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Ways to Experience Ananda
Choose the Option that Suits You Best
Ananda opens its doors all year long to pilgrims from all over the world. Some come for the weekend, others never leave. Whether for a short visit or an extended stay, we try to keep the price within your means.
Have a blessed experience!
All programs at Ananda are based on the universal principles of Self-realization and touch on one or more of the main branches of yoga: meditation (raja yoga), devotion (bhakti yoga), wisdom (gyana yoga), right action (karma yoga). They include instruction in the practices of meditation, energization exercises, and Ananda Yoga. The courses are designed for both the beginner and the more experienced practitioner.
Introductory Weekends
This is an ideal first experience of Ananda, with reduced fees for first-time visitors. At an easy beginning level you will learn about the principles of Self-realization, receive instruction in meditation, Ananda Yoga, and the Energization Exercises, and participate in the Festival of Light on Sunday.
Ananda Yoga Introductory Weekend
A special weekend with reduced fees
Ananda yoga is ready to awaken your curiosity: Take a voyage in search of harmony in body, mind and spirit! This course is open to everybody, no matter how much you know of yoga practice: Beginners and experts alike will have the opportunity to experience a deeply spiritual approach to hatha yoga; your daily practice will gain a completely different flavor!
Arrive as early as possible on Friday, and start your weekend with a relaxing session of yoga and meditation at 5:30 p.m.
For more information, please contact the teachers of this course directly: jayadev@ananda.it; sevadevi@ananda.it.
Weekends
A weekend experience is short, sweet, intense, and joyful. If you can arrange your travel plans so that you arrive on Friday afternoon, you can start your weekend at 5:30 pm with a relaxing session of Ananda Yoga and meditation in the Temple of Light. After dinner you will be serenaded by the choir and then introduced to the other guests and to the weekend subject. Saturday you will be involved from morning to evening with yoga and meditation practices, with the main lesson of the weekend beginning at 11:00 am, with afternoon meditation instruction, and with an inspiring evening presentation by members of the Ananda community. The weekend ends with a final class on Sunday morning and the Festival of Light, which is attended every week by residents, guests, and neighbors. With a fantastic Sunday lunch, we send you on your way home, with the hope that you take a piece of Ananda with you to share with your friends.
Five-Day Courses
These programs begin on Sunday, with an optional yoga and meditation session at 5:30 P.M. and orientation after dinner. Morning and afternoon practice sessions are at two levels: for beginners and for more advanced, while the daily lesson on the theme of the week is for everyone. There is usually a pilgrimage to Assisi on Wednesday. The program concludes with Friday’s classes and lunch.
NEW! Personal Retreat
If you want to relax and recharge in a spiritual environment; if you need personal quiet time and access to spiritual inspiration, this new program will suit you. Come for just one day or as long as you like. One of our spiritual counselors will help you plan your activities.
Available throughout the year except in August and during Christmas/New Year and Easter weeks.
Call for details; see “Daily Fees for Special Programs.”
Community Living Programs
Experience Ananda from the Inside
Have you ever wished to experience Ananda more completely? To enter into the heart of the community and feel its pulse? To practice the spiritual discipline of karma yoga for a longer period of time? To share this experience with people from around the world and from many cultures, united together for spiritual enlightenment?
If these are your desires, we invite you to participate in one of the Community Living Programs, and have an experience which will influence your life and spiritual growth for years to come.
My gratitude grows every time I come here, because I can see my ideals of community living, brotherhood, and love realized. Thank you for your example of living these high ideals in daily life. — Domenica, Italy
For information and reservations:
info@ananda.it Tel: +39 0742-81.36.20 Fax: +39 0742-81.35.36
Ananda is located in the tranquil hills of Umbria, Italy on “Strada Statale 444” between Assisi and Gualdo Tadino. It is the largest retreat center in Europe for Yogananda’s teachings.
Ananda Associazione • Via Montecchio, 61 • I-06025 Nocera Umbra (PG) • ITALY