Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati was born in Almora, India. He was initiated into the Dashnam Order of Sannyasa by his guru Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati in 1947.

Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati was born on 14th February in Rajnandgaon and at four years of age moved to the Bihar School of Yoga to live next to his guru Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati.

Swami Sivamurti Saraswati was born in Australia. She met her guru, the great spiritual luminary, Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati, in Munger, India and after being trained and initiated into the Dashnami order of Sannyasa, she brought the teachings of Satyananda Yoga to Greece in 1976