Yogacharya Dharmadas demonstrating correct sitting posture for meditation

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Upcoming Course Sessions in the NCR

Locations where these weekends are being held in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida.

DELHI-Lok Kala Manch: 17 January, 10:30 am–5:00 pm. 20 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road (behind Sai Baba Temple).

DELHI-Freedom Fighters Enclave: 17 & 24 January,
10:30 am–1:30 pm (In Hindi) D–123, Freedom Fighters Enclave, Ignou Road, Neb Sarai

GURGAON: 17 & 24 January, 10:30 am–1:30 pm. B-10/8, DLF Phase I.

NOIDA: 17 & 24 January, 10:30 am–1:30 pm. D-68, Sector 30 (new location)

Cost: in the NCR, Rs. 750 (includes course materials).

Upcoming Course Sessions Outside the NCR Area

Please check the dates and times when Level 1 is offered in these different locations:

Pune; Bangalore; Hyderabad;
Kolkata; Lucknow; Mumbai

If there is not a meditation group or center near you, please call or email us to find out how you can study these techniques at home.

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Course Description

The Level 1 course has two segments taught either as a full-day class or two half-day classes offered on two consecutive weekends:

Meditation Workshop—first half

The practice of Kriya Yoga rests upon a foundation of daily meditation, service and devotion. This workshop will help you learn the basics of meditation and the Kriya science, with a focus on the Hong-Sau technique of meditation as originally taught by Paramhansa Yogananda.

You will be given tested techniques to still your body, free your mind from restless thoughts and direct your inner awareness upward toward subtle spiritual realms within. These practical methods will quickly help you to relax both body and mind, focus your concentration, and expand your consciousness. Learn through direct experience what joy, peace, and deep calmness are really like and discover how quickly, through daily practice, these qualities can be yours in all aspects of your life!

Topics to be covered in this interactive workshop

• The theory of Kriya Yoga and the steps to Kriya initiation
• How to establish a daily routine of meditation (sadhana)
• How to reduce tension and stress at will
• How to concentrate more effectively
• Pranayama and pratyahara (interiorization).
  
• The “spiritual eye” and how can we see the “inner light”
• The connection of mind, breath, and subtle currents in the spine
• How to be happy at will
• How to awaken the heart's natural love and why is this important
• 6 exercises for lifting your consciousness
• How to respond, not react

At the conclusion of the morning session, each participant will have a foundation for a lifetime of effective, deep meditation. For those students wishing to proceed further along the path of Kriya Yoga, a sustained daily routine of meditation and energization as taught in the afternoon session must first be established before becoming eligible to receive Kriya Yoga initiation.

Cost: Check the information for your preferred specific location.

Energisation Workshop—second half

During this session, you will learn to feel subtle energy (prana) flowing within your body and how to increase and control it (pranayama) at will. The connection among energy, will, and spiritual magnetism is an important element of the science of Kriya Yoga.

This workshop will give you tools to recognize and re-channel the directional movement of your inner energy, thus giving you power to control your state of mind. You will learn and practice Paramhansa Yogananda's Energization Exercises and be given tools to incorporate these into your daily life. Master your inner energy and you will be master of your life!

Topics to be covered in this interactive workshop:

• How to feel, increase, and control prana
• How to draw healing power into your body from the Infinite Source
• Principles of Yogananda's Energization Exercises
• How to use pranayama to overcome negative moods

• Breathing properly for greater health and vitality
• Becoming “superconsciously” aware
• How to focus your life-force to be effective in all that you do
• Becoming “magnetic” and attracting success, spiritual and material
• How to rid yourself of bad habits

Cost: Check the information for your preferred specific location.

Pre-registration is available by phone, fax, or e-mail. See "Registration" below.

Testimonials

• I think that now, after this program, I've really found a new way to live life. —A. G.


• What did I enjoy about this program? The cheerful faces! —P. C.


• I feel more energized and positive and blessed by all the gurus! —P. C.


• My experience was simply out of this world! —A. G.


• I feel hopeful. I feel what I am seeking may not be SO beyond my reach. —I. D.


• It was an altogether joyful experience. —D. J.


• I have been blessed to have this opportunity to look into myself and my mind.
  —S. S.


• It was a very peaceful experience. From constantly rushing around, this pause of 3 days renewed me. —S. S.
  

Registration

Mumbai: superconscious living exercises

To pre-register, a convenient form is available online for download. Fax, e-mail, or phone your registration information to one of the contacts at the bottom of your screen. Seats for the workshops will be held on a first-come, first-served basis.

Tell your friends and family about the workshops and encourage them to come with you. Everyone is welcome.

If you can help in any way with these weekends—for instance, locating venues, doing publicity and advertisements, ushering—please contact us at ananda@anandaindia.org.

We also invite your financial support for these outreach programmes. Any donation will be acknowledged and greatly appreciated. Donations for this purpose are eligible for exemption of tax under Section 80G. Please make cheques payable to Ananda Sangha Donations, or call for other options to 98992 67698. Ananda Sangha India is sustained by your generosity. Thank you.