Christiane Anderson ~ Redding, California
Christiane has been a disciple of Sai Maa’s since 1997 and became a master teacher in 2006. A quest for truth and inner peace has guided her spiritual journey. Christiane believes global enlightenment begins with one person, here and now. She is committed to living her truth and embodying Sai Maa’s teachings. She works as a clinical laboratory scientist.  

Rebecca Anderson, D.O. (Swami Ramyananda) ~ Indianapolis, Indiana
Dr. Rebecca met Sai Maa in 1999 and knew in that instant that her goal of enlightenment could be realized through Sai Maa. She has been a master teacher since 2002 and a member of the Unity Council, Humanity in Unity's board of directors, since 2003. Dr. Rebecca is an osteopathic physician in Indianapolis. Dr. Rebecca co-created the master teacher program with Sai Maa. She now serves on Sai Maa’s Visionary Council. Her choice is to help others realize it is their divine birthright to know enlightenment.  

Mélanie Barrière ~ Québec, Canada
Melanie says her entire life has led her to Sai Maa. She traveled around the globe for years trying to find her guru, only to meet Sai Maa in her hometown of Québec. After that meeting Melanie spent weeks repeating her new mantra: “Enfin! Enfin! Enfin!”—“Finally! At last!” Melanie has become one of Sai Maa’s master teachers and personal assistants, and a board member of HIU Canada. Her commitment is to share Sai Maa’s Divine Grace, Love and Shakti with passion, joy, devotion and humility. Melanie teaches English as a second language. 

Dagini Amba Brahmacharyina ~ Temple of Consciousness, Crestone, Colorado
Dagini Amba was born in Philadelphia but is now at home in the majestic Rocky Mountains, serving humanity at the Temple of Consciousness. Dagini spent a year with Sai Maa in India. She is a personal assistant to Sai Maa and a gifted yoga instructor. Her yoga video, Breath of Life Yoga, is available through HIU.  

Dayananda Brahmacharyi ~ Temple of Consciousness, Crestone, Colorado
Dayananda was born in Australia and raised in the sacred land of Israel. He experienced a spiritual awakening into divine love and light in 1994. He serves as the ashram teaching team seva lead and as Sai Maa's personal cook when She is at Her Crestone abode. Dayananda wishes to fully serve Sai Maa and global enlightenment. In his words, "In the grace of the mother, in the grace of Her Holiness Sai Maa, I AM loving you and serving you, my beloved family of light."  

Raghavanand Brahmacharyi (Roger Gabriel) ~ Boulder, Colorado
Raghavanand has devoted himself to serving humanity. In 2007, he was named executive director of Humanity in Unity and serves on the Visionary Leadership Council. Raghavanand met Sai Maa in 2002 and joined Her teaching team in 2004. He has traveled with Sai Maa in India and in 2006 His Holiness Satuwa Baba and Her Holiness Sai Maa initiated him with his spiritual name of Raghavanand Brahmacharya. Raghavanand has studied and taught meditation since the early 1970s. He served as assistant to Deepak Chopra, M.D., establishing Ayurvedic centers and organizing Dr. Chopra’s seminars and workshops. Raghavanand also leads spiritual tours of India. 

Judy Brame ~ Woodland Hills, California
Judy describes meeting Sai Maa in 1997 as the most transformative experience of her life. She has been devoted to serving and supporting Sai Maa’s work in the world in many different seva roles. As a master teacher, Judy is committed to creating and supporting a team-based approach to the sharing of Sai Maa’s teachings and embracing all cultures and religions. Judy holds a Ph.D from the University of Southern California and has worked for 40 years as a teacher, coach and administrator in higher education. 

Liliane Cattalano
Liliane met Sai Maa in France in 2000 and immediately experienced a powerful love connection and deep resonance with Sai Maa’s teachings. Liliane organized workshops and regular Sai Maa group meditations near Paris and became a master teacher in 2005. Deeply attracted to the soul of India where she has traveled extensively, Liliane is researching and teaching Hindu philosophy, focusing on the Kashmir Shiva Tantric tradition. She leads group meditations on chakras and light bodies and practices Tai Chi and yoga, honoring the body as a precious ally and sacred tool for consciousness expansion.  

