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“ …you realize that all along there was something tremendous within you, and you did not know it. ” — Paramhansa Yogananda

This special event will be hosted by Rammurti and Sita Reed, Senior Ministers and Lightbearers for Ananda. 

With decades of experience in this path, Rammurti and Sita share their loving hearts and wisdom with all whom they encounter.

In this class they will discuss: 

  • What is the Soul? What is the ego? 
  • The ego’s true purpose
  • Working with ego to achieve spiritual expansion and joy
  • Opportunity for questions and answers

Cost: Free – donations are welcomed HERE, or in the donation box on the center’s front counter.

Location: Ananda Thousand Oaks, 1321 Thousand Oaks Blvd., #124

Time: Tuesday, October 12, 6:30pm-7:30pm

Ananda is a non-profit, nonsectarian center for spiritual development, meditation and community. All are welcomed. 

Sita Reed first studied yoga while living in Japan in the mid-seventies after reading the Autobiography of a Yogi while traveling through India.

She joined Ananda Village in 1977, has served as kitchen manager and head chef in Ananda kitchens at the Village, Palo Alto and in India. She was co-owner of BookBuyers in Mountain View for 24 years and co-managed East-West Bookshop, Palo Alto, in the late nineties. She wrote and edited copy for Ananda Sangha Publications while living at the Gurgaon, India ashram.

Sita is a long-time Lightbearer with Ananda and has been active in a variety of roles focused on natural healing, nutrition, pranayama, yoga postures and Yogananda’s healing techniques. She co-taught the first Palo Alto Yoga Teacher Training Course in 1993.  She is a teacher, counselor, and offers a loving heart to all who meet her.

She now lives in the Ananda LA Ashram and is Co-Manager of Crystal Clarity Publishers, distributors of the works of Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda.

Rammurti Reed learned of Yogananda in the 1950s as a sophomore in high school when he discovered the Autobiography of a Yogi in a local college library. Before coming to Ananda he was a pastor in the Wesleyan Church, taught at the University of Indianapolis and was on staff at Indiana University.

In addition to teaching, he started and managed a variety of businesses, including four retail book outlets and the online component of his brainchild BookBuyers, one of the largest bookstores in California, which he ran for 24 years. He was also president and CEO of ComputerWare, the first all-Apple computer retail chain.

His fascination with other cultures led him to travel throughout Asia and live for extended periods of time in Japan and India.

Rammurti came to Ananda in 1977 and has been a minister since 1983. While living at Ananda Village he served as cook, gardener, high school teacher, theatrical and choir director, singer and manager of Ananda Recordings. In 2005, he was called to Gurgaon, India by Swami Kriyananda where he ran Ananda Sangha Publications.

Currently, he serves as Lightbearer and teacher for Ananda Los Angeles, living in the Ananda LA Ashram and serving as Co-Manager of Crystal Clarity Publishers, distributors of the works of Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda.