Swami Akhandananda began following the Siddha Yoga path in 1974, when he first met Baba Muktananda. Though Swami ji was just sixteen, it had been his cherished wish to know and experience God since his early childhood. Therefore, at the age of eighteen, he made the commitment to offer full-time seva, and in 1982, when he was twenty-four, he took monastic vows to become a Siddha Yoga Swami.

Swami ji is also a Siddha Yoga meditation teacher and Siddha Yoga musician. He is known for his exuberance, vivaciousness, and his get-it-done attitude. Through the years, people who participate in the teaching and learning events that Swami Akhandananda teaches always speak of how he’s inspired them to begin or continue a regular meditation practice and go deeper in their study of the Siddha Yoga teachings.