Women of Kriya Yoga: Living In Joy Podcast

Women's Ministry of Kriya Yoga International

Welcome to the Women of Kriya Yoga: Living in Joy Podcast — a gathering place for women walking the spiritual path. Here, we share stories, teachings, and reflections rooted in the timeless practices of Kriya Yoga. These conversations are an offering from the Women’s Ministry of Kriya Yoga International, inviting you to rest in stillness, awaken your inner light, and connect with a community of women to support one another in living in joy. This podcast is brought to you by the Women’s Ministry of Kriya Yoga International, an organization devoted to uplifting and empowering women through the sacred practices of yoga, meditation, and soulful spiritual community. Rooted in the timeless teachings of Kriya Yoga, we journey together toward inner peace, divine connection, and joyful living in harmony with the Divine. You can learn more about the ministry at our website, womensministryofkriya.org.  Kriya Yoga is a powerful meditation practice that awakens constant communion with the Divine through the science of the breath. Handed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage of enlightened masters, it transforms body, mind, and heart—helping us be calmly active and actively calm. Today this living tradition welcomes seekers everywhere through the guidance of Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, the principal disciple of the great master Paramahamsa Hariharananda. To learn more about Kriya Yoga, please visit kriya.org.

  1. Episode 13: Yogacharya Devjani Mohanty

    Jun 26

    Episode 13: Yogacharya Devjani Mohanty

    In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Yogacharya Devjani Mohanty, whose life reflects the quiet truth that the sincere seeker is always being guided. Born in Puri, Odisha, and raised in a devotional family, Devjani Ma carried an inner longing through years of life across England, Japan, and Australia — until, in April 2000, she met her beloved Guruji at a satsang and recognized that her search had reached its goal. She shares the grace-filled story of her initiation into Kriya Yoga, the way her practice became an anchor through profound loss, and her journey into guiding meditation and initiating seekers herself. It is a tender conversation about devotion, surrender, and the living presence of the Guru. ✨ Full show notes and transcripts are available at: womensministryofkriya.org/episode-13 ✨ About Our Guest:Yogacharya Devjani Mohanty is based in Sydney, Australia. Born in Puri, Odisha, she nurtured a deep longing for spiritual growth throughout her life and career, exploring many paths until April 2000, when she met her beloved Guruji during a Satsang and knew her search had reached its goal. She and her husband Arvind were soon initiated into Kriya Yoga, with their sons following. With the blessings of the lineage, Devjani Ma began guiding meditation in 2023 and initiating seekers in 2025, offering her service with deep devotion to Guruji and the teachings. 🙏 About the Podcast:Welcome to the Women of Kriya Yoga: Living in Joy Podcast — a gathering place for women walking the spiritual path. Here, we share stories, teachings, and reflections rooted in the timeless practices of Kriya Yoga. These conversations are an offering from the Women’s Sangha & Ministry of Kriya Yoga International, inviting you to rest in stillness, awaken your inner light, and connect with a community of women to support one another in living in joy. This podcast is brought to you by the Women’s Sangha & Ministry of Kriya Yoga International. Learn more →  https://womensministryofkriya.org 🙏 About Kriya Yoga:Kriya Yoga is a powerful meditation practice that awakens constant communion with the Divine through the science of the breath. Handed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage of enlightened masters, it transforms body, mind, and heart—helping us be calmly active and actively calm. Today this living tradition welcomes seekers everywhere through the guidance of Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, the principal disciple of the great master Paramahamsa Hariharananda. To learn more about Kriya Yoga, please visit kriya.org 🔗 Learn more:Women’s Sangha & Ministry: womensministryofkriya.orgKriya Yoga International: kriya.org

