Programs: Retreats, Trainings, Personal Retreat, Spiritual Travel, and Karma Yoga
We offer more than 100 retreat programs each year, and we are open year-round. All of our programs will help you to feel the calmness and wholeness within you and our teachers will share how to express those qualities more beautifully in all parts of your life. We frequently add new programs to our calendar, so bookmark this page and check again later for more offerings.
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2017 September
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Ananda Meditation® Teacher Training Online Be the Change that the world needs. Meditation teachers are in great demand, especially those who can teach people from any background, from secular to spiritual. Catch the wave, and share your passion and knowledge! |
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Sunday, Sep 24 – Friday, Sep 29 Sharing Nature Training and Retreat Learn techniques to give children and adults a dynamic and inspiring experience of nature. |
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Tuesday, Sep 26 – Saturday, Sep 30 Yoga Therapy Training: Ayurveda Learn a powerful approach to guiding clients to optimal health. The principles of Ayurveda, India's ancient healing science, will help you tailor yoga techniques to each client's unique needs. |
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Restorative Yoga Teacher Training Restorative yoga is a popular way for beginning through advanced yoga students to experience true relaxation - often the most difficult skill to master. |
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Friday, Sep 29 – Sunday, Oct 1 Deepen Your Meditation Retreat If your meditation practice needs recharging or restarting, this weekend retreat will re-inspire you. Deepening your experience of meditation will open doors to inner freedom. |
October
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Sunday, Oct 1 – Sunday, Oct 8 Yoga Therapy Training: Health Challenges I Yoga therapy for such common conditions as Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia, Women’s Health Issues, Hypertension, Stroke, and Cancer. |
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Tuesday, Oct 3 – Sunday, Oct 8 Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training will leave you feeling confident and well prepared with knowledge and the ability to safely and lovingly work with prenatal yoga students. |
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Friday, Oct 6 – Sunday, Oct 8 Find focus through balance and the breath to connect mother and baby, and to prepare for a healthy, mindful, more natural approach to labor and birth. |
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Sunday, Oct 8 – Sunday, Oct 15 Kriya Yoga Preparation Intensive A week of intensive meditation and exploration of Paramhansa Yogananda's techniques and teachings to prepare you for a life of deep Kriya practice.. |
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Sunday, Oct 8 – Sunday, Oct 15 Ananda Meditation® Solutions Deepen your personal spiritual life and intensify your daily meditation practices. Learn ways to help your students deal with difficult issues in their lives (health, relationships or stress). |
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Friday, Oct 13 – Sunday, Oct 15 Managing Chronic Pain and Transcending It Learn techniques to help you dissolve pain at its roots, and to use pain as a transformational tool for healing. |
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Sunday, Oct 15 – Friday, Oct 20 A well designed getaway—with a blend of relaxation, inspiration, yoga postures, meditation instruction, and delicious vegetarian food—in a beautiful atmosphere. |
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Ananda Spiritual Counseling® Training Learn how to develop your own intuitive abilities so that you can listen to others in the right way. What questions can you ask to help lead them to their own solutions? |
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Friday, Oct 20 – Sunday, Oct 22 How to Be a Channel of Divine Grace & Healing How to feel the divine presence more deeply in your life, and to share that with others. Course based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. |
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Friday, Oct 20 – Sunday, Oct 22 Magnetism: The Power to Attract What You Need Learn to activate the powerful laws of magnetism that determine success or failure in all areas of life. Taught by Naidhruva Rush, author of Change Your Magnetism, Change Your Life. |
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Ananda Yoga® Teacher Training A dynamic program built over 30yrs. Experience Ananda's unique, integrated approach to working directly with the body's subtle energies. It's a life-changing journey! |
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Sunday, Oct 22 – Saturday, Nov 4 This Level 2 program is for Yoga Teacher Training graduates. You will get personal coaching in adapting poses for individual needs, plus hands-on experience. |
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Teachers of other styles of yoga often want to transfer into Ananda’s Level 2 Yoga Teacher Training or Yoga Therapy Training after they’ve experienced the gentle power and depth of Ananda Yoga. |
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Monday, Oct 23 – Monday, Nov 13 A Pilgrimage to the India of Yogananda The blessings of pilgrimage, and power of being in places blessed by saints, will change and deepen you, lasting a lifetime. The memories of sweet experiences making God's presence an ever deepening living reality within. |
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Friday, Oct 27 – Sunday, Oct 29 Learn How to Meditate Retreat Meditation is our daily practice due to the tremendous benefits in enhancing mental clarity, inner peace, creativity, and overall physical health. Make it yours! |
November
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Friday, Nov 3 – Sunday, Nov 5 An experiential weekend that will bring the Divine more fully and completely into your life. Using practical tools to deepen your daily practices. Aum, Peace, Amen. |
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Friday, Nov 3 – Sunday, Nov 5 Restore with Ananda Yoga® Retreat Learn secrets of relaxing through yoga to revitalize the body and mind, and to fill you with calmness. Led by Brahmachari Jitendra, a gifted yoga instructor with a warm and engaging manner. |
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Friday, Nov 10 – Sunday, Nov 12 Learn techniques of yoga to improve your health in body, mind, and spirit. Discover the healing power of posture, movement, energy flows, breath, self-talk, and focus. |
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Friday, Nov 17 – Sunday, Nov 19 Developing Intuition Retreat: How to Know and Trust Your Inner Guidance Intuition is a human faculty deeper than thought – the clear inner knowing of what is true, a skill that can be learned and developed. |
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Friday, Nov 17 – Sunday, Nov 19 The Science Behind Meditation Symposium A deeper understanding of meditation: what actually happens physiologically, neurologically, metabolically, genetically, energetically, and quantum physically. |
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Wednesday, Nov 22 – Sunday, Nov 26 Living with a Grateful Heart: A Thanksgiving Retreat A holiday weekend to leave you refreshed and uplifted, with practical tools to keep you feeling blessed throughout the year.
