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Blessons PodcastSpiritual Wisdom for Every Day Life with Asha NayaswamiAsha Nayaswami is a spiritual teacher, author, and lifelong disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda. For 45 years, she worked closely with his direct disciple, Swami Kriyananda, absorbing and sharing his teachings with deep dedication.She offers lectures, workshops, and online classes on a wide range of spiritual topics, emphasizing practical ways to bring spirituality into daily life. Known for her clarity, warmth, and deep insight, Asha connects with people of all backgrounds. Her storytelling is infused with humor, compassion, and wisdom.Asha Nayaswami is a loving and dedicated guide who has spent her life helping others grow...2025-05-2157 min
Next Level Soul Español con Alex FerrariENSEÑANZAS ANTIGUAS OCULTAS: ¡El LIBRO MÍSTICO que ALTERARÁ tu REALIDAD para siempre! con Asha NayaswamiAsha Nayaswami fue una buscadora espiritual desde su juventud. Mientras estudiaba en la Universidad de Stanford en 1969, escuchó hablar a Swami Kriyananda por primera vez. “En el momento en que entró en la habitación supe que poseía la conciencia que había estado buscando durante mucho tiempo”.Pronto se convirtió en miembro fundador de la nueva comunidad que Swami estaba iniciando cerca de la ciudad de Nevada, California, llamada Ananda Village, basada en el sueño de Yogananda de tener colonias de hermandad mundial para “una vida sencilla y un pensamiento elevado”.Swami Kriyananda colocó a Asha en el pap...2025-02-091h 11
The Podcast for Curious SoulsAsha Nayaswami: How to Experience Self Realization (Interview)On this week's episode of the Podcast for Curious Souls, we interviewed the insightful Asha Nayaswami! We discussed the importance of Self Realization and how to achieve this in our everyday lives. She also shares invaluable wisdom regarding the power of honest introspection, Soul exploration, and the progressive process of harnessing your Intuition.With warmth and wisdom, Asha weaves spiritual teaching into daily, ordinary life. She is a master teacher, considered by many to be one of the most nuanced and clear teachers of Yoga in the World today. Asha is a lifelong disciple...2024-09-2500 min
Next Level Soul Podcast with Alex FerrariNLS 405: HIDDEN ANCIENT TEACHINGS: The MYSTIC BOOK That WILL ALTER Your REALITY Forever! with Asha NayaswamiAsha Nayaswami was a spiritual seeker since her early youth. While studying at Stanford University in 1969, she heard Swami Kriyananda speak for the first time. “I knew the moment he walked into the room that he possessed the consciousness I had long been seeking.”She soon became a founding member of the new community Swami was starting near Nevada City, California, called Ananda Village, based on Yogananda’s dream of world brotherhood colonies for “simple living and high thinking.”Swami Kriyananda placed Asha in the role of teaching and counseling soon after her arrival. She also served as Swami's co...2024-02-201h 13
Rekindi PodcastBlueprint of Big Ideas #27 - The Super Conscious Mind - with Asha NayaswamiWhat is consciousness? Are there different levels of consciousness? Is there such a thing as the superconscious mind?
If you these are questions you find yourself wondering, Asha may hold the answers you seek.
Asha Nayaswami is a spiritual leader who spent her life in pursuit of deeper questions surrounding the nature of consciousness, and how one may find true, lasting happiness and deep love.
With warmth and wisdom, Asha helps us see how spiritual teaching can be woven into daily, ordinary life. She offers practical, real-life examples to guide us, encouragement, and support for the journey of life. Her teaching...2022-10-3156 min
Sunday Service at Ananda VillageDo You Need a Guru? (With Asha Nayaswami)Sunday Service with Asha Nayaswami and Nayaswami Maria at Ananda Village, recorded July 24th 2022.
This week's reading from Swami Kriyananda's book "Rays of the One Light" is:
Do You Need a Guru?
Truth is one and eternal. Realize oneness with it in your deathless Self, within.
The following commentary is based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda.
