Didi Ananda Shamita has been a yoga nun and meditation teacher of Ananda Marga for more than 30 years. Based in Brisbane, Didi teaches the practices of meditation and yoga in Australasia. Before becoming a yoga nun, she worked as a high school teacher in Johannesburg, South Africa. The deep impact of the meditation practise and the comprehensive philosophy of Ananda Marga inspired her to quit her teaching profession and to dedicate herself to bringing these practices to the world.

Didi completed her ordination training in India in 1987.  She has also established a women’s retreat centre in Central California and kindergartens in South Africa, Guatemala, Papua New Guinea and Australia.