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Swami Shyamanand Saraswati

Swami Shyamanand Saraswati is a sannyasin monk, direct disciple of Anant Shree Swami Sivananda Saraswati ji Maharaj, of the Shankaracharya Order of India. For fifteen years, he lived alongside his Master, absorbing the teachings of Vedanta and the healing systems of the Vedic path. During this time, he trained deeply in practices such as Dhyana Yoga, Pranayama, and Hatha Yoga, developing a spiritual and therapeutic understanding of the human being.

 
He is also a Naturopath, chiropractor, and pain therapy specialist, integrating knowledge of the physical body with spiritual science to achieve complete healing. After the passing of his Master, his search led him to the Piaroa indigenous community in the Upper Carinagua, Venezuelan Amazon. There, he received direct instruction from the shaman José Antonio Bolívar, He was guided by him in the healing use of the Sacred Ancestral Medicine Jurema an experience of deep humility and connection, he learned the shamanic ways and the healing systems rooted in ancestral indigenous medicines.
 

This encounter between two great wisdom traditions the Vedic and the shamanic gave rise to an integrative vision of service to humanity. The fruit of this journey is Shiva’s Temple, a healing and teaching center located in San Rafael, Antioquia, Colombia. This sacred space brings together millenary knowledge to guide people through deep transformation, healing of body, mind, and spirit, and the awakening of consciousness. Swami Shyamanand Saraswati’s work is a living offering to human well-being. His mission is to place the medicine of the Earth and the eternal knowledge of the Self at the service of all beings, integrating spiritual science and ancestral wisdom for the integral healing of humanity.

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