But the blessings live on!
If you are looking for Meditate & Thrive Kriya Yoga Center, be informed that as of January 2025 we closed our doors to the Salisbury Center.
As of January 2026 we ceased operations as a nonprofit corporation however, our guiding teacher Acharya Priya continues to serve as a minister, spiritual teacher, counselor, and musician. She returned from her 2025 sabbatical year with renewed vitality and a deepened commitment to her life purpose of sharing the life-transforming teachings of Kriya Yoga.
If you are interested in Kriya Yoga, Spiritual Community, and the teaching schedule of Acharya Priya, visit Acharya Priya’s new site 21st Century Contemplative.
Many blessings on your spiritual journey,
Meditate & Thrive and 21st Century Contemplative
“The aim of spirituality is to awaken and uplift society,
to establish true community on earth.” ~ Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian
Acharya Priya Friday-Pabros, MDiv. was initiated into Kriya Yoga by her spiritual teacher, Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian in 2002 and ordained to teach in 2005. She earned a Master of Divinity Degree from Meru Institute at the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, with a focus on Music Ministry in 2004. She is a Senior Kriya Yoga Teacher and Associate Minister with the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, where she continues to study with her teacher. Learn more about Acharya Priya
The vibrancy of her ministry is sourced from the life-affirming teachings of Kriya Yoga as expressed in this lineage of teachers. Kriya Yoga is described in the ancient text, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. These teachings were brought to the West by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920. They were taught to his direct disciple Roy Eugene Davis and passed on by him to his disciple and Acharya Priya’s guiding teacher, Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian. Learn More about Yogacharya O’Brian