Ananda is a global movement of more than 140,000 people dedicated to Self-realization. Based on the mission and teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda to unite the spiritual wisdom of the East with the material efficiency of the West, Ananda is pioneering models for living an integrated spiritual life that inspires millions today.

What makes Ananda unique is our goal to offer everyone access to the practical teachings of yoga as shared by Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda. Thanks to the generosity of people like you, Ananda outreach ministries will continue to serve millions of seekers.

Ananda’s Outreach Flows Expansively on the Wings of Technology

Sharing Yogananda’s teachings means making them accessible to anyone — anywhere and at any time.

This year, we:

Had 2.1 million visits to ananda websites
Taught 20,938 new people how to meditate
Had 2,267,719 video views on YouTube
Had 1,193,654 Engagements on Facebook
Reached 40,985 Ananda Meditation app downloads
Supported over 5,012 Kriyabans from 27 countries

Free Inspiration

Ananda has a wealth of inspirational offerings to support and uplift you on your spiritual journey.

Free online content (video, blogs, spiritual talks, books, radio)
Books
Music
Apps
Spiritual pilgrimages
And much more

Ongoing Personal Contact and Support

The essence of Ananda remains-sharing wisdom, the teachings, the music, the laughter, but most of all friendship. Love and friendship are the core of Ananda.

Online classes
Ananda Communities
Virtual Community
Meditation Groups
Workshops lead by ministers and teachers
Individual counseling
Retreats

Deepening your Spiritual Life

Enrich and deepen your spiritual life with Ananda’s many offerings.

Learn about the advanced meditation technique, Kriya Yoga
Extensive online courses
Online classes and retreats
Ananda’s Karma Yoga Ashram Programs
Learn about discipleship
Spiritual counseling
Meditation and Yoga Teacher trainings and certifications

Tools to Rise and Meet These Opportunities with Courage and Hope

Living a balanced and happy life means acquiring a wealth of tools for any challenge life has to offer.

Healing prayers
Spiritual counseling certification
Meditation techniques
Affirmations
Energization exercises
Meditation app
Daily online group meditation

Support Ananda Outreach Ministries

What is the Difference Between A Tithe, Donation, Pledge or Planned Gift?

Tithing is a spiritual practice, a conscious expression of gratitude to God. It is not directed towards a specific fund but given without condition to the source of your inspiration. For many people a tithe is given before any expenses are paid.

A donation is an amount given to support a specific fund or activity and is taken from disposable income.

Pledges are set dollar amounts that a person plans for giving, either on an on-going basis or within a specific time. A church or other organization counts on your pledge as part of its budget.

Estate Gift Planning allows you to shape your spiritual legacy through charitable giving. Including the Ananda Janaka Foundation in your Will, Trust, or as an IRA Beneficiary are some ways to do this. Please visit the Ananda Janaka Foundation for more information.

Tithe

Spiritualize your giving through tithing.

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Donate

Gifts to the annual Worldwide Appeal support all of Ananda's outreach ministries.

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Estate Gift Planning

Help support Ananda’s future through the Ananda Janaka Foundation.

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Your support makes possible all that Ananda does to share inspiration and practical wisdom with all who seek it.

Make a gift today!

More ways to give

Checks or Money Orders

Stock, Bonds, Mutual Fund Shares

Wire/EFT Transfer

Employee/Corporate Matching Gifts

Memorial Or In Honor Of Gifts

Memorial gifts to the Ananda Janaka Foundation are used to support the mission of Ananda. In this way, the gift you give in memory of a loved one will live on in service to others.
Memorial gifts may be made by check to:

Janaka Foundation
14618 Tyler Foote Road #242
Nevada City, CA 95959
For more information about memorial giving, please contact Parvati Hansen, Executive Director of the Janaka Foundation at parvati@janakafoundation.org.

Digital Currency

Donor Advised Funds

Qualified Charitable Distributions

Amazon Smile, Ebay, Facebook, Paypal

Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible Amazon Smile purchases to Ananda. Click here to support Ananda.
eBay Giving Works was designed to make it easy for eBay users (buyers and sellers) to support important causes—in the U.S. and abroad. Click here to support Ananda.
Facebook Create a personal fundraiser to support Ananda and share it with your friends. Click here to support Ananda
Paypal Giving Fund PayPal covers all fees. Click here to support Ananda.

The blessing of

Giving

from the heart.

“Those who have money, and use it for the welfare of other people, get great good karma for it.” Paramhansa Yogananda

Ananda Fundraising Team

Ananda’s fundraising team is here to build a bridge that connects each one of us with the heart of Ananda through the sacred act of giving.

Mai Lee
Director of Development

Mai is highly trained in the world of business and technology. 10 years ago she took up the practice of meditation. Thrilled with the changes in herself she was able to experience in her busy life in Los Angeles, she took her exploration further in 2016 by moving to Ananda Village.

Mai has held numerous senior development positions, including directing HYPE Los Angeles, The Midnight Mission, and currently, Ananda Sangha Worldwide, where she is the primary fundraising strategist. She has consulted with multiple technology companies on apps and technology for the nonprofit industry. She is a former board member of FBI Los Angeles Citizens Academy, Operation Progress, and Central City Association. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Sharing Nature Worldwide, a nonprofit that brings nature education experiences to adults and youth across the globe.

Jyoti Spearin
Development Associate

Nayaswami Jyoti is an Ananda minister and has lived and served at Ananda Village since 1996. She has offered classes and workshops in meditation, yoga philosophy and Ananda yoga at The Expanding Light and Ananda Meditation retreats and for several hospitals, colleges and private clients throughout the US and Canada. She is currently serving at Ananda’s Development Department and is active in Ananda’s outreach ministry, offering spiritual support and guidance to devotees worldwide.

Nayaswami Pushpa
Development Associate

Pushpa was a Fortune 500 corporate executive for 10 years when she began to experience a deep aching in her solar plexus. Climbing the corporate ladder no longer fulfilled her. A friend introduced her to a spiritual path based primarily on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and she began meditating in 1985.

Pushpa’s introduction to Ananda was in Dallas, Texas in 1995, where she met Swami Kriyananda. She moved to Ananda Village in 2000 where she serves as an Ananda minister, an Ananda Meditation teacher and a spiritual counselor. Through Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda’s teachings she has found the guidance she was seeking. She has shared the yogic teachings for the past 36 years.

Nayaswami Parvati Hansen
Estate and Planned Giving
Executive Director, Ananda Janaka Foundation

Parvati is one of the founding members of Ananda, and is one of Ananda’s most widely traveled and experienced ministers. She moved to Ananda in 1972, and was made a minister by Swami Kriyananda in 1981. With her husband, Pranaba, she has been involved in the creation and direction of Ananda centers and communities in Palo Alto, Portland, Seattle, Dallas, and Assisi, Italy.