David Davis ~ Denver and Crestone, Colorado
David Davis has been a disciple of Sai Maa’s since 2004. With his wife Lorraine Davis, he has been a student of many Native American and Eastern spiritual masters, including Haidakhan Baba and Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. David has served as a certified Rolfer/advanced structural integrator for more than 30 years and has taught Structural Integration for 17 years at the Guild for Structural Integration. He serves as one of Sai Maa's personal body workers. 

Lorraine Fox Davis ~ Crestone, Colorado
Lorraine has been a disciple of Sai Maa’s since 2004. Born of Cree and Blackfeet heritage, Lorraine is a professional artist and published poet. She has founded and served on the boards of many Native American Indian, East Indian and peace organizations. She was adjunct faculty at Naropa University in Boulder, Colo. Lorraine is married to master teacher David Davis and parent to seven children and 18 grandchildren. 

Deanne Dawson ~ Los Angeles, California
Deanne began her spiritual practice with Sai Maa in 2004 after her marriage ended and she realized she had little concept of her true Self. She deepened her spiritual practice and became one of Sai Maa’s personal assistants. Today she recognizes she is here to manifest global enlightenment and Divine energy as a teacher and entertainer. She works as an actor in Los Angeles. 

Lewis Denbaum (Natarajbhai) ~ Fairfield, Iowa
Natarajbhai sought to know Sai Maa after hearing the Sh’ma Yisrael chant CD created in Israel by Her Holiness. Natarajbhai joined the HIU Unity Council in 2003 as a board member and legal counsel and the master teaching team in 2005. Natarajbhai has been practicing and teaching meditation for more than 30 years. He also has been involved with sacred men’s circles. Natarajbhai works as general counsel and chief financial officer to a national photography company. 

Elizabeth Denton ~ New York, New York
Liz recognized Sai Maa as her Guru upon meeting Her in 1997. Liz says at this meeting she experienced unconditional love the first time in her life. Desiring to share Sai Maa with her community, Liz organized several New York intensives and retreats. Liz is the lead for the New York H.H. Sai Maa Center for Enlightened Living, has served on the HIU board of directors since 2003 and has been a master teacher since 2004. Liz holds a Ph.D in counseling psychology and has consulted businesses as an organizational psychologist for the past 20 years. She is co-author of A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America. (Jossey-Bass Inc. 1999). 

Reiko Namita Dewey  ~ Palo Alto, California
In the 1990s, Namita encountered a life-changing experience that encouraged her to leave a successful career in finance to pursue studies in bodywork and healing. She traveled to sacred sites around the world and studied sacred geometries and their relationship to the human experience and healing. This journey led Namita to her spiritual practice and a new realization of the human condition. Namita met Sai Maa in September 2001 and joined the master teacher team in 2005. She is an instructor and practitioner in the fields of The Art of Sacred Touch, Visionary Craniosacral Work and Continuum Movement.  

Norma Feldman, MSW ~ Hartsdale, New York
Norma began her spiritual path in 1988 and joined Sai Maa in Her mission in 1998. She has been a member of Sai Maa's master teacher team since 2004 and co-leads the master teacher team. A former director of management development for a Fortune 500 corporation, Norma has conducted healing and spiritual transformation workshops throughout the United States for almost two decades. She is a life coach, master healer and energy therapist, spiritual counselor and teacher. Her vision is to help others transcend their personality and reside in their essence. 

Doug Fisher ~ Washington, DC
From a young age Doug’s heart has been drawn to serve. His joy is to serve others so that they can fulfill what is of greatest importance to them.  On meeting Sai Maa in 2005, Doug experienced being fully and unconditionally known and loved. He knew Sai Maa was aligned with what he was and is committed to all people experiencing – manifesting their highest self and contributing their full self expression to life.  After meeting Maa, he initiated a Sai Maa Meditation Group in the Washington DC area and joined the Humanity In Unity Fund Development Committee.  Doug became a Master Teacher in 2007 and joined the Humanity In Unity Board of Directors in 2008.

He works internationally as a consultant, trainer and coach in leadership development and elevating organizational performance. 

