Ananda Palo Alto — A Place of Awakening

Ananda Sangha Worldwide

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Ananda Palo Alto is a center for meditation, yoga, and spiritual community. The teachings at Ananda were brought to the West by Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi. His direct disciple, Swami Kriyananda, founded Ananda in 1968 as the fulfillment of Yogananda’s dream of spiritual communities — a … Read More

The Power of Grace: The Ultimate Remedy to Life’s Challenges

Nayaswami Devi

Nayaswami Devi, co-spiritual director of Ananda Worldwide, talks on the transforming power of grace. She says if we cooperate with higher intelligence in our effort to improve ourselves, that it has great potential to make transforming changes to our lives. She invites us to practice our meditation techniques primarily to draw on that grace, the higher consciousness.

Simple Ways to Feel God’s Presence

Nayaswami Jyotish

In this video, Nayaswami Jyotish, spiritual co-director of Ananda Sangha Worldwide, discusses how to make a mystic concept, such as God, a living reality. He explains that by keeping a constant communication with God, by becoming a channel of God-like qualities such as peace or joy to others, one can tangibly feel God’s presence within. Transcript Nayaswami Jyotish:  Hello, I’m … Read More

Ananda Receives Global Ambassador Peace Award at the United Nations Church Center

Nayaswami Devi, Nayaswami Jyotish

Ananda receives Global Ambassador Peace Award from the Institute of International Social Development (IISD), an international non-governmental organization (NGO) in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council at the United Nations. (complete version) The Spiritual Directors of Ananda, Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi, received the award on November 17, 2017 in the Tillman Chapel at the United Nations … Read More