Golden Lotus Yoga for Spiritual Awareness

Golden Lotus Yoga for Spiritual Awareness was founded by Roy E. & Mary Ann Thibodeau to continue our Yoga lineage from Yogacharya J. Oliver Black through Mahavatar Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar, and Pamahansa Yogananda. Roy & Mary Ann have been disciples of Yogacharya Oliver for over 50 years. They have been practicing and teaching Meditation and Raja & Kriya Yoga for over 50 years. Yogacharya J. Oliver Black was one of Paramahansa Yogananda's most advanced disciples and the founder of Golden Lotus, Inc, Golden Lotus Yoga Teachers Association and Song of the Morning, an 800 acre Yoga Retreat of Excellence near Gaylord, Michigan. We were ordained by Roy Eugene Davis, another direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, under Yogacharya Oliver's Authoritiy to conduct Kriya Yoga Initiations.