During the pandemic we had to pivot to online offerings, and though we have returned to in-person activities we now offer most things as hybrid (both in-person and online) as a convenience to those near and far.
- Over 66 opportunities for group meditations monthly at 2 locations plus online!
- Weekly Sunday services at Bothell Temple (with free audio/visual streaming).
- Circle of Joy (Sunday school) for children (offered weekly in 2024).
- A music ministry including instrumentalists and choir. Regular kirtans are also offered for all to enjoy and for many to perform.
- Kriya Yoga preparation and initiation, review and ongoing Kriyaban support, including monthly Ananda Kriyaban meditations. *
- Classes on meditation, yoga, scriptures of East and West, and a variety of spiritual subjects. *
- The Ananda Institute of Living Yoga offers Ananda Meditation Teacher Training, Spiritual Counseling, Ananda Yoga Teacher Training (Levels 1 and 2), as well as continuing education credit workshops. *
- A Healing Prayer Ministry offering daily prayers and monthly prayer counsel gatherings.
- The Blue Lotus Temple in Bothell is open Tuesday-Saturday for personal meditation.
- Ministers on staff offer spiritual support to individuals or groups.
- The ministers perform weddings, astral ascensions, funerals, baptisms, spiritual interviews, hospital visits, private meditations, and prayer. For members these services are offered on a donation basis.
- Six months of satsangs for the Sadhaka & Sevaka Orders.
- Ongoing spiritual support for members of the New Renunciate Order
- Holiday and Holy Day celebrations and commemorations.
- Spiritual support for East-West Books & Gifts, which serves truth-seekers on all paths and for the Ananda Community in Lynnwood
- Participation in Interfaith activities in the greater Seattle area.
- Coordination and communication with Ananda Communities and spiritual leadership throughout the world.
- In keeping with the Divine Law of tithing, Ananda Washington tithes to Ananda’s worldwide ministry.
- Ananda Yoga Day Camp for children is held select weeks in August.
- A wide variety of events are offered at the Ananda Community in Lynnwood, including cooking classes, holiday festivals, a Sangha-wide upscale yard-sale, and more!
*Revenue from classes covers less than 13% of the Sangha budget