Featured Event
The Art & Science of Raja Yoga
Begins on February 12th, 6-9:15pm
Yoga, Meditation, Lifestyle, and Philosophy. Supercharge your spiritual life with Ananda’s most popular course!
Featured Event
Maha Shivaratri kirtan & celebration
February 14th
Satsang with Murali: 5-6:15pm
Kirtan: 6:30-7:45pm
With chants, readings, and ceremony we honor the personification of Aum – Divine Mother in the delusion-destroying, great yogi form of Shiva! All are welcome.
Featured Event
Swami Kriyananda's Centennial Celebration
June 21-28 at Ananda Village
You’re invited to join us for a historic, once-in-a-lifetime celebration honoring the 100th birthday of Swami Kriyananda and the living legacy of Paramhansa Yogananda.
Awaken Your True Potential
Through Yoga, Meditation, and Community
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.
You can now ask Nayaswami Hriman a question right on our website.
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Maha Shivaratri Kirtan & Celebration
Maha Shivaratri is not just a celebration — it is said to be a cosmic gateway that opens once a year. On this sacred night, according to yogic science and Vedic astrology, the moon — symbol of the mind — reaches its point of weakest influence. This creates a natural state of inner stillness, where the flow of thoughts quiets and access to deep meditative states becomes spontaneous.
Inner Renewal Retreat 2026
Join us for Inner Renewal Retreat 2026,a week-long experience filled with inspiration, practical tools, and spiritual friendship guided by Ananda Worldwide’s Spiritual Directors, Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi.
This Year’s Theme: Finding Calmness and Joy in Turbulent Times
Ananda Ceremonies
Part 1 - Ananda Ceremonies: history & meaning - Sunday, February 15, 12 noon - 1 p.m. (free) All are welcome to learn about the history and meaning of the Ananda Festival of Light and Purification ceremonies. We do these weekly ceremonies with little to no explanation. Your appreciation of these sacred services can be greatly enhanced by a deeper ... Read More
Retreat to the Heart of Silence
1 spot left for a male in double room!
FOR ANANDA KRIYABANS.
This weekend will have silent and guided kriya meditations; review of kriya practices; walking meditation; energization and other kriya practices. Most of all in an atmosphere of inner silence with kriya yoga as our guide, we will dive deep into the wellspring of peace.
Yoga Sutras for Life and Living
Nayaswami Hriman, co-director of Ananda Washington will share insights for life from the great scripture of yoga, Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Including excerpts from the upcoming book, "Farther Away than the Stars"(Meditations from the Yoga Sutras), In these four classes we will explore each of the "books" or "padas" of the sutras, distilling practical counsel for the yogi lifestyle. Each class ... Read More
Chakras: Hidden Gems of Your Destiny
Jesus tells us that “The kingdom of heaven is within you” and this includes the entire matrix of our karma residing like hidden gems along the astral spine in the energy centers called the chakras
Does Non-attachment mean Indifference?
If enlightenment includes dropping ego-motivations and desires, what is a devotee then supposed to do? Fear not! As we attune to the Divine Presence we will be guided to do those things that will fulfill our karmic debts.
How can we be free of past hurts?
Releasing past hurts depends in part on whether we are conscious of the hurt or whether their evidence comes from subconscious responses over which we seem to have little control.
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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Thank you for being a part of this community of souls who support each other on the path to God.
