The Mission of the Avatars: Lessons From Easter

Watch this inspiring Sunday Service talk with Nayaswami Jyotish, recorded at Ananda Village on Easter Sunday March 31, 2024. The reading for this week from Swami Kriyananda’s book Rays of the One Light is Resurrection for Every Soul Truth is one and eternal. Realize oneness with it in your deathless Self, within. The following commentary is based on the teachings … Read More

You Remain our Friend (Choir)

Composed by Swami Kriyananda, performed by the Ananda World brotherhood Choir at Ananda Village, March 24th 2024. Lyrics When we need You, You descend, Seeking grieving hearts to mend. By hate unaffected, You remain our Friend. On a cross rejected, Doomed to meet a shameful end, Still, with love perfected, You remain our Friend. Choir: Long we feared to face … Read More

Palm Sunday (Choir)

Composed by Swami Kriyananda, performed by the Ananda Worldbrotherhood Choir at Ananda Village, March 24th 2024. Lyrics Sing out Hosanna to the son of David! Bless’d he that cometh in the name of God. Sing out Hosanna in the highest. Sing Hosanna to the Lord!

The Deeper Meaning of Palm Sunday

Watch this inspiring Sunday Service talk with Nayaswami Ananta, recorded at Ananda Village on March 24th, 2024. The reading for this week from Swami Kriyananda’s book Rays of the One Light is Who Is This Son of Man? (Palm Sunday) Truth is one and eternal. Realize oneness with it in your deathless Self, within. The following commentary is based on … Read More

Milking the Goats – Ananda Village

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

A Meditative Day – Ananda Village, California

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

Communing with Nature – Ananda Village

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

Peaceful Pauses – Ananda Village, California

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.

Heal Yourself with Prana (Paramhansa Yogananda’s Healing Techniques) – Book Launch

“Healing with Life Force, Volume One: Prana”, is released by Crystal Clarity Publishers, USA. The story behind the book: The power of healing is the property of every individual soul. These are the words of Paramhansa Yogananda, whose teachings and techniques for healing ourselves and others I have compiled in the trilogy Healing with Life Force. My name is Nayaswami … Read More

Paramhansa Yogananda’s Tips for Developing Your Soul Intuition

Watch this inspiring Sunday Service talk with Sundara Traymar, recorded at Ananda Village on March 17th, 2024. The reading for this week from Swami Kriyananda’s book Rays of the One Light is “Reason vs. Intuition”. Truth is one and eternal. Realize oneness with it in your deathless Self, within. The following commentary is based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. … Read More