Ananda Devaja

Seattle/Redmond/Bellevue
425-213-3209
devajaa@gmail.com

I met Swami Nithyananda in April 2006. It is my belief that I was guided to him. After a year of doing intense meditation workshops with him, I was finally convinced that my life was best spent in being a part of his mission. I then did the Mission Training Program in 2007 where I was initiated by Swamiji to be an Acharya.

I work as a research scientist at the University of Washington. Although my academic training is in Physics, I have recently started researching the effects of meditation on physical and mental health. The research will study the effects of meditation such as Mahamantra and Nithya Dhyan on stress, anxiety and the physical, mental and emotional well-being of healthy people as well as people suffering from certain chronic health conditions.