    1 hr
  2. Episode 12: Dr. Nandini Bhowmik

    Jun 12

    Episode 12: Dr. Nandini Bhowmik

    In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Dr. Nandini Bhowmik — Indologist, Sanskrit scholar, stage actor, author, and founder of Shubhamastu, a charitable trust led by women priests devoted to creating a more compassionate and equitable society. Born in Kolkata into a family deeply rooted in Kriya Yoga, Nandini Ma shares how her grandmother's early guidance, her father's journey into monkhood, and her own lifelong love of Sanskrit shaped a path of scholarship, service, and courageous reform. From pioneering women's priesthood in India to challenging caste and gender discrimination through sacred ritual, her story is one of devotion in action — and of a life in which, as she says, every act of honest work becomes worship. ✨ Full show notes and transcripts are available at: womensministryofkriya.org/episode-12 ✨ About Our Guest: Dr. Nandini Bhowmik is an Indologist, Sanskrit scholar, and Associate Professor who has dedicated her life to both the study and the living of dharma. Born in Kolkata, India, Dr. Bhowmik is the founder of Shubhamastu and a pioneering priest whose unique approach to priesthood has grown into a genuine social reform movement — breaking down barriers of discrimination and expanding access to sacred ritual in ways that have earned her recognition across television, radio, academic institutions, and beyond. She is the author of four books, a contributor to numerous research journals, and a 25-year veteran of the stage as a theatre actor. Her life and ideology inspired the Bengali film Brohma Janen Gopon Kommoti, and she has been honored with awards including the prestigious Sera Bangali by ABP Ananda. We are so glad to welcome her to the Women of Kriya Yoga podcast. 🙏 About the Podcast: Welcome to the Women of Kriya Yoga: Living in Joy Podcast — a gathering place for women walking the spiritual path. Here, we share stories, teachings, and reflections rooted in the timeless practices of Kriya Yoga. These conversations are an offering from the Women’s Sangha & Ministry of Kriya Yoga International, inviting you to rest in stillness, awaken your inner light, and connect with a community of women to support one another in living in joy. This podcast is brought to you by the Women’s Sangha & Ministry of Kriya Yoga International. Learn more →  https://womensministryofkriya.org 🙏 About Kriya Yoga: Kriya Yoga is a powerful meditation practice that awakens constant communion with the Divine through the science of the breath. Handed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage of enlightened masters, it transforms body, mind, and heart—helping us be calmly active and actively calm. Today this living tradition welcomes seekers everywhere through the guidance of Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, the principal disciple of the great master Paramahamsa Hariharananda. To learn more about Kriya Yoga, please visit kriya.org 🔗 Learn more: Women’s Sangha & Ministry: womensministryofkriya.org Kriya Yoga International: kriya.org

    1h 8m
  3. Episode 11: Yogacharya Nisha Pandey

    May 29

    Episode 11: Yogacharya Nisha Pandey

    In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Yogacharya Nisha Pandey about a lifetime of devotion shaped by the living presence of Paramahamsa Hariharananda. Born in Amritsar into a family steeped in prayer and pilgrimage, Nisha Ma shares the story of her first journey to Jagannath Puri as a young woman of 17, the extraordinary moment of her initiation, and the nearly 25 years she spent in close association with Gurudev — accompanying him on travels, receiving his personal guidance, and ultimately being entrusted with the orange scarf that would mark her as a Yogacharya. She speaks with deep tenderness about Gurudev's motherly love, his humor, his punctuality, and the way his presence made an ordinary house feel like a temple. She also reflects on her encounters with Mother Teresa, her discovery of Kriya techniques inscribed on the walls of the Potala Palace in Tibet, and how she continues to integrate her practice into the fullness of daily life. A quietly profound conversation about the guru-disciple relationship as living fire — one that does not end when the master leaves the body. ✨ Full show notes and transcripts are available at: womensministryofkriya.org/episode-11 ✨ About Our Guest:Yogacharya Nisha Pandey was born in Amritsar, India and has been a seeker of truth from childhood. Her quest for spirituality brought her to Kriya Yoga in 1978, when she was initiated by Shri Gurudev Paramahamsa Hariharanandaji in Puri. She remained in close association with him, practicing under his guidance and unceasing love until 2002. Nisha Ma immigrated to Canada in 1998, and in 2017 became a Yogacharya under the guidance of Shri Guruji Paramahamsa Prajnananandaji. She has been teaching and initiating since 2018, and today serves the community in Vancouver with heartfelt dedication and love. 🙏 About the Podcast:Welcome to the Women of Kriya Yoga: Living in Joy Podcast — a gathering place for women walking the spiritual path. Here, we share stories, teachings, and reflections rooted in the timeless practices of Kriya Yoga. These conversations are an offering from the Women’s Sangha & Ministry of Kriya Yoga International, inviting you to rest in stillness, awaken your inner light, and connect with a community of women to support one another in living in joy. This podcast is brought to you by the Women’s Sangha & Ministry of Kriya Yoga International. Learn more →  https://womensministryofkriya.org 🙏 About Kriya Yoga:Kriya Yoga is a powerful meditation practice that awakens constant communion with the Divine through the science of the breath. Handed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage of enlightened masters, it transforms body, mind, and heart—helping us be calmly active and actively calm. Today this living tradition welcomes seekers everywhere through the guidance of Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, the principal disciple of the great master Paramahamsa Hariharananda. To learn more about Kriya Yoga, please visit kriya.org 🔗 Learn more:Women’s Sangha & Ministry: womensministryofkriya.orgKriya Yoga International: kriya.org

