Miriam Rodgers

In 1999, Miriam Rodgers moved from California to the Ananda spiritual community just outside Assisi, Italy. For the next fourteen years she was blessed to serve as Swami Kriyananda's nurse in Italy, India, and the U.S. With over thirty years of prior experience as a critical care nurse, Miriam was well prepared to help steer Kriyananda through the countless medical challenges he faced during those years. Miriam has been a member of Ananda Worldwide for over twenty years. After Kriyananda's...See more

In 1999, Miriam Rodgers moved from California to the Ananda spiritual community just outside Assisi, Italy. For the next fourteen years she was blessed to serve as Swami Kriyananda's nurse in Italy, India, and the U.S. With over thirty years of prior experience as a critical care nurse, Miriam was well prepared to help steer Kriyananda through the countless medical challenges he faced during those years. Miriam has been a member of Ananda Worldwide for over twenty years. After Kriyananda's passing she settled back in the U.S., where she has been teaching meditation and helping to establish Ananda communities. She is also a certified Ananda Yoga teacher. Miriam practices Kriya Yoga meditation as taught by her guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi. See less