Dharmadas and Nirmala worked closely with Swami Kriyananda for over 40 years beginning in the 1970s and have taught yoga and meditation on three continents. They helped create four Ananda spiritual communities around the world and were the founding spiritual directors of Ananda India from 2003-2012.
Dharmadas and Nirmala worked closely with Swami Kriyananda for over 40 years beginning in the 1970s and have taught yoga and meditation on three continents. They helped create four Ananda spiritual communities around the world and were the founding spiritual directors of Ananda India from 2003-2012.
Tyagi Ram (Robert Smith) has been a devotee of Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda for 44 years when he moved to Ananda Village in August 1977 at the age of 24. A graduate of Ananda Yoga and MedtiationTeacher Training, Ram has served in various Ananda Centers worldwide, including Ananda Village, Atherton, San Francisco, Assisi, Rhode Island, and Los Angeles. He … Read More
Erin Vinacco, gifted at teaching both children and adults, is a teacher in the Ananda Living Wisdom School at Ananda Village.
Sundara (Greg) Traymar is the International Director of Sharing Nature Worldwide and has been personally trained by world renowned author Joseph Bharat Cornell. Sundara is a gifted and inspiring teacher and wins friends wherever he travels. Since moving to Ananda Village in 2008, his deep joy has been helping people understand spiritual concepts in clear and compelling ways. He has … Read More
Part of the leadership and teaching team in Ananda Palo Alto for about 8 years, Lakshmi is also an English teacher and conflict mediator at a local high school, where she merges the teachings of yoga and academia.
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Brahmachari Sagar resides in the Ananda Monastery located at Ananda Village in Northern California and serves Ananda’s Online Ministry. Born into a family of kriya yogis, Sagar read Paramhansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi at a young age, an influence that culminated in his decision to serve Yogananda’s mission through Ananda. Sagar led Ananda’s work in Mumbai for about five … Read More
Jitendra Guindon is a certified Ananda Yoga and Meditation Teacher with Yoga Alliance. He serves as the assistant director of Online with Ananda, home of Ananda’s Virtual community, online courses, and live broadcasts. Through Online with Ananda, he shares the ancient teachings of yoga as brought by Paramhansa Yogananda and acts as a spiritual counselor to hundreds of truth seekers … Read More
Dr. Peter is a graduate of University of California San Francisco Medical School and founder of the Sierra Family Medical Clinic, an award-winning rural community medical clinic near Ananda Village in Northern California. As the Clinic’s Medical Director, Peter has been instrumental in bringing new and highly effective tools in Behavioral Health to patients in need. In 2009 Dr. Peter … Read More
