About Mount Holyoke College (MHC) Mount Holyoke, founded in 1837, is a private, liberal arts college for women . Its 800-acre campus, including numerous 19th-century buildings, is located in South Hadley, MA, 10...
Swami Sivananda lived from 1887-1963. He was one of the greatest Yoga masters of the 20th century. He was the founder of the Divine Life Society.
In the 1920s and 30s, Hatha Yoga was strongly promoted in India with the work of T. Krishnamacharya, Swami Sivananda and other yogis practicing Hatha Yoga. Krishnamacharya opened the first Hatha Yoga school in Mysore in 1924 and in 1936 Sivananda founded the Divine Life Society on the banks of the holy Ganges River.