Women of Kriya Yoga: Living in Joy Podcast

Welcome to the Women of Kriya Yoga: Living in Joy Podcast — a gathering place for women walking the spiritual path. Here, we share stories, teachings, and reflections rooted in the timeless practices of Kriya Yoga. These conversations are an offering from the Women’s Ministry of Kriya Yoga International, inviting you to rest in stillness, awaken your inner light, and connect with a community of women to support one another in living in joy.

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Latest Episodes

Episode 16: DezBaa’

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with DezBaa', an actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker, whose spiritual journey is as layered and wide-ranging as her creative life. DezBaa' shares how she grew up navigating between worlds — a Southern Baptist upbringing in rural New Mexico, a heritage she was...

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Episode 15: Panna Majithia

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Panna Majithia about a spiritual life that has unfolded quietly and persistently across three continents — from a devoted childhood in Malawi, to a moment of longing at the banks of the Ganga at 17, to the steady deepening of practice in the midst of family...

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Episode 14: Heather Debrecini

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Heather Debrecini about what it means to come home to yourself after years of holding everything together for everyone else. Heather's path wound through search and rescue, law enforcement, and single motherhood before her body began quietly insisting on a...

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Episode 13: Yogacharya Devjani Mohanty

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Yogacharya Devjani Mohanty, whose life reflects the quiet truth that the sincere seeker is always being guided. Born in Puri, Odisha, and raised in a devotional family, Devjani Ma carried an inner longing through years of life across England, Japan, and...

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Episode 12: Dr. Nandini Bhowmik

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Dr. Nandini Bhowmik — Indologist, Sanskrit scholar, stage actor, author, and founder of Shubhamastu, a charitable trust led by women priests devoted to creating a more compassionate and equitable society. Born in Kolkata into a family deeply rooted in Kriya...

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Episode 11: Yogacharya Nisha Pandey

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Yogacharya Nisha Pandey about a lifetime of devotion shaped by the living presence of Paramahamsa Hariharananda. Born in Amritsar into a family steeped in prayer and pilgrimage, Nisha Ma shares the story of her first journey to Jagannath Puri as a young...

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Episode 10: Dr. Sruti Mohapatra

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Dr. Sruti Mohapatra about the grace that quietly shapes a life — from the spiritual richness of her childhood, through the life-changing turning point of a spinal cord injury, to her initiation into Kriya Yoga and the miraculous ways Guruji showed up in her...

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Episode 9: Vineetha Menon

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Vineetha Menon about a life woven together by devotion, sacred music, and the grace of the Guru. Born into a deeply spiritual family, Vineetha shares how her childhood encounters with great saints planted seeds that never left her — seeds that carried her...

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Episode 8: Srimathi Kannan

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Srimathi Kannan about her spiritual journey—from a childhood immersed in music, faith, and Hindu tradition in South India to a life devoted to Kriya Yoga, seva, and devotional art. Srimathi shares how family, education, service, and initiation into Kriya...

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