Berlin was Swami Radha’s home town. Here she trained and became a professional dancer, newspaper photographer and writer. Berlin was also where she had her first experiences of yoga.

In the 1950s she trained in Rishikesh where she was initiated into sanyas by Swami Sivananda. He ensured that she learned from the best teachers available, including Anandamaya Ma and her Tibetan guru in Mussoorie. Then he  asked her to go to Canada to teach and establish an ashram. Yasodhara Ashram was opened in 1963.

You can read Swami Radha’s story in Radha, Diary of a Woman’s Search and In the Company of the Wise. Books available in German. Das Geheimnis des Hatha-Yoga, Praxis des Traum Yoga and Kundalini-Yoga für den Alltag: Verbindung mit dem inneren Selbst.

 

Classes and workshops are offered by invitation.