Classes in Progress:
Kriya Yoga Preparation: Segment 1 - Path of Kriya Yoga
registerHriman McGilloway, Padma McGilloway
Lynnwood
$150.00 / series, plus texts
6:30 pm – 9:15 pm
In this 6-week course, graduates of the Raja segment of the Raja Yoga Intensive are invited to learn about Kriya Yoga both as a technique and as a way of life. This class can benefit anyone who would like to see how to make meditation a part of daily life. Topics include the history and description of Kriya Yoga, how to make Gyana yoga (study), Bhakti yoga (devotion), and Karma yoga (action) a new “lifestyle,” and what it means to be a disciple of a God-realized guru.
Students will learn the complete series of 39 Energization (Tension) Exercises created by Paramhansa Yogananda, and meditation techniques preparatory to kriya such as Navi Kriya and the bandhas and pranayams for the chakras.
- History of kriya yoga
- Kriya yoga as a meditation technique/pranayama
- How to establish and deepen your daily meditation practice
- How and why kriya yoga is called the “airplane route to God”
- Importance of the attitude of discipleship
- The need for a guru
- The importance of study, introspection, and fellowship with others
- The purifying effect of selfless service and generosity
- The lives of Paramhansa Yogananda and the Self-realization masters
- Does your guru have to be physically present?
Pre-registration required. Prerequisite: Raja Yoga
A 2-installment payment option is available.
Raja Segment Level 2
registerBothell
$75.00 / series
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
For graduates of the Raja Yoga Intensive, this long-awaited follow-up course will provide more time for discussing and practicing meditation and exploring deeper aspects of Vedanta teachings such as karma, death, astral life and rebirth, energy healing, cycles of consciousness and the current age, ego versus soul, and the higher stages of meditation.
Prerequisite: Raja Yoga Intensive-Level 1.
Text is same as Raja Yoga Intensive
Pre-pay online and receive a 10% discount.
Raja Segment Level 2
registerSeattle
$75.00 / series
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
For graduates of the Raja Yoga Intensive, this long-awaited follow-up course will provide more time for discussing and practicing meditation and exploring deeper aspects of Vedanta teachings such as karma, death, astral life and rebirth, energy healing, cycles of consciousness and the current age, ego versus soul, and the higher stages of meditation.
Prerequisite: Raja Yoga Intensive-Level 1.
Text is same as Raja Yoga Intensive
Pre-pay online and receive a 10% discount.
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
registerSeattle
$75.00 / series
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Ashtanga Yoga (8-Fold Path) is just one of the core wisdom-teachings that has its origins in the Yoga Sutras. In this 6-week course, we will explore Patanjali's deep insights into the practice of meditation, into the inner experience of consciousness seeking its Source, the signs of spiritual progress, and the state of soul-liberation as seen by one who has achieved that state. The yoga sutras are a clinical exploration into the human mind and into the consciousness that has manifested all matter and this vast universe. We will examine key sutras and seek to unlock their secrets. This course is based upon Paramhansa Yogananda's unpublished commentaries on the yoga sutras.
"Crown Chakra" painting by Dana Andersen, www.awakeningarts.com.
Recommended text: "Raja-Yoga," by Swami Vivekananda. Available through East West Bookshop.
Pre-pay online and receive a 10% discount.
Kriya Yoga Preparation Intensive: Segment 2
Lynnwood
Ananda Lightbearer-ministry staff
Cost is $200 plus texts.
Wednesdays, March-July, or July, September-November
Segment 2 of the Kriya Yoga training process is for those who have completed the raja segment of the Raja Yoga Intensive, AND, Segment 1 of the Kriya Yoga Preparation. Segment 2 begins with discipleship initiation to Paramhansa Yogananda and the Self-realization line of gurus.
After taking discipleship initiation, you will be taught two key techniques: the Aum Technique of meditation and the Maha Mudra spine-energizing posture-technique.
Then, for the rest of the sub-classes in this Segment you will have the opportunity to practice the four core techniques which are practiced as part of and learned before receiving kriya yoga. These four core techniques are the Energization Exercises, the Hong Sau meditation technique, the Aum meditation technique and the Maha Mudra spine-energizing mudra.
In addition to practicing these techniques each week you will study the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda using four essential textbooks as shown below.
| Class | Dates | Teacher |
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| Autobiography of a Yogi | Mar 7, 14, 22, 28, Apr 4 | Susan |
| Meditation practice sessions | Apr 11, May 23, Jun 20 | staff |
| The New Path | Apr 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16 | Nivritti |
| Essence of Self-Realization | May 30, June 6, 13 | Prem-Shanti |
| Conversations With Yogananda | June 27, July 11, 18, 25 | Jamuna |
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Fall Session/cycle dates |
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| Discipleship initiation | Sunday June 3 | Hriman/Padma |
| Aum / Maha Mudra class | June 6 and June 13 | Hriman/Padma |
| Conversations With Yogananda | June 27, July 11, 18, 25 | Jamuna |
| Essence of Self-Realization | Sep 5, 12, 19 | Prem-Shanti |
| The New Path | Sep 26, Oct 3, 10, 17 | Nivritti |
| Autobiography of a Yogi | Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14 | Susan |
The 4 sub-classes are offered in two overlapping cycles: March to July, and again July to November. Classes meet on Wednesdays, beginning with guided meditation (6:30-7:30 p.m.) and then study and discussion (7:30-9 p.m.) at Ananda Community in Lynnwood.
- Weekly practice of all 4 core kriya preparation techniques
- Autobiography of a Yogi: study one of the most famous and life changing works of modern times.
- The New Path: learn about life with a God-realized master in the 20th century
- Essence of Self-Realization: what are the core precepts of Saanatan Dharma: reincarnation, karma, meditation, guru, disciple and much more
- Conversations with Yogananda:meet the real Yogananda through fascinated, humorous, and profound conversations Yogananda had with Swami Kriyananda
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