Many people scoff at the idea of having a guru. True to human nature generally, they make a virtue of their scoffing. “I am responsible for what I do,” they announce, “responsible for my mistakes as well as for my victories. What would I ever...2022-07-2440 min
The Soul Shoppe with Phyllis KingSoul Shoppe with Asha Nayaswami, Segment 1Love and Relationships - What's going on in culture today that is making connection so challenging? Is it our approach, the status of the world, not enough time? There are no accidents, but this clip is part of a spontaneous intimate conversation between Asha Nayaswami and I before her actual interview began. It is pure gold in my view. Quite enlightening as to why dating, coupling and coming together and staying together is such a challenge at this time in history. Enjoy. Asha's actual full interview will air soon. Asha was a spiritual seeker since her early youth. While studyin...2022-02-2120 min
Conversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakI Am a Truthseeker | With Mahiya MathewsRaised in England by a devout Christian mother and a determined atheist father. Went to church, not for Christ, but for social life and fun. Search for truth led to atheism. Then found yoga, which eventually led to re-thinking her whole view of lifeSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2830 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakCosmic Melody | With Arudra SliskoBorn in Croatia, educated in art and music. Never felt in tune with the country, culture, or world around him, started seeking truth in early teens. Just before entering music conservatory drawn to Master’s picture on Autobiography of a Yogi. Instant recognition.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2833 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakA Very Happy Life | With Shamini NaiduGrew up in India, Malaysia, Dubai, daughter of educators. Everything came easily, life was happy. Sudden awakening to the superficial nature of life itself. Drawn by the authenticity and joy of Ananda people found her path.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2831 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakLearning How to Love | With Benedetta MicoRaised in a very Catholic household in a small village in northern Italy. One aunt, though, left the family to move into the Ananda Assisi community. So from the age of 4, yoga and Master were also there. At 15, went on a 10-year saga to rebellion, ending in a desperate need to know truth, to find a guide. Met Swamiji. In his presence, experienced perfect divine love. Now a wife, mother of two young boys, discipleship is learning how to love with the perfection Swamiji showed her.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4...2020-07-2832 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakJoy, Simplicity, Freedom | With Baraquiel CastelliBorn in Uruguay, where, except for soccer, never felt in tune with the culture. Father was a Kriyaban, and supported his thinking “outside the conventional box.” Followed his older brother Hezequiel to Ananda India where he found his home.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2832 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakOne Priority | With Shurjo JhaGrowing up, on the outside, everything looked fine, but inside was always unhappy. Mid-teens began serious search for meaning, found Autobiography of a Yogi. Graduated from college and on that day, left everything to join Ananda community in Pune, India. With wife Narayani, runs Ananda Mumbai center.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2834 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakSwamiji is Here | Narayani AnayaAuthor of My Heart Remembers Swami Kriyananda, Narayani was Swamiji’s personal assistant for the last years of his life, always by his side. Since his passing, he is even more with her, guiding her, and her husband Shurjo as they build Ananda’s work in Mumbai, India. [E-book, paper , audio version of her book available from: Ananda Mumbai, Ananda Palo Alto, Ananda Assisi in Europe]Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2830 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakLiving for God Alone | With VineetGrew up in a Jain family in Southern India, but formal religion meant nothing to him. Constantly searching for the meaning of life. Wrote journals full of questions addressed to God. Heading for a bright career as a chartered accountant, but turned away from a life he considered purposeless to become a renunciate disciple of Master.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2830 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakHelp from the Other Side | With Jivanta BertiGrowing up Italy, Catholicism was the given, but it didn’t hold her heart. Living from the outside, life became serious with the sudden death of a beloved cousin. Inner angel presence of her cousin guided her to Autobiography of a Yogi.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2834 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakMy True Home | With Ruby stoppeFrom the age of seven, every summer came with mother and siblings for holidays at Ananda Assisi. Lived in Germany, but Ananda was home. During university, every holiday was with Ananda — retreats, karma yoga, pilgrimage — until she came to live permanently in community.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2833 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakConclusion and Reflections on Millennials SeriesAsha concludes the series of Conversations with Millennials with this video, reflecting on the essential and uplifting qualities of of the whole experience, and encouraging everyone of the "next generation" of this work to carry on with deeper inspiration and dedication.