Sananda Ananda-Maynard, PhD
(“Dr. Sananda”)
“It’s time to turn UP The Light!”
As a Transformational Educator, Life Mastery Coach, Consultant and Speaker, Dr. Sananda specializes in training Difference-Makers, especially women, to align with their Higher Calling – to translate the Invisible side of their nature into impactful, visible results. Her 5-Pillar Transformational System is designed to accelerate the spiritual side of success. This system introduces the work of the Inner Teacher and its powerful role in establishing the basis for Enlightened Leadership.
She has decades of experience in the field of Consciousness Development. She holds Advanced Degrees in Consciousness-based Education (Ph.D.) and Transpersonal Psychology (M.A.). She has post-graduate training in The Science of Creative Intelligence as evolved from the ancient Vedic texts by the renowned international sage, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. She is a Master Teacher of Transcendental Meditation (TM) an evidence-based system known for effectiveness in expanding human capacity and improving the quality of life. She has taught TM in prisons, to children as well as to people from every walk of life.
Dr. Sananda has bridged the worlds of consciousness-based education with her inspired career as a Producer of conscious entertainment productions in Hollywood and beyond. She has produced major events featuring such luminaries in Film & TV as Barbra Streisand, Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin and Francis Ford Coppola as well as produced major events featuring transformational leaders such as Marianne Williamson and Michael Bernard Beckwith.
Her coaching clients have included some of the most creative and masterful leaders in the fields of Medicine, Education, Music, Film, Television and Theatre. including an Academy Award nominee, Grammy and Emmy-Award Recipients, a Pulitzer Prize winner, Literary Giants and Best-Selling Authors.
Dr. Sananda has also worked with international business leader, Doria DC Cordova and other luminaries in New Thought and Transformational Leadership, as well as some of the best-of-the-best in Business and Entrepreneurship, and even one of People magazine’s annual “50 most beautiful people”!
The basic tenet of her life is “It’s time to turn up The Light.” In that context, she credits her 30,000+ hours in deep meditation as the foundation for her success in life. Also an expert in Stress Management, Dr. Sananda draws from a deep breadth of experience and training in holistic, integrative, scientific and metaphysical approaches to expand human capacity. She has developed a vast expertise in training people how to systematically and effectively release stress and develop the internal architecture to optimize human performance in every area of their lives.
A global traveler and humanitarian, with lifelong commitment to World Peace and Cultural Integrity, Dr. Sananda has conducted and participated in consciousness-based World Peace projects throughout the USA, India, Canada, Mexico, Ecuador and Ethiopia. She was also honored to serve as a Delegate the 59th United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland and was part of the design team for a delegation to the historic UN Global Peace Initiative of Women Religious and Spiritual Leaders.