Open yourself to the flow of gratitude... |
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Friday, Nov 24 – Sunday, Nov 26 Harmony in Relationships It is often subtle energy that is guiding the success or difficulty in our relationships. Learn how to direct your energy in a harmonious and supportive way. See how the magnetism of the positive energy you give, comes back to you! |
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Sunday, Nov 26 – Sunday, Dec 3 Costa Rica Ananda Yoga Vacation Retreat Come join us for a relaxing, healing retreat on the blue waters of Costa Rica’s beautiful Pacific Coast. |
December
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Wednesday, Dec 6 – Sunday, Dec 10 Preparing for a Lifetime of Kriya For disciples of Yogananda: a review and deepening of your practices of AUM technique, Hong-Sau in the spine, and other advanced practices to prepare you for Kriya Yoga initiation. |
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Friday, Dec 8 – Sunday, Dec 10 Learn How to Meditate Retreat Meditation is our daily practice due to the tremendous benefits in enhancing mental clarity, inner peace, creativity, and overall physical health. Make it yours! |
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Friday, Dec 8 – Sunday, Dec 10 Living from the Inside Out Retreat Learn and experience powerful laws of Spirit for discovering your highest potential and positive approaches to life. |
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Sunday, Dec 10 – Tuesday, Dec 12 Strengthen Your Kriya Yoga Practice Retreat For those who've had Kriya initiation—guided practices, personal help, and extra support for taking the technique deeper. |
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Friday, Dec 22 – Tuesday, Dec 26 A Christmas of Inner Awakening You will be surprised by the power of this retreat to uplift your Consciousness and restore your energy and inspiration for days and weeks to come. |
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Friday, Dec 29 – Tuesday, Jan 2 New Year Renewal: Relax, Recharge, Refocus How to examine the lessons of 2017 and set goals for 2018!
Enjoy a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, and a powerfully uplifting New Year's Eve ceremony. |
2018 January
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Friday, Jan 5 – Sunday, Jan 7 Aging Gracefully Yoga Retreat |
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Friday, Jan 12 – Sunday, Jan 14 Learn How to Meditate Retreat Meditation is our daily practice due to the tremendous benefits in enhancing mental clarity, inner peace, creativity, and overall physical health. Make it yours! |
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Yoga Therapy Training: Principles This in-depth 7-day program is the first module of Ananda’s Yoga Therapy Training. Giving you practical foundational skills for a safe and effective yoga therapy practice coming from the ancient sciences of Yoga and Ayurveda. |
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Friday, Jan 19 – Sunday, Jan 21 A perfect getaway—with a blend of relaxation, inspiration, yoga postures, meditation instruction, and delicious vegetarian food—in a beautiful atmosphere. You'll be amazed how much you can experience in one weekend. |
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Friday, Jan 19 – Sunday, Jan 21 Know Your Strengths - Find Your Balance During this weekend using the illuminating perspective of yoga science, you will be guided to explore your own nature including how to understand your personal challenges, and how to make the most of your personal strengths. |
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Yoga Therapy Training: Seniors and Bone Strength Yoga teachers and yoga therapists can provide a much-needed service by learning to help older people and those with bone strength issues. |
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Restorative Yoga Teacher Training Restorative yoga is a popular way for beginning through advanced yoga students to experience true relaxation - often the most difficult skill to master. |
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Friday, Jan 26 – Sunday, Jan 28 Deepen Your Meditation Retreat If your meditation practice needs recharging or restarting, this weekend retreat will re-inspire you. Deepening your experience of meditation will open doors to inner freedom. |
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Friday, Jan 26 – Sunday, Jan 28 Take this opportunity to learn how to become "the best yet" version of yourself. Discover how to bring out your inner creative potential and open the door to deeper fulfillment. |
February
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Monday, Feb 5 – Wednesday, Feb 7 Super Relaxation with OM Retreat Similar to a yoga nidra system a retreat to learn the art of relaxation as taught by Paramhansa Yogananda |
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Friday, Feb 9 – Sunday, Feb 11 Achieving Inner Peace & Tranquility This course is filled with experiential exercises, discussion, and living examples. It also includes the Full Circle Emotional Awareness Exercises. |
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Friday, Feb 9 – Sunday, Feb 11 Restorative Yoga to Relax and Rejuvenate Restorative yoga is currently the most popular style of yoga in the United States - with good reason. Restorative yoga is safe, nurturing, and systematic, and helps you relax and release deep tension with no effort. |
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Sunday, Feb 11 – Friday, Feb 16 A well designed getaway—with a blend of relaxation, inspiration, yoga postures, meditation instruction, and delicious vegetarian food—in a beautiful atmosphere. |
