| Swami Kriyananda Last Minute Changes If there are any last minute changes to any scheduled classes, events, or ongoing meditations, we will list them here. For further info call 781-640-1132 or email. Sun morning meditations-- on hold for summer We'll start up again on Sun, 9/13/09 (the Sun after Labor Day Weekend). But other activities continue, as described below. UpcomingRetreats/Classes Listed In chronological order For further info: email or call 781-640-1132 6/7/09 Open Mike in Marblehead, MA (aka King Hooper Cafe Concerts) Sun, 6/8/09, 5:30-6pm sign-up, 6pm-9:30pm King Hooper Mansion, 8 Hooper Street, Marblehead, MA Click here for directions Click here for more info $4 cover charge This is a great local event that attracts musicians, poets, and all sorts of creative types to perform a poem or song, with featured performer(s) around 7:30pm. Pay your nominal $4, arrive at 5:30pm to sign up to participate, or 6pm to enjoy some of the best local talent in New England. Highly recommended. Oh! It's here because Tracy will be sharing a chant on the harmonium, usually at the beginning or first part of the night, and would love to have you join in! 6/13/09, Kriya Meditation in RI Sat, 6/13/09, 10-2pm Call Ram at 401-208-5858 or email Jiavanna Ram Smith will lead this Kriya Yoga review for Ananda kriyabans (or others with permission), including Energization Exercises and a guided Kriya meditation. Call or email with questions or to let them know you are attending! 6/17/09, Meditation in One Evening Wed 6/17/09, 7-8:30pm Mon, 7/13/09, 7-8:30pm Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA, Marblehead, MA $22 YMCA Members, $33 Community Register online or call 781-631-9622
This class will give you the opportunity to experience a guided meditation in an evening setting, where we can let go of everything from the day and tune into than unlimited source of inner peace within! Includes instruction and experience in the preparation and meditation techniques of Yogananda. Great for beginners, as well as those with experience. Meets in 2nd floor multipurpose room. 6/09-11/09, Swami Visits CA 6/09-11/09 Swami Kriyananda will be at Ananda in Nevada City, CA (click here for the latest updates on his schedule). Public events include: 7/3 - 7/5/09 40th Anniversary Celebration of "World Brotherhood Communities" movement (Ananda was founded in 1969), Expanding Light Retreat Center, Nevada City, CA 8/9 - 8/16/09 Spiritual Renewal Week, Expanding Light Retreat Center, Nevada City, CA 6/28-7/12/09 Youth Retreat "Living in Spirit" in CA Program for Youths ages 18-30 Ananda Village in Nevada City, CA $500 for entire 2 week program 10/09, Kriya Yoga Retreat in VA Fri-Sun 10/2-10/4/09 Middleburg, VA $250 ($100 deposit due upon registering) For reservations or info, email Larry. The Kriya Yoga retreat with the Dave Warner at Meadowkirk Retreat Center www.campglenkirk.org is for those wanting to learn more about the meditation techniques of Kriya Yoga as taught by Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi, including the instruction, practice, and discussion of Energization Exercises, Hong-Sau technique, the practice of devotion and opening the heart, as well as those wanting to deepen their meditation, and more experienced meditators who have prepared for Kriya initiation. There will be a Kriya Yoga Initiation on Saturday evening for those who have taken the initiation previously and those newly approved for Kriya through Ananda. For more information on eligibility, contact Prem-Shanti Rider or contact Dave Warner at the Kriya Ministry at Ananda Village. 11/6/09-11/8/09, Class & Sun Service in York ME Fri-Sun, 11/6/09-11/8/09, Class & Sun Service Class on Superconsiousness and Sunday Service at the Ananda Maine-New Hamphire Center in York, ME with Pranaba Hansen. As the date approaches, more info will be available on its website. 11/9/09-11/10/09, Class & Kirtan in Marblehead MA Mon, 11/9/09 Class Tue, 11/10/09 Kirtan/Potluck Monday eve class at the Lynch van Otterloo YMCA in Marblehead, MA. Tues eve Kirtan and Potluck with Pranaba Hansen. More info will be available here soon! 11/12/09-11/15/09 Events in RI Thurs-Sun, 11/12/09-11/15/09 Events in RI Classes/Events in Rhode Island with Pranaba Hansen. As the date approaches, more info will be available on its website. 