The Kriya Yoga Podcast

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast we will explore what it means to live a successful life from a yogic, or spiritual, perspective. These ideas can also be related to living a life of purpose.  Yogananda was known to have said that the purpose of life was very different from what most people think. If we can grasp how a spiritual perspective views what success truly means, all our questions...

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast we will consider what the full scope of Kriya Yoga practice may include.  Our references come from Autobiography of a Yogi, The Bhagavad Gita, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and personal experience. Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of...

Our guest this week is Ron Lindahn, senior minister at Center for Spiritual Awareness in Lakemont, GA. http://csa-davis.org/sites/ He has been on the Kriya Yoga path for nearly 50 years. Mr. Lindahn is currently working on a documentary entitled "Becoming Yogananda" www.becomingyogananda.com In this interview we explore Ron's introduction to Kriya Yoga, his meeting Roy Eugene Davis, and insights f...

Our guest today is Chris Sartain of Kriya Yoga Chile. https://www.kriyayogachile.com/ He is a student of Roy Eugene Davis, and an ordained teacher in the Kriya Yoga tradition. Christopher currently lives in southern Chile where he owns and operates a meditation retreat center. He is also spiritual director of Vinyasa Yoga Chile, which offers yoga teacher trainings and certification programs. www.c...

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast we explore the relationship between Kriya Yoga and Astrology. For a more detailed description of how astrology relates to the chakras, please see the following video: https://youtu.be/BhU63OnkX40 Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Pa...

In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast we will explore the top four books on Kriya Yoga. The focus will be on books that help one stay inspired on the path, as well as which books provide the most appropriate philosophical information. Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of P...

Our guest today is Roy E. Thibodeau of Golden Lotus Yoga for Spiritual Awareness. Mr. Thibodeau has been a disciple of Yogacharya J. Oliver Black for over 45 years and GLYSA was founded to assure the continuation the lineage, legacy, and heritage through Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar, Paramahansa Yogananda, and Yogacharya Oliver. Yogacharya Oliver was one of Paramahansa Yogananda’s most a...

The following episode is a recording from the November 2019 Journal of a Kriya Yoga Teacher Patreon Community monthly "Q&A Session". Many questions were posed during this discussion.  The discussion was then followed by a half-hour guided meditation session, utilizing initial Kriya Yoga Meditation Techniques. Questions included but were not limited to: 1) How long does it take for Kriya Yoga to ne...

Kriya Yoga was brought to the West by Paramahansa Yogananda. It was his profound wisdom, relentless teaching and hard work that has allowed the practices of Kriya Yoga to be known as they are today.  In this episode we will lightly touch upon the life of Paramahansa Yogananda. Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by...

Kriya Yoga was brought to the West by Swami Sri Yukteswar's student, Paramahansa Yogananda. It was the intensive training that Yogananda experienced under the direction of Yukteswar that enabled him to experience such refined levels of consciousness and the ability to share a way for others to do the same.  In this episode, we consider the life of Swami Sri Yukteswar. Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a...

In this episode, Phil McLemore and I discuss his journey from Mormonism to the Kriya Yoga path. His evolution from organized religion to the mystical experiences of Kriya Yoga is an interesting story. In this interview we discuss many salient points on what it means to move from a novice to experienced meditator. We also discuss the value of considering the teachings of Jesus as a mystical (maybe...

Kriya Yoga was brought into our awareness in the mid 1800s with the meeting of Mahavatar Babaji and Lahiri Mahasaya. In this episode we explore the myth and legend of Lahiri Mahasaya. Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda. Books referenced in this episode...

Kriya Yoga was brought into our awareness in the mid 1800s with the meeting of Mahavatar Babaji and Lahiri Mahasaya. In this episode we explore the myth and legend of the first Kriya Yoga teacher of the modern era. Your host, Ryan Kurczak, is a Kriya Yoga meditation teacher and author. He was authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 2005, by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct student of Paramahansa Yogananda. Bo...

Just before dawn on August 14th, 2000 I met my spiritual teacher, Roy Eugene Davis, a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda.  It was the Monday morning meditation session at the beginning of a weeklong retreat at the Center for Spiritual Awareness in Lakemont, GA.  The meditation hall was dark, barely lit by a streetlight shining through the Eastern facing glass doors.  I sat quietly in the thi...