Srivatsa Ramaswami (86) was a student of the legendary yogi Sri T. Krishnamacharya for over 30 years. He studied Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Krama Yoga, chanting of several chapters of the Yajur Veda, and Sanskrit philosophical texts like the Upanishad Vidyas from Taittiriya, Mandukya, Mundaka, Chandogya, Brihadaranyaka and others including Yoga Sutras and Samkhya Karika. He has published four books: Yoga for the Three Stages of Life; Yoga Beneath the Surface (with David Hurwitz); Basic Tenets of Patanjala Yoga; and The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga.
In addition published more than 100 yoga related articles, released through "Sangeetha" about 30 CD's on Sanskrit chants including Yoga Sutras, Surya Namaskara. Has uploaded about 60 videos on chants, Vinyasa Krama Yoga talks on YouTube. Has been teaching for the last 40 years—about 20 years at Kalakshetra in India and for about 10 years teaching a 200-hour Vinyasakrama Teacher Training Summer Program at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, apart from several shorter programs in Utah, Chicago, UK, Canada, Mexico, India, Europe and other places.