Ananda Sangha Chennai

Centre Closed
2016-09-06 - 2016-09-07, 2016-08-30 - 2016-09-02 | Tamil Nadu

Centre Closed
2016-09-05 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
The Ananda Chennai Centre is closed each Monday.

Raja Yoga: Level 2
2016-09-04 14:00 - 17:00, 2016-06-26 14:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
Level 2 of our Path of Kriya core series: Gain a profound understanding of how to apply the original yoga teachings in all aspects of your life. Learn Yogananda’s approach to Patanjali’s Eightfold Path, Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Self-Healing, Meditation, and more. This course is based on Swami Kriyananda’s book of the same name.
(This course is required for Kriya initiation.) Prerequisite: Level 1

Sunday Satsang
2016-09-04 10:00 - 11:30 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
Join us each Sunday for a spiritual celebration every week. Satsang includes chanting, meditation, readings from the writings of Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda including the Bhagavad Gita, and an inspirational talk drawn from the teaching of Paramhansa Yogananda. You can also join us before satsangs for a fire ceremony and meditation, 9:00 am-9:45 am.

Fire Ceremony & Meditation
2016-09-04 09:00 - 09:45 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
Each week before satsang, we begin a meditation with a fire ceremony, chanting the Gayatri and Mahamritanjaya mantras. We then chant and meditate for the remainder of the time ending with a reading from Living Wisely, Living Well, by Swami Kriyananda and healing prayers.

Preparation for Kriya Initiation
2016-09-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
The Path of Kriya Yoga, Level 4, Part 2
The basis of the practice of Kriya Yoga and specific techniques to prepare for Kriya initiation. Classes include the history of Kriya, the astral spine, and how to bring the benefits of Kriya into daily life. Prerequisite: Level 3.

Discipleship & Aum: Level 3 Part 1
2016-08-28 17:30 - 19:30 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
The guru-discipleship relationship and the Ananda line of gurus; the opportunity to take discipleship initiation into this path; and the AUM technique, an advanced meditation technique to help prepare you for Kriya initiation. (This course is required for kriya initiation.)

Krishna Jayanthi Celebration
2016-08-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
Join us as we celebrate Krishna Jayanthi. We’ll decorate the altar with Krishna murthis and images as well as chant, meditate, share stories of Krishna, and read from the Bhagavad Gita. We’ll also dedicate our evening to Babaji who was Krishna in a past incarnation (Yoganandaji was his disciple as Arjuna). We’ll end the evening with prasad. Bring your Krishna murthis and images to put on the altar! All are welcome.

Learn to Meditate & Energise
2016-08-21 14:00 - 18:00 | Tamil Nadu
The Path of Kriya Yoga-Level 1: A one day class (choose Sat OR Sun) that will change your life! This course is based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi. 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. Learn the hong-sau meditation technique as taught by Yoganandaji, and discover his Energization Exercises. (This course is required for Kriya initiation.)

Preparation for Kriya Initiation
2016-08-20 18:30 - 20:30, 2016-07-30 08:00 - 17:59 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
The Path of Kriya Yoga, Level 4, Part 1
The basis of the practice of Kriya Yoga and specific techniques to prepare for Kriya initiation. Classes include the history of Kriya, the astral spine, and how to bring the benefits of Kriya into daily life. Prerequisite: Level 3.

Learn to Meditate & Energise
2016-08-20 14:00 - 18:00 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
The Path of Kriya Yoga-Level 1: A one day class (choose Sat OR Sun) that will change your life! 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. Learn the hong-sau meditation technique as taught by Yoganandaji, and discover his Energization Exercises. (This course is required for Kriya initiation.)

Centre Closed
2016-08-16 - 2016-08-17, 2016-08-09 - 2016-08-10 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India

FREE LECTURE: How to Achieve Glowing Health and Vitality
2016-08-14 12:00 - 14:00 | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (2nd Floor), 20 East Mada Street, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600004, India
Would you like more energy and joy in life? This program offers practical, wide-ranging, and fascinating suggestions on how to live a radiantly healthy life, based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda.
During this discourse you will learn:

Principles and exercises for rejuvenating the body and mind
The art of deeper, conscious relaxation
How to increase your magnetism–physically, mentally, spiritually

