About Sabu

Born in Kerala, India, Sabu Chaitanya entered the spiritual life in 1984 at the age of 16 and started studying all aspects of traditional Yoga in a rigorous all-boys training school for becoming a Swami (monk.) By age 19 Sabu joined the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Organization and took his Yoga Teachers Training and Advanced Yoga Teachers training and became a dedicated volunteer staff member in the non-profit organization.

Since 1987, Sabu has directed and managed Yoga Centers in Madras, New Delhi, Trivandrum, Uttarkashi, and San Francisco. He has traveled to Montreal, Toronto, Yukon, BC, Maine, New York, Nassau, Colorado, Chicago, and all over California teaching classes and courses in various Ashrams, Studios and Centers.

For the past 12  years, Sabu has committed to teaching a special form of Yoga Intensive course.  This one month long intensive yoga course is designed to make a lasting impression on your body and mind in a systematic way to help you realize a higher physical and mental health.  Students have been able to achieve a high standard of practice through this dedicated style of learning.

In 2020, Sabu will be traveling to many parts of the world to teach Yoga Intensive courses. 

Through his own dedication to higher truth and over thirty three years practicing yoga, he has been able to transmit the ancient wisdom of Yoga to thousands of people.

Sabu teaches a traditional Hatha Yoga practice that has come through the Sivananda/Vishnudevananda lineage, focusing intuitively on each and every student that he meets. Sabu is dedicated to giving organic, truthful information which he learned from his teachers; never straying from the ancient wisdom of Yoga.

Sabu’s vast experience, sincerity and dedication provide his students with truly life-transforming methods towards self-healing, balance and peace of mind. Sabu is recognized by the Yoga Alliance as an RYT500 (registered yoga teacher) and E-RYT500 (experienced registered yoga teacher).