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2833 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakMy Heart Remembers | With Narayani AnayaIn her second interview, Narayani talks more about her time and experiences with Swami Kriyananda and how that shaped and defined her spiritual life.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2831 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakFrom Happiness to Bliss | With Narayan BozaninGrew up in Serbia, father was a committed communist. No spiritual training as child, but raised with principles of integrity, honesty, fairness. Inwardly always felt happy, regardless of circumstances. Became devoted to martial arts. Studied Asian philosophies, which led eventually to Master. With his wife runs Ananda group in Serbia. www.ananda.org.rsSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2828 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakGod Is My Security | With Mukti BozaninSerbian father and Scottish mother. Bilingual, raised in Serbia, holidays in Scotland, where her missionary grandparents took her to church. Outwardly, very shy, but inner relationship with God was her security. Introduced by her fiancee to Master and meditation. Now runs with her husband an Ananda group in Serbia. www.ananda.org.rsSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2831 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakGod is My Home Country | With Hezequiel CastelliIn early teens, dismayed by the increasing worldliness of his friends, felt disillusioned and alone. Father was a Kriyaban, gave him Autobiography of a Yogi. Shifted from native Uruguay to Canada, then to USA to meet Swamiji. Joined community in India, now lives in Ananda Assisi.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2835 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakMeeting Swamiji in India | With Aryavan McSweeneyBorn to yogi parents, grew up in the Ananda community of Palo Alto. Was a “founding child” for the Education for Life School there. Studied filmmaking which led to being Swamiji’s videographer, following him around the world for the last years of his life. See Ishani and Aryavan’s filmography here https://vimeo.com/centereverywhereSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2836 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakGod Was Always There | With Ishani EbgiRaised in Miami, Florida, as an Israeli Jew. Hebrew came first, English was second. The presence of God was the given. What to do about it was the question? When working as a make-up artist in New York City, discovered yoga. See Ishani and Aryavan’s filmography here https://vimeo.com/centereverywhereSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2829 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakFinding My Place | With Pritha RicoyRaised by a devout Catholic grandmother. Deeply impressed by her compassion and unshakeable faith. Less impressed by the priest who trained her for Confirmation. Searched for community and connection through yoga and natural healing. Led her to Ananda, life in the ashram, work with Crystal Clarity Publications.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2828 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakThe Mystery of Death | With Aditya GaitSon of an army doctor, followed his father, became a rural surgeon, till the inevitability of death caused him to question everything. Autobiography of a Yogi spoke to his soul. Met Swamiji and felt “This man knows what I want to learn.”Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2831 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakI Want to Help People | With Chika FujitainSome years into a successful career in Tokyo, she longed to find a more meaningful life. Went to India on a solar power project, and felt immediately at home there. Switched to non-profit work until she found her true life’s work — serving God through the path of Kriya Yoga.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2828 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakFrom Skepticism to Devotion | With Vasudha BajoriaA self-declared skeptic, traditional Hindu worship held no appeal. Followed the expected path to marriage and family. Lived with undercurrent of melancholy, never fully faced. Followed friends into a of study of past lives, Reiki, meditation. Skepticism dissolved by an experience of Babaji.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2829 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakI Want to be a Good Disciple | With HariRaised in a spiritually rich village in South India, naturally devout, loved and prayed to God as naturally as breathing. Trained as an architect, found Autobiography of a Yogi, saw vast, new possibility in his relationship to God. Lives and serves in Ananda Delhi ashram.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2830 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakDoctor and Disciple | With Dr. Michelle DossettA Ph.D. and an M.D. does research and clinical work at U.C. Davis, specialising in the effect of medication on health and well-being, the power of compassion in the doctor patient relationship. Feels Master got her through medical school, training her to be his emissary in the medical world.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2828 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakSong of the Soul | With Aaron AtwellParents were disciples, earliest memory of Ananda was the music touching his heart. Fell into teenage lethargy and bad habits, rescued by Autobiography of a Yogi. At 17 moved to Ananda Village; now lives in Ananda Sacramento with wife and 3 children. Music still center of his spiritual life.