Swami Chetanananda
Born 1948
Born in the Midwest, Swami Chetanananda (also known as “Swamiji”) was raised in Indiana and attended Indiana University. He is an American spiritual teacher, author, and highly accomplished practitioner of kundalini meditation and tantric sadhana who has spent his life assimilating the great tantric traditions into a new non-dual model of understanding the nature of reality. In the process, he has developed an approach to spiritual work that anyone can practice in the context of everyday life.
Swamiji’s teaching draws from his study of kundalini yoga, Śakta Śaivism, Śrī Vidyā, Vajrayana tantrism, osteopathy, quantum physics, and neuroscience. He teaches that consciousness is in eternal union with respiratory process, which he calls the Breath of Life, and that it can be experienced through contact, alignment and flow with the creative energy. In his view, everything that exists is a manifestation of the Breath of Life: alive, divine and permeated by beauty.
Swamiji is fiercely dedicated to unearthing the most authentic teachings of ancient traditions and mining their essence. He teaches practical techniques for working with creative energy to help students unfold their highest potential to realize what he calls an “unimaginable possibility.”
Source: Author's website
Books by Swami Chetanananda in order
Books by Swami Chetanananda in the order they were published, from Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekananda (1976) to Sri Sarada Devi and Her Divine Play (2015).
- 1Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekananda
Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekananda1976 - 2They Lived with God
They Lived with God1989 - 3Dynamic Stillness
Dynamic Stillness1990 - 4Dynamic Stillness Part One
Dynamic Stillness Part One1990 - 5Ramakrishna as We Saw Him
Ramakrishna as We Saw Him1990 - 6The Logic of Love
The Logic of Love1992 - 7Keys to MasteryKeys to Mastery1995
- 8Our Love and RespectOur Love and Respect1995
- 9Vivekananda: East Meets West
Vivekananda: East Meets West1995 - 10God Lived With Them
God Lived With Them1997 - 11Nityananda
Nityananda1998 - 12Open Heart, Open Mind
Open Heart, Open Mind1998 - 13Meditation
Meditation1999 - 14There Is No Other
There Is No Other1999 - 15How a Shepherd Boy Became a Saint
How a Shepherd Boy Became a Saint2000 - 16Choose to Be Happy
Choose to Be Happy2001 - 17Dynamic Stillness Part Two
Dynamic Stillness Part Two2001 - 18Songs From the Center of the Well
Songs From the Center of the Well2001 - 19The Breath of God
The Breath of God2001 - 20The Open Moment
The Open Moment2001 - 21The Sky of the Heart
The Sky of the Heart2001 - 22Will I Be the Hero of My Own Life
Will I Be the Hero of My Own Life2001 - 23Girish Chandra Ghosh
Girish Chandra Ghosh2009 - 24Sri Sarada Devi and Her Divine Play
Sri Sarada Devi and Her Divine Play2015