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Friday, Feb 16 – Sunday, Feb 18 Learn How to Meditate Retreat Meditation is our daily practice due to the tremendous benefits in enhancing mental clarity, inner peace, creativity, and overall physical health. Make it yours! |
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Friday, Feb 16 – Sunday, Feb 18 Pranayama for Meditators Are you ready to take your meditations to the next level? This weekend you'll explore a variety of classical pranayama techniques specially tailored to help you control your mind and charge your meditations with power. |
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Sunday, Feb 18 – Sunday, Feb 25 Inner Renewal Week This week can permanently transform and deepen your spiritual life. It is led by the spiritual directors of Ananda Worldwide and offered to serious spiritual seekers. |
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Ananda Meditation® Teacher Training Online Be the Change that the world needs. Meditation teachers are in great demand, especially those who can teach people from any background, from secular to spiritual. Catch the wave, and share your passion and knowledge! |
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Wednesday, Feb 28 – Monday, Mar 5 Yoga Therapy Training: Musculoskeletal 2 Builds upon the knowledge gained in Musculoskeletal I and their assigned practicum experiences. Anatomy and physiology are reviewed in the context of working with clients and communicating with health care providers. |
March
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Friday, Mar 2 – Sunday, Mar 4 Developing Intuition Retreat: How to Know and Trust Your Inner Guidance Intuition is a human faculty deeper than thought – the clear inner knowing of what is true, a skill that can be learned and developed. |
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Friday, Mar 2 – Sunday, Mar 4 Yoga Therapy for Back and Joint Pain Yoga Therapist Nicole DeAvilla and experienced yoga teachers from the Ananda Yoga Therapist Training Program will evaluate and assist you in creating a personalized Yoga Therapy program to take home. |
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Tuesday, Mar 6 – Sunday, Mar 11 Yoga Therapy Training: Health Challenges 2 Yoga therapy for many chronic health conditions, such as Obesity, Diabetes, Coronary bypass surgery, common Cardiac Arythmias, Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Headaches (Tension & Migraine), Asthma, and COPD. |
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Friday, Mar 9 – Sunday, Mar 11 A perfect getaway—with a blend of relaxation, inspiration, yoga postures, meditation instruction, and delicious vegetarian food—in a beautiful atmosphere. You'll be amazed how much you can experience in one weekend. |
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Friday, Mar 9 – Sunday, Mar 11 Explore and connect with the chakras in your energy body during this special yoga retreat. Experience their power for overcoming obstacles and bringing peace and fulfillment to your life. |
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Ananda Meditation Teacher Training Meditation teachers are in demand— why not become one? Gain the skills and confidence to share your knowledge with people from all paths and backgrounds. With a highly trained and experienced teaching staff. |
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Friday, Mar 16 – Sunday, Mar 18 How to Be a Channel of Divine Grace & Healing How to feel the divine presence more deeply in your life, and to share that with others. Course based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. |
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Ananda Yoga® Teacher Training A dynamic program built over 30yrs. Experience Ananda's unique, integrated approach to working directly with the body's subtle energies. It's a life-changing journey! |
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Sunday, Mar 25 – Saturday, Apr 7 This Level 2 program is for Yoga Teacher Training graduates. You will get personal coaching in adapting poses for individual needs, plus hands-on experience. |
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Teachers of other styles of yoga often want to transfer into Ananda’s Level 2 Yoga Teacher Training or Yoga Therapy Training after they’ve experienced the gentle power and depth of Ananda Yoga. |
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Friday, Mar 30 – Sunday, Apr 1 An Easter Retreat Yogananda expressed with crystal clarity the deeper meaning of Jesus’ life and teachings.You will be thrilled to gain a deeper understanding of the Bible and its non-denominational, practical wisdom. |
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Friday, Mar 30 – Sunday, Apr 1 How to Rise Above Your Karma During this supportive and insightful retreat you will explore your own karmic patterns and lessons. You will also learn effective ways to free yourself from karma. |
April
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Friday, Apr 6 – Sunday, Apr 8 The Chakras: Inner Guide to Self-Realization Use visualization, affirmation, color and sound, music, breathing, and hatha yoga to help you attune more deeply to these astral energies |
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Friday, Apr 6 – Sunday, Apr 8 Learn How to Meditate Retreat Meditation is our daily practice due to the tremendous benefits in enhancing mental clarity, inner peace, creativity, and overall physical health. Make it yours! |
