RESIDENTIAL COURSE: Inner Strength, Inner Peace
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Find greater efficiency, more energy, your calm and peaceful centre, and a deep sense of well-being.
This course will cover themes such as:
• What it is that steals your peace and saps your strength, and what you can do about it;
• Ways to stay centred in the midst of crisis and challenge;
• Creating harmony instead of discord in your life;
• Making changes that will strengthen and support your inner peace;
• Keys to drawing solutions to life's problems;
• The building blocks of unshakable inner peace.
Your teachers:
Nayaswami Uma 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 Clarita Poselli was born in Buenos Aires, grew up in Rome and has lived at Ananda since 1996. Besides teaching meditation and practical spirituality applied to various aspects of daily life, she is focusing on all aspects of self-healing with Yogananda techniques, including Kriya Yoga, and through the psychological and spiritual analysis of the chakras.She manages the publishing of the teaching material of Ananda Edizioni Sangha (a branch of Ananda Edizioni) and she has written and illustrated the book Fiabe della Gioia, inspired by the principles of Living Wisdom School.
Bramachari Namasya (Sara Rizzardini) was Born in Germany of Italian parents, Sara lived there for fifteen years. She received her first Yoga Instructor’s degree from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Academy in 1996, and taught yoga in Milan and in Germany for many years. She moved to Ananda Assisi in 2001 and in 2008 she received her diploma as a Yoga Instructor from the Ananda Yoga Academy of Europe. She often leads yoga and meditation sessions in the Temple of Light and, together with Sananda, serves in the kitchen and coordinates the Community Living Programs.
Aastha (Sonya Marcacci) was born and raised in Switzerland. In search of life's meaning from a young age, she explored many different spiritual paths, while training to be a holistic therapist. When she first discovered Paramhansa Yoganandai in 2003, she realized she had finally found a path that could provide answers to all her questions.Her thirst for knowledge did not subside, however, so she studied and deepened her Master's teachings, becoming a teacher of Raja Yoga and Ananda Yoga. Her first experience of community life was at Ananda Village in California where she lived for 2 ½ years, then moved to the Assisi community where she still lives today.
Aastha is a highly regarded teacher thanks to her welcoming and empathetic nature. Her classes are interactive, open to questions and sharing of experiences.
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The total price of your all-inclusive stay, which includes course, board and lodging, is:
520 euro (130 euro al giorno)* in camera singola,
400 euro (100 euro al giorno)* in camera doppia,
360 euro (90 euro al giorno)* in dormitorio da 3 a 5 letti.
* Price of membership card not included €.18,00
Credit imagine corso: https://www.guidapsicologi.it/
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.
"I segreti della pace interiore" di Swami Kriyananda-
Come creare il proprio destino di Paramhansa Yogananda 
Come vincere le sfide della vita di Paramhansa Yogananda
Services
The total price of your all-inclusive stay, which includes course, board and lodging, is:
520 euro (130 euro al giorno)* in camera singola,
400 euro (100 euro al giorno)* in camera doppia,
360 euro (90 euro al giorno)* in dormitorio da 3 a 5 letti.
* 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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