Swami Atmaswarupananda, Canadian born in 1925, moved to Sivananda Ashram Rishikesh, India  in 1974. He started giving short talks at the end of the daily morning meditation in 1995. He is a disciple of the great saint Swami Chidananda, the spiritual successor of the illustrious founder of The Divine Life Society and Sivananda Ashram, Swami Sivananda.