Pranaba and Parvati Hansen

Ministers, Hatha & Raja Yoga Teachers, Directors of Living Discipleship and the Janaka Foundation

Pranaba and Parvati are two of Ananda's most widely traveled and experienced ministers. They helped to create and direct Ananda centers in Palo Alto, Portland, Seattle, Dallas, and Assisi, Italy. Together they have been sharing Yogananda's teachings for almost 60 years. Pranaba has been Director of the Yoga Teacher Training program and Manager of The Expanding Light as well as Ananda's Retreat in Assisi, Italy. He now is the Director of Living Discipleship, Ananda's membership training program and also works with Ananda's outreach ministry. An excellent teacher, he is known for his unfailing kindness and gentle approach.

Parvati currently administers the Janaka Foundation at Ananda. She combines deep inwardness with a childlike delight in the spiritual teachings. Both Parvati and Pranaba exemplify Yogananda's definition of a yogi: “A yogi is even-minded and cheerful at all times.”