Energize Your Life with Friendship & Inspiration. Experience the unique energy of Ananda, blending spirit and friendship in joyful ways. 

Welcome friends, old and new! This special retreat will be interactive with Ananda Village members, giving guests and community residents alike an opportunity to spend time with each other.

Tour the behind-the-scenes life of spiritual community. Meet longtime residents, hear stories of how they came to live here and what it’s like to live in a spiritual community. Learn about divine friendship and how to open your heart with dynamic energy and magnetism.

Friendship and joy are the hallmarks of Ananda. Experience it in action during this weekend in honor of spiritual friendship. 

When perfect friendship exists either between two hearts or within a group of hearts in a Spiritual Organization, such friendship perfects each individual.
—Paramhansa Yogananda

Enjoy a very rich weekend in community and spiritual satsang.

You’ll Experience:

• An enriching class on divine friendship with Ananda Spiritual Directors Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi and a panel of Ananda members
• An experiential tour around ‘downtown’ Ananda Village, meeting long-time members, hearing stories of how they came to live here and what it’s like to live in a spiritual community.
• Time to meditate in one or more of the sacred shrines around the Village
• A special evening concert in honor of Swami Kriyananda
• A gift to you of the book “In Divine Friendship, Letters of Counsel and Reflection” by Swami Kriyananda
• Sunday Service in the Temple of Light
• And of course, a lovely stay at The Expanding Light Retreat

We look forward to spending this special weekend with you!