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Satyananda Saraswati (25 December 1923 – 5 December 2009) was a sannyasin yoga teacher and guru in both his native India and the West. He founded the International Yoga Fellowship in 1956 and the Bihar School of Yoga in 1963. He wrote over 80 books including the well-known Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha one of the most systematic yoga manuals today. Since its first publication by the Bihar School of Yoga in 1969 it has been reprinted seventeen times and translated into many languages.