Art of Living Classes at All Locations

There are no obstacles - only opportunities! Learn practical techniques for releasing energy blocks & establishing new habits of willingness and creativity. Discover how to live a healthy, dynamic life, bringing to you a sense of well-being and spiritual growth.

Learn how to:

• Identify what may be blocking energy flows and concentration
• Reprogram the subconscious while working more with the conscious and superconscious minds
• Raise your energy level and increase your will power
• Become more centered and attuned to higher levels of awareness

Each class will include:  a brief period of stretching, meditation, time for students to share their experiences, presentation of new material and individual and group exercises with discussion.

Required text:  Awaken to Superconsciousness by Swami Kriyananda

The teaching of reincarnation is the single-most important doctrine underlying the teachings of the east. It brings comfort, hope, and understanding to humankind. It has been validated by great saints and rishis down through the ages — including Jesus Christ! Karma and reincarnation are inextricably linked like two sides of a coin, and they offer to us a view of our soul’s journey through time and space that parallels that of modern science.

This workshop, based on the book by the same name by Paramhansa Yogananda, speaks from realized wisdom and experience, not mere philosophical speculation. Yogananda assures us of God’s love and goodness through all eternity.

We will cover such vital subjects as:

• Why do we see a world of suffering and inequality?
• How should we handle the challenges in our lives?
• What happens at death? After death? Is there a heaven? Hell?
• What is evil and who is responsible for it?

Tyagis Larry and Prem-Shanti Rider offer this fascinating and essential workshop to discuss the mysteries and promise of life and our soul’s great destiny.

This 4-week class is especially designed for yoga and meditation students who would like to learn more about the meaning and roots of the many Sanskrit terms used in the practice of yoga and meditation. We will look more deeply at the names of the chakras, the asanas, the 8-Fold Path, Vedanta and Shankhya philosophy. Yoga teacher Rashmi Dave, from India, will guide us in taking a deeper look at the root words and the many links between key Sanskrit words that are familiar to us. Rashmi will also provide an overview of the Sanskrit alphabet and pronunciation of basic seed sounds.

Learn the basics of how to play the harmonium. Bring your harmonium or learn on one of ours.

Join us for this fun and inspiring class!

Hinduism has no specific founder, set of beliefs, or required forms of worship. It is not even the indigenous term for the vastly complex spirituality of India. Sanaatan Dharma is the oldest continuously practiced form of religion and spirituality on planet earth. Making sense of its exuberant plethora of deities, gurus, sacred texts, rituals, and myths can be frustrating and confusing. Murali Venkatrao, who was born into the Brahmin caste and raised in India, is one of Ananda’s lead teachers and directs the Yoga Teacher Training course at the Ananda Institute of Living Yoga in Bothell. He brings to us the best of east and west through the insights and wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda. Murali follows the time-honored Indian tradition of teaching through the medium of stories. The stories are picked from Vedas and Puranas.

This popular 4-part class series covers topics such as:

• The deeper significance of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva
• Brahma’s secret
• What is an avatar?
• Symbolism of the Bhagavad Gita
• What is true tantra yoga?
• Hinduism: philosophy, religion, science, or revelation?
• Yuga cycle

Paramhansa Yogananda brought from India not only the ancient wisdom of the rishis but practical tools and insights for achieving material success on the journey to Self-realization. Unleash the divine power within you to accomplish all that you will to do in the service of high ideals and the divine will. Tyagis Larry and Prem-Shanti Rider will share their joy, servicefulness, and high energy in covering topics such as:

• How to find your purpose in life
• How to develop habits of success and eradicate habits of failure
• How to develop will power and magnetism
• How to find and thrive in the right job
• Importance of right attitude
• Importance of generosity and sharing
• Develop concentration

Perhaps you have wondered if there might be another way to live and to make decisions in your life which transcend the well-trodden path of habit or custom? How would you like to find solutions to personal issues that have the ring of fresh vitality? Or, to find another way to tackle an artistic challenge that will sing with clarity and harmony? These and many other questions of life cry out for intuitive and inspired solutions that will energize and transform a challenge into an opportunity. Learn to recognize and trust inner guidance so that life can be full of surprises and ready recognitions that gently but confidently point us to the right path path in all that we do. Ananda’s founder, Swami Kriyananda, has shown how to align creativity with inspiration and has been a wayshower for how intuition can bring greater happiness and freedom into our lives.

Nayaswamis Jamuna Snitkin and Susan McGinnis will share their experiences and inspirations walking the path of faith and intuition.

Topics covered include:

• Characteristics of true guidance
• Recognizing subconscious influences
• Using meditation to develop intuition
• Importance of faith and expectation
• Testing your guidance
• Avoiding presumption
• How to share your guidance with others

Paramhansa Yogananda brought the ancient technique of Kriya Yoga meditation to the West from India. His popular life story, “Autobiography of a Yogi” has inspired people all over the world to learn this powerful and life transforming technique. If you would like to know more about kriya yoga, Kriyacharyas Hriman and Padma McGilloway will give these free talks on the history of kriya yoga, its underlying psycho-physiological effects, and the opportunities for learning kriya and its related precepts and practices.

Ananda’s most popular and comprehensive course includes meditation, yoga, and the universal philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali’s 8-Fold Path (Ashtanga Yoga).

We use the modern, definitive text written by Swami Kriyananda: The Art and Science of Raja Yoga.
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Raja segment:
Although designed to be taken with the Hatha segment, may be taken separately for $240 plus text & materials

Hatha segment:
Although designed to be taken with the Raja segment, may be taken separately for $155 plus text & materials

Register for Raja or Hatha segment only

See our Raja Yoga page