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Karuna Mata (The Rev. Karen MacQueen)

Karen is an Episcopal priest and she serves as the associate rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Pomona, CA. She is also the Director of Awakening Center for Yoga and Healing in Brea, CA, where she teaches Healing Breathwork, Healing Touch, and Kriya Yoga.

Karuna Mataji is a lifelong student in the Kriya Yoga tradition of Paramahansa Yogananda, and she currently studies and practices Kriya Yoga under the direction of Goswami Kriyananda of the Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago.

Karen is a registered nurse, who has specialized in HIV/AIDS care and prevention, and in high-risk Obstetrics. Mataji lived in Kolcata (Calcutta), India for two years as a volunteer at the Home for the Destitute Dying. During her time in India, she began a lifelong relationship of student to teacher with Vandana Mataji, a Roman Catholic nun, a student of Swami Chidananda of Rishikesh, and the spiritual director of Jeevan Dhara Ashram, a center for dialogue and shared spiritual practice between Hindus and Christians.

Hindu-Christian dialogue is a major focus of Karuna Mataji’s ministry and teaching. She is a founder of the Hindu-Episcopal Dialogue Group in Los Angeles. Mataji received the Mahatma Gandhi Award for the Advancement of Religious Pluralism, given by the Hindu American Foundation in 2009. She also devotes her energy to the reintegration into Indian culture of third gender women (Kinnars, Aravanis). To this end, Karen serves as a professional consultant to the Tamil Nadu AIDS Initiative (TAI Foundation), http://www.taivhs.org/, a project of NGO’s, sex workers, and third gender women to address the AIDS epidemic and the health care needs of women and children in Tamil Nadu.

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Home Karuna Ma’s Blog Kriya Yoga Healing Breathwork Healing Birth Work Healing Touch Polarity Therapy The Ohana My Teachers Calendar/Events Contact Me About Me Class Notes	About Me Karuna Mata (The Rev. Karen MacQueen) Karen is an Episcopal priest and she serves as the associate rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Pomona, CA. She is also the Director of Awakening Center for Yoga and Healing in Brea, CA, where she teaches Healing Breathwork, Healing Touch, and Kriya Yoga. Karuna Mataji is a lifelong student in the Kriya Yoga tradition of Paramahansa Yogananda, and she currently studies and practices Kriya Yoga under the direction of Goswami Kriyananda of the Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago. Karen is a registered nurse, who has specialized in HIV/AIDS care and prevention, and in high-risk Obstetrics. Mataji lived in Kolcata (Calcutta), India for two years as a volunteer at the Home for the Destitute Dying. During her time in India, she began a lifelong relationship of student to teacher with Vandana Mataji, a Roman Catholic nun, a student of Swami Chidananda of Rishikesh, and the spiritual director of Jeevan Dhara Ashram, a center for dialogue and shared spiritual practice between Hindus and Christians. Hindu-Christian dialogue is a major focus of Karuna Mataji’s ministry and teaching. She is a founder of the Hindu-Episcopal Dialogue Group in Los Angeles. Mataji received the Mahatma Gandhi Award for the Advancement of Religious Pluralism, given by the Hindu American Foundation in 2009. She also devotes her energy to the reintegration into Indian culture of third gender women (Kinnars, Aravanis). To this end, Karen serves as a professional consultant to the Tamil Nadu AIDS Initiative (TAI Foundation), http://www.taivhs.org/, a project of NGO’s, sex workers, and third gender women to address the AIDS epidemic and the health care needs of women and children in Tamil Nadu.
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