Seclusion of the Heart
Seclusion—time to be in silence, going more deeply into your spiritual practices—is something most Ananda members try to practice annually. About a week ago, I enjoyed a five-day seclusion here at...
View ArticleHealing on All Levels
Paramhansa Yogananda emphasized the importance of taking care of all parts of ourselves. He said that as mortals we are triune beings and we long for freedom from all varieties of suffering. Our needs...
View ArticleChanging One Woman Changed an Office
From Melani, an Ananda Meditation Teacher Training Graduate: As soon as I got home from MTT, I started a meditation group in my workplace. I work at what was a very stressful office, and I have been...
View ArticleTestimonials for one of our Meditation Teachers
After Gloria’s 4-week meditation class series in Florida, she received this feedback: “The meditation techniques Gloria shares are incredibly powerful in their simplicity. Even after nine years of...
View ArticleDoctor’s Experience Teaching Meditation
Dr. Michelle’s description of her experience teaching meditation: I know that the patients who go through our program at the Institute often have significant improvements in their symptoms (e.g.,...
View ArticleAdriana’s Meditation Student
Adriana, a graduate of our Yoga Teacher Training and our Meditation Teacher Training, describes one of her experiences: One of my students, to whom I taught the Hong Sau technique and yoga, has...
View ArticleHong Sau Healing of Anxiety Attacks
From Meditation Teacher Jane Green: One of my students, a young single mother, was suffering with debilitating anxiety attacks—fear of being in public, fear of driving, etc. She would start sweating,...
View ArticleThe Power of the Hong-Sau Experience
From Meditation Teacher Dhyan: There was one man who came to our Level 1 series who was highly intellectual and very much in his head. He seemed to have studied the various philosophers and seemed very...
View ArticleCollege Students Respond to Meditation Class
Comments after Meditation Teacher Laurie’s college course on Meditation and Mindfulness: “I have found that after this class I am always in a better mood. I have a more positive perspective and I am...
View ArticleReflections on Peace
One bright summer afternoon, friends and I hiked and swam at the beautiful South Yuba River. It was a lively day at the river, with many other visitors happily calling to one another, swimming,...
View ArticleJust 1% More
I recently sat down in my meditation room one morning to get ready to meditate and noticed a sun beam shining through the window. The light beam shone at an angle that hit our altar table where my...
View ArticleMeditation Students’ Healing Experiences
From Meditation Teacher Ines Hudson: I’ve had many students who have seen major positive changes in their lives after starting the practice. Some that come to mind are: A woman who used to suffer from...
View ArticleRucha’s Meditation Student
I have a friend who after purchasing the Shanti Path Meditation Kit that I sell as part of my business, began a daily practice of meditation. She was guided by my YouTube videos and instructional...
View ArticleAn Ananda Yoga and Meditation Teacher’s Success Story
Phoph Dechabenjarat is an accomplished teacher in the martial arts, having practiced martial arts since he was a teenager. He came from Thailand to attend the Ananda Meditation and Yoga Teacher...
View ArticleMeditation Lowers Blood Pressure
Meditation Teacher Adrienne’s Success Story: I taught a middle-aged woman, mother of 5 with major medical issues. When we started, she had dangerously high blood pressure and saw a doctor every week...
View ArticleMeditation and Mental Health Issues
From Meditation Teacher Nathaniel: A colleague of mine reached out to me, as he’d been struggling with mental health issues. He had just come from the psychiatrist, who was planning on putting him on...
View ArticleMeditation Is Not Easy
I think this link can be important for both meditators and meditation teachers. It describes a study done on high school science students. One group was told of the many important scientific...
View ArticleThe Power of God’s Messengers
In 1986, my husband and I had the great blessing of going on Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Though Jerusalem was much less crowded 30 years ago, still, the Stations of the Cross on the way to the site of...
View ArticleAttuning with the Christ Within
In October of 2015 my husband, Gyandev, and I led a pilgrimage to Israel. I had grown up in Israel as a Jew. Now, I hoped to see Israel with a new consciousness that embraced all sincere truth seekers....
View ArticleMeditation Changing Lives
Meditation Teacher, John, shares 2 experiences: 1. One woman “Mary” was seeing my wife, who is a psychotherapist. Mary suffered from anxiety and depression , had full panic attacks, was on...
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