Featured Event
Easter Sunday Service, Egg Hunt & Potluck Banquet
April 5th
Easter Sunday Service begins at 10am followed by an Easter Egg Hunt for the children at 11:30am. Afterwards, all are invited to a planned potluck banquet at the Yoga Hall at 12 noon. Please sign up for a dish to bring!
Featured Event
Easter Retreat Day
Holy Saturday, April 4th, 10am – 1pm
Nayaswamis Hriman and Padma and staff invite you to a half-day retreat to draw the inspiration of Easter into our hearts and minds. Deepen your love and appreciation for the avatar-yogi-Christ, Jesus and the blessings of all saints and masters for their gifts of love.
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Join us for programs, mini-retreats, and other gatherings at a lovely, park-like property.
Ananda Washington has two pilgrimages planned; one to India in fall 2025, and another to Italy in fall 2026.
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Easter Retreat Day
At Blue Lotus Temple!
Nayaswamis Hriman and Padma and staff invite you to a half-day retreat to draw the inspiration of Easter into our hearts and minds.
Easter Sunday Service, Egg Hunt & Potluck Banquet
Join us for an Easter celebration! Bring your family and friends. Easter Sunday Service begins at 10am followed by an Easter Egg Hunt for the children at 11:30am. Afterwards, all are invited to a planned potluck banquet at the Yoga Hall at 12 noon. Please sign up for a dish to bring at the link below. All are welcome!
Ananda Yoga Teacher Training
Ananda Yoga Teacher Training is a comprehensive program that expands your understanding of yoga poses, yoga philosophy (Yoga Sutras and The Bhagavad Gita), anatomy, and the subtle body (chakras and nadis). You will deepen your asana practice through the use of affirmations, dynamic relaxation, and awakening your vital energy (prana).
Awakening the Heart through Cosmic Chants
Discover the transformative power of Yogananda’s Cosmic Chants. Unlike ordinary songs that stir our emotions outwardly, these chants calm the heart, focus the mind, and gently lift our energy toward higher awareness.
Swami Kriyananda – Moksha Meditation
Hansa Temple (in person or online). Swami Kriyananda, founder of the worldwide work of Ananda and a direct disciple commissioned by Paramhansa Yogananda to serve his work, left his body on April 21, 2013. This morning we honor his legacy and living presence with this meditation.
Retreat to the Heart of Silence Weekend Meditation Retreat
Open to all sincere seekers. This retreat is an opportunity to withdraw from the noise of daily life and dive inward: into silence, stillness, and the joy of your own soul.
Sexual Abuse: How should we view this terrible crime?
Sexual abuse seems rampant these days, at least according to the media but I suspect it has always been a part of the human drama, sadly. The law of karma is exacting and the truth is that we cannot change others; we are only responsible for our own actions, our response to circumstances. Forgiveness is not easy to come by … Read More
Surrounded by Negativity?
A toxic work environment or home situation is a great opportunity to overcome negativity. Learn to either not respond to negativity or respond with a positive comment or action. Negativity exists in all of us and it is not helpful to judge negativity in others; perhaps you can see or imagine reasons for their unhappiness. Stay positive with affirmations and … Read More
A Place Where You Can Find Peace, Meaning, and Spiritual Growth
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
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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If you have been touched in your own journey, by a talk, a prayer, a song, a class, a book, a video, and course, please consider making a donation so that we, as a family, may all continue to reach souls everywhere.
Thank you for being a part of this community of souls who support each other on the path to God.