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2829 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakThe Householder Path | With Sharmila AtwellFather’s profession took the family to Saudi Arabia, then France. Came to USA in high school. Never felt in tune with peers, dropped out at 17. Brother gave her Autobiography of a Yogi. At 19 moved to Ananda Village.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2831 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakRainbow Lights | With Rose AtwellBorn into these teachings, can’t remember a time when she didn’t know Master. Became a disciple at 13. Traveled with Ananda choir in Italy. Majored in theater in college. Blessed and guided by Swamiji.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2828 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakIn the World But Not of It | With Sneha NairGrew up in Hyderabad, India. Parents followed Satya Sai Baba. From earliest childhood felt close to God. Read Autobiography of a Yogi at age 15, instant recognition of Babaji and Master. Now combines life of a devotee with tech career in Silicon Valley.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2829 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakDancing with Spirit | With Suryani NelsonAlways outdoors, active as a child, first a gymnast, then a dancer. Has a degree in choreography, performed professional, but found her true calling with Ananda.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2829 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakThere Must be Something More | With Amit PurohitLike many other young Indian men, went into computer science, following a career that led to Silicon Valley and a company just a couple of miles from the Ananda Temple. He came for worldly success, but God had another job in mind for him.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2831 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakFrom Finance to Farmer | With Zachary HaileyGrew up in St. Louis but spent all his holidays with his extended family in the Ozarks. Thrived in the world of nature. Followed conventional into the world of finance, till Master intervened.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2829 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakReturn to Simplicity | With Jake KellerYoungest of 30 cousins, felt he had arrived late to the party, couldn’t relate to what others thought was important. In Catholic high school learned meditation from his football coach-priest. Now helps lead Internship Program at Ananda Village https://www.anandavillage.org/program...Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2831 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakA Friend in God | With Bhima BreckenridgeEarly childhood included much solitude in Arizona desert. In high school, disenchanted with mainstream life, became “neo-hippie.” That ended when father gave him Autobiography of a Yogi. Met Swamiji who welcomed him as an old friend.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2829 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakServing God in Nature | With Navashen JonesGrowing up, found solace in using his body dynamically through sports. Explored martial arts, shamanism, and consciousness which eventually led to Master. Now deeply drawn to bringing Master’s into farming, now at Camano Island, soon at Ananda Valley Farm in Palo Alto.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2831 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakAlienation, Suffering, & Transformation | With Dhyan DavisIn this conversation, Asha talks with Dhyan about life before finding the path, how finding spirituality was perhaps literally the difference between life and death, and how music can play a transformative role in changing our consciousness.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2830 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakI Want to Change Myself | With Nandadevi TraymarFound yoga at age seventeen. Embraced meditation immediately. Saw the possibility in spiritual life of ending suffering and finding happiness.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2828 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakTraveling to Inner Space | With Arati GarciaGrowing up in Spain often said to God (or whoever), that there had been some mistake, why am I here? Planned to be an astronaut, studied engineering, but yoga proved the true path to happiness.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2832 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakFrom Funk to Monk | With Prasad WangChild of first-generation immigrants from Taiwan via Malaysia. Excelled at science and math. Stanford grad, Silicon Valley job but the pressure was too much. Rescued by Ananda through divine intervention.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2829 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakSurfing Ever-Changing Waves of Life | With Jitendra GuindonHe aspired to a life in the military for a life of sacrifice and service, but a complete change of direction lead to New Zealand, then New York city, for surfing, music, and film making, before finding Yogananda.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2835 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakChallenges and Joy | With Jaya BottaroGrew up surrounded by pictures of Master, attending her f father's meditation center in Argentina. Watershed moment: meeting Swamiji in 2010.