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Sunday, Apr 8 – Friday, Apr 13 A well designed getaway—with a blend of relaxation, inspiration, yoga postures, meditation instruction, and delicious vegetarian food—in a beautiful atmosphere. |
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Practical Ayurveda for Self-Healing Understanding your Ayurvedic constitution and how to work with it can help you feel your best on every level. You can have stronger, more consistent energy and health… more calmness and mental clarity… more happiness and well-being. |
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Friday, Apr 13 – Sunday, Apr 15 A Women's Retreat: Deepening Your Heart and Soul Strengths A spiritual retreat that is refreshing beyond all other breaks. It’s a revitalizing feast of Divine Mother energy. |
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Sunday, Apr 15 – Sunday, Apr 22 Kriya Yoga Preparation Intensive A week of intensive meditation and exploration of Paramhansa Yogananda's techniques and teachings to prepare you for a life of deep Kriya practice.. |
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Friday, Apr 20 – Sunday, Apr 22 Life Transitions: What's My Next Step? Gain important tools and insights for understanding yourself more deeply, to better cooperate with the flow of your life. Learn how to move in a direction that is positive, growthful, and spiritually uplifting. |
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Friday, Apr 27 – Sunday, Apr 29 Free Yourself From Stress Retreat Practice the techniques of Paramhansa Yogananda to help you to relax physically and mentally. Learn how to develop mental strength through concentration and meditation, to help you maintain calmness throughout the day. |
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Friday, Apr 27 – Sunday, Apr 29 Living from the Inside Out Retreat Learn and experience powerful laws of Spirit for discovering your highest potential and positive approaches to life. |
May
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Ananda Holistic Health Retreat Immerse yourself in an environment that supports you in every way - diet, exercise, meditation, changing habits, living a balanced life. |
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Sunday, May 6 – Friday, May 11 Ananda Holistic Health Teacher Training Yoga Therapy Trainees participate as teaching/coaching assistants in this guest program. Therapist trainees receive mentoring by faculty in how to coach clients to help them make lifestyle changes. |
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Friday, May 11 – Sunday, May 13 Spiritualize Your Daily Life Retreat In two short days, you can literally turn your life around. You will leave feeling rejuvenated, with hope restored—from reconnecting with your own Higher Self. |
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Friday, May 11 – Sunday, May 13 Restorative Yoga to Relax and Rejuvenate Restorative yoga is currently the most popular style of yoga in the United States - with good reason. Restorative yoga is safe, nurturing, and systematic, and helps you relax and release deep tension with no effort. |
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Wednesday, May 16 – Sunday, May 20 Kriyaban Retreat with Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi For Kriyabans worldwide to come together to energize and inspire our practice of Yogananda's Kriya Yoga practice. |
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Wednesday, May 23 – Wednesday, Jun 13 Pilgrimage to Spain & Portugal: Sacred Sites in Southern Europe Experience the deep vibrations of early monasteries, ancient convents, museums, opulent palaces and antique castles; places of spiritual, historical, and artful inspiration. |
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Friday, May 25 – Sunday, May 27 Learn How to Meditate Retreat Meditation is our daily practice due to the tremendous benefits in enhancing mental clarity, inner peace, creativity, and overall physical health. Make it yours! |
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Friday, May 25 – Sunday, May 27 Explore and connect with the chakras in your energy body during this special yoga retreat. Experience their power for overcoming obstacles and bringing peace and fulfillment to your life. |
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Yoga Therapy Training: Seniors and Bone Strength Yoga teachers and yoga therapists can provide a much-needed service by learning to help older people and those with bone strength issues. |
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Restorative Yoga Teacher Training Restorative yoga is a popular way for beginning through advanced yoga students to experience true relaxation - often the most difficult skill to master. |
June
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Friday, Jun 1 – Sunday, Jun 3 Magnetism: The Power to Attract What You Need Learn to activate the powerful laws of magnetism that determine success or failure in all areas of life. Taught by Naidhruva Rush, author of Change Your Magnetism, Change Your Life. |
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Sunday, Jun 3 – Sunday, Jun 10 Pranayama is the key to a deep experience of yoga postures and meditation. Based on Paramhansa Yogananda's teachings. |
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Sunday, Jun 3 – Friday, Jun 8 A well designed getaway—with a blend of relaxation, inspiration, yoga postures, meditation instruction, and delicious vegetarian food—in a beautiful atmosphere. |
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Friday, Jun 8 – Sunday, Jun 10 Learn How to Meditate Retreat Meditation is our daily practice due to the tremendous benefits in enhancing mental clarity, inner peace, creativity, and overall physical health. Make it yours! |
