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Ananda Yoga & Meditation Center of Berkeley
2228 Sixth Street Berkeley, CA 94706 ananda@anandaberkeley.org
- What's Special About Ananda Yoga?
AnandaYoga was developed by Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters), Ananda's founder and author of Ananda Yoga for Higher Awareness. It is based on the training he received from Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi.
Here are some basics of the system:
Proper Alignment and Safe Technique:- Adapting the postures to the individual student's abilities and needs are important both for preventing injury and for experiencing the inner dimension of hatha yoga.
- Choice of Postures:
- Although we do include some challenging poses, Ananda Yoga is generally less strenuous than many schools of hatha yoga. We've found that extreme exertion does not lead to hatha yoga's deepest benefits.
- Sequence:
- Transitions into and out of a posture are every bit as important as the way you do the posture itself. We emphasize moving consciously, slowly, and gracefully. Pauses between poses are as important as the poses themselves: a time to allow your body to integrate the effects of the preceding pose.
- Affirmations:
- Most of the basic postures are paired with special repeated affirmations designed to help you tune into the specific energy flows, and thus the psychological benefits, that each posture promotes.
- Energy - Control / Pranayama:
In addition to specific breathing techniques for energy control, you will explore something unique among hatha yoga schools: the marvelous Energization Exercises developed by Paramhansa Yogananda. The order of postures in an Ananda Yoga routine is designed to help you feel and direct the life force, and to prepare the body to sit for meditation.
- Meditation is essential to experiencing the spiritual dimension of yoga.
- You will learn how to incorporate effective, classical meditation techniques into your hatha yoga practice.
Ananda Sangha of Berkeley 2228 Sixth Street Berkeley, CA 94706 ananda@anandaberkeley.org 510-540-6267
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