    1h 2m
  4. Episode 10 - Dr Sruti Mohapatra

    May 15

    Episode 10 - Dr Sruti Mohapatra

    In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Dr. Sruti Mohapatra about the grace that quietly shapes a life — from the spiritual richness of her childhood, through the life-changing turning point of a spinal cord injury, to her initiation into Kriya Yoga and the miraculous ways Guruji showed up in her most difficult moments. Sruti Ma reflects on surrender, humility, and the simple but transforming principle of giving back — and what it means to discover that we are never, in any moment, truly alone. ✨ Full show notes and transcripts are available at: womensministryofkriya.org/episode-10 ✨ About Our Guest:Dr. Sruti Mohapatra is a nationally and internationally acclaimed disability rights and inclusion expert — an author, scholar, and grassroots changemaker whose work has transformed lives at the community level. Once a dynamic young woman with a bright future—an outstanding student, a gold medallist, a state-level basketball player, and a national debating champion—she had just qualified for the Indian Civil Services and was engaged to be married. But at the age of 23, a tragic road accident forever changed the course of her life. Left wheelchair-bound, she found herself battling not just physical limitations but also social exclusion, bureaucratic apathy, and the insensitivity of those around her. But rather than succumb to despair, she confronted her trauma with remarkable bravery. What followed was not withdrawal, but a lifelong commitment to converting personal adversity into collective empowerment. As the founder of Swabhiman, a pioneering nonprofit, she has spent over three decades working to make inclusion real and reachable — shaping India's disability rights framework, influencing policy across the country, and enabling thousands of children with disabilities to access education, dignity, and opportunity. A five-time TEDx speaker and recipient of over 79 national and international awards, including the Nari Shakti Purashkar from the President of India, she continues to travel, write, and speak globally. Her motto: To enjoy life, give joy to others. 🙏 About the Podcast:Welcome to the Women of Kriya Yoga: Living in Joy Podcast — a gathering place for women walking the spiritual path. Here, we share stories, teachings, and reflections rooted in the timeless practices of Kriya Yoga. These conversations are an offering from the Women’s Sangha & Ministry of Kriya Yoga International, inviting you to rest in stillness, awaken your inner light, and connect with a community of women to support one another in living in joy. This podcast is brought to you by the Women’s Sangha & Ministry of Kriya Yoga International. Learn more →  https://womensministryofkriya.org

    1h 22m
  5. Episode 09 - Vineetha Menon

    May 1

    Episode 09 - Vineetha Menon

    In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Vineetha Menon about a life woven together by devotion, sacred music, and the grace of the Guru. Born into a deeply spiritual family, Vineetha shares how her childhood encounters with great saints planted seeds that never left her — seeds that carried her through a high-powered corporate career, motherhood, and ultimately to Kriya Yoga initiation by Guruji himself in 2004. She speaks with warmth and candor about holding a spiritual life alongside the demands of modern living, the making of her devotional album Rasa — a telling of the Krishna Rasa Lila through the sacred songs of the saints — and the three qualities she returns to again and again: truth, gratitude, and love. A beautiful conversation about finding the divine thread running through every chapter of a life fully lived. ✨ About Our Guest: Vineetha Menon was born in the UK and spent her childhood years in India, where wandering sadhus and enlightened saints would visit her grandfather's home. Through a child's heart, she experienced their devotion — heard them sing, and listened as they spoke of God. At fourteen, she read the Autobiography of a Yogi, and though it would be some years before the blessing of Kriya came to her, the longing was planted early. She was initiated by Guruji in 2004, and in late 2024 was asked to take over the Kriya center in North County San Diego, where she now serves as Center Leader.   In her outer life, Vineetha Ma spent twenty years in the UK financial services industry before making her home in Oceanside, California, where she owns a yoga studio and is a mother to two teenage boys. She recently released RASA — a collection of rare sacred songs from the saints of her childhood, preserving them for posterity — an album that found its way to the Grammy ballot. ✨ Full show notes and transcripts are available at: womensministryofkriya.org/episode-9 This podcast is brought to you by the Women’s Sangha & Ministry of Kriya Yoga International. You can learn more at our website, womensministryofkriya.org. Kriya Yoga is a powerful meditation practice that awakens constant communion with the Divine through the science of the breath. Handed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage of enlightened masters, it transforms body, mind, and heart—helping us be calmly active and actively calm. Today this living tradition welcomes seekers everywhere through the guidance of Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, the principal disciple of the great master Paramahamsa Hariharananda. To learn more about Kriya Yoga, please visit kriya.org.

