Featured Event
Thanksgiving Banquet
Nov. 27, 1-3pm
Join us for a warm and friendly vegetarian Thanksgiving Day banquet. Friendship, great food, music and inspiration make this a wonderful event for all. Bring your family and friends!
Please sign up ahead to bring a menu item for this planned potluck meal.
Nov. 27, 1-3pm
Join us for a warm and friendly vegetarian Thanksgiving Day potluck banquet.
Featured Event
Art of Super Relaxation
Nov. 29, 10am-3pm
This class is based on a course that Paramhansa Yogananda taught in 1930 by the same title. Yogananda came to the US from India in the 1920’s and was the first yogi from the east to make a permanent home in the West. Though Yogananda walked the earth a hundred years ago, the teachings he shared are timeless and universal, and deeply relevant today. As Yogananda shared, we can be in this world and learn to be “calmly active and actively calm.”
Nov. 29, 10am-3pm
We will experience a variety of techniques that you can do on your own at home to learn to relax at will, such as working with the breath, the simple tensing-and-relaxing of different body parts, visualizations, affirmations, a simple, but powerful meditation routine, and a few more gems!
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Learn effective tools to improve your life and expand your consciousness.
Discover the essence of Hatha Yoga, aligning body, mind and spirit.
Learn meditation and experience the joy of inner communion.
Explore the path of Kriya Yoga, the art and science of soul awakening.
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.
Featured Classes and Events
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Courage, Calmness, & Confidence through Yoga
Join Kevin & Jenny for a day of yoga, fun, and friends! What is relaxation? What is effort? We all have dealt extensively with these seeming opposites, but what is relaxation in the midst of effort? Is it a thing of the mind, or of the body? In our daily activities, as we move about, we are drawn this way ... Read More
Art of Super Relaxation
While we know what relaxation is, do we know how to achieve it? During this experiential retreat, we will explore: From the Art & Science of Raja Yoga, by Swami Kriyananda, "Awareness is the necessary precursor of relaxation. There are many parts of the body that are tense without our conscious knowledge. How are we to become aware of them? ... Read More
Winter Wonderland
Free event! Come meet your neighbors & kick off the holiday season by making new friends and singing carols around a campfire while surrounded by Christmas lights. Refreshments offered - donations appreciated. Pop up shops from East West Bookstore and local craft makers. Kids activities from 3-4 include a Santa visit, kids carols, visual scavenger hunt with prizes, and holiday ... Read More
Christmas Meditation Retreat
Paramhansa Yogananda initiated the tradition of an 8-hour meditation before Christmas to honor and celebrate the Christ Consciousness within. Come for all or part. All are welcome! Schedule of the retreat will come soon...
New Year’s Celebration: Reflections & Resolutions
Want to start off 2026 with fresh energy and clear intentions? Come join us on the first morning of the year for a special gathering to set the tone for the days ahead. We offer a free yoga class at 9-10am in the Blue Lotus Temple and then meet from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM which will include: ✨ Chanting🧘♀️ Guided Meditation & ... Read More
Master’s Birthday Meditation
Monday, January 5 is the 133rd anniversary of the birth of Paramhansa Yogananda in Gorakhpur, India (1893). This morning at Hansa Temple in the Ananda Community we are offering a six hour meditation in three two-hour slots beginning at 6:30 a.m. (8:30, 10:30 until 12:30) led by different members. At each two-hour shift we will chant and offer readings. All ... Read More
Self-Realization: Christian or Hindu?
Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the now classic life story, “Autobiography of a Yogi,” brought the Self-realization teachings of India to the West in 1920. Yogananda was a monk in the Giri branch of the Swami order of India. He used a variety of terms to describe his teachings according to the emphasis and context. One term he used was Sanatan Dharma. It is … Read More
Is Head Shaking during Meditation Kundalini?
Psychic or physical phenomenon can sometimes take place during meditation. The question arises whether or not these have some meaning or indicate spiritual status
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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