A Place Called Ananda, Spiritual Growth, Yoga Postures

How to Communicate Clearly

Since last June, I’ve taught yoga every Thursday night at the local YMCA, and this question is nearly always the number one thing on my mind! Every week I have a fresh class of students. Some are new and some have attended class on and off for months. Some are very experienced yogis, while some have never stepped into a … Read More

A Place Called Ananda, Spiritual Community

Land of the Rishis

I am late for satsang with the revered woman saint, Mataji Vanamil Devi. I was unavoidably detained by an appointment with a highly respected vedic astrologer. But Divine Mother comes to my rescue, yet not without a playing a little joke on me. I had professed to a friend, only weeks before, that if I had to travel anywhere a … Read More

A Place Called Ananda, Music and the Arts

The Oratorio Experience

Last night was our third and final Easter season performance of Swami Kriyananda’s oratorio, Christ Lives, of which I have had the honor to conduct. The oratorio is composed of 50 short pieces including solos, instrumentals, and choir pieces, inspired by a pilgrimage that Swami Kriyananda took to the Holy Land in 1983. Before the concert in The Expanding Light … Read More

A Place Called Ananda, Spiritual Growth

Renunciation, Poverty Consciousness, and True Prosperity

Our 2012 adventure continues at home, as my wife has begun her online schooling to become a certified health coach (yes, we’re still juicing once a day and feeling great), and I move forward with manifesting new directions for music, consciousness, and inspiration, while keeping up the Ananda Music responsibilities. This is definitely uncharted territory for us both, and has … Read More