Michael Firsow ~ Temple of Consciousness in Crestone, Colorado
Michael met Sai Maa during a one-day intensive in Washington, D.C., after 9/11 and felt the intuitive call to serve humanity through Her. He has been a master teacher since 2004 and head of Humanity in Unity security since 2005. Michael’s first spiritual initiation was into Kriya Yoga as a disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda. His commitment to global enlightenment is absolute, wishing to radiate inner peace to manifest peace in the outer world. Michael’s professional background is civil engineering and mortgage brokering. Today he travels with Sai Maa and works as a certified biofeedback technician, specializing in the EPFX/SCIO device, which allows him to integrate the mind of an engineer with the heart of a yogi. 

Chuck Flowers ~ Indianapolis, Indiana
Chuck met Sai Maa for the first time in 2000, but was not yet ready for Sai Maa’s Shakti. He encountered Sai Maa again in 2005 and could not turn away. He has been developing conscious contact with God since his 20s, influenced by the Unity Church, Joseph Campbell, Paramahansa Yogananda and the Course in Miracles. He says his spiritual growth has increased exponentially since knowing Sai Maa. Chuck is committed to being a vehicle of the Love and Light that has been graced to him by Sai Maa and wishes that all may realize their True Self. He is married to fellow master teacher Leslie Flowers and father to David and Annie. He works as an instrumental music teacher and guidance counselor in Indianapolis Public Schools and plays trombone professionally. 

Leslie Flowers ~ Indianapolis, Indiana
Leslie began her spiritual path in college, seeking to develop a relationship with a Higher Power. Her journey led her to Boulder, Colo., and the guidance of a Kundalini master. Leslie first met Sai Maa in Indianapolis in 2000 and again six years later. This time she recognized Sai Mai and her Self as one. Leslie is devoted to manifesting Light in the world through Sai Maa’s grace and Humanity in Unity. Leslie is married to master teacher Chuck Flowers, mother to two young children and works as a journalist and public relations consultant. She serves as the lead for the Indianapolis H.H. Sai Maa Center for Enlightened Living. 

Catherine Gouret ~ Geneva, Switzerland
Catherine has been working with Sai Maa since 1992 and became a master teacher in 2005. She says Sai Maa awakened the spirituality within and helped her become her true Self by transforming her life, one step at a time. Catherine’s career in engineering has focused on management of business software packages. Fascinated by energy work, she recently began an energy healing practice. 

Patricia Grinnan ~ Erie, Colorado
Patricia became a master teacher in October 2005. She is a shamanic healing practitioner, a priestess with the Path of Ceremonial Arts and a Feng Shui practitioner. Patricia wishes to manifest global enlightenment by being an example of the Light and sharing the Light with others through her work and Sai Maa’s teachings. 

Michael F. Herrmann, Ph.D ~ Indianapolis, Indiana
Michael began a Zen Buddhist practice in the 1980s. When he met Sai Maa in 2000, he says he felt like he had won the “cosmic lottery.” He knew all his life experiences had brought him to that moment when Sai Maa ignited his consciousness and sent it on its cosmic journey. Michael began training as a personal session practitioner in 2000 and joined the master teacher team in 2003. He currently co-leads the master teacher team. He has a private practice in Hakomi mind-body psychotherapy and transpersonal psychology. 

Deanne Hinder-Hawkins ~ Sydney Australia
Deanne became a master teacher after Sai Maa visited Sydney, Australia, for the first time in 2006. Deanne has been a Siddha meditation teacher with Swami Baba Muktananda and Gurumayi Chidvilasananda since 1979. Deanne instantly recognized Sai Maa’s Shakti and seeks to share Sai Maa’s practices of the Light to further global enlightenment. She works in Sydney as a social worker and therapist for trauma survivors. 

Shannon Hickey ~ Louisville, Colorado
Shannon has worked with Sai Maa since 2000. Her background includes teaching Transcendental Meditation, working as a certified nutritional consultant and participating in a variety of spiritual trainings. Shannon has an international counseling and healing practice to help individuals integrate their spiritual path into their daily lives as well as address their nutritional and health concerns. In addition, Shannon is the general manager of Full Partner, a web-based service provider. 

