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Online with Ananda - a dynamic learning environment designed to give individuals an educational experience in the universal teachings of Yoga and Spirituality.

What We Offer...

In-Depth Online Courses

Online with Ananda offers courses in the Path of Kriya, the Wisdom of Yogananda, Yoga Philosophy, Your Inner Life, Business and Prosperity - all based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and his direct disciple Swami Kriyananda. Our courses are designed to give you the tools and understanding you need to bring spirituality into full expression in your life. Learn More

Worldwide Virtual Community

Be a part of our Worldwide Online Community! Take part in every aspect of a spiritual community, right from the comfort of your own home.
Even for those living in an Ananda Community, our online community gives you the opportunity to stay connected through the ether with our teachers from all over the globe. Learn More

Interactive Live Broadcasts

Our webinars and live broadcasts are a wonderful way to connect with our team of experts in the field of meditation, yoga, and spiritual living. We utilize an easy-to-use software to conduct live classes and workshops over the internet. In a webinar or live broadcast, each participant sits at his or her own computer and is connected to the presenter via the internet. Learn More

What you get with a Free Account

Ability to enroll in any of our courses, live broadcasts, or join our virtual community

Ability to sign up for 14-day free trial to Ananda Virtual Community

Weekly e-newsletters* notifying you of upcoming live broadcasts and special events

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Spiritual Renewal Week 2014

Finding Happiness: The Art of Living

Morning Classes Broadcast Live from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm PDT
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August 18th - 24th, 2014

Last year a full-length feature film about Ananda was made by a professional company, starring well-known actress Elisabeth Rohm, Swami Kriyananda, and the members of Ananda. The film, aptly entitled "Finding Happiness" —which captures the essence of life in Ananda—was released this year. The subject of Happiness seemed an ideal focus for our week of Spiritual Renewal.

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Ananda Leadership Training

Online Course - Covering Four Main Aspects of Ananda Leadership:

Minister Training
Leadership Training
Practical Skills
Creating the Vision

Classes taught by Ananda's Founding Members - a comprehensive course in the special style of decision making and leadership that has developed at Ananda over the last forty years.

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Lessons in Meditation - August 28th to October 30th

Step 1 of 5 on the Path of Kriya Yoga - This course has helped thousands worldwide have direct experiences of spiritual realities. The step-by-step techniques offered give you the tools to find your own inner strength, to establish a way of living that brings you inner peace, health, energy, and happiness throughout your life.

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Deepening Your Meditation

6-week online course

Recorded March 20, 2014 to April 24, 2014

“Meditate more and more deeply, until calmness and joy become second nature to you. To be ecstatic is not difficult. It is thinking that it is difficult that holds you apart from it. Never think of divine joy as distant from you, and it will be with you always.” - Paramhansa Yogananda

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Ananda Virtual Choir Skills Course

with David Eby

Every Wednesday - April 9 to May 28, 2014
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The Ananda Virtual Choir Skills online course takes you behind the scenes of singing and note reading to give you all you need to know to get started through 8 comprehensive 30 minute webinars.

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Achieve Glowing Health and Vitality

Who doesn’t want more energy and joy? This comprehensive, online course covers practical, wide-ranging, and fascinating suggestions on how to live a radiantly healthy life.

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Going Deeper in Aum

The Spirit Behind All Creation

14-Part Online Course - based on the book, "Aum: The Melody of Love," by Nayaswami Bharat

This self-paced course is for anyone seeking to deepen their meditation. It will inspire and enliven your meditation practices and help awaken the pure devotion that draws the Divine Presence in our life. Aum is an especially powerful tool for healing, which you will discover more fully in this course.

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AKASH: Ancient Keys to Attaining Success and Happiness

The AKASH class series is a guidebook to the spiritual path of Self-mastery. Discover a practical pathway to personal liberation and joy based on one of the world’s most revered spiritual leaders, Paramhansa Yogananda and his direct disciple, Swami Kriyananda. This 6-week AKASH series is designed to help restore your inner joy and unleash your full potential.

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How Do We Really Heal?

Interactive, Webinar with Avital Miller

Recorded May 21, 2014

Often we try and take a pill to cure disease. How often does that just remove the symptom but not actually cure the disease? And what about the new issues that develop from the side effects of medicine? What would happen if we stopped taking the medicine? Often the disease and symptoms seem to reappear. Nothing was actually healed. What if there was a way to heal and free ourselves of as much dependency on medicine?

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Free Introduction to The Path of Kriya Yoga

Kriya Yoga is a comprehensive spiritual path that includes a meditation technique that quickly accelerates one’s spiritual growth. It was first made widely known by Paramhansa Yogananda in his Autobiography of a Yogi. According to Yogananda, Kriya is the most effective practice available to mankind today for reaching the goal of Yoga: union with the Divine.

This free course will give you a sampling of our Online with Ananda courses.

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Meditation Group Leaders

This course is for Ananda Meditation Group Leaders. If you are a current meditation group leader, please contact Nayaswami Sadhana Devi at sadhanadevi@ananda.org to receive access. If you would like to start a Meditation group in your area, please contact sadhanadevi@ananda.org

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