Swami Svatantrananda Giri

comes from a small Bavarian town. Her great desire to travel to India arose as early as 6th grade - through a documentary film about Kolkata. At the age of 24, she travelled all alone for the first time to explore this wonderful country, its culture and its yogic heritage. And when she turned 30, she decided to visit India for a longer period of time. Over the next 5 years she was able to gain a lot of insight into the spiritual life, the yogic tradition and teachings, which led to her desire to find her spiritual master. A picture of Baba Prajnanananda, which she saw for the first time in Gangotri, was the signpost - and she was then guided to meet Him for the first time in Munich in December 2004, where He initiated her into Kriya Yoga. It was a very special moment without a doubt. Already in June 2005, she came to the ashram in Tattendorf as a helper and spent her time there until the beginning of the Brahmachari training in December 2006. During the training, Guruji inspired her decision to continue living and working in the ashram in Tattendorf. In 2012, she was initiated as a Brahmachirini and in 2016 received the special blessing from Baba Prajnananandaji to be ordained as a monk of the Giri order.