I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to have had time for some sacred video play in between karma yoga shifts. And the music is as happy as I was last Thursday at 7 am when I went to film this. Enjoy my offering of this 4.5-minute Yogoata Ananda Farms video – I milked every moment of my time … Read More
The Ananda Palo Alto choir, musicians, and singers present an oratorio “Christ Lives” on this Sunday. Music and lyrics by J. Donald Walters.
What did I do on my first night without a roommate? No, I didn’t walk in quietly with my flashlight after my shift ended at 9 pm to go right to sleep. Instead, I spent a few soul nourishing creative hours making this dreamy 2-minute video I call « A Meditative Day ». It covers our morning of karma yoga … Read More
To all my friends buried in snow, may these 2 minutes of Springtime in Northern California give you hope. It’s definitely a time of transition here at the Expanding Light Retreat in Ananda Village. Today, the karma yoga crew is heading to the Crystal Hermitage Garden to help with the gardens and I’m sure we’ll find a very different colour … Read More
From our friend Dominique: Happy Spring Equinox – some of the beauty I witnessed this week while being a karma yogi at the Expanding Light Retreat at Ananda Village, California. Included are the first tulips to bloom at the Crystal Hermitage Garden, famous for its tulip festival.
I love the sacred routines of life at Ananda Village, here in California and last summer in Italy. Most days, I attend 6:30 am & 4:45pm energization exercises/ yoga and meditation before meals. Can you see the symbolism in the video that my spinning wheels are still very active? 🙂 I’m appreciating all the meditation and Raja Yoga philosophy classes … Read More
By Swami Kriyananda, performed at the Temple of Light at Ananda Village, March 7 2024. Lyrics: Long I’ve called You, my Lord, Long I’ve called You. Many years I have longed for Your sight; Bathed the darkness with tears of devotion, Offered candles in prayer to Your light. How much longer, Friend, Must I cry Your name? I am Yours, … Read More
Join us for a celebration of Shivaratri with our favorite chants. Tonight’s kirtan at Ananda Palo Alto is in honor of Lord Shiva, symbolic of the destructive force in creation, sometimes feared but also needed to clear away the old and make room for new beginnings. Shivaratri is the night when Shiva is said to have performed the dance of … Read More
Dedicated to Paramhansa Yogananda Composer: Donald Walters & Mukti LaMar Performed in the Temple of Light at Ananda Village on the anniversary of his Mahasamadhi, March 7 2024 Lyrics: O Master, may Thy joy fill our days. O Master, may Thy wisdom guide our ways. The time has come for us to see That there’s but one reality Upon the … Read More
Listen to this beautiful song by Swami Kriyananda inspired by a poem by Paramhansa Yogananda, in which he describes a vision he had after his mother eearly passing. In the vision, he saw those “lost two black eyes” in the form of the Divine Mother, and he realized that it’s the Cosmic Mother Herself who had been taking care of … Read More
