Vivekananda in Ulm, DE
Vivekananda started practicing Yoga in 1998 under the guidance of Swami Atma at the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in Los Angeles. Almost immediately, all aspects of Sivananda's Integral yoga seemed intimately familiar - especially the recitation of mantras and chanting of kirtan.
The love of music and kirtan led Vivekananda to explore other spiritual paths predominantly focused on Bhakti Yoga. Upon his return to Germany, Vivekananda commenced his Yoga training under the guidance of Sukadev at the Yoga Vidya Center in Frankfurt. He completed his Yoga Teachers Training Course at Westerwald in 2002.
After a prolonged stay at the Sivananda Divine Life Society Ashram in Rishikesh, Vivekananda again returned to Germany in the spring of 2004 and moved to Bad Meinberg, where he lived and worked at the newly founded Yoga Vidya ashram. There he was mainly involved in teaching Yoga Teacher Training courses. It was in Bad Meinberg where Vivekananda was reunited with his first spiritual teacher Swami Atma, on many occasions sharing laughs along with a common interest in internet matters.
In May 2007 Vivekananda met his Guru Sri Durgamayi Ma, a disciple of Sri Neem Karoli Baba and spiritual teacher of Bhakti Yoga who lives in Ulm, Germany. In February 2008, Vivekananda moved into Sri Durgamayi Ma’s ashram in Ulm. He works as a consultant for a Media-Monitoring and Media-Analysis company while continuing to practice yoga and sing Kirtan.
