Ananda Sangha Chennai

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 (Asia/Kolkata) | 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
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.)

The Art of Supportive Leadership
2016-06-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Tamil Nadu
Class Dates: Wednesdays, 15 & 29 June, 6 & 13 July
Be a Leading Influence for Good
Whether or not you hold an outward position of leadership, this course can help you improve your leadership skills and teach you how to be a leading influence for good, whatever your role in life. Learn how you can bring out the best in your employees, co-workers, students, or anyone else in your life! This course offers the practical guidelines and steps for building effective and supportive leadership skills that can be applied to all aspects of your life.
Learn how to:
-understand and embrace the keys to effective leadership
-find creative solutions to difficult problems
-develop a leader’s intuition for knowing what to do and when to do it
-assess the level of awareness of those who work with and for you
-motivate and guide others appropriately to their own next step of development
-see how putting people first, actually brings more success to any project you undertake
-achieve lasting results

Raja Yoga: Level 2
2016-06-12 19:30 - 22:30, 2016-06-05 19:30 - 22:30 | Tamil Nadu
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 12-session course is based on Swami Kriyananda’s book of the same name. (This course is required for kriya initiation.) Prerequisite: Level 1

Morning Group Sadhana
2016-06-07 06:30 - 08:30, 2016-06-01 06:30 - 08:30 | Tamil Nadu
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 Kriyanandaji’s “Living Wisely, Living Well”.

Led by Nayaswamis Dharmarajan & Dharmini

Centre Closed
2016-06-06 | Tamil Nadu
The Ananda Chennai Centre is closed each Monday.

Sunday Satsang
2016-06-05 10:00 - 11:30 | Tamil Nadu
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
2016-06-05 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.

Kriyaban Retreat
2016-06-04 19:30 - 23:30 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
We’ll have a long sadhana followed by inspiration, spiritual questions and answers, & discussion on how to take our kriya practice deeper. (For those who have already had Kriya Initiation) (click for more info)

Morning Group Sadhana
2016-06-04 06:30 - 08:30, 2016-06-03 06:30 - 08:30 | Tamil Nadu
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

3-Hour Meditation
2016-06-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Tamil Nadu
Attune your midweek inspiration! Dive deeply with us into meditation. Please feel free to arrive and depart whenever you like.

Wed Class Series: Land of Golden Sunshine
2016-06-01 19:00 - 20:30 | Ananda Sangha Chennai (Old Centre), India
A Swamiji classic! Join us for this 2-part class as we read this inspiring poem by Swami Kriyanandaji. We will also listen to him read it!
