Ajayan Borys has instructed and guided thousands of
meditation students in North America, Australia, Europe,
and India, gaining wide renown as a consummate teacher.
In the early 1970s, he studied in residence under
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the Transcendental
Meditation® Program, and taught the TM® technique
for ten years. From 1994 to 1998, Ajayan studied with
India’s most widely revered living woman saint, Mata
Amritanandamayi (Ammachi, the “hugging saint”), serving
as the meditation teacher at her main ashram in Kerala,
India. While in India, he spent time with holy men and
yogis in the Himalayas of Uttaranchal—a haven for saints
throughout the ages—and researched spiritual practices
indigenous to that area. He also studied with the Tantric
teacher, Swami Anandakapila Saraswati.
As the host of Mind Matters Radio on KKNW in
Seattle, he interviews experts in the fields of psychology,
science, relationships, and human potential. Ajayan is
a certified Enneagram teacher, registered hypnotherapist,
Reiki Master, and Vastu consultant. He is the author of
three previous books, Effortless Mind: Meditate with Ease, (and as Henry James Borys) The Way of Marriage: A Journal
of Spiritual Growth Through Conflict, Love, and Sex, and The
Sacred Fire: Love as a Spiritual Path, as well as numerous
articles on meditation and relationships as a spiritual path.
He leads Effortless Mind® meditation classes and retreats
and leads a yearly retreat at the source of the Ganges River
in the Himalayas. (For information on his classes and retreats,
see ajayan.com.) He lives on San Juan Island in Washington state.