Author Articles: Maitri Jones

I have been following a vegetarian diet for most of my life. When I was a young child, my mother couldn’t get me to eat the meat she served. She was concerned that I wasn’t getting enough iron in my … Continue reading →

I recently ran in a 6-mile race in Santa Cruz with my husband, daughter, and son-in-law.  I usually jog more than run, so I didn’t even try to keep up with my husband, who is a marathon runner. Luckily, my … Continue reading →

CPR is a term that as a nurse I know to mean Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation, used as a life-saving emergency measure if someone’s heart stops beating. At Ananda we use those same initials as a reminder of what we need … Continue reading →

Whenever I lead Yogananda’s Energization Exercises, I use his prayer which ends with the words, “Oh, eternal youth of body and mind, abide within me forever and ever.”   As the years roll by,  I ponder more deeply what “eternal youth … Continue reading →