Steve Bhaerman is a comedian, author, and workshop leader. He has spent the over 15 years performing transformational comedy as "Swami Beyondananda, the Cosmic Comic".

Steve is a master of building comedy with word play. His monthly humor column, "Ask the Swami", is read by over two million people, and he is the author of Driving Your Own Karma and Duck Soup for the Soul. He has many audio tapes available at his website.