Sunday Service from Ananda Village
Live Broadcast Every Sunday, 9:45 am PDT • 16:45 GMT • 22:15 IST
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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

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
Recent Posts and Videos
God and Path of Gyana Yoga
Dear Sam, Many have asked that question. Imagine for a moment what it would be like to be the President of a Superpower Country. For starters, it would not be easy to imagine such a person and such a role
In Meditation Should I Control My Swaying Body?
Dear Trupti, These are symptoms of rising energy in the body. Yes, stop the swaying of the body, otherwise the energy is wasted in physical movement. It might feel like fun, but spiritually speaking it is much better to keep
Why Does a Soul Want Experiences, if it is Perfect? Are Souls Different?
Dear SS, 1) God created a lila (play): its perfection has been covered with thick layers. Bit by bit, through evolution these layers are taken off. Experiences serve our soul to evolve, to take those layers off. The soul wants
How to Develop Devotion
Dear Sam, I can very much appreciate your dilemma as I have had similar struggles earlier in life. Here are a few suggestions you might consider: Pray to Divine Mother for devotion: ever deeper, ever purer. Explain to your intellect
Do Anger and Hatred Make Us Lose Precious Energy?
Dear Amit, As you say, with anger and hatred you lose “precious energy”, meaning you lose spiritual energy, elevated energy, inspired energy, soul-energy, energy of purity. But you don’t lose quantity of energy, to the contrary: anger, Yogananda teaches, is
If All Circumstances Are Perfect For Our Growth, Then Why Work On Making the World a Better Place?
Dear Amit, It is true that whatever happens to us in life is for our best, and that is perfect for our next step of evolution. So why do all the Masters work for the betterment of the world, mightily
How to Trust Inner Guidance
Dear Rajkumar, That’s wonderful news and those are great blessings, indeed. Be sure, however to practice non-attachment to these successes. Life ultimately balances to zero, so do not take for granted these blessings: accept them calmly, with gratitude, and with
Are Ghosts Astral Beings?
Dear SS, Yes, the astral body is what we call “a ghost”. You might enjoy a talk Yogananda gave about this topic, called “What Are Ghosts”, in the book Man’s Eternal Quest. He explains: “There is another world, the astral,
Is Lord Rama Real? What Do the Kriya Masters Say about Him?
Dear Rounak, Lord Rama is absolutely real according to Yogananda. He was an avatar, a divine incarnation, as Yogananda writes in his Autobiography of a Yogi: “Krishna, Rama, Buddha, and Patanjali were among the ancient Indian avatars.” Krishna, the scriptures
Coping with Family Disharmony
Dear Friend, What a sad situation, indeed. Let’s start with the admission that we can’t, by will power, change another person if he or she doesn’t wish to change. Right? Those of us who subscribe to the perennial wisdom of
Women’s Retreat

Join us for our next Women’s Retreat
“The Women’s Retreat is a gift we give ourselves as women living hectic lives in a hectic world. Renewing at Ananda Meditation Retreat in nature, great teachers, beautiful gardens, lovely women and amazing foods. All I had to do was show up. Thank you Ananda.”
B.L., Rancho Cordova, CA
New Dates Available
August 25 – 28 & October 7-9, 2022
Ananda Yoga® Teacher Training
Free Zoom Info Session Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 10 AM PT
Ananda Yoga® Teacher Training is a month long transformational experience, not just a teacher training. Students dive deep within and experience the power of yoga postures and meditation.
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…