Anana Integre ~ Fidalgo Island, Washington
Anana became devoted to her spiritual journey when her second child made her transition. She has been a Religious Science practitioner and has taught college-level metaphysical courses for two decades. Anana believes global enlightenment will occur when all beings know themselves as God. Her intention is to facilitate this knowing through Sai Maa’s teachings and Shakti. She is a public speaker and retired university administrator. 

Joseph Klein ~ Playa Del Ray, California
Joseph is a teacher and healer from many traditions, including the martial arts. His gift is an ability to channel light energies to heal physical ailments and emotional traumas. Joseph is pleased and honored to share the gift of light he receives through the master teacher program, which Sai Maa makes possible by the grace of Her healing, divine Shakti. Joseph wishes all beings to know that this light will lead us home and return us to the remembrance of who we really are. 

Christian Legault ~ Québec, Canada
Christian has been actively on a spiritual path for 24 years. After 12 years of “shopping,” he recognized Sai Baba as his master. Twelve years later, Christian physically met Sai Maa and realized that Sai Maa and Baba are One. He says one year of working with Sai Maa surpassed the previous 24 years in terms of spiritual metamorphosis. Christian built and co-leads the H.H. Sai Mai Center for Enlightened Living in Québec. Professionally, he manages a consulting firm in the organic food industry and supports the development of high-quality food products. 

Yves-Robert Liard ~ Bordeaux, France
Yves-Robert began his journey with Sai Maa in 1995 at an ashram in India. At this meeting he realized the goal of his life is the spiritual path, and Sai Maa is his spiritual guide. He has traveled on numerous journeys and has experienced many intensives with Sai Maa in France, India and the United States. He became a master teacher in 2005. His devotion to Sai Maa continues to increase. Yves-Robert is most grateful for the evolution in his life and for the trust and opportunity Sai Maa has given him to transmit Her Light. Professionally, Yves-Robert is a physical therapist and bioenergy practitioner. 

Ganambika Amma (Tantra Maat) ~ Sacramento, California
Since she was a small child, Ganambika Amma knew that what human beings "think" they are and what they actually are is very different. Ganambika Amma sees a new age, and Sai Maa has been the first person she has known who can move humans rapidly forward into this new age, with grace and love. Ganambika Amma became a master teacher in 2005 and co-leads the master teacher team. She owns Metapoints, a company that provides openings to powerful access points that connect us with the great energy source of all life. 

Sandra Magram ~ Crestone, Colorado
Sandra Magram has been working with Sai Maa since 2000 and has practiced and taught meditation for more than 35 years. She feels at last she is home, in the heart of Mother. She has served as Humanity in Unity's national wardrobe seva lead, responsible for caring for Sai Maa’s clothing. Sandra is a trained practitioner of Jyoti-Atman, Reiki, Polarity Therapy and many other energy modalities. She is the founder of Prasad Gifts, a distributor of premium incense and other natural gifts. Sandra lives with her husband Shirdibhai (Jonas). 

Barbara Manley, RN, MS ~ Indianapolis, Indiana
Barbara became aware of her spiritual journey as a young child filled with devotion. Her awareness enlivened as an adult when she experienced cancer, leading her to heal herself and help others heal physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. She is fully committed to self realization and teaching others to bring forth and hold the Light. She became a master teacher in 2006. Professionally, she practices nursing, healing touch, Reiki, Integrative Energy and Ayurvedic therapy and is a yoga and pranayama instructor. 

Kristina Matteo ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kristina had the blessing of meeting Sai Maa in 2003. Since that first encounter her life has been filled with the endless grace of her Guru. She serves as one of Her Holiness's personal assistants and is a co-lead and master teacher at the H.H. Sai Mai Center for Enlightened Living in Philadelphia. Kristina is certified in Reiki, Igili and Ama Deus healing modalities. She works as a substitute schoolteacher in Philadelphia. 

