Mata Amritanandamayi, better known as Amma or the Hugging Saint, has arrived in New York, the second to last stop on her 2013 North American tour. Amma, in case you’re not familiar, is a spiritual ...

A first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. “Amma is not a religion. She is a spiritual teacher, and she says that her religion is love. She shares her blessing through a ...

This weekend, people from all over the Northwest will flock to the Hyatt Regency Bellevue to experience AMMA, one of the world’s most accessible humanitarian and spiritual Leaders. Mata ...

Last Sunday, the renowned humanitarian and spiritual leader AMMA was at Everett’s Xfinity Arena giving hugs and “darshan.” Her real name is Mata Amritanandamayi, and she is known as the Hugging Saint.

Spirituality can come in unusual human forms. The real-life subject of the documentary “Darshan, The Embrace” is a plump, smiling, simply dressed 50ish woman named Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, known ...