Don Baba's journey on the path of Kriya Yoga.


At the feet of the master

Yogacharya Donald "Don Baba" Abrams is an experienced and skilled teacher of Kriya Yoga, who trained for twenty years, with the realized Kriya Yoga Master Paramahamsa Hariharananda.

He received the First Kriya initiation from Baba Hariharananda in May 1981.

In 1987, Baba Hariharananda authorized Don Baba to guide First Kriya meditations, and organize Kriya Yoga programs in New York City.

In 1996, Baba Hariharananda empowered Don Baba as an independent Yogacharya, to initiate sincere seekers, and teach the Kriya Yoga techniques.

In the audio file below, you can listen to Baba Hariharananda telling Don Baba directly, how to guide the Kriya Yoga techniques.

In addition, Baba Hariharananda states that students should go to Don Baba to receive "divine pulsation".

After Baba Hariharananda's Mahasamadhi

After the Mahasamadhi of Baba Hariharananda in 2002, Don Baba continued his training by traveling to India for another ten years, to study with Kriya Yoga Master Rajarshi Raghabananda, a senior disciple of Paramahamsa Hariharananda.

Rajarshi Raghabananda empowered Don Baba to initiate sincere Kriya Yogis, into all the higher Kriya Yoga techniques and to empower new Yogacharya.


Yogacharya Don Baba continues to support Rajarshi' s empowered Yogacharyas, and the Kriya Yoga Banabira Ashram founded by Rajarshi Raghabananda.


Kriya Yoga Banabira Ashram in Odisha, India, maintains ongoing Kriya Yoga meditations and initiation programs, led by the ashram president, Yogacharya Yogananda Sahu and Acharyas of the ashram.

Banabira Ashram Contact

Rare Opportunity


In 1983, Baba Hariharananda empowered Swami Yogeswarananda Giri, as the Sadhusabhapati of Karar Ashram, Puri, Odisha, India, founded by Swami Sriyukteswar Giri.

Brahmachari Robinarayn, (Baba Hariharananda) stayed for years in silent seclusion at Karar Ashram and helped oversee the construction of Swami Sriyukteswar's Samadhi Mandir.

In February 2025, we had the rare opportunity to receive Yogeshwaranandji's darshan and meditation guidance, in the Karar ashram meditation hall.

Karar Ashram

The journey continues.


This website is an opportunity to share with all, Don Baba's accumulated knowledge, wisdom, and love, gained from years of practice and study, with the legendary Kriya Yoga masters, Paramahamsa "Baba" Hariharananda and Rajarshi Raghabananda.

Yogacharya Don Baba continues his journey as a student, and as a teacher of Kriya Yoga, in alignment with the direct empowerment, and training, by Gurudev Paramahamsa Hariharananda.