John Paul Healy is a Ph.D. Candidate and Casual Tutor at the University of New
South Wales, School of Social Work, Sydney, Australia. His research interests
include: Qualitative methodology, Education and New Religious Movements (NRMs).
His Ph.D. research explores the personal experience of individuals who are or
who have been involved in various forms of Swami Muktananda’s Siddha Yoga
practice in Australia. Mr. Healy was a member of Siddha Yoga from 1981 to 1986;
he worked in the Indian and Sydney Ashram. His research is motivated by his
experience in Siddha Yoga, but is sustained by an interest in the sociology of
religion.
