Sunday & Workshop Speakers
Dawn Yager Swami Ambikananda |
SWAMI SATPATYANANDA Swami Supports children and teens of all abilities through adaptive, goal centered yoga practices. She also teaches meditation at a local children's hospital. Satpatyananda is a Temple Musician and leads seekers in mantra and meditation. She enjoys painting and poetry. Utilizing her certificate in art therapy, she often integrates creative expression into her teaching and work as a Yoga Therapist. |
William Hunt Swami Janakananda Teaching Yoga Since 1976. His other current work is teaching English to international students at Dominican University. www.theyogacentreoakpark.com |
Caren Prentice Meditation Momma Taught over a thousand meditation classes to hundreds of students and businesses in the Portland, Oregon area where she currently lives.She delights in sharing the meditation techniques and teachings she has learned over the years to help others transform and find more joy and happiness in their lives. www.meditationmomma.com |
Swami Jnanamudrananda SPeaker Lifelong seeker into the inner workings of life and its many spiritual traditions. He also participates in the basic study of astrophysics. The basis is to help understand the correlation of our lives with the universe as a whole.He is an ordained swami currently spending most of his time living abroad. Staying mainly Israel, studying and observing the spiritual history and cultures of the region. www.yooying.com/swami_jnanamudrananda |
Swami Pharananda Speaker & Temple Musician Has studied, practiced and taught hatha yoga and meditation in the Kriya tradition since the 1970's. Blending eastern disciplines with householdership responsibilities and a career in communications and design, she teaches the practical application of Kriya Yoga in a western lifestyle while adding the anandic melodies of woodwinds to the teachings. |
S. Buddhyananda Gary Woodcox Swami Buddhyananda, Gary Woodcox, is a disciple of Goswami Kriyananda & ordained swami. He has been on a spiritual search since his early teens studying many modalities of spiritual growth, development and healing. He has degrees in Divinity/Theology & Metaphysics & is a speaker throughout the world on spirituality & attuning to the Divine. Swami Buddhyananda is also a graduate of the meditation course & serves his community providing meditation and satsang evenings each month. He currently travels throughout the US and the world conducting weekend and week long workshops on chakra opening and clearing as well as many other transformational subjects. |
Swami Rakshananda Gary Wager |
Ray Ruffer Swami Mahashastrananda |
Swami J. Pranananda, Mahaswami Meditation and Seminary Program Leader Swami Pranananda, MS, began her yogic studies and practice in the late 1970’s. A disciple of Goswami Kriyananda’s, an ordained swami and lineage holder in Goswami’s Kriya Yoga lineage she is committed to sustaining and sharing the living teachings of the Kriya Yoga tradition. Pranananda is responsible for leading the Temple Meditation Teacher Training and Seminary programs, and is one of the swamis offering Temple noon meditations and spiritual guidance. www.lightofkriya.com |
Gracia Gimse McKinley Swami Vidyananda Gracia (pronounced gray-sha) McKinley lives in Sedona, Arizona with her husband and two adorable cats. She spends half of her time in Zurich, Switzerland where she is studying Jungian psychology at the International School of Analytical Psychology. Gracia provides spiritual and astrological counseling (which includes dream work) in person in Sedona and via video chat when she is in Zurich. Gracia was ordained Swami Vidyananda after completing the Temple of Kriya Seminary in 2013. www.graciamckinley.com |
Eric Klein Swami Tejasananda The co-founder of Wisdom Heart, a dharma doodler, and best-selling leadership author. He's worked with over 25,000 leaders and hundreds of organizations. His book, You are the Leader You've Been Waiting For, won the Nautilus Award as a world changing book in the conscious leadership/business category. www.wisdomheart.com |
Swami Pujananda Speaker A former director of the Hatha Yoga Teachers Training course, has been an instructor of Meditation, Yoga and Astrology for over 40 years. His Sanskrit Chanting has been featured on several Temple recordings. |
Swami K. Adinadananda Marcia Sacks Disciple of Goswami Kriyananda and graduated from the Kriya Yoga Seminary 1978. She is a professional astrologer and a graduate of the Temple's Professional Astrology Program. She has given classes on meditation, metaphysics and astrology throughout the Chicago area and is a columnist for Yoga Chicago magazine. www.kriyastrology.com |