4/2010 Kriya Yoga Retreat in MA Fri-Sun 4/30-5/2/2010 North Andover, MA approx. $250 ($100 deposit due upon registering) (Single room for additional $70) Additional registration after 4/20: $25 NOTE: All prices are subject to change until we have confirmation of the retreat center's rates for 2010 (we should have this within the month of May 2009) For registration or info, feel free to email us. Kriya Yoga Weekend Retreat with Dave Warner, and (we hope!) Prem-Shanti & Larry Rider at the Rolling Ridge Retreat. The Kriya Yoga retreat is for those wanting to learn more about the meditation techniques of Kriya Yoga as taught by Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi, including the instruction, practice, and discussion of Energization Exercises, Hong-Sau technique, the practice of devotion and opening the heart, as well as those wanting to deepen their meditation, and more experienced meditators who have prepared for Kriya initiation. Start preparing now! There will be a Kriya Yoga Initiation on Saturday evening for those who have taken the initiation previously and those newly approved for Kriya through Ananda. For more information on eligibility, contact Dave Warner at the Kriya Ministry at Ananda Village. The cost of the program includes lodging, vegetarian meals, and all programs. There is a half-price option to arrive Sat at 5pm, attend the kriya initiation, stay Sat night, and attend Sun morning programs for approx. $150. There will be an alternate program for those not participating in the kriya initiation. Ongoing Events For further info: email or call 781-640-1132 Group Meditation* On hold for the summer. Starts back up 9/13/09. Sun 10-11:30am (last Sun of month: 9:30-12:30pm) 201 Humphrey St, Marblehead MA (See photo: it's the studio below the large house on the hill) Meditating in a group is an uplifting experience and a great way to deepen and inspire meditations on your own. Join us for an opening prayer, some chanting, the affirmation for the week (from Affirmation for Self-Healing, by Swami Kriyananda), then a podcast talk from the Ananda Sunday Service (from Ananda Village/Expanding Light Retreat in Nevada City, CA) that includes a reading from the Bible and Bhagavad-Gita, then about a 20 minute meditation. If you are new to meditation, we'll guide your meditation to get you started. *We typically break for the summer months of July & Aug. During winter, we may cancel during snowstorms. Check the here or at the top of this column for the lastest info. Long Meditation On hold for the summer. Next one is 9/27/09. Last Sun of the month 9:30am-12:30pm 201 Humphrey St, Marblehead MA (See photo: it's the studio below the large house on the hill) Please feel free to join us for all or part of the time, as we won't be meditating straight through! We'll start with guided Energization Exercises, then Maha Mudra/yoga postures, an opening prayer, some chanting, the affirmation for the week (from Affirmation for Self-Healing, by Swami Kriyananda), then the podcast talk from the Ananda Sunday Service (from Ananda Village/Expanding Light Retreat in Nevada City, CA) that includes a reading from the Bible and Bhagavad-Gita, then a 30 minute meditation. After that we'll alternate with a couple chanting breaks and periods of meditation for about 20-30 minutes each.
Don't worry if you've never meditated that long, as the group energy, all the preparations, and our open hearts will keep us "awake and ready" for the deepest meditations you may ever experience. Potluck/Yoga Discussion Let us know if you are interested by email or 781-640-1132 Selected Sundays (once a month) 11:45-2pm 27 Ware Lane Marblehead, MA We discuss "Success and Happiness Through Yoga Principles" over a potluck lunch, following the Sun meditation.
We supply the discussion points to spark discussion, you supply a small offering of food! This is a great opportunity to meet others and share our enthusiasm for applying yogic principles to daily life, which all its twists and turns and many challenges. Come and share your experiences, insights, and experience the power of satsanga (fellowship with truth-seekers)!
We thank Luba and Dmitry Grenader, as well as Isaac & David, for hosting this event at their house, just a few blocks from our meditation location. Their house is at 27 Ware Lane, Marblehead, which is found by taking Rose St off of Humphrey, then continuing straight onto the gravel road, which is Ware Lane, and they are the 2nd house on the right. Meditative Hatha Yoga Free to YMCA Members; $10 (full day pass) for others Tue 8:15-930am Tue 6:15pm-7:30pm Wed 11:30-12:15 Thu 8:30-9:30am--at Beach Bluff Park (6/24-9/7) Thu 6:15pm-7:30pm Fri 11-12:15pm--at Salem Y Most classes are at the Lynch/von Otterloo YMCA, 40 Leggs Hill, Marblehead, MA, except: Thu 8:30am is at the Beach Bluff park at Preston Beach, on Atlantic Street between Beach Bluff in Swampscott and Seaview in Marblehead. No charge for this class! All welcome! Fri is at the Salem YMCA, One Sewall St, Salem MA) Join us to experience a gentle, meditative style of hatha yoga for both beginners and the more experienced. Ananda Yoga® certified instructor, Tracy Anderson, will lead you through Yogananda's Energization Exercises, inspirational affirmations for the postures developed by Swami Kriyananda, as well as meditation techniques of Yogananda, all designed to help you increase your awareness, withdraw your energy inward and lift the consciousness, and feel a sense of soul expansion. 
