EL Program Guest Teachers
Nayaswami Atmajyoti Schwarz, PhD
Nayaswami Atmajyoti is an Ananda Assisi Retreat teacher and has lived at Ananda for 10 years - first in California, USA (Ananda Village and Ananda Palo Alto), then Ananda India and now at Ananda Assisi (Italy). She teaches spiritual transformation courses for businesses and for other types of workplaces (i.e. governmental institutions, hospitals, schools, as […]
Nayaswami Aditya Gait
Has been part of Ananda Pune, India, since 2008. A trained medical doctor, he found that his main duty in life became sharing the benefits of yoga as a healthy and successful way of life. He oversees the Pune community operations and serves as spiritual director of Ananda Pune. Aditya is warm and joyful, with […]
Irene Schulman
Irene has long been involved in, and has much experience with educating children through the Ananda system of Education for Life. She presently works for Education for Life International (EFL), mentoring teachers, and visiting and supporting EFL schools everywhere. She has served as a teacher at Ananda Village Living Wisdom School (Grades 4-12), helped develop […]
Matthew Fredrickson
Matthew has worked with children of all ages for almost 3 decades. He is thoughtful, creative, musical, and tunes into each child’s qualities to help them learn and shine in exactly the ways they need. He is part of the team that hosts Family retreats at The Expanding Light Retreat. Born and raised in Salt […]
David Kletter
Raised in Bozeman, Montana, David is an outdoor enthusiast and nature lover. He grew up skiing, rock climbing, mountaineering, and backpacking. He has a special fondness for being in the garden, the forest, and wild nature. A desire to dynamically live the teachings of Paramhansa brought David to Ananda Village in the summer of 2022. […]
Murali Venkatrao
Insightful, wise, and deeply knowledgeable on Eastern philosophy, Murali educates and entertains. He is a master Storyteller! Director of yoga teacher programs at Ananda Institute of Living Yoga, and a Professor of Yogic Physiology at Vivekananda Yoga University, Murali is known far and wide for his vast and in-depth knowledge of Eastern scriptures along with […]
Nandadevi Traymar
Nandadevi Traymar has been a long-term practitioner and teacher of both Hatha Yoga and meditation in her home country, Argentina. She has served at the Expanding Light Retreat in California for nearly two years working with people of all ages and walks of life in the Karma Yoga Program, supporting them in their efforts to […]
Jitendra Guindon
Jitendra’s heartfelt enthusiasm and joy for living the spiritual life are inspiring to be around. After reading Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda, he began his journey with the teachings and meditation in 2006. Jitendra is a certified Yoga and Meditation Teacher with Yoga Alliance (RYT 200). He presently directs the Online with Ananda’s […]
Mary Kretzmann
A gifted channel of divine energy and hands-on spiritual healing, Mary has been instrumental in helping people heal through the power of prayer. She directs the Ananda Healing Prayer Ministry, and leads retreats on healing techniques. Through newsletters and personal guidance, as well as classes online, at The Expanding Light, and countrywide, she helps those […]
Miriam Rodgers
Miriam is warm and engaging, always willing to help others and listen to their needs. She served as Swami Kriyananda’s (Ananda's founder) personal nurse, and was trained by him, through daily contact, over the last fourteen years before his passing. She has served Ananda in the U.S., Italy and India, teaching meditation and helping establish […]