Dr. Naamleela Free Jones is a scholar-practitioner, educator, and musician deeply immersed in the world's religious and spiritual traditions. 

She holds a PhD in the History of Religions, and an MA in Gnosticism, Esotericism, and Mysticism, from Rice University in Houston, Texas. She received her undergraduate degree in Religious Studies from the University of California at Berkeley.  

 Naamleela was introduced to the practices of yoga and meditation at an early age by her father, spiritual philosopher and artist, Adi Da Samraj. As a scholar of religion, she now brings her personal and intellectual background to bear on contemporary esotericism, gnostic spirituality, yoga and tantra, and the study of consciousness. Her doctoral dissertation explored Adi Da's "zero-point paradigm" as a case study of the metaphysics and ethics of nonduality in the twenty-first century.

 Naamleela is a lifelong musical composer, producer, and pianist and has performed at the Teatro della Pergola and the Bargello Museum in Florence, Italy, along with private venues in North America, Europe, and the South Pacific. As an educator, she has taught at Naropa University, the University of Houston, the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance, the Holmes Institute of Consciousness Studies, and the Jung Center of Houston, where she imparts knowledge and fosters intellectual curiosity with grace and expertise.