Yoga Sivananda  is Hindu by origin, and came out of Rishikesh, India with the teachings of Swami Sivananda. His teachings are to "serve, love, give, purify, meditate, realize". Swami Sivananda sent a follower to start the SYVC (International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers) in the U.S. in 1957, six years before he died.