Mangalananda Acharya

Acharya Magalananda began his spiritual life in 1972 under the guidance of Swami Satchidananda, a direct disciple of Swami Sivananda. After an inner experience with Anandamayi Ma, the great woman Saint mentioned in Yogananda’s “Autobiography of a Yogi”, with Sw. Satchidananda’s permission, he went to India to find her. He travelled with her in India during 1973 and ’74, receiving mantra Initiation from her. He has been since living within her Lineage with some of her great disciples in ashrams in the US and India. In 2001, he was sent back to India by Ma’s main Swami, Sw. Bhaskarananda to help start a school in one of her ashrams. He lived in Central India for twelve years, teaching in this school and also traveling within India extensively.

From 2007 through 2013, the ashram sent him every summer to Europe and the US to teach classes and share kirtan concerts. He returned to the US in 2013 where he continues his service in the San Francisco Bay area. He is an appointed Acharya (Lineage Teacher) of Ma Sharanam Ashram of Anandamayi Ma in Central India where he returns every year.

He is the author of the book A Goddess Among Us which has now been translated and published in six different languages. He is a regular speaker/presenter at Sivananda Yoga Farm, Sivananda Yoga Ranch, Sivananda Bahamas Retreat and Integral Yoga/Yogaville.

Website: mangalananda.org

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