter and for the coming spring too.

So, as you see the Fall leaves may they be a reminder to you both of the art of letting go and the inner strength that supports you in doing so. 🙏

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116 E Lancaster Avenue
Downingtown, PA
19335

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http://svaroopa.org/, https://svaroopa.org/prajnananda, https://linktr.ee/swami.prajna

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