Shanta Franklin

Shanta Franklin was born in the beautiful little town of Varese in Northern Italy, and graduated from Liceo Artistico di Varese, a high school of painting, sculpture, and architecture. She then studied classical ballet technique and worked as a professional modern jazz dancer. Later, she taught dance in two academies.

In 2004 she began searching for deeper meaning in life and found that meaning through the art and science of yoga. The teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda guided her life toward greater depth of purpose, and soon afterwards she became an Ananda Yoga® instructor in Assisi, Italy.

In 2012 she immigrated to the U.S., where she lived at Ananda Village, and became certified as an Ananda Meditation^® instructor.