Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
Born
Malti Shetty

(1955-06-24) 24 June 1955
Mangalore, India
OccupationsGuru, head of Siddha Yoga
Notable workKindle My Heart (1989)
PredecessorMuktananda

Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (also known as Gurumayi or Swami Chidvilasananda), born Malti Shetty on 24 June 1955, is the guru or spiritual head of the Siddha Yoga path, with ashrams and meditation centers in both India (at Ganeshpuri) and the Western world (e.g. in Fallsburg, New York).

The global organization representing her and her teachings is the SYDA Foundation. According to the literature of Siddha Yoga, Gurumayi received spiritual initiation (shaktipat) from her guru, Swami Muktananda, when she was 14, at which time he designated her and her brother Swami Nityananda as his successors. She became a renunciate (sanyassin) in 1982. Muktananda died later that year and she and her brother jointly became the heads of Siddha Yoga. They proceeded to expand the Fallsburg ashram to accommodate large numbers of devotees. In 1985 Nityananda left the Siddha Yoga path.

She has authored several devotional books, starting with the 1989 Kindle My Heart.

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