Swami Sivananda’s 18 ITIES and the Practice of Pratyahara

Swami Sivamurti Saraswati is a prominent disciple of Swami Satyananda Saraswati. She established the Satyanandashram in Greece in the late 1970s, dedicating her life to spreading the scientific lifestyle parameters of the Bihar Yoga tradition across Europe

The book establishes that human behavioral patterns function exactly like a computer's pre-programmed software. To change our mental performance and emotional reactions, we must systematically implement Swami Sivananda’s 18 ITIES: Serenity, Regularity, Absence of Vanity, Sincerity, Simplicity, Veracity, Equanimity, Fixity, Non-irritability, Adaptability, Humility, Tenacity, Integrity, Nobility, Magnanimity, Charity, Generosity, and Purity. Instead of looking at these qualities merely as abstract moral lectures, the author directly couples each virtue with a specific evolutionary stage of Pratyahara (the yogic practice of shifting attention from external stimuli to inner consciousness). It presents a structured blueprint—such as focusing deeply on one virtue every month—to eliminate erratic habits, master egoic impulses, and anchor the mind in unbroken