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Ananda Boston Yoga and Meditation on Boston's North Shore Ananda Boston offers group meditations, meditation classes, meditative hatha yoga classes, chanting/kirtans, periodic retreats, and other special classes and events in the Massachusetts towns of Marblehead, Salem, Peabody/Lynnfield, and draws folks from surrounding towns near and far. Check out our upcoming and ongoing events to the left. What is Ananda? It's a global movement based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and founded in 1968 by Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters), a direct disciple of Yogananda and widely recognized as one of the leading spiritual teachers in the world today. Ananda offers support in your quest for spiritual growth, as well as instruction in ancient and effective techniques that allow you to experience joy, love, and inner peace in your life. Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi, was the first great Indian master of Yoga to live in the West. One of his first homes was in Boston in 1920. Yogananda's teachings embrace the truths that underlie all the great religions. People from all faiths and backgrounds are welcomed at Ananda. We invite you to join us at our yoga retreats, meditation groups, and events to experience the joy of your own being. Ananda's Logo The Ananda joy logo above represents the soul's aspiration upward toward God, and outward to embrace all beings in its quest for enlightenment. The downward curve shows the corresponding descent of divine grace.
Ananda Boston North Shore Leadership We express our gratitude to Kaye Gordon, our founding center leader, who for over 20 years was instrumental in starting and sustaining our North Shore meditation group! She has moved to Florida, but will always be an significant and honorary member of the group! Tracy Anderson currently leads the center's activities, and can be reached at 781-640-1132 or by email. She originally found Ananda in Sacramento, CA in 1990 and began taking hatha yoga and meditation classes. Soon after moving from Sacramento to Santa Barbara, CA, she thought she'd just find another similar yoga class, but soon discovered how unique Ananda Yoga was. She began to study the "14 Steps Course" (now in book form and currently titled Raja Yoga, by Swami Kriyananda) to become certified to share Ananda Yoga's inspirational affirmations for yoga postures developed by Swami Kriyananda, Yogananda's Energization Exercises, and its thorough foundation in the Kriya Yoga meditation techniques of Yogananda. Tracy is nationally Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance. Since 1993, she is certified in Ananda Yoga & Meditation, as well as Ananda Restorative Yoga, with over 500 hours of training from Ananda in Nevada City, CA, including receiving Kriya Yoga in 1996. Since 2000, she is also nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, and a Licensed Massage Therapist by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with over 1200 hours of training in neuromuscular, orthopedic, myofascial, active-isolated stretching, Thai-Yoga massage, and other modalities. She is also a musician: singing, playing the flute, and sharing chanting with the harmonium for meditations, the local Open Mike in Marblehead, weddings, with the Ananda East Singers, and at other events. Her private practice in Marblehead focuses on therapeutic massage therapy, private meditation and yoga coaching, and classes/workshops at North Shore YMCA's, the Marblehead Charter School (4th-8th grade), the Jewish Rehabilation Center for the Living in Swampscott, and other locations. She has led Ananda meditation groups and assisted with events, classes, and retreats in CA, FL, MA and RI, and looks forward to sharing these timeless yoga and meditation techniques and ever-new joy with you! Nearby Ananda Centers/Retreats in New England We also work with the nearby Ananda Maine-New Hamphire Center, as well as the Ananda Rhode Island Center in Kingsford, RI. Check out their websites for upcoming events as well! Retreats currently take place on the East Coast in MA, CT and VA. See ongoing events, classes, and retreats on this page. Joy to you! 
Kaye Gordon (L) and Tracy Anderson (R) | | Paramhansa Yogananda Why Meditate? "Even a little practice of meditation will free one from dire fears and colossal sufferings." — Bhagavad Gita (2:40) And as the founder of Ananda, Swami Kriyananda has said, "the peace of your soul awaits you at the center of your own being," and it is meditation—more than anything else—that will help you discover, and live in, this peace. What is Yoga? The classic definition of yoga is from Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: “Yoga is the neutralization of the voticies of feeling” (as translated by Yogananda). Or in Sanskrit: “Yoga Chitta Vritti Nirodha." Easy for him to say! But not quite so easy to do....or so we think....regular meditation and an open heart can change that! 
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