Beryl McCandless ~ St. Louis, Missouri
Beryl met Sai Maa in person in Aspen, Colo., in 2005 and says of her first encounter, “I was born anew in the incomparable presence of Sai Maa's divine grace and love.” Beryl became a master teacher in 2006. Her passion is sharing Sai Maa’s work with others so they may embody the Light and Love they are. Shortly after the birth of her children Tighe and Arin, Beryl birthed the spiritual gifts of music, sacred geometric art and spontaneous energetic healing work. Over the years she has given performances and workshops that focus on holistic healing through art and music. Beryl leads the H.H. Sai Mai Center for Enlightened Living in St. Louis. 

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Deane (Shivdhun) Mock ~ Boulder, Colorado
Shivdhun has been teaching meditation and self-improvement courses since 1973. Shivdhun has been with Sai Maa since 2000 and says, “that is many lifetimes with Maa!” He serves as a master teacher, Humanity in Unity's audio/visual lead and co-lead of the H.H. Sai Maa Institute for Enlightenment in Boulder. Professionally, Shivdun has led two prison self-improvement programs, is a sound/production manager and owner/manager of a painting company. 

Bradley Nixon ~ Southern California
Bradley has been moving toward enlightenment with Sai Maa since 2001. He practiced Transcendental Meditation for nearly 30 years. Bradley is committed to supporting the work of Sai Maa and building a life-supporting world infrastructure. He is a partner in a “green” fuel development company and another firm that directs debt and equity funding to early stage “green” and sustainable energy technology companies. 

S. Oakley Ogden ~ Crestone, CO
I have been involved in HIU for Five year and became a master teacher 3 years ago. I have always been on a spiritual journey. From birth I would say. I was born knowing looking for my teacher, knowing that there was something to remember beyond all that I was learning. I have been playing with energy since I was a young girl, but I have been practicing on others for almost ten years, through practices such as reki and techniques I aquired in massage school. My commitment to global enlightenment is uplifting those around me, assisting them to remember who they truly are, and maintianing an unwavering commitment to my own evolution is what I encarnated for. Currently, I live at the temple of consciousness ashram in crestone colorado. i am a therapist. my plans are to begin a private practice couseling and doing energy work and continue to travel throughout the US and the world hosting workshops for personal transformation.

Paramcharya Swami Parameshwarananda ~ Temple of Consciousness in Crestone, Colorado
Swamiji is the resident spiritual master at the Temple of Consciousness in Crestone, Colo., and serves on Sai Maa’s Visionary Leadership Council. Swamiji teaches in the United States and overseas. He often travels to India to assist Sai Maa in the development of humanitarian projects at ashrams in Varansi and Nandi Hills. Swamiji holds a Ph.D in organizational psychology and served as an organizational and leadership consultant and coach for business for more than 25 years. 

Rachael Peizer ~ Richmond, California
Rachael has been a devoted student of Sai Maa’s since they met in 1998. She became a master teacher in 2005. Rachael has a strong passion to share all that she has received from Sai Maa with as many beings as possible. She has been the co-lead for the Bay Area Sai Maa community since 2003 and hosts and leads regular meditations from her home. She works as a physical therapist, specializing in myofascial release and craniosacral therapy. 

Karla Ryan ~ Indianapolis, Indiana 
A longing for a deeper and more personal connection with the Divine drew Karla into spiritual practice. Buddhist meditation provided the grounding, and in 1999 Sai Maa lit the fire in my heart, Karla says. Other spiritual practices have included Tai Chi Chuan, Chi Gong and hatha yoga. Karla says the work of global enlightenment is the most important work of her life. She has a practice in Hakomi mind-body psychotherapy and Esoteric Healing with her husband, master teacher Michael Herrmann. 

Mary Sise ~ Albany, New York
Mary was raised in a traditional Irish Catholic family with a strong devotion to the Blessed Mother. She was introduced to Sai Maa's teachings in 2001 and resonated strongly with the message of love, humanitarian service and global enlightenment. She says as she continues to allow Sai Maa's grace and teachings into her being, her fears release and she is able to be the Christ consciousness in all areas of her life. Mary is a licensed clinical social worker with a private practice that integrates energy psychology. She founded The Center for Integrative Psychotherapy, Inc., which sponsors conferences and trainings on topics that integrate mind, body and spirit. 

