What IsAnanda?
Ananda is dedicated to the belief, born of experience, that you can live in joy. We teach effective techniques for expanding your sense of self, such as meditation, Kriya Yoga, spiritual Hatha Yoga, and divine friendship.
Learn to Meditate: 5 Essential Keys to Meditation
Yogananda Birthday Program at Ananda Village
January 5, 7:00 pm PST
Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi lead a program of chanting, music, and satsang that includes the premiere of a slideshow of Paramhansa Yogananda and a ceremony of discipleship. We offer gratitude to Yogananda for a life lived in God.
Our Inspiration
Paramhansa Yogananda has been called the father of yoga and meditation in the West. His Autobiography helped spark and inspire a spiritual revolution across the world. Among the over three-hundred (influential spiritual voices) I interviewed about their key spiritual influences, a high percentage named a book, and by far the book most often mentioned was Yogananda’s unique memoir.
Online Course: Ananda Course in Meditation
Whether or not you are new to meditation, this course will help you develop a deep and consistent practice. With ample feedback from meditators with decades of experience and your own persistence, you will awaken your true nature: a pure reflection of divine peace, joy, and love.
Ananda is known for its expertise in meditation, and for 50 years has trained teachers in techniques grounded in the highest yogic practices of India, as brought to the West by Paramhansa Yogananda.
Kriya Yoga
Kriya Yoga is an ancient meditation technique of energy and breath control, or pranayama. It is also a comprehensive spiritual path of additional meditation practices and guidance for living.
The Kriya technique is given through personal initiation by one of our Kriya Yogacharyas. Initiation requires preparation through practice of other meditation techniques and study of Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings.
Community
Let us join together in this wave of social transformation, and through our practice of meditation create a spirit of global unity that can lead to lasting peace.
— Nayaswami Devi
Connect Online
Ananda is very active online: Live events, satsangs, group guided meditations, and personal support through email and chat. Learn More
Find a Local Center
Ananda has over 150 centers and meditation groups in over 45 countries which offer group meditations and classes. Learn More
Experience Community
Ananda has developed eight communities in the US, Europe, and India. Many offer internships where you can stay and experience community firsthand. Learn More
What's New
Recent Posts and Videos
Online Events
“Whispers from Eternity” — a Daily Broadcast of Inspiration
Jan 17 12:00 pm PST • Jan 17 20:00 GMT • Jan 18 01:30 IST
Treasures Virtual Satsang
Jan 17 5:30 pm PST • Jan 18 01:30 GMT • Jan 18 07:00 IST
“Whispers from Eternity” — a Daily Broadcast of Inspiration
Jan 18 12:00 pm PST • Jan 18 20:00 GMT • Jan 19 01:30 IST
Conversations with Yogananda
Jan 18 7:30 pm PST • Jan 19 03:30 GMT • Jan 19 09:00 IST
Weekly Guided Kriya Meditation
Jan 19 5:30 am PST • Jan 19 13:30 GMT • Jan 19 19:00 IST
“Whispers from Eternity” — a Daily Broadcast of Inspiration
Jan 19 12:00 pm PST • Jan 19 20:00 GMT • Jan 20 01:30 IST
“Whispers from Eternity” — a Daily Broadcast of Inspiration
Jan 20 12:00 pm PST • Jan 20 20:00 GMT • Jan 21 01:30 IST
“Whispers from Eternity” — a Daily Broadcast of Inspiration
Jan 21 12:00 pm PST • Jan 21 20:00 GMT • Jan 22 01:30 IST
Sunday Service
Jan 23 10:00 am PST • Jan 23 18:00 GMT • Jan 23 23:30 IST
Sunday Worship Service
Jan 23 10:00 am PST • Jan 23 18:00 GMT • Jan 23 23:30 IST
“Whispers from Eternity” — a Daily Broadcast of Inspiration
Jan 24 12:00 pm PST • Jan 24 20:00 GMT • Jan 25 01:30 IST
Treasures Virtual Satsang
Jan 24 5:30 pm PST • Jan 25 01:30 GMT • Jan 25 07:00 IST
Featured
Ananda Meditation® Teacher Training
Become an effective meditation teacher
Join Nayaswami Gyandev and Nayaswami Diksha—along with trainees from around the world—in this uplifting, professional, highly experiential training. You’ll be part of a diverse learning community that will include:
- Dynamic individuals who plan to teach public classes
- Professionals who want to broaden their skillsets as psychotherapists, life coaches, nurses (nursing CE available), and other healthcare providers, social service workers, yoga teachers & therapists, healers & counselors.
- People who want to teach friends, family, or colleagues
- Others who simply want to deepen their own practice, not teach it
- Nursing CEU 50 hours
Spanish OMTT “Tambien en Español” https://anandaespanol.org/formacion-profesores-de-meditacion/
New Online Ananda Yoga Teacher Training Coming in January
For the first time ever, the Ananda School of Yoga and Meditation is now offering a Yoga Alliance approved 200-hr teacher training online.
This certificate training experience is focused on your own personal and spiritual growth. Ananda Yoga® is a classical and spiritual approach to Hatha Yoga. Using yoga postures to uplift consciousness, increase awareness and then ultimately unite our energies with the unlimited divine source of power.
Thank You, God – Tithing as a Spiritual Practice
Your support is a blessing for all
Ananda is a beacon of light, breaking through the darkness of this world with the universal teachings of Self-realization.
Thank you for being a part of this community of souls who support each other on our path to God.
