About our Authors

Avital Miller

Marketing Director for Crystal Clarity Publishers, Avital teaches on the road to help promote Crystal Clarity's books.  Read More >

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Devi Mukherjee

a disciple of the great yoga master, Paramhansa Yogananda (1893-1952) - spent many years in spiritual retreat, walking through India's spiritual richness preserved in forest ashrams, mountain caves, and in holy places and shrines. Throughout his years of travel, Devi meditated with some of India's great souls and felt their transforming spiritual power.  Read More >

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Devi Novak

Devi Novak is one of the founding members of Ananda having lived at Ananda Village and several of its branch communities since 1969. She has served in various functions of community life, including being a community correspondent and a teacher at Ananda's Expanding Light retreat.

She is...   Read More >

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Jyotish Novak

Jyotish (John) Novak has studied, practiced and taught meditation around the world for over 40 years. He came onto the spiritual path when he met Swami Kriyananda in 1966. Jyotish was a founding member of Ananda Village in Nevada City, California in 1968.

For its first ten years Jyotish served as General Manager of Ananda Village. ...   Read More >

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Jon R. Parsons

Mr. Parsons has extensive experience advising both charitable and for-profit organizations, and has represented many religious entities in the U.S. and overseas. Mr. Parsons, a Mensa member, spearheaded Ananda's defense in court against Self-Realization Fellowship.  Read More >

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Lisa Powers

Lisa Powers is a certified Ananda Yoga Teacher and has taught yoga, meditation, and chanting seminars for over 18 years to professional organizations and private groups. She is also a teacher for the Ananda Yoga Teacher Training Program at the Expanding Light Yoga and Meditation Retreat. She has a BA in Television and Film...   Read More >

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Asha Praver

Sometimes the course of a lifetime is determined by a single moment. For Asha Praver, it was her first meeting with Swami Kriyananda in November 1969 at a lecture he gave at Stanford University. Soon after, she moved to the fledging Ananda community in Northern California where Swami Kriyananda lived, to study with him full-time.

Working closely with Swami Kriyananda...   Read More >

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