In his booklet Secrets of Meditation, Swami Kriyananda offers as his second secret a vital key to our success in meditation: correct posture. Even though it is the very first thing a beginning meditator learns, alas, often it turns out that even after years of regular practice this important foundation of our “house of meditation” still requires some additional “cement,” … Read More
On April 20th the body of Swami Kriyananda was laid to rest in it’s final resting place beneath the Moksha Mandir, a small meditation temple dedicated to Swami Kriyananda. Today, April 21, was the 2nd anniversary of his passing, and there was a 6 hour meditation at the Crystal Hermitage and in the Moksha Mandir in honor of him.
We are getting down to the final details of the mandir. This week was thrilling, as the Eternal Flame Altar was created in sculptured glass and acrylic. Tejendra in Assisi had an inspiration/vision of Swamiji about a flame-like altar piece. The concept has been evolving over the past month, and last week it came to fruition. The creation of the … Read More
Through this blog, The Yogis Say, I like to take the highest spiritual teachings and deliver them in a way that is easy to understand and use in daily life. Sometimes, though, there’s just no substitute for a real pro. Swami Kriyananda, the founder of Ananda, was the direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi. Here … Read More
Dear Friend, What opens the channel through which God’s grace flows into the human heart is, above all, an attitude of giving to the universe, to something larger than one’s little self, to the mystery from which comes all true inspiration. The channel grows more and more open. The giver increasingly finds his fulfillment in the giving, in using what … Read More
In May at Ananda Village’s Moksha Mandir dedication ceremony, we will be enclosing a container full of blessings in a chamber beneath Swami Kriyananda’s body for all time. Please send us your blessings now so we can collect all of them before the ceremony. Submit your blessing
This past year, I returned to teaching yoga after a nearly two-year hiatus while I recuperated from a painful back injury: a bulging disk at L5-S1, which was further complicated by a very inflamed sacroiliac joint. How did the injury happen? In brief, because I did not listen to my body when it was telling me the low back was … Read More
“Through life’s mightiest storms, I am contented, for I hold in my heart God’s peace.” —Affirmations for Self-Healing by Swami Kriyananda This past winter has undoubtedly been a challenging one for us New Englanders. As I’ve tried to remain positive and upbeat despite the onslaught of blizzards and the challenges they’ve imposed, I’ve realized that relating to the weather this … Read More
I just took my very first seclusion. What is seclusion, you might ask? Seclusion was strongly recommended by my guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, as a means for deepening your inner communion with the Divine. Seclusion means as it sounds – secluding. Going into silence, alone and spending time deepening your inner spiritual life through meditation, contemplation and supportive yoga practices. Yogananda … Read More
A real intuition can never be wrong. When your intuition is fully developed, you will stand firm in your knowledge and convictions no matter who opposes you.
