Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi are dynamic emissaries of Paramhansa Yogananda, spiritual master whose best-selling book, Autobiography of a Yogi, sparked a revolution of yoga and meditation in the West. Living examples of spiritual values in action, Jyotish and Devi travel the world, sharing Yogananda’s teachings, and blessing people with the practical and heartopening path of Kriya Yoga. Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi are Spiritual Directors of Ananda, a global movement of spiritual communities, centers, and meditation groups—people living the change they want to see in the world. Guided by the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, Ananda will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2019. Touching each person with friendship, Jyotish and Devi’s clear, centered energy delivers spiritual insight with a delightful joy in people’s individual paths. They offer a rare example of successful spiritual partnership, living yogic values through their marriage, parenting, and organizational leadership. Each year, Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi spend four months teaching in Europe and throughout India, touching thousands of people. With his best-selling book, How to Meditate: A Step by Step Guide to the Art and Science of Meditation, Jyotish Novak has touched over 250,000 people with meditation. With her book, Faith Is My Armor: The Life of Swami Kriyananda, Devi Novak illuminated the life of one of Yogananda’s most prolific disciples. Together, Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi wrote Touch of Light, after their popular blog illuminating Yogananda’s teachings for spiritualizing daily life. For nearly 50 years, Jyotish and Devi trained and worked side-by-side with Swami Kriyananda building Ananda. Jyotish and Devi took nayaswami vows when Swami Kriyananda founded the new swami order for married as well as single people of all faiths and paths who wished to commit their lives to God. Some years before his passing in 2013, Kriyananda named Nayaswami Jyotish as dharmacharya, his spiritual successor.