William Starsiak ~ Suwanee, GA 
I have been involved with HIU for seven years.  I became a master teacher four years ago.  A longing for something beyond the life of suffering I used to lead drew me to spritual practice.  I began practicing Zen Buddhism in eighth grade.  Eventually, my Zen practice led me to meet Sai Maa when I was a sophmore in highschool.  I was, and I still am, amazed by Maa's energy and ability to lead us, her students, to our true self.  Currently, I live in Suwanee, GA where I attend a college of Osteopathic Medicine.   I intend to specialize in Neuromuscular Medicine.  I offer events for youth whenever I can and I lead regular meditations at my school.  My committment to global enlightenment is to put Maa's teachings into practice in every facet of my life.  

Ann Stutts ~ Woodland Hills, California
Attending her first Sai Maa journey in 1997, Ann recalls experiencing the purest love and greatest joy she had ever known. Encounters with Sai Maa continue to be her most significant and blessed experiences. Ann’s passion has become knowing herself as she is known by Sai Maa. Ann retired in 2002 from her career as a professor and college dean.

Today she creates original paintings and photographs of sacred geometry, mandalas and images in her Studio of Radiant Images. She created the Humanity in Unity mandala logo and the painting of the “I AM” presence. 

Stephen Wechsler, DC ~ Syracuse, New York
Dr. Steve’s passion is to educate and wake people up to a new reality. He practices both chiropractic and Ayurvedic medicine. Dr. Steve became a master teacher in 2005. His travels have taken him to India and abroad many times to work with Sai Maa, study Ayurveda and visit the ashram of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Dr. Steve has studied and worked with great souls such as Anthony Robbins, Dr. Donald Epstein, Deepak Chopra, M.D., and Dr. Vasant Lad. He most recently served as a consultation doctor on Dr. Pankaj Naram’s U.S. team. He lives with his two sons in Syracuse, where he hosts the “Wake Up Show” and a popular nutrition segment on WSYR-AM radio. 

Billie White (Devi) ~ Scottsdale, Arizona
Billie has been devoted to Sai Maa since 1997. She was the seva team leader that launched many of the first Sai Maa events in Northern California. She also served as Sai Maa’s administrative assistant and seva lead for the first groups that traveled to India with Sai Maa. Billie became a master teacher in 2006 and is devoted to helping others know God by knowing their true selves. She has been a student of metaphysics for many years and a Religious Science practitioner. She is certified in energy healing and serves as a guest lecturer for new thought churches. Billie works as a clinical librarian at a large teaching hospital. 

Kelly Williams ~ Paris, France
Kelly is co-leader of Sai Maa’s activities in France. Kelly dedicated herself to working with Sai Maa even before she met Her Holiness in person. She joined the master teacher team in 2005. Kelly has a yoga and meditation studio in Paris where she teaches and leads spiritual trainings and group meditations, applying Primordial Sound Meditation, Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga and Engaging the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. She continues her yoga studies with great teachers. Kelly is bilingual in English and French. She has worked as an attorney and certified public accountant in Texas and France. 

Maheshwari Amba (Mona Winfrey) ~ Memphis, Tennessee
Maheshwari says meeting Sai Maa was the answer to her prayer for an enlightened spiritual teacher (Guru) in physical form. She met Sai Maa in 1998 and became a master teacher in 2001. Maheshwari’s commitment is to uplift Mother Earth and her inhabitants by being a beacon of divine Light and love in action through her thoughts, words and deeds. She is an ordained minister with a master’s degree in counseling. She works in the angelic realm with masters of the Light as an energy practitioner, life coach and intuitive/spiritual counselor and therapist. Her training includes numerous energy therapies. She is the lead for H.H. Sai Maa Center for Enlightened Living in Memphis and advisor to the HIU board of directors. 

Darlene Yarbrough ~ Crestone, Colorado
Darlene has always felt there is a better way to live that produces greater happiness, health and well being. She believes Sai Maa provides the path to this wholeness for herself and humanity and wishes to assist Sai Maa in global enlightenment. Darlene has practiced meditation for 15 years and became a master teacher in 2006. She works as a real estate broker in Crestone.