The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then, you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn’t belong to the soul.Paramhansa Yogananda
Whether you are looking for a way to improve your health, reduce stress and anxiety, find inner peace, increase your concentration, find more meaning in life or connect with the Divine, meditation will give you all of that and more!

The Benefits of Meditation

Body

  • Higher level of energy
  • Lowers blood pressure
  • Enhanced immunity
  • Reduces heart risk
  • Helps in chronic ciseases

Mind

  • Improves attention
  • Positive attitude
  • Cultivates willpower
  • Improves concentration and memory
  • Reduces anxiety

Soul

  • Leads to deep states of inner peace
  • Greater intuition
  • Attain higher states of awareness
  • Increases compassion
  • Brings harmony in creation

A Simple Meditation Technique

What is Kriya Yoga?

Kriya Yoga is a meditation technique that quickly accelerates one’s spiritual growth. It was first made widely known by Paramhansa Yoganandaji in his Autobiography of a Yogi.

Kriya is taught at Ananda Sangha just as Yoganandaji taught it — as a comprehensive spiritual path. Its effectiveness has been demonstrated by thousands of dedicated Ananda Kriya Yogis, from all walks of life, religions, nationalities, and backgrounds.

According to Yoganandaji, Kriya is the most effective practice available to mankind for reaching the goal of Yoga: union with the Divine. Kriya is also very practical in its effectiveness. Kriya Yogis find that it enhances their ability to concentrate, to become more effective in business and in family life, and to become better people in every way.

The final step of initiation into the technique of Kriya Yoga can take six months to one year. That time is spent learning all of the practices that are part of Yoganandaji’s Kriya approach, along with establishing a daily meditation routine.

The Four Steps of the Path of Kriya Yoga Course

This step is a class series that works with increasing the flow of energy in the spine, in preparation for Kriya initiation. After adequate study, preparation, and practice, the student is initiated into the path of Kriya Yoga. More classes and retreats are offered from time to time on meditation.

Step One: Learn to Meditate

Learn techniques in the path of Kriya Yoga including:

  • Yoganandaji’s Hong-Sau technique of concentration, which he called the “baby Kriya”
  • Yoganandaji’s Energization Exercises, a unique system of exercises for controlling and increasing your energy level and overcoming fatigue
  • Developing a daily, consistent habit of meditation

Step Two: Deepen Your Meditation with the Art & Science of Raja Yoga

The Art and Science of Raja Yoga contains fourteen lessons in which the original yoga science emerges in all of its glory — as a proven system for realizing one’s spiritual destiny. This book gives a profound and intimate understanding of how to apply these age-old teachings, on a practical, as well as spiritual, day-to-day level in this modern age.

Step Three: Discipleship

This step is a class series with an emphasis on the Guru-Disciple relationship and its importance on the path. The following subjects are covered in-depth:

  • Does one need a living guru?
  • The role of divine grace in spiritual progress
  • How to follow a guru
  • Becoming a disciple of Paramhansa Yoganandaji and the Ananda Sangha line of Gurus

    • This step involves, if desired, initiation into the path as a disciple. Also shared as part of the initiation is a technique for communing with the Aum vibration.

Step Four: Kriya Yoga Preparation

This step is a class series that works with increasing the flow of energy in the spine, in preparation for Kriya initiation. After adequate study, preparation, and practice, the student is initiated into the path of Kriya Yoga. More classes and retreats are offered from time to time on meditation.
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