Course: RESIDENTIAL COURSE: New Year at Ananda
Celebrate the New Year with Ananda: an occasion always dear to our hearts, and this year even more so!
Let's get ready to let go of what is no longer necessary and make room for the wonderful new chapter that awaits us... Happy 2025!
Description
What would you like to let go of? What would you like to resolve or complete? How would you like to experience the coming year?
Open wide the doors to divine grace to receive guidance, support and strength!
The teaching of the great spiritual Masters tells us that we have the power to cooperate with divine design to manifest our highest reality. And it tells us that the future is in our hands, filled with opportunities, if we listen and follow our inner guidance.
Let's find out in this very special weekend with the traditional magical, inspiring and sparkling evening of December 31st.
Let's start preparing ourselves with this excerpt from Swami Kriyananda's 2007-2008 New Year's speech, never as today his words resonate in our hearts, full of wisdom, truth and infinite love:
including the wounds they may have inflicted upon you, for even those wounds will push you closer to your salvation.
Be as kind to everyone as you would like them to be to you. Regard every stranger as a loved one,
Consider every stranger as a dear friend, for he really is, in God.
Do not hold grudges, but rather dwell in the thought that everyone on earth, whether they know it or not,
are trying to reach the same ultimate goal: eternal bliss in God.
Laugh inwardly with God for every wrong, every misunderstanding, every derogatory word or gesture you receive.
No one owes you anything.
You owe everything you have and everything you are to God! Love Him above all else.
And try to share His love with everyone."
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 apologize for any inconvenience!
Tyagi Arudra (Antonjo Slisko) is of Croatian origin, but has lived in Italy for many years. From a young age, his thirst for understanding and his great interest in consciousness, understood as the fundamental reality, led him to explore meditation and spirituality, in search of of tools to live more and more in tune with that higher consciousness.In 2008, after finishing his high school studies, he discovered Paramhansa Yogananda and his teachings and began his path as a disciple. Since then he has dedicated his life to living in contact with the Divine and to sharing with others the many practical ways to experience Him and bring Him into one's life.
Since 2009 he has been living in Italy, in the spiritual community of Ananda Assisi, founded and based on the teachings of Yogananda. At Ananda, in the yoga and meditation retreat, he leads classes on meditation, on Superconsciousness, on intuition and on how to spiritualize and transform one's consciousness by sharing the principles and tools that have changed his life. Aside from his service at the guest retreat, he also serves as coordinator of the Ananda meditation groups in Eastern Europe and also as a minister and kriyacharya (person authorized to pass on initiation in the sacred technique of Kriya Yoga).
Nayaswami Atmajyoti (Dr. Mirela Schwarz) is a disciple of Yogananda, and a Kriyaban, with a PhD in Strategic Thinking from the University of Southampton, UK. She has over 25 years of international working experience as an Executive Management Advisor & Trainer for multinational companies (such as the USA, Germany, UK, Italy, India, China, Japan, Arab Countries) in industries such as financial services, telecommunications, energy, manufacturing, governmental institutions, higher education, the arts and non-profit organizations. She has served as a full-time Associate Professor at the University in Southampton/UK and Visiting Professor at MIP Politecnico, Milan, Italy. She founded and set up the Research Center “ Strategic Renewal” at the University in Southampton.Since 2015, she has been giving seminars for Ananda Centers in India and now in Europe, on how Paramhansa Yogananda's teachings can be applied practically and successfully in business and in different working contexts.
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 1/2 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.
The total price of your all-inclusive stay, which includes course, board and lodging, is:
360 euros (120 euros per day)* in a single room,
270 euros (90 euros per day)* in a double room,
240 euros (80 euros per day)* in a 3- to 5-bed dormitory.
* Price of membership card not included €. 18,00
Programme
Sunday 29 December
17:30 – 19:30 Spiritual Practices
19:30 Dinner
20:30 Orientation
Monday 30 December
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 spiritual practices
19:30 Dinner in silence
20:30 Evening program
Tuesday 31 December
7:00-8:45 Spiritual practices
8:45 Breakfast in silence
11:30 Sunday Satsang and Festival of Light
13:30 Lunch
16:15-17:30 Ananda Yoga
17:45-19:30 Energization and meditation or lesson in the spiritual practices
19:30 Festive dinner
21:30 End-of-year celebration
Wednesday 1 January
7:00-8:45 Morning spiritual practices
8:45 Festive Breakfast
10:00 New Year's message
11:00 Lesson
13:30 Festive Lunch
Services
360 euros (120 euros per day)* in a single room,
270 euros (90 euros per day)* in a double room,
240 euros (80 euros per day)* in a 3- to 5-bed dormitory.
* Price of membership card not included €.18,00
We will offer you:
- full board on 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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