Roy Thibodeau Interview - The Kriya Yoga Podcast Episode 7

Our guest today is Roy E. Thibodeau of Golden Lotus Yoga for Spiritual Awareness. Mr. Thibodeau has been a disciple of Yogacharya J. Oliver Black for over 45 years and GLYSA was founded to assure the continuation the lineage, legacy, and heritage through Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar, Paramahansa Yogananda, and Yogacharya Oliver. Yogacharya Oliver was one of Paramahansa Yogananda’s most advanced direct disciples, establishing the Detroit, Michigan Self Realization Fellowship (SRF) Center which he ran as an SRF minister from 1951 until 1980.  He also established Song of the Morning Yoga Retreat in Northern Michigan which he ran until his MahaSamadhi September 16, 1989.  He remained an SRF Minister, Authorized by Paramahansa Yogananda & SRF to give Kriya Yoga Initiation to qualified candidates until his MahaSamadhi.  You can find out more about Yogacharya Oliver at www.yogacharyaoliver.com.  Mr. Thibodeau was ordained by Roy Eugene Davis and authorized as a Kriya Yoga Meditation teacher. Golden Lotus, Inc, which is the name of the nonprofit corporation that runs Song of the Morning Yoga Retreat, and Spiritual Awareness is part of Roy Eugene Davis’s organization, Center for Spiritual Awareness.  Golden Lotus Yoga Teachers Association is also the name of a Yoga Teachers organization that Yogacharya Oliver started in 1966.