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Yoga and Meditation on Boston's North Shore
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                                   Swami Kriyananda

 

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And if there are any last minute changes to any scheduled classes, events, or ongoing meditations, we will also list them here.

For further info email or call 978-475-5155.

 

Please join us on Sunday morning, May 26th, at 9:15 for our next group meditation in Marblehead.  Click here for directions. 

 

On Sunday morning, June 2nd, we will be meeting at 9:30 in Winchester to meditate and then share a vegetarian potluck lunch and nature walk in the beautiful Middlesex Fells Reservation.  Please join us for this opportunity to share the blessings of group fellowship and meet like-minded people interested in spiritual growth.  For more information and directions please send an email to info@anandaboston.org or call Dean at 978-475-5155.

 

Upcoming Events

For further info: email or call 978-475-5155.

 

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras Weekend Retreat
with Nayaswamis Krishnadas and Mantradevi
October 4-6, 2013
at Rolling Ridge, North Andover, MA

More details to follow

 

Ongoing Events

For further info: email or call 978-475-5155
 
Weekly Group Meditation*
Sunday mornings
Marblehead, MA
 
Sunday 9:15-11:00 am
201 Humphrey St, Marblehead MA
(See photo:  it's the studio below the large house on the hill.)
 
Meditating in a group is an uplifting experience and a great way to deepen and inspire meditations on your own. Join us for an opening prayer, some chanting, the affirmation for the week (from Affirmation for Self-Healing, by Swami Kriyananda), then about a 45 minute meditation, and then a video from the Ananda Sunday Service (from Ananda Village/Expanding Light Retreat in Nevada City, CA) that includes a reading from the Bible and Bhagavad-Gita. If you are new to meditation, we'll guide your meditation to get you started.
 
*We typically break for the summer months of June, July & Aug. During winter, we may cancel during snowstorms. Check at the top of this column for the lastest info.
 
Long Meditation
9:15am-12:15 pm
Selected Sundays
Marblehead, MA

201 Humphrey St, Marblehead MA
 
Please feel free to join us for all or part of the time, as we won't be meditating straight through! We'll start with guided Energization Exercises, then Maha Mudra/yoga postures, an opening prayer, some chanting, the affirmation for the week (from Affirmation for Self-Healing, by Swami Kriyananda), then the podcast talk from the Ananda Sunday Service (from Ananda Village/Expanding Light Retreat in Nevada City, CA) that includes a reading from the Bible and Bhagavad-Gita, then a 30 minute meditation. After that we'll alternate with a couple chanting breaks and periods of meditation for about 20-30 minutes each.

Don't worry if you've never meditated that long, as the group energy, all the preparations, and our open hearts will keep us "awake and ready" for the deepest meditations you may ever experience.
 
*We typically break for the summer months of June, July & Aug. During winter, we may cancel during snowstorms. Check at the top of this column for the lastest info.

Potluck/Yoga Discussion
11-1pm , Selected Sundays Marblehead, MA
Let us know if you are interested by email or 978-475-5155
 
We supply the discussion points to spark discussion, you supply a small offering of food! This is a great opportunity to meet others and share our enthusiasm for applying yogic principles to daily life, with all its twists and turns and many challenges. Come and share your experiences, insights, and experience the power of satsanga (fellowship with truth-seekers)!

We thank Luba and Dmitry for hosting this event at their house, just a few blocks from our meditation location.

 

 

 


 

 

Ananda Boston

 

Yoga and Meditation

on Boston's North Shore

 

Ananda Boston offers group meditations and periodic retreats in Marblehead and North Andover, Massachusetts.

 

What is Ananda?

 

It's a global movement based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and founded in 1968 by Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters), a direct disciple of Yogananda and widely recognized as one of the leading spiritual teachers in the world today.

 

Ananda offers support in your quest for spiritual growth, as well as instruction in ancient and effective techniques that allow you to experience joy, love, and inner peace in your life.

 

Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi, was the first great Indian master of Yoga to live in the West. One of his first homes was in Boston in 1920. Yogananda's teachings embrace the universal truths that underlie all religions.

 

People from all faiths and backgrounds are welcomed at Ananda. We invite you to join us at our yoga retreats, meditation groups, and events to experience the joy of your own being.

Ananda Boston

North Shore Leadership

 

We express our gratitude to Kaye Gordon, our founding center leader, and Tracy Anderson, her successor.  They were instrumental in starting and sustaining our North Shore meditation group for over twenty years.  Kaye has moved to Florida and Tracy to Missouri, but they will always be significant and honorary members of the group.

 

Dean Swan and Luba Shapiro currently lead the center's activities. Dean can be reached at 978-475-5155 or by email. Luba may be reached at 978-394-0382 or by email. They are both disciples of Yogananda and have been practicing meditation for many years. They look forward to sharing these timeless, universal yogic techniques and ever-new joy with you!

 

Nearby Ananda Centers/Retreats

in New England

 

We also work with the nearby Ananda Maine-New Hampshire Center, as well as the Ananda Rhode Island Center in Hopkinton, RI. Check out their websites for upcoming events as well!Retreats currently take place on the East Coast in MA and VA. See ongoing events, classes, and retreats on this page.

 

Joy to you!

 

 

                         

 

               Paramhansa Yogananda

 

Why Meditate?

 

"Even a little practice of meditation will free one from dire fears and colossal sufferings." — Bhagavad Gita (2:40) And as the founder of Ananda, Swami Kriyananda has said, "the peace of your soul awaits you at the center of your own being," and it is meditation—more than anything else—that will help you discover, and live in, this peace.
 
What is Yoga?
 
The classic definition of yoga is from Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: “Yoga is the neutralization of the voticies of feeling” (as translated by Yogananda). Or in Sanskrit: “Yoga Chitta Vritti Nirodha." Easy for him to say! But not quite so easy to do....or so we think....regular meditation and an open heart can change that!
 
These topics and many others are covered with humor, stories, and insight in many of the Sunday talks from Ananda Village in CA.  Sunday talks can be received via iTunes on your computer, even if you don't have or want an iPod! Highly recommended!  In joy!