Swami Brahmananda teaches Classical Tantra and Kashmir Shaivism, and offers Shaktipat. This website brings together introductions to his teachings, summaries drawn from talk notes, and dates for events around the world.
I found Brahmananda's teachings very pragmatic and non dogmatic. His open mindedness, approachability, and great anecdotes make the principles easy to understand and digest. His kindness is beyond words and he brings peacefulness wherever he walks.
Raph
Swami Brahmananda’s teachings and gentle approach touched me very deeply. I have noticed an upwards trend in my emotional life since the retreat, not to mention deeper access to very peaceful meditative states.
I enormously appreciated the inclusive, thoughtful, and relaxing approach to sharing wisdom and practises.
Highly recommend to anyone and everyone to attend a retreat, course or workshop.
Ella
I feel truly blessed to have spent five days on retreat with Swami Brahmananda. His kindness, compassion and profound wisdom touched me deeply, and I came away feeling genuinely inspired. The retreat was amazing in so many ways, and his teachings on Shaivism were remarkable - he has a rare gift for making complex, multilayered metaphysical ideas feel clear, accessible and deeply meaningful. He shares his extraordinary knowledge with such warmth, humility and grace. A truly special soul, and an experience I will always treasure.
Jo
World tour
Events around the world, organised locally.
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Upcoming events
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About Swami Brahmananda
Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (David Nowe) is a spiritual teacher whose life bridges family, business, Western philosophy and psychology, and more than five decades of spiritual practice. His teachings bring together Kashmir Shaivism, Vedanta and Siddha Yoga with practical tools for conscious living, grounded in experience of work, relationships and family life.
Read the fuller story of his life, practice and teaching.
