Swami Ramananda is the President of the Integral Yoga Institute in New York City and a greatly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition, who has been practicing Yoga for over 30 years. Through his affinity for and devoted study of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Ramananda offers practical methods of integrating the teachings of yoga into daily life and coping with stress, depression, and anger. He leads advanced level yoga teacher training programs in NYC, and offers a variety of workshops in many locations around the country. He is a founding board member of the Yoga Alliance, a national registry that supports and promotes yoga teachers as professionals.