    58 min
  6. Episode 08 - Srimathi Kannan

    12/21/2025

    Episode 08 - Srimathi Kannan

    In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Srimathi Kannan about her spiritual journey—from a childhood immersed in music, faith, and Hindu tradition in South India to a life devoted to Kriya Yoga, seva, and devotional art. Srimathi shares how family, education, service, and initiation into Kriya shaped her path, as well as her experience translating the teachings of the lineage into Tamil. This conversation reflects on surrender, faith, discipline, and the quiet ways devotion unfolds through daily life. ✨ Full show notes and transcripts are available at: womensministryofkriya.org/episode-8 ✨ About Our Guest: Srimathi Kannan was born into a traditional Tamil family in South India and raised with a rich foundation in culture, music, and spirituality. With degrees in business, accounting, and marketing research, she built a diverse professional career before her lifelong pull toward Kriya Yoga came to the forefront.  Initiated at age 30, Srimathi has since served the global Kriya community through study groups, transcriptions, and center development in Kuwait, Muscat, Calgary, Edmonton, and Lethbridge. She now supports Mountain Region coordination and is a founding board member of the Kriya Sadhana Institute of Canada.  A classical Bharatanatyam dancer, Carnatic vocalist, and veena player, she brings devotion and discipline to everything she does. She remains deeply dedicated to translating Guruji’s books into Tamil and credits all her service to the grace of God, the Masters, and beloved Guruji. This podcast is brought to you by the Women’s Ministry of Kriya Yoga International. You can learn more about the ministry at our website, womensministryofkriya.org. Kriya Yoga is a powerful meditation practice that awakens constant communion with the Divine through the science of the breath. Handed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage of enlightened masters, it transforms body, mind, and heart—helping us be calmly active and actively calm. Today this living tradition welcomes seekers everywhere through the guidance of Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, the principal disciple of the great master Paramahamsa Hariharananda. To learn more about Kriya Yoga, please visit kriya.org.