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2830 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakGrowing Food with God | With Hailey AbbeyGrew up a tomboy, loved climbing trees, part of a Christian youth group until the dogma was too much to accept. Studied philosophy but lost interest in studying truth, wanted to know Truth itself. Called to the high Sierras, then called down from the mountain to bring the lessons of Nature into growing food.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2829 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakSocial Action and Inner Action | With Gita MatlockAsha talks with Gita Matlock - born and raised in Ananda, but who traversed a successful professional career in non-profit fundraising before finding her way back to living at Ananda Village with her husband and two children. Gita and Asha talk about finding the path, the desire for social upliftment, and the future of Ananda in their first 30 minute conversationSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2831 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakCorporate Ladder to Inner Ladder | With Anastasia KirschHigh achieving, highly motivated to excel and succeed, early success led to early disillusionment, heartbreak, and discipleship.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2828 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakFrom Suffering to Joy | With Sambhava BurkePainfully aware form a young age of the meaninglessness to him of worldly ambition, Sambhava searched for meaning and purpose for years until Buddhism opened him to the concept of the cessation of suffering, then in finding Master, he discovered the potential of life is joy!Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2832 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakSilence & Song | With Erin VinaccoIn this conversation Asha and Erin discuss finding the path, opening the heart, and how God's hand is always with us even when we are unaware of it.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2830 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakDiscipleship in the Corporate World | With James Noh-KuhnNayaswami Asha talks with James Noh-Kuhn a second time, discussing what it was like reentering the corporate world as a devotee of a great master. Is it possible to balance work and spirituality in a normal work-place environment? What role did intuition play in finding a job, and in leaving a job, to find his way to serving at Ananda Palo Alto?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2826 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakSharing Ananda Yoga | With Vivekadevi Noh-KuhnAsha and Vivekadevi talk about her journey into being an Ananda Yoga teacher, and Ananda Yoga Teacher Trainer, and how yoga asanas have provided for her a vivid and tangible experience of the vibration of Yogananda and Raja Yoga. Vivekadevi shares some of the benefits she felt from Ananda Yoga immediately, and what blessings come from acting as a channel for a higher inspiration than yourself.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2831 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakServing God Together | With Vivekadevi & James Noh-KuhnIn this conversation Asha talks with both James and Vivekadevi about the keys to the success of their decades long marriage, the projects they've done together, communication, serving together, and seeing God in one another.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2830 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakHow I Met Master | With Vivekadevi Noh-KuhnIn this conversation Asha and Vivekadvei talk about what process Vivekadevi went through to find Yogananda. From a disenchanted youth, through being baptized into the Catholic church in her twenties and wanting to become a nun, all the way to being a yoga teacher in a foreign Eastern tradition. At the end of it, can we see that God guided us all along?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2829 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakHow Did I Find The Master? | With James Noh-KuhnIn this episode, Asha talks with James Noh-Kuhn - though not officially a millennial, an integral part of the next generation of Ananda. Together they talk about his "great adventure" of finding God and Guru as expressed by this path of Self Realization. How was he able to leave successful corporate job and strike out in a completely new direction?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2829 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakArts and Creativity | With Kshama KelloggIn this conversation, Kshama and Asha discuss what spiritual benefits may be found in artistic expression. Does art and creativity lead only to greater ego involvement and emotionalism, or can it offer a path to self-integration, transcendence, and Divine Realization?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2831 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakWhat Discipleship Means To Me | With Tandava WaldonIn this conversation, Asha and Tandava explore what it means to be a disciple. What does it mean to have the Guru as a Divine Friend? Do all souls yearn for a close romantic relationship? How does being a monk and renunciate fit into discipleship?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2828 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakThe Power of Chanting | With Keshava BettsIn this conversation, Asha and Keshava talk about the power of chanting. As Yogananda said, "Chanting is half the battle." Why? What's the battle? Can anyone chant and utilize the spiritual power latent within them? Does God care if you have a beautiful voice?