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Friday, Jun 8 – Sunday, Jun 10 Learn techniques of yoga to improve your health in body, mind, and spirit. Discover the healing power of posture, movement, energy flows, breath, self-talk, and focus. |
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Sunday, Jun 10 – Saturday, Jun 16 The Essence of the Yoga Sutras According to Yogananda Patanjali, the great ancient exponent of yoga, described the stages of spiritual development for all seekers. These principles of yoga are based not on dogma, but on how we are made. |
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Wednesday, Jun 13 – Sunday, Jun 17 Preparing for a Lifetime of Kriya For disciples of Yogananda: a review and deepening of your practices of AUM technique, Hong-Sau in the spine, and other advanced practices to prepare you for Kriya Yoga initiation. |
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Friday, Jun 15 – Sunday, Jun 17 How to Be a Channel of Divine Grace & Healing How to feel the divine presence more deeply in your life, and to share that with others. Course based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. |
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Friday, Jun 15 – Sunday, Jun 17 Find focus through balance and the breath to connect mother and baby, and to prepare for a healthy, mindful, more natural approach to labor and birth. |
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Sunday, Jun 17 – Tuesday, Jun 19 Strengthen Your Kriya Yoga Practice Retreat For those who've had Kriya initiation—guided practices, personal help, and extra support for taking the technique deeper. |
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Ananda Meditation Teacher Training Meditation teachers are in demand— why not become one? Gain the skills and confidence to share your knowledge with people from all paths and backgrounds. With a highly trained and experienced teaching staff. |
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Friday, Jun 22 – Sunday, Jun 24 How to Know and Trust Your Inner Guidance Developing Intuition can be an amazing time-saving device! It is the fruit of practicing the skills: awareness, meditation, and a joyful inner balance. Led by guest teacher David Gamow, author of Freedom from Stress. |
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Friday, Jun 22 – Sunday, Jun 24 Deepen Your Meditation Retreat If your meditation practice needs recharging or restarting, this weekend retreat will re-inspire you. Deepening your experience of meditation will open doors to inner freedom. |
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Friday, Jun 29 – Sunday, Jul 1 A perfect getaway—with a blend of relaxation, inspiration, yoga postures, meditation instruction, and delicious vegetarian food—in a beautiful atmosphere. You'll be amazed how much you can experience in one weekend. |
July
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Ananda Yoga® Teacher Training A dynamic program built over 30yrs. Experience Ananda's unique, integrated approach to working directly with the body's subtle energies. It's a life-changing journey! |
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Sunday, Jul 8 – Saturday, Jul 21 This Level 2 program is for Yoga Teacher Training graduates. You will get personal coaching in adapting poses for individual needs, plus hands-on experience. |
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Teachers of other styles of yoga often want to transfer into Ananda’s Level 2 Yoga Teacher Training or Yoga Therapy Training after they’ve experienced the gentle power and depth of Ananda Yoga. |
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Friday, Jul 13 – Sunday, Jul 15 Discover Your Own Happiness Retreat Take a weekend for personal transformation. During this retreat, you will learn how to experience happiness within you, and learn to find it amidst the challenges of life. |
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Friday, Jul 20 – Sunday, Jul 22 The Chakras: Inner Guide to Self-Realization Use visualization, affirmation, color and sound, music, breathing, and hatha yoga to help you attune more deeply to these astral energies |
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Friday, Jul 20 – Sunday, Jul 22 Learn How to Meditate Retreat Meditation is our daily practice due to the tremendous benefits in enhancing mental clarity, inner peace, creativity, and overall physical health. Make it yours! |
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Wednesday, Jul 25 – Monday, Jul 30 Yoga Therapy Training: Psychology and Mental Health This course includes a combination of lecture, discussion, case studies in large and small groups, and practicum. |
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Friday, Jul 27 – Sunday, Jul 29 Spiritualize Your Daily Life Retreat In two short days, you can literally turn your life around. You will leave feeling rejuvenated, with hope restored—from reconnecting with your own Higher Self. |
August
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Sunday, Aug 5 – Sunday, Aug 12 Join the Ananda Community in our annual week of Spiritual Renewal, the highlight of Ananda's summer for over 40 years. |
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Tuesday, Aug 7 – Saturday, Aug 11 Preparing for a Lifetime of Kriya For disciples of Yogananda: a review and deepening of your practices of AUM technique, Hong-Sau in the spine, and other advanced practices to prepare you for Kriya Yoga initiation. |
