Swami Mahayogananda joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1997 at the Ramakrishna Monastery in Trabuco Canyon, California. From 2002 to 2008, he stayed in India, first at the Ramakrishna Mission Headquarters in Belur Math, West Bengal, and then at Narottam Nagar, Arunachal Pradesh; Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata; and Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Uttarakhand. He returned to the United States in 2008, served at the Vedanta Center of Greater Washington, DC, and since 2013, has been serving at the Vedanta Society of Southern California.