In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Srimathi Kannan about her spiritual journey—from a childhood immersed in music, faith, and Hindu tradition in South India to a life devoted to Kriya Yoga, seva, and devotional art. Srimathi shares how family, education, service, and initiation into Kriya shaped her path, as well as her experience translating the teachings of the lineage into Tamil. This conversation reflects on surrender, faith, discipline, and the quiet ways devotion unfolds through daily life.
✨ Full show notes and transcripts are available at: womensministryofkriya.org/episode-8
✨ About Our Guest: Srimathi Kannan was born into a traditional Tamil family in South India and raised with a rich foundation in culture, music, and spirituality. With degrees in business, accounting, and marketing research, she built a diverse professional career before her lifelong pull toward Kriya Yoga came to the forefront. Initiated at age 30, Srimathi has since served the global Kriya community through study groups, transcriptions, and center development in Kuwait, Muscat, Calgary, Edmonton, and Lethbridge. She now supports Mountain Region coordination and is a founding board member of the Kriya Sadhana Institute of Canada. A classical Bharatanatyam dancer, Carnatic vocalist, and veena player, she brings devotion and discipline to everything she does. She remains deeply dedicated to translating Guruji’s books into Tamil and credits all her service to the grace of God, the Masters, and beloved Guruji.
This podcast is brought to you by the Women’s Ministry of Kriya Yoga International. You can learn more about the ministry at our website, womensministryofkriya.org.
Kriya Yoga is a powerful meditation practice that awakens constant communion with the Divine through the science of the breath. Handed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage of enlightened masters, it transforms body, mind, and heart—helping us be calmly active and actively calm. Today this living tradition welcomes seekers everywhere through the guidance of Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, the principal disciple of the great master Paramahamsa Hariharananda. To learn more about Kriya Yoga, please visit kriya.org.