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2830 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakWho Needs God Anyway? | With Lakshmi LapineIn this episode, Lakshmi and Asha talk about how the millennial generation, being disenchanted with religious dogma, turn to atheism instead. Can we learn to truly surrender without a concept and relationship with God, or a higher power? Is the difference between some high-thinking atheists and ourselves just a difference of vocabulary? Why aught we to develop spiritual power now, in the face of worldwide pandemics and economic turmoil? Are we in charge, or is God?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country...2020-07-2830 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakSpirituality in the Corporate World | With Saiganesh SairamanAsha speaks with Saiganesh about his experience working in the corporate world as a devotee of Paramhansa Yogananda.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2830 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakIs Astrology Real? | With Keshava BettsKeshava and Asha talk again, this time about his lifelong fascination with yogic astrology and his road to becoming a practicing astrologer. What lessons do the planets have to offer us? Do they paint a road map for our souls to retrace their footsteps back to infinite consciousness?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2830 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakAre we the trophy generation? | With Lakshmi LapineIn their second chat together, Asha and Lakshmi discuss the necessity of developing perseverance in order to achieve lasting success in life. Does the millennial generation lack grit, or is flexibility to change it's greatest attribute?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-07-2831 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakWhat is True Maturity? | With Kshama KelloggAsha interviews Kshama Kellogg, director of Ananda Living Wisdom High School in Palo Alto, Lightbearer, and long time devotee of Yogananda. Together they talk about education, growing up within Ananda, living abroad, and what the goal of education is and aught to be; true maturity. How can we all learn to mature as souls and learn to relate to realities other than our own?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-06-2929 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakWater Polo and Spirituality | With Lakshmi LapineIn this episode, Asha talks with Lakshmi LaPine about what it was like growing up in southern California playing water polo. What spiritual lessons did she learn in that endeavor, and what did she learn about herself? Lakshmi also shares about her early aspirations as a writer, a repulsion around the idea of ever teaching, and how she has found her way to field of education and has found inspiration and meaning in that service.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US...2020-06-2931 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakA Moment In The Company of a Saint | With Tandava WaldonAsha chats with Tandava, a monk and devotee who found his way to Ananda through a deeply transforming experience with Swami Kriyananda. Together, they talk about his time at Stanford University, working for Google, the pursuit of lasting meaning and purpose, as well as seeking an example of a life lived truly well.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-06-2129 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakEast Meets West | With Saiganesh SairamanIn this episode, Asha chats with Saiganesh Sairaman about his experience growing up in a traditional Brahmin family in India before moving to the United States to pursue a career in Silicon Valley in the tech industry. What was it like, balancing an Eastern upbringing with a Western society? And why did he eventually leave the tech industry, and were there any familial repercussions?Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=53fgZACoETqZEn2HkA8MuaARgxpxMdVG4Sg21Pu9540u3HF78q7AiuKZFTtqVy23tfbr1G&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-06-2131 minConversations with Asha | Millennials SpeakDeceptions of the virtual world | With Keshava BettsIn this conversation, Asha talks with Keshava Betts who was born and raised in Ananda Village, pursued a career in acting and now serves in the Ananda Sangha. They discuss what it was like growing up in a spiritual community, in this digital age and how technology can be a great boon as well as a portal into escapism and stimulation of a magnitude that leaves the real world lacking.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EK7rzkLKgKOwHvx4CT17iPHIO0lHgEj3BpjJQJDEdBXdbf_RuKHvb48vEA-5IekIDorMOm&country.x=US&locale.x=US)2020-06-1529 min
The Inner Life with AshaQuestion and Answers with Asha NayaswamiAsha Nayaswami at Ananda Mumbai.2019-09-051h 05The Inner Life with AshaNayaswami Asha Presents "Swami Kriyananda: Lightbearer"Class with Nayaswami Asha about her new book on Swami Kriyananda's life on Monday afternoon during Ananda's 50th anniversary celebration week.
You can find the book at https://www.ashajoy.org
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Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsLightbearer: The Life and Legacy of a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda by Asha NayaswamiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lightbearer: The Life and Legacy of a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda Author: Asha Nayaswami Narrator: Asha Nayaswami Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 19, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the early 1970s, Swami Kriyananda asked Asha to start taking notes for the book he knew she would someday write. He explained himself to her in a way he did to only a few others. Since then, she was in constant contact with him, as a...2019-05-1905 min
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