Ananda | Joy Is Within You

What Is

Ananda?

אננדה מוקדשת לאמונה, למודת הניסיון, כי ניתן לחיות באושר. אנו מלמדים טכניקות אפקטיביות להרחבת תחושת העצמי, כגון מדיטציה, קְרְיִיָה יוגה, הָאתַה יוגה רוחנית וחברות אלוהית.

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Our Inspiration

והמדיטציה במערב. האוטוביוגריפיה שלו עוררה השראה ועזרה להצית מהפכה רוחנית בכל רחבי תבל. בקרב מעל לשלוש מאות (מורים רוחניים ברי השפעה) אשר ראיינתי בדבר ההשפעות הרוחניות המשמעותיות שלהם, אחוז ניכר מהם ציינו ספרים רוחנים, ובהפרש ניכר הספר שצוין יותר מכל היה האוטוביוגרפיה הייחודית של- פיל גולדברג, אמריקן וֵדָה | Phil Goldberg, American Veda

Paramhansa Yogananda

Paramhansa Yogananda (1893 – 1952), best known as the author of Autobiography of a Yogi, was the first guru from India to make his home permanently in the United States.Paramhansa Yogananda showed how everyone, by means of meditation, can realize God in their daily lives as a tangible, loving reality. He taught an ancient meditation technique known as Kriya Yoga, by which one can quickly attain Self-realization. More

Swami Kriyananda

Swami Kriyananda (1926–2013), is a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda and the founder of Ananda's worldwide movement. At the request of Yogananda, Swami Kriyananda dedicated his life to lecturing and writing, and has also produced hundreds of pieces of music, to help others to find joy within. More

Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi

With the passing of Swami Kriyananda in 2013, Nayaswami Jyotish was named by Kriyananda as his spiritual successor. Jyotishji met Swami Kriyananda in 1966, working closely with him and his wife, Devi (who came to Ananda in 1969), to build Ananda’s work around the world. Both Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi were named kriyacharyas by Swami Kriyananda, and disseminate the liberating and ancient Kriya Yoga technique of Paramhansa Yogananda’s lineage. More

Meditation & Kriya Yoga

Learn to Meditate

Meditation is a technique for personal growth that has been practiced for thousands of years around the world with repeatable results. There is no aspect of your life that cannot be improved by meditation, whether it be in business, relationships, or health. The highest purpose of meditation, however, is to discover your Highest Self.

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Kriya Yoga

Kriya Yoga is an ancient meditation technique of energy and breath control, or pranayama. It is also a comprehensive spiritual path, which includes additional meditation practices and guidance for living.

The Kriya technique is given through personal initiation by one of our Kriya Yoga teachers. Initiation requires preparation which includes the practice of other meditation techniques and study of Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings.

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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