Take Charge of Your Life
Online: Jan 10 - Mar 10, 2024
Yogic Techniques for Thriving Amidst Change
Are you ready for roll-up-your-sleeves spirituality? Do you want specific things you can do—not mere philosophy—to make positive shifts in your life?
If so, then this highly experiential course is perfect for you. You’ll gain an entire toolbox of simple, yet powerful, techniques for working directly with subtle energy, the intelligent force that makes things happen in this world—and inside of you.
It all comes from Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of Yogi, and his close, direct disciple, Swami Kriyananda, the founder of Ananda.
Join Nayaswamis Gyandev & Diksha and staff for this inspiring 4-part, 8-week course. You will have lifetime access to all course materials.
Course Benefits
Master the Body-Energy-Mind Connection
Understand the secrets of working with subtle energy, and learn how to use it to upgrade the workings of your own body and mind—and your life. You’ll begin to establish new ways of living that truly serve you.
Break Through Barriers to Success
Discover how to work skillfully with inner and outer factors that have been guiding your life until now—for better or for worse—and learn how to make changes that will take your life to a higher level.
Learn Techniques That You Can Use Anytime
Most of these techniques can be used to great effect in meditation, and you can also use them anytime during the day, in any amount of available time—in some cases even as short as a single breath. Of course, more practice will yield even better results.
Gain a Wide Spectrum of Practical Insights
You’ll interact regularly with classmates via discussion forums, as together you experiment with these techniques, and share your insights and experiences.
Discover How to Live Superconsciously
Practice keys to living the way great saints and masters live: in a powerful divine flow that will help you find solutions, overcome difficulties, have greater joy, and draw God more dynamically into your life.
Be Guided by Experts
Your instructors, Nayaswami Gyandev and Nayaswami Diksha, have been practicing and teaching these techniques for decades, and they’ll share with you their experiential knowledge of how to make the most of them.
Pause, Affirm, Breathe
Paramhansa Yogananda said that the minutes are more important than the years.
Let’s use our minutes well and apply some of these ancient tools to change our energy and consciousness.
Watch this short video with Nayaswami Diksha to get a sense of what you will experiment with during the course.
Course Structure
This course consists of 4 two-week modules spread over an eight-week period. During each module, you will learn and explore a number of new techniques and exercises, most of them presented as audio or video recordings with Nayaswami Gyandev and Nayaswami Diksha.
At the end of the module module, you will have a live webinar for you to share as well as refine what you’ve been learning and doing. The live webinars will be facilitated by course instructors Darshana and Bhawani.
Following are the topics of the four modules:
You’ll practice techniques that dramatically increase your level of energy, then use that energy to gain full cooperation from your mind and focus your willpower more effectively. You’ll also learn the little-known secret of effective affirmation practice.
Emotions are major carriers of energy, and they can serve us—or block us, or lead us astray. You’ll learn the hidden inner mechanism of emotion, and practice simple techniques that will help you harness that energy and redirect it to your benefit.
Magnetism makes everything happen in your life, inwardly as well as outwardly. Learn to direct your energy wisely to generate the kind of magnetism—and get the kinds of results—that you want to have You’ll also learn how to protect yourself magnetically from negative people and environments.
This is the ultimate goal of all seeking: to live in divine consciousness. It can seem elusive, but in this module you’ll learn simple, energy-based practices that take you far in this direction. You’ll also develop a personal plan for using the techniques of this course in your daily life.
Elements of Each Module
This course focuses on practicality and direct, personal experience, not philosophical study. Each module offers:
- An overview video that gives you a context for the module’s techniques and exercises
- 2–5 technique videos, plus written summaries of the techniques
- 2–3 additional strategies for daily living, to help you explore the module’s topics in a highly personal way
- Supplemental material to deepen your understanding and practice of the module’s techniques and exercises
- 6–8 videos and audios that you can practice with. All of them include meditation and other inner practices; some include Ananda Yoga practice as well
- Discussion forum (not “live”) to share your experiences and insights, ask questions, get guidance, and connect personally with classmates and instructors
- “Live” webinar at end of the module
- A comprehensive Resource Manual
- An “Ask the Instructors” forum, for additional guidance from the instructors
- Foundational practice resources that will be used in every module, including meditation and Paramhansa Yogananda’s Energization Exercises
- Resources for further study & practice
You will receive lifetime access to the course materials.
Meet Your Instructors
Nayaswami Gyandev McCord, E-RYT 500, is the Director of the Ananda School of Yoga & Meditation. Gyandev has an advanced certificate in online teaching methodology, is the Director of Ananda Yoga worldwide, and is a co-founder of Yoga Alliance.
A member of the teaching staff at the Expanding Light Retreat for more than 30 years he is well known internationally for his profound ability to share the teachings of yoga asana, meditation, yoga philosophy, and the joy that comes from living a yogic lifestyle.
Nayaswami Diksha McCord, E-RYT 500, is a senior faculty member of the Ananda School of Yoga & Meditation in Northern California, serving as the Director of the Spiritual Counseling Training, and as co-director of the Ananda Meditation Teacher Training program online. She has been meditating for more than 30 years, and training meditation teachers for more than 20 years.
A powerful and dynamic woman of great warmth and humor, she is gifted in both intelligence and intuition. Diksha brings a broad background to her teaching—from physical wellness to Ayurveda to profound spiritual understanding. Above all, she awakens in her students their own inner wisdom and the will to make positive changes in their lives.
Darshana, E-RYT 200, RYT 500 and C-IAYT, became interested in meditation and found the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda in 2009. Since then, she has been applying them in her own life and sharing them with others.
Darshana has been a certified Ananda Yoga and Meditation instructor since 2012. She is an Ananda Yoga therapist and a minister. She serves with Ananda School of Yoga and Meditation as certification programs coordinator. She also teaches asana, meditation and yoga philosophy online and in person at The Expanding Light Retreat.
Bhawani, E-RYT 200, is a certified Ananda Yoga and Meditation instructor and a long-time meditator. Inspired by yoga since the age of 18, Bhawani’s creative, playful approach makes her classes fun, as well as a relaxing and centering experience.
She is passionate about helping people live in a balanced way and reach their highest potential through relaxation and dynamic energy awareness.
Bhawani holds a Master’s degree from CIIS in East-West Psychology, with a specialization in Spiritual Counseling.
She serves at the Expanding Light Retreat and Crystal Hermitage at Ananda Village.
FAQs
No, you can engage with the course whenever it works for you. The only “live” activities are five webinars, which are video-recorded for the benefit of those who cannot attend.
The first webinar will be on Sunday Jan 14 at 11:00 AM Pacific time.
The remaining four webinars will take place on Sundays at 9:00 AM Pacific time: Jan 28, Feb 11 & 25, Mar 10.
For each module, expect to spend 1–2 hours becoming familiar with the techniques and exercises, plus another hour with the webinar. Spend as much time as you like in the discussion forums, sharing your experiences with the techniques, and learning from classmates’ experiences. As for how much time you’ll spend practicing the techniques and exercises, that depends on how good you want your results to be.
Yes. The course site will remain open for 2 months after the final module ends. After that, you will have lifetime access to another site that contains all the course materials.
More Questions? Please email us.
Take Charge of Your Life
Join us for this 4-module, 8-week course.
Dates: Jan 10 – Mar 10, 2024
Cost: $169 $149 (early bird discount ends on Jan 1)
