What is Ananda?

A movement based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda that helps you bring God into your life through meditation and spiritual living.

Featured Events

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Sunday Service
Based on the teachings of Yogananda

Sunday Services (gatherings for spiritual inspiration and high consciousness community) start at 11 am at  Ananda Ashram House, 1832 Virginia Rd, Los Angeles 90019. Come early at 10 am for a long meditation, including a fire ceremony and Purification Ceremony. We also offer video and audio from previous Sunday Services, including those given by Swami Kriyananda. [...]

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Full Moon Celebration (Kirtan & Guided Meditation)

Wednesday, May 22 is the full moon! Every month, we’ll have a full moon celebration including devotional chanting, meditation, gentle yoga postures, and more!

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The Art and Science of Raja Yoga (May 14 – June 25)

The most comprehensive course on yoga, meditation and the spiritual path offered today. Gain a profound understanding of how to apply the original yoga teachings of India, in all aspects of your life. Topics covered include The Eightfold Path of Patanjali, Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Self-Healing, Diet, Meditation. These teachings are truly universal and apply to [...]

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Learn to Meditate & Energize (June 3 – 24)

Meditation is one of the most natural and rewarding of all human activities. It gives direct, intuitive experience of higher realities, and is the cornerstone of true spirituality. It also brings balance, rest, and a growing inner peace. While its highest and original purpose is to help us awaken our inner, spiritual nature, the benefits to body [...]

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Recharge Yourself: The “Energization Exercises”

The Energization Exercises, as Taught by Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi! Presented by Robert “Ram” Smith. No matter what your yoga level, beginner or advance, this unique workshop will greatly lift your energy to new heights. The techniques of the Energization  Exercises are very simple to learn and can be applied [...]

Daily Inspiration
May 25th, 2013

In balance: The natural attraction between the sexes ceases to be compelling, and becomes merely a subject of interest.

Men cease to feel obliterated by women. (Notice, at mixed parties, how often the men present remain silent.) Women, in turn, cease to feel individually bullied by men. Men stop (in a positive way) feeling tenderly protective of women, and women stop depending on men for protection. Both sexes appear to each other as human beings, simply, equal in worth like the two sides of a coin.

By Swami Kriyananda

Sunday Service and Event Recordings

Reason vs Intuition
March 17, 2013

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Nayaswami KriyanandaSpiritual Questions and Answers

June 26, 2012

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Nayaswami KriyanandaBook Launch: Paramhansa Yogananda: A Biography

June 24, 2012

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Gatherings for spiritual inspiration through talks, music, meditation and community at 11am PST at the Ananda Ashram House. Attend in-person, watch online, and see previous satsang recordings.

Next Sunday, May 26:

“The Best Way to Worship”

Affirmation for Self-Healing: Kindness

 

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Living Wisely, Living Well, by Swami Kriyananda

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