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Weekend Silent Retreat | Quiet the Mind Open the Heart

Friday-Sunday, March 21, 7pm – March 23, 3pm

Escape the bustle of daily life to relax the mind and heart in a soul-bath of silence! Space is limited so register soon.

Nayaswamis Hriman and Padma have been leading popular annual silent retreats for over thirty years helping us renew and refresh in the quiet mind and the open heart.

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Featured Classes and Events

Weekend Silent Retreat | Quiet the Mind Open the Heart

$350

You are invited to a weekend retreat to Heart Song Hermitage. Space is limited so register soon. You will be guided into the silence Friday evening and throughout the weekend we'll enjoy chanting, meditation, reading, journaling, nature walks in the Heart Song forest and meals together in the calmness of Silence.

Yoga for Beginners: 3 Class Series

$50

It can be intimidating to attend a regular yoga class for the first time.  We may think, “but I can’t touch my toes!”  Yoga is not about touching our toes!  Nor is yoga about bending our bodies into a pretzel shape.  Yoga truly is for everybody and the only yoga posture we “fail” at is the one we don’t do. How ... Read More

Jesus: the Yogi Christ

$25

An inspirational presentation by Nayaswami Hriman of Paramhansa Yogananda’s commentaries on the life and teachings of Jesus.Would you like to have Jesus’s teachings explained with clarity, compassion, and power—just as Jesus shared them over two thousand years ago?This Easter, join us for a dynamic, fresh, and revivifying presentation of Jesus’s life and teachings. As the beauty, authenticity, and innate power of Jesus’s teachings ... Read More

The Pursuit of Happiness Through Wisdom

$15

Join us for a transformative satsang inspired by the timeless teachings of Swami Sri Yukteswar, the revered yoga master and guru of Paramhansa Yogananda. In his profound work, The Holy Science, Swami Sri Yukteswar reveals the path to awakening the heart's natural love. This journey involves the removal of eight key inner tensions, which he calls “the meannesses of the heart.” ... Read More

Course in Meditation

$99

In this 8-week course, you will learn time tested and universal techniques to relax the body, focus the mind through breath awareness, and expand into higher
awareness. Students will establish their own meditation practice supported by like-minded souls and friends. Let’s begin the journey of spiritual transformation together!

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Ananda is a global movement based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi. It was founded in 1968 in northern California by Swami Kriyananda, one of Yogananda’s direct disciples.

Yogananda’s teachings embrace the truths that underlie all great religions. People from all faiths and backgrounds are welcomed at Ananda.

Join us for Sunday Service or another class or event at the Blue Lotus Temple in Bothell, a place of peace open to all. Visitors come to the temple seeking inner guidance in prayer or meditation, or a respite from the demands of a busy world, or simply a quiet place to “be.”

At our residential community in Lynnwood, residents live together in a lifestyle of meditation, service, simple living and high ideals. Ananda is known throughout the world for its network of independent, intentional communities which are among the most successful in the world today.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone to pursue the search for God.

Spiritual Directors Nayaswami Hriman and Nayaswami Padma

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Weekend Silent Retreat | Quiet the Mind Open the Heart

Weekend Silent Retreat | Quiet the Mind Open the Heart

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The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with Spirit lies its greatest joy.Paramhansa Yogananda, author of "Autobiography of a Yogi"

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