Hi all...

I was pleasantly surprised to see this yahoo group available and happily joined!
I have been doing mantras for about twelve years now and eventually discovered
Thomas Ashley Farrand's cd's and website a few years ago. So I'm very happy to
connect to others who also love mantras as well as other likeminded practices.

I hail from the backwoods of Downeast Maine where we're pretty isolated but
immersed in the beauty of mother nature. I'm a kriyaban ...an initiate of the
SRF (Yogananda) teachings. However, along with kriya practice I also do mantras
in my sadhana. I'm also an astrologer having studied many forms of western
astrology but am now on a vedic astrology path combining both forms to get a big
picture of whatever chart I'm looking at.

I'm married with three grown children. My son is about to go off to the Army.
My husband is retired air force and disabled. I am also going to school full
time pursuing a degree in biology after having been a counselor for several
years in the government. Mantras and kriya have kept me centered for the most
part and sane...LOL.

So I just wanted to say hello!!

Renee Serrano