Ananda Rhode Island Ministry Team

Spiritual Director & Ananda Minister

Kyle McDonald has been a devotee of Paramhansa Yogananda  since 1997 and a Kriyaban since 2007.  She is a certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) and meditation teacher, and continues to pursue her life long passion for yogic study and philosophy through Ananda Sangha CA, where she receives her training.  In addition to teaching yoga and meditation, Kyle is the Healing Arts Manager at Brown University Health, (RI Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital), where she shares Yoga Therapy and Meditation with patients and families.  In November of 2017, Kyle was ordained an Ananda Minister by Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi, Spiritual Directors of Ananda Sangha Worldwide. In addition to becoming a Lightbearer, Kyle is now serving as Spiritual Director for Ananda Rhode Island.

Ananda Minister & Lightbearer

Kelly Doyle is a devotee of Parmahansa Yogananda and a member of Ananda Rhode Island since 2001. She is an Ananda meditation and yoga instructor, sharing the deep benefits of Self Realization practices with her students. Kelly is a licensed holistic counselor with a private  practice in Wickford RI. She feels that it is a great privilege to serve and support people on their journey of freedom in God. 

Ananda Minister & Lightbearer

Nayaswami Ines Hudson is a devotee of Paramhansa Yogananda and Kriyaban since 2009.  Ines has taught yoga and meditation for 20 years and is registered with Yoga Alliance.  She is also a spiritual counselor and a wellness consultant who has been an active holistic healthcare practitioner for more than 20 years.  Ines is bilingual (English/Spanish) and is available to serve both English and Spanish speakers.  She is available weekends to meet with people to talk about meditation and spirituality.

Music Director & Ananda Minister

Dhuti Elizabeth Johnson is a dedicated musician and teacher within the Ananda community, with over 40 years of experience sharing and teaching Ananda Music. She has been personally trained by Swami Kriyananda, the founder of Ananda Worldwide, and has been instrumental in formulating and refining various workshops and courses related to Ananda music. Dhuti is a serving Ananda Minister and Lightbearer. 
 
Ananda Music is characterized by its simplicity, beauty, and purpose of raising awareness and uplifting consciousness. The music has been performed in many countries, inspiring thousands of people with a new and more uplifted view of life.

Guest Ananda Minister & Lightbearer

Nayaswami Gurupriya first read the Autobiography of a Yogi in 1984, which fanned the flames within her of longing for a true and lasting relationship with God.  A year later, she met Swami Kriyananda at Ananda Village.  Gurupriya was gratefully initiated as a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda by Swamiji. She became an active member in the Ananda Seattle community until late 1989 when she moved to Maine. 

During the 1990s, Gurupriya led weekly meditations in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and founded the Ananda Center in York, Maine in 1998. The center was vibrant with multiple ongoing classes. The Ananda Center in York, Maine closed in 2020 during covid. Today, Gurupriya continues to host meditations, Sunday services, and celebrations at Ananda House where she lives in Ogunquit, Maine. Her relationship with God and our line of Masters is a living reality that continues to be the greatest adventure of growing in ever new bliss. 

Guest Ananda Minister

Omshanti has been an Ananda devotee since 2000. As an ordained Ananda Minister and Kriyaban, she leads Sunday services, teaches Ananda Voice workshops, and sings Swami Kriyananda’s music–which he described as the “course blood” of Ananda. As a professionally trained musical theater performer, Omshanti also maintains an active performance coaching business, Amplify YOUR Voice, working with singers as well as women executives. Omshanti’s life passion is sharing the teachings of Kriya Yoga with spiritual seekers and with her coaching
clients to help them enhance their authentic voice. Coming from a long line of ordained Christian ministers, Omshanti is the 32nd ordained minister in her extended family. Above all, she loves singing out with JOY!
"Self-realization is the knowing – in body, mind, and soul – that we are one with the omnipresence of God; that we do not have to pray that it come to us, that we are not merely near it at all times, but that God's omnipresence is our omnipresence; that we are just as much a part of Him now as we ever will be. All we have to do is improve our knowing." Paramhansa Yogananda