PRESENTER: Nayaswami Dhyana is co-spiritual director of Ananda Sangha India. She started to study the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda in 1978 and met his close, direct disciple, Swami Kriyananda, in 1980. She has shared the teachings of Yogananda in the US, Europe, Africa, Australia and India and helped in the founding of several of Ananda communities and centers. She is a Kriyacharya (authorised by Swami Kriyananda) and gives initiation into this sacred meditation technique. She teaches locally in Gurgaon and travels around India offering training in meditation and Raja Yoga.
For more information, please call: 8807350623 / 8807350693 / 9003055078

Disciple & Kriyaban Retreat w/ Nayaswami Dhyana
2016-08-13 14:00 - 18:00 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India

Morning Group Sadhana
2016-07-28 06:30 - 08:30, 2016-07-21 06:30 - 20:30 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
Start your day in a supportive, centering, peaceful environment as you practice your meditation.
Feel uplifted meditating with fellow devotees
You can enter and exit anytime you like!
We start with energization exercises beginning 15 minutes before meditation starts followed by a reading, a prayer and chant. We end with healing prayers and a reading from Swami Kriyanadaji’s “Living Wisely, Living Well”.

Led by Nayaswamis Dharmarajan & Dharmini

Babaji Day 3-Hour Meditation
2016-07-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
Join us as we honour Babaji, the guru of Kriya Yoga during this meditation

Babaji 6-Hour Meditation
2016-07-23 12:00 - 18:00 | Tamil Nadu
Join us for a 6-hour meditation in honour of Babaji. You may enter or exit at the scheduled breaks. We will immerse ourselves in the vibrations of Babaji and our gurus. We will meditate throughout the day and focus on attunement to the guru by soaking in as much light, love, and peace from him.

Guru Purnima 3-Hour Meditation
2016-07-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
Join us for this special meditation and bask in the glow of the Guru’s blessings on this sacred day of Gurupurnima. Please feel free to arrive and depart whenever you like.

Centre Closed (for Kriyaban Retreat in Pune)
2016-07-08 - 2016-07-10 | Tamil Nadu
The Chennai centre will be closed from 8-10 July. We will be at Ananda Pune for the All-India Kriyaban Retreat.

Discipleship & Aum: Level 3 Part 1
2016-07-03 17:30 - 19:30 | Tamil Nadu

Music & Healing Retreat
2016-07-02 14:00 - 18:00 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
Paramhansa Yoganandaji taught “Chanting is half the battle”. Come find out why he said this! Chanting is a wonderful way to prepare ourselves for meditation. The deeper one chants, the deeper we can forget the world, our body, our problems and go dive into meditation. Learn the techniques Yoganandaji and Swami Kriyanandaji taught to go deeper while chanting. Also, we will have a healing session utilizing Yogananda’s healing techniques to help ourselves and others. We will begin the retreat with asanas and energization exercises and then go deeper and deeper with chanting until we find ourselves superconscious in meditation with a very calm mind, body and soul. Then we will have an extended healing session. All are welcome!

3-Hour Meditation in Honor of Swami Sri Yukteswar's Resurrection
2016-06-23 18:00 - 21:00 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
Yoganandaji wrote in Autobiography of a Yogi: “Sitting on my bed in the Bombay hotel at three o’clock in the afternoon of June 19, 1936 – one week after the vision of Krishna – I was roused from my meditation by a beatific light. Before my open and astonished eyes, the whole room was transformed into a strange world, the sunlight transmuted into supernal splendor. Waves of rapture engulfed me as I beheld the flesh and blood form of Sri Yukteswar!” Join us as we celebrate his life. Together we will meditate and tune in to the great presence of Swami Sri Yukteswar. (Swami Sri Yukteswar’s actual resurrection anniversary is on the 19th of June)

International Day of Yoga!
2016-06-21 | Tamil Nadu
Happy International Day of Yoga! In honour of this day we are offering a FREE yoga asana class on Sunday 19 June from 1:00-1:45pm. Join us for Satsang before this if you can!

Free Asana Class
2016-06-19 18:30 - 19:15 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
In honour of Internation Yoga Day (on June 21st) we’re offering this free class to everyone. Come earlier to visit us for satsang or stay after and take The Path of Kriya Yoga Level 1: Learn to Meditate and Energise course.

Learn to Meditate & Energise
2016-06-18 19:30 - 23:30 | Tamil Nadu
