RESIDENTIAL COURSE: Love, hope and forgiveness
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"When you can love, you have everything – and when your heart is closed, you have nothing."
"When we forgive those who seek to hurt us, we rob them of their very power to do us harm."
—Paramhansa Yogananda
When we look at the state of the world today, it’s all too easy to feel a sense of powerlessness; everywhere, we see forces that seem to be spinning out of control, and it can feel as if we are powerless to change things.
However, in his teachings, the great Indian Master Paramhansa Yogananda tells us there is something we can control. We can learn to control ourselves, and the results of this can be powerful and transforming.
When we live in love, hope and forgiveness, we can be more effective in our lives and work. When we learn to take control of our reactions, worries and anxieties we begin to be a cause and not an effect. We can begin to work on finding solutions to problems, and to express the qualities that will positively influence every aspect of our lives.
When we can leave behind insecurity and helplessness, we will be motivated and inspired to live our lives in a broader, more expansive way. By facing the future with hope and enthusiasm, we can improve our own lives and help make our world a better and brighter place.
This course will help you to:
- Develop faith and trust in God, to bring hope into your life;
- Increase your will and determination to cultivate forgiveness;
- Open your heart to increase and expand love and compassion in your life.
Some of these tools are:
- Simple exercises to increase your level of energy and reinforce your will power;
- Meditation techniques to calm your mind and heart, thus allowing you to express your innate soul qualities;
- Yogananda's technique for tuning into inner guidance;
- Techniques for calming and opening the heart, helping us to learn to love unconditionally and accept love from others;
- Devotional chanting to open the heart and direct its energy upward.
Your Teachers:
Nayaswami Uma (Anne Macfarlane) is a Kriyacharya, Counselor and Raja Yoga Teacher. An astute counselor and teacher, Uma offers a number of classes on Raja Yoga at the Ananda Assisi center.A student and teacher of yogic philosophy and spiritual science for 40 years, Uma lived for many years at Ananda Village in California, where served for a time as secretary for Swami Kriyananda.
She has taught at Ananda communities in the United States, as well in India and many parts of Europe. A native of the England, she brings wonderful wit and charming warmth to her classes as well as obvious depth of experience. She is currently serving in our Assisi, Italy retreat.
Nayaswami Premi (Silvia Di Benedetto) becomes a disciple of Yogananda in December1995, after she read Autobiography of a Yogi. She receives Kriya initiation in 1996 and in 1997 she decides to move to Ananda, leaving a job that was for her a source of a lot of satisfaction for more than 15 years. She loves to share the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and, since a few years, she has been assisting, with Mayadevi, the devotees during the preparation for Kriya initiation.
She has a diploma as a teacher from the Ananda Yoga Academy and she loves to share the principles of yoga with the teenagers during summer camps.
Swami Kriyananda has given her the title of Lightbearer in 2004 and in 2009, after the constitution of the new monastic order of Nayaswami, founded by Swami Kriyananda, she took the vows as a Bramacharini, to deepen her relationship with God and Master.
In September 2015 she took the vows as Nayaswami.
Her constant prayer is: Lord, fill me with Your Love, so I can share It with everybody.
Dear friends, we will do our best, but we cannot guarantee that we will be able to provide a translation for everything in your program. We apologise for any inconvenience!
The total price of your all-inclusive stay, which includes course, board and lodging, is:
650 euros (130 euros per day)* in a single room,500 euros (100 euros per day)* in a double room,
450 euros (90 euros per day)* in a 3- to 5-bed dormitory.
* Price of membership card not included €. 18,00
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Sunday
17:30-19:30 Spiritual Practices
19:30 Dinner
20:30 Orientation
Monday-Thursday
7:00-8:45 Morning Spiritual Practices
8:45 Breakfast in silence
11:00-13:30 Morning lesson
13:30 Lunch
16:15-17:30 Ananda Yoga
17:45-19:30 Energization and meditation or lesson in the techniques
19:30 Dinner in silence
20:30-22:00 Evening activities
Friday
7:00-8:45 Morning Spiritual Practices
8:45 Breakfast in silence
11:00-13:30 Morning lesson
13:30 Lunch
*Every Thursday from 6:30-8:30 we have a long meditation, with a break to enter at 7:30 and the Purification Ceremony at 8:30.
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Services
650 euros (130 euros per day)* in a single room,
500 euros (100 euros per day)* in a double room,
450 euros (90 euros per day)* in a 3- to 5-bed dormitory.
* Price of membership card not included €. 18,00
We will offer you:
-Full board from the evening of arrival to lunch on the day of departure
-All meditations and guided sadhana
-Ananda Yoga classes
-The course and materials (if any)
-The essentials for your practice: meditation cushions, yoga mats, Aum-board
-Kirtan and other evening programs
Accommodation: information and prices
Cost table
Attention: During the Covid-19 period the prices below are no longer applicable. The correct all-inclusive price for each course can be found on its individual page.
| Single room with bathroom | € 72.00 |
| Single without bathroom | € 61.00 |
| Double room with bathroom | € 56.00 |
| Double without bathroom | € 48.00 |
| Triple room with bathroom | € 48.00 |
| Triple without bathroom | € 41.00 |
| Dormitory (4-5 beds) | € 36.00 |
Note: To the price of lodging and food, you have to add the price of the seminar, that includes all activities: Energization Exercises Lessons, yoga and meditation and evening activities (on most evenings).
Payments can be made in cash, by Eurocheck, credit card (MasterCard and Visa), Bancomat. We can’t accept cash over 1000.00 euros.
Opportunity
Next time you come to Ananda, sign up for the program Yoga in Action to get a taste of community service and receive a discount on the cost of the course. You can choose the option Yoga in Action for any course where this program is available and you can continue with this option as long as you wish. Your service project might change each day.
When we learn to serve with the right attitude, this is a spiritual practice and is called Karma Yoga. The daily practice of Karma Yoga is a joyful and practical spiritual discipline that will benefit every aspect of your life.
At Ananda, there are two levels of the Yoga in Action option:
Yoga in Action Level 1
75€/course of 5 days
With Level 1, you will serve for a period of one and a half hours. This experience gives you a chance to contribute to the beautiful atmosphere of Ananda.
Yoga in Action Level 2
35€/course of 5 days
Yoga in Action Level 2 is only available if you have had prior experience of the Yoga in Action Level 1 option, or any of the Community Living Programs. With Level 2, you will serve for a period of three hours, split into two periods of daily service.
How to Register for This Program
In the page of the course you want to participate to, you will find, if available, the special price of the course with Yoga in action level 1 and 2. When you sign-up on the website or call or write us to book the course, just indicate that you wish to participate to the Yoga in Action Level 1 or 2 program. It’s that easy. Once you arrive at Ananda you will need also to complete a Yoga in Action Form and return it to our reception office.
How to book
You may make your reservation directly here on the website or by phone (+39 0742 813620) or email (info@ananda.it). Your booking needs to be confirmed by our reception office. For courses held online, there is no need to indicate the details of your stay (date of arrival, departure…).
For courses held at our center in Assisi, please indicate your arrival and departure dates and times, the program you wish to attend, your preferred accommodation, your address, phone and email. If you need to modify your reservation, please inform us at least one week in advance.
Our reception office is open from:
Monday to Saturday 9:30-1:30pm, 2:30-5:30pm
Sunday 9:30-11:30am, 2:30-5:30pm
For on-site courses, the programmes start on the evening of the day indicated.
If you cannot arrive during office hours, please let us know in advance.
Please contact us to check what translations are available. Courses, both on-site and online, may be cancelled if there are fewer than five participants.
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