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Friday, Aug 17 – Sunday, Aug 19 Healthy Mind- Healthy Body Joy and vitality are yours to call upon at will! Experience a profound healing of mind and body using simple tools to awaken receptivity to this subtle power. |
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Friday, Aug 17 – Sunday, Aug 19 A perfect getaway—with a blend of relaxation, inspiration, yoga postures, meditation instruction, and delicious vegetarian food—in a beautiful atmosphere. You'll be amazed how much you can experience in one weekend. |
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Tuesday, Aug 21 – Saturday, Aug 25 Yoga Therapy Training: Ayurveda Learn a powerful approach to guiding clients to optimal health. The principles of Ayurveda, India's ancient healing science, will help you tailor yoga techniques to each client's unique needs. |
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Friday, Aug 24 – Sunday, Aug 26 Learn How to Meditate Retreat Meditation is our daily practice due to the tremendous benefits in enhancing mental clarity, inner peace, creativity, and overall physical health. Make it yours! |
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Sunday, Aug 26 – Sunday, Sep 2 Yoga Therapy Training: Health Challenges I Yoga therapy for such common conditions as Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia, Women’s Health Issues, Hypertension, Stroke, and Cancer. |
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Friday, Aug 31 – Sunday, Sep 2 How to Rise Above Your Karma During this supportive and insightful retreat you will explore your own karmic patterns and lessons. You will also learn effective ways to free yourself from karma. |
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Friday, Aug 31 – Sunday, Sep 2 Explore and connect with the chakras in your energy body during this special yoga retreat. Experience their power for overcoming obstacles and bringing peace and fulfillment to your life. |
September
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Sunday, Sep 2 – Sunday, Sep 9 Ananda Meditation® Solutions Deepen your personal spiritual life and intensify your daily meditation practices. Learn ways to help your students deal with difficult issues in their lives (health, relationships or stress). |
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Friday, Sep 7 – Sunday, Sep 9 Living from the Inside Out Retreat Learn and experience powerful laws of Spirit for discovering your highest potential and positive approaches to life. |
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Ananda Spiritual Counseling® Training Learn how to develop your own intuitive abilities so that you can listen to others in the right way. What questions can you ask to help lead them to their own solutions? |
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Friday, Sep 14 – Sunday, Sep 16 Yoga Retreat for Back Care Learn simple, effective, research-based yoga modified to work for your body. |
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Friday, Sep 14 – Sunday, Sep 16 Life Transitions: What's My Next Step? Gain important tools and insights for understanding yourself more deeply, to better cooperate with the flow of your life. Learn how to move in a direction that is positive, growthful, and spiritually uplifting. |
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Sunday, Sep 23 – Friday, Sep 28 A well designed getaway—with a blend of relaxation, inspiration, yoga postures, meditation instruction, and delicious vegetarian food—in a beautiful atmosphere. |
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Yoga Therapy Training: Musculoskeletal 1 Explore problems of the back, knee, hip, shoulder in great depth and detail. You’ll learn to evaluate, communicate, and teach safely to help with pain relief and management—from the simplest situations to the more complex. |
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Friday, Sep 28 – Sunday, Sep 30 Experiments in Higher Consciousness Yogananda's proven techniques will help you reconnect with your center of calmness, refresh your mind, and uplift your consciousness. |
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Friday, Sep 28 – Sunday, Sep 30 Learn How to Meditate Retreat Meditation is our daily practice due to the tremendous benefits in enhancing mental clarity, inner peace, creativity, and overall physical health. Make it yours! |
October
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Friday, Oct 5 – Sunday, Oct 7 Learn How to Meditate Retreat Meditation is our daily practice due to the tremendous benefits in enhancing mental clarity, inner peace, creativity, and overall physical health. Make it yours! |
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Friday, Oct 5 – Sunday, Oct 7 Take this opportunity to learn how to become "the best yet" version of yourself. Discover how to bring out your inner creative potential and open the door to deeper fulfillment. |
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Friday, Oct 5 – Sunday, Oct 7 Yoga Therapy for Back and Joint Pain Yoga Therapist Nicole DeAvilla and experienced yoga teachers from the Ananda Yoga Therapist Training Program will evaluate and assist you in creating a personalized Yoga Therapy program to take home. |
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Sunday, Oct 7 – Sunday, Oct 14 Kriya Yoga Preparation Intensive A week of intensive meditation and exploration of Paramhansa Yogananda's techniques and teachings to prepare you for a life of deep Kriya practice.. |
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Tuesday, Oct 9 – Monday, Oct 22 Israel Pilgrimage Here is the trip of a lifetime—deeply inspiring and at a relaxed pace. These sacred sites are so alive with the presence of Jesus and his disciples that you will meditate on the experience for the rest of your life. |
