Mrs. Alice Hasey (Sister Yogmata)

In late 1920, not long after Paramahansa Yogananda had arrived in America, the young swami was invited to speak at a Unitarian church in the Boston area, where Dr. Lewis’ longtime friend Mrs. Alice Hasey was a member of the congregation.

**FIRST YOGODA GROUP IN AMERICA; Sister Yogmata (Alice Hasay) who started the Boston group and helped finance the first ashram, right of Yogananda, Dr. and Mrs. Lewis, far left**.

The first SRF meditation center was started in Boston with the help of Dr. and Mrs. M. W. Lewis and Mrs. Alice Hasey (Paramahansaji later gave the name Sister Yogmata), who were to become lifelong disciples.

**SISTER YOGMATA, far right, with Yogananda in Boston**

For more information and photos of the history of the Boston Years, please visit:

Boston Center of Self-Realization Fellowship

Yogananda Site: Yogananda’s First Yogoda Ashram in America – Hardy’s Pond

Yogananda Site – read about the early years and Sister Yogmata’s visit to California: SISTER YOGMATA ~ “I never forgot you, Sister..” Paramahansaji