Reverend Paraman Barsel has been a disciple of Sri Swami Satchidananda since 1970. He has served as president of Yogaville West, the Washington D.C. IYI, New York IYI, and Yogaville East in Connecticut and has served on the Board of Trustees and Spiritual Life Board...
Mantra Initiation, Benda Place, Los Angeles, June 1970Minister Ordination, Yogaville, July 1982
Reverend Leela White met Sri Swami Satchidananda in 1997. She found her Teacher and moved to Yogaville that same year. As a Certified Integral Yoga Instructor, Leela has been teaching consistently for 25 years. Rev Leela has been an Ordained Integral Yoga Minister for...
Reverend Jaganath is the founder and spiritual head of Yoga Life Society and its first Yoga Life Center in Woodland Park, NJ. He is a direct disciple of world-renowned Yoga master and leader in the ecumenical movement, Sri Swami Satchidananda, the founder and...
Rev. Bhavani is a devotee of Sri Swami Satchidananda since 1973 and an ordained Minister of Integral Yoga since 1980. Over the last 40 some years she has lived at Satchidananda Ashram serving the community in many ways. Her most notable role is matriarch of the Metro...
Reverend Laksmi Scalise, IYM, RYT 500, is an Integral Yoga minister and teaches Beginners,Intermediate and Advanced Hatha Yoga. In 1977 she began studying under Swami Bua Maharaj, whose students she taught whenever he traveled. She studies with Grand Gong Master Don...
A Senior Instructor at the NJ IYI since July 1995. A certified Raja Yoga and Meditation Instructor and holds certifications in Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels of Hatha Yoga. He is dedicated to sharing the teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda and Integral...
Rev. Kumari de Sachy has been practicing Integral Yoga since 1980 and teaching Integral Yoga Hatha since 1981. She moved to the Ashram in 1986 and was ordained as an Integral Yoga minister in 1995. She has taught Hatha Yoga, Yoga philosophy, and meditation in colleges...
Rev. Shanthi, MA, LPC, E-RYT 500, IYM, is a retired Trauma and Grief Counselor who began practicing Yoga in the mid-1970s and began her Yoga teaching career at Colorado’s Lutheran Medical Center in 1995. She is certified in Integrative Yoga Therapy and credentialed as...
Surya was born in Victoria British Columbia, Canada. His father was in the military, so he travelled extensively. At a young age he began to wonder why we are here, developed a thirst for God became a choir boy. He wore many hats during his life including as a...
Rev. Manjula Spears is an Integral Yoga minister, and a certified Yoga therapist, E-RYT 500, with twenty-eight years of teaching experience. She has created Yoga therapy programs for various institutions in Athens and throughout the US; including the Athens Regional...
Rev. Devaja had a successful career as an electrical engineer and computer systems engineer. He also was involved in Volunteer Emergency Response (EMS, Industrial Fire and Rescue) for over twenty years. He was introduced to Integral Yoga in 2001 and became a Yoga...
Reverend Bhagavan Metro, serves as Chairperson of the Integral Yoga Ministry Board of Directors and the Satchidananda Ashram Yogaville Spiritual Life Board. Reverend Bhagavan has been a devotee of Sri Gurudev since 1973 and a member of the Yogaville, Virginia Ashram...
Reverend Shankar Fern is the Vice-Chairman of the Integral Yoga Ministry Board of Trustees, and the Vice-President of the New York Integral Yoga Institute. He was trained as a psychotherapist and provides spiritual coaching, spiritual mentorship, memorial services,...