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You Can Change Your Brain and Transform Your Life New information on the brain, shared by Dr. Peter Van Houten, helps us engage our brain’s infinite capacity for change. |
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Friday, Oct 19 – Sunday, Oct 21 Magnetism: The Power to Attract What You Need Learn to activate the powerful laws of magnetism that determine success or failure in all areas of life. Taught by Naidhruva Rush, author of Change Your Magnetism, Change Your Life. |
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Ananda Yoga® Teacher Training A dynamic program built over 30yrs. Experience Ananda's unique, integrated approach to working directly with the body's subtle energies. It's a life-changing journey! |
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Sunday, Oct 21 – Saturday, Nov 3 This Level 2 program is for Yoga Teacher Training graduates. You will get personal coaching in adapting poses for individual needs, plus hands-on experience. |
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Teachers of other styles of yoga often want to transfer into Ananda’s Level 2 Yoga Teacher Training or Yoga Therapy Training after they’ve experienced the gentle power and depth of Ananda Yoga. |
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Friday, Oct 26 – Sunday, Oct 28 A perfect getaway—with a blend of relaxation, inspiration, yoga postures, meditation instruction, and delicious vegetarian food—in a beautiful atmosphere. You'll be amazed how much you can experience in one weekend. |
November
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Friday, Nov 2 – Sunday, Nov 4 An experiential weekend that will bring the Divine more fully and completely into your life. Using practical tools to deepen your daily practices. Aum, Peace, Amen. |
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Friday, Nov 2 – Sunday, Nov 4 Learn How to Meditate Retreat Meditation is our daily practice due to the tremendous benefits in enhancing mental clarity, inner peace, creativity, and overall physical health. Make it yours! |
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Thursday, Nov 8 – Sunday, Nov 11 Pranayama Clinic for Kriyabans Is it time to take your Kriya Yoga practice to the next level? Then come do exactly that, as you explore a spectrum of classical pranayama techniques that will bring a greater sense of flow and dynamism to your practice of Kriya—and to your practice of Hong-Sau and AUM technique as well. |
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Friday, Nov 9 – Sunday, Nov 11 Achieving Inner Peace & Tranquility This course is filled with experiential exercises, discussion, and living examples. It also includes the Full Circle Emotional Awareness Exercises. |
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Friday, Nov 16 – Sunday, Nov 18 Discover Your Own Happiness Retreat Take a weekend for personal transformation. During this retreat, you will learn how to experience happiness within you, and learn to find it amidst the challenges of life. |
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Wednesday, Nov 21 – Sunday, Nov 25 Living with a Grateful Heart: A Thanksgiving Retreat A holiday weekend to leave you refreshed and uplifted, with practical tools to keep you feeling blessed throughout the year.
Open yourself to the flow of gratitude... |
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Sunday, Nov 25 – Friday, Nov 30 A well designed getaway—with a blend of relaxation, inspiration, yoga postures, meditation instruction, and delicious vegetarian food—in a beautiful atmosphere. |
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Wednesday, Nov 28 – Sunday, Dec 2 Preparing for a Lifetime of Kriya For disciples of Yogananda: a review and deepening of your practices of AUM technique, Hong-Sau in the spine, and other advanced practices to prepare you for Kriya Yoga initiation. |
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Ananda Yoga® for Bone Strength You can prevent or reverse bone-density loss. Therapeutic Ananda Yoga® provides safe techniques to strengthen your bones and muscles, the enjoyable yoga routine both physically beneficial and spiritually uplifting. |
December
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Sunday, Dec 2 – Tuesday, Dec 4 Strengthen Your Kriya Yoga Practice Retreat For those who've had Kriya initiation—guided practices, personal help, and extra support for taking the technique deeper. |
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Restorative Yoga Teacher Training Restorative yoga is a popular way for beginning through advanced yoga students to experience true relaxation - often the most difficult skill to master. |
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Friday, Dec 7 – Sunday, Dec 9 Life, Death, and Beyond Remove fear and sadness from your perspective of death, and gain tools for a more purposeful and fulfilling life. |
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Saturday, Dec 22 – Wednesday, Dec 26 A Christmas of Inner Awakening You will be surprised by the power of this retreat to uplift your Consciousness and restore your energy and inspiration for days and weeks to come. |
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Saturday, Dec 29 – Wednesday, Jan 2 New Year Renewal: Relax, Recharge, Refocus How to examine the lessons of 2017 and set goals for 2018!
Enjoy a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, and a powerfully uplifting New Year's Eve ceremony. |
Personal Retreat
Combine personal quiet time with choices of classes and activities. More...
