Ananda Giri is a gifted spiritual teacher with over 23 years of experience in teaching and guiding advanced spiritual retreats, Ananda Giri’s deep insights coupled with his unassuming and friendly presence continue to inspire ever more people world-over to live a joyous life, free of inner conflict.
Over the last 15 years he has addressed varied audiences in all the six major continents and more recently, at the prestigious Aspen Institute and Harvard University. Currently Ananda Giri travels extensively around the world conducting the day long immersion programs called “awareness and freedom ” and the two day courses known as “A new beginning ”
Between the years 1999-2006, under the guidance of One World Academy founder Krishna, he actively engaged in numerous rural development projects in South India, contributing to social and spiritual development in and around 150 villages. Even today, he is loved, respected and fondly remembered in these villages for the profound shifts that he facilitated in their lives. More recently, he was part of ‘Healing the Gulf’, a charitable initiative of the OWA Foundation aimed at providing physical, emotional and spiritual support to the victims of the Gulf states of the USA during the 2010 oil spill disaster and the 2011 Tornado in Tuscaloosa.
Early on in his childhood, a series of life incidents lead him to join the Jeevashram School founded by Sri Bhagavan at the age of 11. This was where he first met Krishna, who has since been his friend, mentor and a spiritual guide.
Ananda Giri is Senior Faculty member at One World Academy.
