Asha, Swami Kriyananda, and David Praver

About Asha Praver

Asha has been a spiritual seeker since she was young. In 1969 at Stanford University, she heard Swami Kriyananda speak for the first time and immediately recognized him as her spiritual guide. She became a founding member of the new community Swami was starting near Nevada City, California: Ananda Village.

Swami Kriyananda placed her in the role of teaching and counseling soon after her arrival. In that capacity, she has taught throughout the United States, and occasionally in Europe and India as well. She also served as Swami's correspondence secretary for many years.

Asha and her husband David (above right) have been instrumental in the founding of a second community, Ananda Palo Alto, located in California’s Silicon Valley. Asha has been a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda and a meditator since 1969.

Today she and David serve as the spiritual directors for Ananda Palo Alto. They have been married 26 years. Asha is author of Swami Kriyananda As We Have Known Him, a newly published collection of more than 200 stories told by people who have been touched by his teachings and spiritual friendship, often in miraculous ways.

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