Daya Mata, born Faye Wright, served as president and spiritual leader of the Self-Realization Fellowship for fifty-five years. Her tenure ended on November 30, 2010 when she died at the age of 96 ...

Long before yoga became known in the West for its muscle-honing, gravity-defying postures and see-through stretch pants, it was a very different practice in the West. In the 1920s, a swami from India, ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the arrival in the West of Paramahansa Yogananda - regarded as the father of Yoga in the West, whose best-selling classic, Autobiography of a Yogi, continues ...

“Awake: The Life of Yogananda” wants to do two things: Introduce Paramahansa Yogananda, who imported yoga and meditation to the United States, to a wider audience. And provide us with a mystical ...

(RNS) — Pioneering a vision of wellness in which spirituality and self-help converge, Yogananda created a new model for pop spirituality. (RNS) — One hundred years ago on Sept. 19, the Indian yogi and ...

Swami Kriyananda, then a young American who had become Yogananda's disciple at age 22 and who became one of his trusted lieutenants, has come out with an intimate and powerful story of Yogananda, ...

The guru who brought kriya yoga to the West is the subject of a documentary exploring his lasting influence By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic Courtesy of Self-Realization Fellowship, Los ...

Spiritual aspiration flows from knowledge. Each lesson of Yogananda induces inspiration and motivation. So, the practices never become dull, mechanical and repetitive. The practice of Kriya Yoga is ...

Postural yoga, due to its rising cultural and economic capital, has been adopted as a fundamental aspect of Hindu religious identity and touted as India's universal gift to the world. This article ...

Spiritual aspiration flows from knowledge. Each lesson of Yogananda induces inspiration and motivation. So, the practices never become dull, mechanical and repetitive.The practice of Kriya Yoga is ...