    49 min
  7. Episode 7 - Swami Sankalpananda Giri

    12/07/2025

    Episode 7 - Swami Sankalpananda Giri

    In this deeply heartfelt episode, we sit in sacred conversation with Swami Sankalpananda, reflecting on her journey from a quiet childhood in Hungary to a life devoted to God, Guru, and selfless service. Swamiji shares tender memories of her early spiritual stirrings, the teachers and texts that guided her, her first encounters with Kriya Yoga and the ashram life, and the profound surrender that led her to monastic vows. Woven throughout is a gentle teaching on balance—between meditation and seva, creativity and discipline, inner joy and outer service—offering listeners inspiration, reassurance, and a living example of walking one’s dharmic path with determination, humility, and love. ✨ Full show notes and transcripts are available at: womensministryofkriya.org/episode-7 ✨ About Our Guest:Swami Sankalpananda Giri was born in Hungary. A spiritual seeker from a young age, she eventually found the path of Kriya Yoga and was initiated in April 2004 in Hungary. Soon after, in June 2004, she met her Master, Shri Guruji Paramahamsa Prajnananandaji, at the Tattendorf Ashram in Austria. Guided by her sincere aspiration for monastic life, she joined the Tattendorf Ashram in February 2005 and later participated in the 3rd Brahmachari Training Course from December 2005 until May 2006 in Balighai, India. Afterwards, she continued to reside at the Tattendorf Ashram, deepening her sadhana while engaging in seva. In 2016, she was ordained as a monk in the Giri monastic order by her Master, who gave her the name Sankalpananda, meaning “the bliss of strong determination.” 🙏 About the Podcast:Welcome to the Women of Kriya Yoga: Living in Joy Podcast — a gathering place for women walking the spiritual path. Here, we share stories, teachings, and reflections rooted in the timeless practices of Kriya Yoga. These conversations are an offering from the Women’s Ministry of Kriya Yoga International, inviting you to rest in stillness, awaken your inner light, and connect with a community of women to support one another in living in joy. This podcast is brought to you by the Women’s Ministry of Kriya Yoga International. You can learn more about the ministry at our website, https://womensministryofkriya.org. 🙏 About Kriya Yoga:Kriya Yoga is a powerful meditation practice that awakens constant communion with the Divine through the science of the breath. Handed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage of enlightened masters, it transforms body, mind, and heart—helping us be calmly active and actively calm. Today this living tradition welcomes seekers everywhere through the guidance of Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, the principal disciple of the great master Paramahamsa Hariharananda. To learn more about Kriya Yoga, please visit kriya.org. 🔗 Learn more:Women’s Ministry: womensministryofkriya.orgKriya Yoga International: kriya.org

    48 min
  8. Episode 6 - Rosa Harper

    11/23/2025

    Episode 6 - Rosa Harper

    In this heartfelt conversation, Marydale Ma welcomes Rosa Harper, Ayurvedic practitioner, bodyworker, and devoted Kriyavan, whose path has woven together service, healing, and devotion. From rescuing insects as a child to supporting survivors of domestic violence and discovering Ayurveda under the guidance of her Gurus, Rosa shares how listening—deep, compassionate listening—has been her greatest teacher. Together they explore the power of Kriya Yoga, the mystery of healing, and the tender strength of the Divine Mother guiding each step of the journey. ✨ Full show notes and transcripts are available at: womensministryofkriya.org/episode-6/ ✨ About Our Guest:  Rosa Harper is an Ayurvedic Practitioner and licensed massage therapist living and working in Asheville, NC. Before diving into the health and wellness field, she worked with survivors of domestic violence in Austin Texas for nine years. In 2012, while living in Austin, Rosa was initiated into Kriya Yoga. She is honored to serve as a board member for the Pranada Wellness Center at the Temple of Compassion, and also hosts a local Kriya group in Asheville, NC. This podcast is brought to you by the Women’s Ministry of Kriya Yoga International. You can learn more about the ministry at our website, womensministryofkriya.org. Kriya Yoga is a powerful meditation practice that awakens constant communion with the Divine through the science of the breath. Handed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage of enlightened masters, it transforms body, mind, and heart—helping us be calmly active and actively calm. Today this living tradition welcomes seekers everywhere through the guidance of Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, the principal disciple of the great master Paramahamsa Hariharananda. To learn more about Kriya Yoga, please visit kriya.org.

    50 min
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Welcome to the Women of Kriya Yoga: Living in Joy Podcast — a gathering place for women walking the spiritual path. Here, we share stories, teachings, and reflections rooted in the timeless practices of Kriya Yoga. These conversations are an offering from the Women’s Ministry of Kriya Yoga International, inviting you to rest in stillness, awaken your inner light, and connect with a community of women to support one another in living in joy. This podcast is brought to you by the Women’s Ministry of Kriya Yoga International, an organization devoted to uplifting and empowering women through the sacred practices of yoga, meditation, and soulful spiritual community. Rooted in the timeless teachings of Kriya Yoga, we journey together toward inner peace, divine connection, and joyful living in harmony with the Divine. You can learn more about the ministry at our website, womensministryofkriya.org.  Kriya Yoga is a powerful meditation practice that awakens constant communion with the Divine through the science of the breath. Handed down from teacher to student in an unbroken lineage of enlightened masters, it transforms body, mind, and heart—helping us be calmly active and actively calm. Today this living tradition welcomes seekers everywhere through the guidance of Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, the principal disciple of the great master Paramahamsa Hariharananda. To learn more about Kriya Yoga, please visit kriya.org.

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