Worldwide Meditation for the Holy Days
with Yogacharya O'Brian & Kriya Yoga Ministers from Around the World
Friday, December 23, 2022
9 AM - 5 PM (PT)
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"Celebrate
Christmas upon the altar of the vast inner silence and in the sanctuary of
every desire, with every living thing in the world and the Cosmos. Then will you
know the Cosmic Christ as ruling in the heart of all finite Creation." —
Paramahansa Yogananda
In 1931,
Paramahansa Yogananda established the tradition of an all-day
meditation at Christmas time for devotees to spend an extended time
focused on divine communion through meditation.
On
December 23, 1949, Roy Eugene Davis arrived at Self Realization Fellowship
International Headquarters in Los Angeles, California and met Paramahansa Yogananda. The following day Mr.
Davis participated in his first all-day meditation session with him.
CSE’s
Worldwide Meditation for the Holy Days is held annually on December 23rd
to commemorate that auspicious occasion. It will be led by CSE Founder and Spiritual
Director, Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian, along with Kriya Yoga
ministers, including some of Mr. Davis’s disciples from Europe and the East
Coast, in addition to CSE minsters.
This
day-long program will include silent meditation sessions along with alternating
periods of chanting and inspirational readings. You are welcome to join us online or in the Temple at CSE for
any or all sessions.
MEDITATION SCHEDULE
9:00 AM Yogacharya O'Brian (Santa Cruz, CA)
9:50 AM Barbara Zanella and Claudio Massettini (Savona, Italy)
10:25 AM Yogacharya Harald and Marlies Reiske
(Passau, Germany)
11:00 AM Mukundadasa Giovanni Formisano (Milan, Italy)
11:35 AM Swami Nirvanananda (Bolzano, Italy)
12:10 PM Ryan Strong (Sacramento, CA)
12:45 PM Rev.
Julie Darshini Hitchcock (Los Osos, CA)
1:20 PM Isha Das Craig Bullock (Rochester, NY)
1:55 PM Acharya Devin Atma Sodt (Santa Cruz, CA)
2:30 PM
Acharya Paula Vandana Whang-Ramos (Gilroy, CA)
3:05 PM Marty Prakash & Stella Wuttke (Santa Barbara, CA)
3:25 PM Acharya Sundari Jensen (Boulder Creek,
CA)
4:15 PM Yogacharya O'Brian (Santa Cruz, CA)
MEDITATION LEADERS

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Yogacharya Harald & Marlies Reiske (Passau, Germany) are the directors of Kriya Yoga Center, Germany. Ordained by Roy Eugene Davis and authorized to teach Kriya Yoga in 1989, they have been his representatives in Germany since that time. They have presented many seminars with Roy Eugene Davis in Germany and Lakemont, GA, where they were his interpreters. They translated several books of his books into German to serve German devotees with seminars and a quarterly Transcendence newsletter.
www.kriya-yoga.de
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Mukundadasa, Giovanni Formisano (Milan, Italy) is the founder and director of Kriya Yoga Ashram, Milan. After studying and practicing yoga from the age of 12, and following the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda for many years, in 2003, he met his teacher Roy Eugene Davis, who later ordained him and authorized him to teach Kriya Yoga. Mukundadasa regularly offers classes on Hatha Yoga, meditation, and Yoga philosophy.
www.kriyayogaashram.com
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Ryan Strong, AD (Sacramento, CA)
is a teacher in the Kriya Yoga tradition, an Ayurvedic Doctor, and a practitioner of Vedic Astrology. Ryan has taught meditation practices since 2003 and was ordained by his teacher Roy Eugene Davis in 2011. Ryan has taught clinical Ayurveda
at the California College of Ayurveda since 2011.
www.stronghealthcenter.org
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Rev. Julie Darshini Hitchcock (Los Osos, CA) was ordained to teach by Yogacharya O'Brian in 2019. Rev. Julie currently serves at Awakening, a CSE affiliate center in Los Osos, CA, leading classes, retreats, and meditation.
www.awakeninginterfaith.org
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Isha Das Craig Bullock (Rochester, NY) is an accomplished teacher, writer, lecturer, practicing psychotherapist, and spiritual director of The Assisi Institute in Rochester, New York. His education includes extensive study in psychology, spirituality, mysticism, world religions, and yoga. Isha Das was made a minister and official Kriya Yoga teacher by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda.
www.assisi-institute.org
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Acharya Sundari Jensen (Boulder Creek, CA) met her spiritual teacher, Yogacharya O’Brian, in March of 1992. She is a Senior Kriya Yoga Teacher
and serves as CSE’s Executive Minister and Board President. As Provost of Meru Institute, Acharya Sundari oversees the training of CSE teachers and leaders.
Acharya Sundari is also a certified Hatha Yoga teacher, Meditation teacher, Vedic Counselor, and IAYT certified Yoga Therapist.
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