Narayani presented her latest book: “My Soul Remembers Swami Kriyananda”, during a weekend at Ananda Pisa. It was a truly beautiful weekend filled with Satsang, inspiration, and that deep divine friendship that our Family knows how to offer. Ananda Pisa is a place of the heart: a wonderful community, guided with love and dedication by our GitaMa, where devotion can … Read More

Outreach is a vital expression of the Sangha’s service. We travel throughout Europe to offer classes, share and enjoy satsang, guide kirtans, present books, and give Kriya initiation. Along the way, we are continually inspired to see a growing enthusiasm for the teachings of Self-Realization and the Ananda path of awakening through service, cooperation, and community. New meditation groups and … Read More

We had a great weekend in Prague. Saturday, a small intimate group came to the workshop on the AY and kriya and everyone was very deeply interested, engaged, full of intelligent questions. A few people came to the seminar that are real keepers: people who started doing the meditation course online, have high energy, are highly capable and want to … Read More

“I do not desire monuments upon the human peaks of fame, but to remain hidden in the caves of divine love within souls, silently serving them with invisible thoughts of help.” Divine friendship, service, and deep union among souls — this is the special gift we experienced in our hearts during the retreat for the leaders of the Meditation Groups, … Read More

Dear friends, From September 26–28, 2025, during the beautiful Yogananda Festival, something truly special took place: for the very first time in France, Kriya Yoga Initiation was offered in the French language. This marks an important milestone in the spread of Kriya’s sacred vibration—a practice that has already touched and transformed countless lives around the world. Now France, too, has … Read More

Thirty-five of us took part in Dana Andersen’s Festival of the Joyful Arts at Ananda Assisi recently. Dana had magnetized Ananda folks from three continents to spend two weeks listening to, arguing about, experiencing for themselves, and performing every possible art you could imagine. We had singers, instrumentalists, clay potters, drama directors, dancers, actors, choreographers, paint artists, film makers, and … Read More

What was the Ananda Sangha Team up to in 2024? When we gathered all of our activities in one file, we were astonished. How could it have been possible to have gone to so many countries, offered so many online programs, guided so many meditations, done so many initiations and retreats, written so many articles, helped to start so many … Read More

One of the most vibrant and transformative ways our Sangha serves is by reaching out to Ananda devotees, friends, and new truth-seekers across Europe. In 2024, over twenty of Ananda’s teachers traveled by plane, train, and car to bring the light of Yogananda’s teachings to cities throughout the continent. In every direction—north, south, east, and west—hearts were uplifted, and the … Read More

Dear Ones, Greetings from the Baltic States! What an adventurous and joyful soul-journey this has been. I joined Asha and her team in Estonia as a continuation of their tour after France and Finland, for a two-week period in the Baltics. Dimitri has been our wonderful and truly delightful host in Estonia. He organized two events, the first of which … Read More

We have some wonderful Gurubhais in this peaceful, fairy-tale-like country. Anna Kaisa, Manol and Shambavi happily agreed to help open doors for Yogananda’s work in northern Europe. In the process of organizing events for Asha in Turku and Helsinki, we all got to know one another and became friends: a working relationship that makes it possible for our sangha team to support the continuing … Read More