Spiritual Growth
Discover a center of calmness within yourself and learn to apply that creatively to any aspect of your life.
Spiritual Travel
Trips led by Expanding Light staff include pilgrimages as well as travel and vacations with a spiritual component. More...
Karma Yoga
Spiritualize Your Life. Have the life-changing experience of living at a spiritual retreat center for 2 weeks to 3 months. More...
Karma Yoga Internships
Join us at Ananda Village for spiritual internships and programs for living a deeper spiritual daily life. More...
Ananda Meditation
Experience the divine within yourself in a calm and focused environment
Ananda Yoga®
A powerful spiritual practice, and not merely an exercise routine.
Holistic Health
Teacher Training at the Ananda School of Yoga & Meditation
- Ananda Yoga Teacher Training
- Ananda Yoga Therapy Training
- Ananda Meditation Teacher Training
- Spiritual Counseling Training
Online Learning
Exciting and informative courses available for you to take in the comfort of your own home. More...
Ananda's Karma Yoga Service Program
Serve, learn, grow, and deepen your inner life
Take your spiritual life to the next level with training in meditation and tools for spiritual living – with like-minded people.
Meet people from around the world with goals similar to your own, such as an interest in tools for a more meaningful and health-filled life. Daily class discussions combined with truly joyful daily service create a close community of friends. Your extended-stay program is located at Ananda Village, one of the most respected spiritual communities in the world, for almost 50 years.
Learn more about Ananda's Karma Yoga Ashram Program...
Karma Yoga
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- Daily Schedule
- Karma Yoga Internships at Ananda Village
- Testimonials
- Karma Yoga Photo Gallery
What aspect of the Karma Yoga Program has influenced your life most deeply? Find Out... |
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On-line Learning with the Expanding Light
We have many exciting and informative courses available for you to take in the comfort of your own home. We are partnering with Online with Ananda to be able to bring you a variety of programs and subscription options that are very affordable.
Learn more about On-line Learning with the Expanding Light...
AVAILABLE NOW IN YOUR HOME!
Online Learning
- Online Learning Overview
- Ananda Meditation Teacher Training Online
- Vegetarian Cooking Online for Health and Vitality
Nursing CE Contact Hours Eligible Courses
(Continuing Education Contact Hours)
Nurses can receive nursing continuing education credit by taking many of our courses.
Look for the 
logo on our Calendar page or on the individual course pages.
Learn more about Nursing CE Contact Hours and eligible courses...
Upcoming Special Events
2017 September
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Sunday, Sep 24 – Friday, Sep 29 Sharing Nature Training and Retreat Learn techniques to give children and adults a dynamic and inspiring experience of nature. |
November
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Wednesday, Nov 22 – Sunday, Nov 26 Living with a Grateful Heart: A Thanksgiving Retreat A holiday weekend to leave you refreshed and uplifted, with practical tools to keep you feeling blessed throughout the year.
Open yourself to the flow of gratitude... |
December
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Friday, Dec 22 – Tuesday, Dec 26 A Christmas of Inner Awakening You will be surprised by the power of this retreat to uplift your Consciousness and restore your energy and inspiration for days and weeks to come. |
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Friday, Dec 29 – Tuesday, Jan 2 New Year Renewal: Relax, Recharge, Refocus How to examine the lessons of 2017 and set goals for 2018!
Enjoy a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, and a powerfully uplifting New Year's Eve ceremony. |
2018 February
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Sunday, Feb 18 – Sunday, Feb 25 Inner Renewal Week This week can permanently transform and deepen your spiritual life. It is led by the spiritual directors of Ananda Worldwide and offered to serious spiritual seekers. |
May
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Wednesday, May 16 – Sunday, May 20 Kriyaban Retreat with Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi For Kriyabans worldwide to come together to energize and inspire our practice of Yogananda's Kriya Yoga practice. |
August
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Sunday, Aug 5 – Sunday, Aug 12 Join the Ananda Community in our annual week of Spiritual Renewal, the highlight of Ananda's summer for over 40 years. |
November
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Wednesday, Nov 21 – Sunday, Nov 25 Living with a Grateful Heart: A Thanksgiving Retreat A holiday weekend to leave you refreshed and uplifted, with practical tools to keep you feeling blessed throughout the year.
Open yourself to the flow of gratitude... |
December
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Saturday, Dec 22 – Wednesday, Dec 26 A Christmas of Inner Awakening You will be surprised by the power of this retreat to uplift your Consciousness and restore your energy and inspiration for days and weeks to come. |
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Saturday, Dec 29 – Wednesday, Jan 2 New Year Renewal: Relax, Recharge, Refocus How to examine the lessons of 2017 and set goals for 2018!
Enjoy a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, and a powerfully uplifting New Year's Eve ceremony. |
