Congress Presenters

Ellen Grace O’Brian: a disciple of Roy Eugene Davis, ordained by him in 1982, spiritual director of the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment

Mary Thompson: CAS, senior teacher at the California College of Ayurveda and director of Everyday Ayurveda, a nonprofit educational agency

Swami Jaidev Bharati: preceptor of the Institute of the Himalayan Tradition and adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota, St. Mary’s University and the University of St. Thomas

Swami Atmavidyananda Giri: met Paramahamsa Hariharananda and was initiated into Kriya Yoga in 1994, ordained as a monk in the Giri monastic order in 2009, and given the name Swami Atmavidyananda---the "bliss of Self-knowledge." Since 2006, he has been teaching Kriya Yoga in the West.

Gitanjali singers: kirtan band of the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment

Julianne Rice: hatha yoga instructor and manager of CSE’s hatha yoga program

Norma Chirolla: hatha yoga instructor and director of the Yoga Institute of Atlanta

Clifford Rosen: Vice-President of the Board of Trustees, Center for Spiritual Awareness

CSA International Representatives
Richard Fish, Somerset, England
Harald Reiske and Marlies Reiske, Passau, Germany
Furio Sclano, Genoa, Italy
Samuel Sasu, Ghana, Africa

Center for Spiritual Awareness &
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment

Center for Spiritual Awareness
Roy Eugene Davis, spiritual director. International headquarters on eleven secluded acres in the low mountains of northeast Georgia, 90 miles from Atlanta. Facilities include the meditation hall and dining room, Shrine of All Faiths Meditation Temple, library, bookstore, guest houses, offices, and CSA Press publishing department. Meditation retreats May to November.

Center for Spiritual Enlightenment
Ellen Grace O’Brian, spiritual director. Situated in the Rose Garden area of San
Jose, the CSE headquarters include meditation gardens, the Temple of the Eternal Way, several buildings which house classrooms, a meditation hall, bookstore and Meru Seminary. Worship services and spiritual practice classes for adults and youth are offered regularly.