How to Be Happy All the Time

• Feb 29 – Mar 4, 2012 4-day weekend
• Apr 24 – 26, 2012 2 days midweek
• Jul 20 – 22, 2012 2-day weekend

Based on the book How to Be Happy All the Time, by Paramhansa Yogananda

We are all seeking happiness and we all can find it, because happiness is part of our own divine nature. The secret is looking for it in the right place.

In this unique 2-day program, we’ll use the book How to Be Happy All the Time as a study reference. You will receive your own copy of the book to read throughout the class.

This profound little book is potent: it can change your life forever. You’ll discover that happiness can be found within yourself. Given a few basic tools to practice, you can begin to choose to be happy on a regular basis.

You’ll learn:

• A technique of meditation as a springboard for finding inner happiness
• Why searching for happiness outside yourself simply doesn’t work as a long-term strategy
• How to practice being happy right now
• How to bring greater happiness into your relationships with others
• How to avoid the “happiness thieves.”

The 2-day program will be led by Nayaswami Anandi, who compiled the information for the book How to Be Happy All the Time from the original writings of Paramhansa Yogananda.

The 4-day version of this program will be led by both Nayaswami Devi and Nayaswami Anandi. Along with her husband, Devi is the Spiritual Director of Ananda Worldwide, and brings to this subject decades of experience using these principles in the Ananda communities.

The longer 4-day weekend allows you time to gain greater strength in your meditation practice, and to go into greater depth on each of the bulleted subjects above.

What Others Are Saying:

"The most important condition for happiness is even-mindedness, and here the author of Autobiography of a Yogi brings some of this sense to a treatise on how to be happy under virtually any condition. From identifying habits, thoughts, and practices which steal from happiness to understanding simplicity is the key and sharing happiness with others, How to Be Happy All The Time: The Wisdom of Yogananda, Volume 1 is a fine starting point for reaching contentment."
—Bookwatch

And this comment from Nancy from Spokane, WA, who took the weekend program in 2010:

"I have joy in my heart that I had forgotten could exist. I have a new appreciation for my life. I have changed forever and while I am grateful, I wish I had done this long before now. Nothing will ever be the same.  Thank you for being there to help me save myself."

Prices are all-inclusive and cover accommodations, meals, classes or activities, and course materials.

How to Be Happy All the Time starts the afternoon of the first date listed. It’s ideal to arrive before 4 pm, if you are able to. That way, you can join in the afternoon session of yoga and meditation, which begins at 4:45 pm. Dinner is at 6:30. The first real gathering of your group is at 7:30 pm. If you need to arrive here after 5 pm, that’s fine, but it helps us if you let us know at 800-346-5350. We can also put aside a dinner for you if you need to arrive after 7 pm. The program ends with lunch on the last date. Please see our Daily Schedule.

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