Welcome
Meditation, Yoga, Bringing Spirit to Life
The Ananda Meditation Temple is a sanctuary of inner peace, where “yoga” comes “to life!”
Here you will find
- Meditation: Learn it, teach it.
- Yoga: Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga and Kriya Yoga. Find the inner dimension of yoga.
- Spiritual Living Classes, Retreats and Seminars, including Sunday Service
If you are one who steps apart from the crowd, who cherishes truth and high ideals and quiet time for the more important things of life, we think you’ll feel right at home here, at Ananda. Families, couples, singles–all are welcome!
Come and find like-minded people. Most of all come and find inner joy!
Experience a 10 minute guided meditation
Click here for information on Ananda Meditation classes.
Upcoming Highlights
Ananda Auction 2014
Saturday May 31, 2014 5 pm-8pm in Bothell
Mark your calendar now so you don’t miss the fun at this year’s annual auction! Enjoy great food, bid on wonderful and unique auction items, and celebrate our Wonderful World. Click here to see the online auction catalog. Admission is free! But please let us know you’re coming so we can have your bidder packet ready!
Pilgrimage to Assisi, Italy
October 4-18, 2014
Join devotees from the greater Seattle Sangha in October 2014 on a pilgrimage to Italy to visit holy sites blessed by its great saints, and enjoy some of the greatest art and architecture ever created. The pilgrimage will visit Rome, Florence, La Verna and Assisi – renowned as the birthplace of St. Francis, whom Paramhansa Yogananda called “his patron saint.” While in Assisi, pilgrims will be hosted by the Ananda Assisi international community, and we will meditate together daily in the beautiful “Temple of Light.” The temple here in Ananda Washington was modeled after that beautiful temple! We will also enjoy guided tours of the great art and architecture in Rome and Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance.
Find out details and register early…
Classes & Events Coming Soon
Superconscious Living & Meditation as a Way of Life!
4 Tuesdays, June 3, 10, 17 & 24, 7:30 to 9 pm at East West Bookshop, Seattle
Learn the secrets of meditative concentration and introspection inspired by the precepts and practices of the 8-Fold Path as taught by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras. We will practice techniques such as chanting, visualization, mantra, and breath control as steps toward higher, superconscious awareness
Science of Meditation and Yoga
4 Thursdays June 5, 12, 19 & 26, 7 -8:45 pm in Bothell
Explore the science behind yoga and meditation. Find out why meditation brings so many health benefits. What does science have to say about the remarkable efficacy of Yoga to reduce stress? Does standing on your head really improve digestion (and why)? What is the secret sauce which turns these simple stretches into holistic system of health management? Presented by Murali Venaktrao, Director of Yoga Teacher Training, Ananda Institute of Living Yoga.
Register and read more…
To Love God is to Love All
Saturday June 14, 11 am – 1 pm in Bothell.
Swami Kriyananda once put it: “I love others because I am happier loving than not loving.” How is it possible to love all? Come explore this topic, so essential to our happiness. Presented by Jamuna Snitkin. She brings to this class a lifetime of discipleship, loving and sharing.
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Ananda Community Open House and Solstice Celebration
Saturday June 21, 3-6 pm in Lynnwood.
Intentional Communities : Sustaining and Celebrating Life! The first Ananda Community was founded in 1968 in northern California. There are now ten such communities worldwide including Ananda Community in Lynnwood which began in 1992, over twenty years ago! Once again Ananda hosts an annual Open House and Solstice Celebration. Come and join us for tours of gardens and homes, music, activities and sharing.
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“… without your assistance, the work cannot go on… All of you who wish to offer much-needed help, now or in the future, I bless.” – Paramhansa Yogananda
Watch Swami Kriyananda on internet TV everyday, Monday through Friday, 8:32 a.m. to 9 a.m.Click here.
