Superconscious Living: Finding Your Inner Joy

Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi are dynamic emissaries of Paramhansa Yogananda and Global Peace Ambassadors.

Nayaswami Jyotish met Swami Kriyananda in 1966, working closely with him to build Ananda’s work around the world. Nayaswami Devi arrived at Ananda in 1969 and joined the efforts. Jyotish was named by Swami Kriyananda as his spiritual successor. Both Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi were named kriyacharyas and the Ananda spiritual directors by Swami Kriyananda years prior to his transition. They disseminate the liberating and ancient Kriya Yoga technique of Paramhansa Yogananda’s lineage.

Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi travel throughout the United States, India, and Europe, speaking on spiritualizing daily life and the practice of Kriya Yoga meditation.

As Spiritual Directors of Ananda and living examples of spiritual values in action, Jyotish and Devi travel the world, sharing Yogananda’s teachings and blessing people with the practical and heart-opening path of Kriya Yoga, and are authors of several books on meditation and related subjects.

Nayaswami Shanti is a lifelong devotee and serves as one of the spiritual directors of Ananda Palo Alto.

Her talks are rich with stories from her life as a physician and her many years on the path.

With her warmth and wisdom, she is a much-loved counselor and teacher.

She teaches, counsels and still maintains a practice of medicine through her coaching practice of “Transformational Medicine.”  Shanti’s talks online.

Nayaswami Devarshi is a longtime Ananda minister and Kriyacharya (authorized Kriya Yoga teacher).

He lives in India, leading Ananda's monastery and serving as the director of Ananda's global Kriya Yoga Sangha. Devarshi works with those taking Kriya Yoga for the first time, and counsels experienced practitioners. He prepares devotees to receive Kriya Yoga and conducts Kriya Initiations around the world.

Nayaswami Bhagavati (Sharon Brooks) Nani received her Master of Music in flute performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. For many years she performed and recorded with orchestras and chamber ensembles in the greater Bay Area, including the San Francisco Opera and The Women’s Philharmonic. She began focusing on music as a ministry after finding Ananda in 1998.

In 2002, she moved to Ananda Assisi (Italy), where she toured for two years as part of the Ananda Singers. Later, she and her husband, Ramesha—who are both Ananda ministers—helped lead the meditation group in Lugano (Switzerland), where they also taught meditation classes to adults and children. They moved to the United States in 2006 to participate more fully in the music ministry at Ananda Village, and began performing and recording together regularly.

After three years in Los Angeles, where she and Ramesha headed the Ananda LA music ministry and expanded their music outreach as members of The Joy Singers, Ramesha and Bhagavati have returned to Ananda Village to help lead Ananda Music worldwide.

Nayaswami Ramesha (Fabio) Nani began his formal music training with classical guitar at the age of seven. After switching instruments at thirteen, he received his Diploma in violin performance from the Music Conservatory in Como (Italy). But by the time he had finished his studies, he had become disillusioned with music as a career and instead became a music teacher in his hometown of Lugano, Switzerland. During this time he shifted his musical focus to studying voice with Swiss soprano, Giovanna Zaugg-Casella.

Years later, during repeated visits to the Ananda center in Assisi (Italy), Ramesha was introduced to Ananda Music, and as he tuned into it deeply he felt himself changing. His love of the violin was rekindled and he began to play again. But now, music has a completely different meaning for him. He realizes that what matters is not how well he plays or sings, but rather how open he is as a channel for blessings to flow through the music and touch people’s hearts.

Ramesha is in demand as a vocal instructor; in addition to in-person lessons, he teaches online to students throughout the world (www.vocalbliss.com).