Course details: 6 meetings over 12 weeks

Description: Join with others in small groups for an in depthlook at the yamas and niyamas as you support each other in your spiritual goals. The groups will meet 6 times over a period of 12 weeks. Once you register you will be placed in a group. We will try to group people together according to time zones. When your group has formed you will collectively decide the day and time of your meetings. This is a free program, but if you would like to register through the website and make a dontation, the smallest amount it will let us enter is $1. Let's strenghten our collective moral force!

Course details: 90 free program

Description: This program is open to everyone begins with the singing together of uplifting, spiritual songs leading into a short silent meditation. The meditation will be followed by the presentation.

This month’s Program: “Practicing the Presence of God”

Presenter for this month's program: Chris Simmonds (aka Chandranath)

The spiritual journey involves the transformation of human consciousness from a small sense self to a state of unity with all; to experience oneself and all other beings and things as expressions of one source; one cosmic consciousness.

Different traditions use different methods for achieving this. In the Ananda Marga tradition we use both sitting meditation and active meditation. This active meditation is a type of mindfulness practice where one pauses briefly upon meeting others or upon commencing an action to ascribe divinity to the other or to the action.

This practice is sometimes called Guru Mantra or Madhu Vidya (honey knowledge). Developing this practice can be a challenge but many find personal ways of implementing it that become rewarding and transformative.

During this session we will ask participants to share what is working for them; how they adapt and use this practice to expand their minds and open their hearts. 

Please join us and share your story. Prepare to be inspired!

Facilitator:

Chandranath, aka Chris Simmonds, has been meditating for many decades and still hasn’t reached enlightenment; but it doesn’t mean he’s stopped trying. Chris leads group meditations and classes in Ottawa, the capital of Canada, where he lives and works. 

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Instructor: Ananda Seva Acharya Board

Course details: 90 minute class (time listed is PST)

Class description: Quarterly acharya continuing education class on topics relevant to the role and duties of acharyas and tattvikas. This is not a public event. Open to acharyas and tattvikas only.

Cost: Sliding scale $25 - $50

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Course details: 90 free program

Description: This program is open to everyone begins with the singing together of uplifting, spiritual songs leading into a short silent meditation. The meditation will be followed by the presentation.

This month’s Program: Live a Life in Alignment with your Soul's Deepest Purpose

Presenter for this month's program: Adam Guzman-Poole

Adam Guzman-Poole is a highly skilled teacher, logotherapist, and solution-focused coach who specializes in guiding service-centred individuals toward living meaningful lives in alignment with their deepest purpose. With over a decade of close study under the guidance of medicine men and women from North and South America, as well as eastern sages, Adam possesses a unique blend of wisdom drawn from diverse traditions. He integrates these philosophies into his coaching and training programs. Having studied psychology at the University of Carleton and as a practicing logotherapist and solution-focused coach, Adam merges ancient wisdom with modern science to create transformative spaces for individuals. His expertise lies in helping people gain clarity on their purpose, achieve their goals, transition into meaningful work, develop a powerful mindset and motivation, and deepen their spiritual growth.

Join us on Zoom. Register with the link below.

Instructor: Ananda Seva Acharya Board

Course details: 90 minute class (time listed is PST)

Class description: Quarterly acharya continuing education class on topics relevant to the role and duties of acharyas and tattvikas. This is not a public event. Open to acharyas and tattvikas only.

Cost: Sliding scale $25 - $50

Join us on Zoom. Register with the link below

Course details: 90 free program

Description: This program is open to everyone begins with the singing together of uplifting, spiritual songs leading into a short silent meditation. The meditation will be followed by the presentation.

This month’s Program: “The Orchard of Abraham’s children”

Join us for an inspiring program as Ihab and Ora Bahla share the story of their life and work to bridge the gap between cultures.

Ihab and Ora Bahla Ihab, a Muslim Arab from Jaffa, a spiritual leader and a peace activist, and Ora, a Jewish body-movement therapist  from the Galilee, fell in love, and despite the gaps and tension between the two cultures, married and are leading an inspirational life of reconciliation, coexistence, and instilling a culture of peace.

Ihab is the manager of the “The Orchard of Abraham’s children” Foundation, a peace activist and an educator, with experience in the area of Coexistence and bridging gaps between people. For more the 18 years, he has been an Islamic Cleric and a researcher of the Sufi Movement - the mythical Islamic movement.

Ora is the manager of the foundation alongside Ihab. She is a young mother of three sons. Ora has been the director of the association since its inception. Ora is the key contact in Israel and around the world. She is a mediator between people from different cultures, and has a belief that each person is a messenger of peace and love. Ora is also a qualified dance teacher and Feldenkrais method instructor. 

Ihab and Ora are leading an inspirational life of reconciliation, coexistence, and instilling a culture of peace.

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Event details: free program

Description: Celebration of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti’s birthday

Program: open to all who love Baba

Join us for an expansion of our regular weekday morning gathering as we come together early to sing deviotional bjajans, do kiirtan and meditate. After meditation there will be time to share inspirational stories and experiences of Baba.

Since we are on zoom, you'll have to make your own cake : )

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Course details: 90 free program

Description: This program is open to everyone begins with the singing together of uplifting, spiritual songs leading into a short silent meditation. The meditation will be followed by the presentation.

This month’s Program: Prabháta Samgiita Program

Join us for Iowa City author Andy Douglas (Alok) as he reads from:

 Songs of the New Dawn: Selected song-poems of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar. 

"Andy Douglas's stirring 'transpirations' echo a world of transcendental beauty. These poems bring to an English-speaking audience some of the 5018 Bengali songs composed by Shrii Prabhát Ranjan Sarkar between 1982 and 1990, songs that came to be known as Prabháta Samgiita, Songs of a New Dawn. An extraordinary spiritual master, Shrii Sarkar once defined mysticism as 'the never-ending endeavor to find a link between the finite and the infinite.' Each song glows with this spirit of ceaseless search, and Douglas's renditions beautifully capture the delicacy of feeling and simplicity of the original Bengali."

- Dr. Ayesha Irani, Assoc Prof of Asian Studies, UMass Boston



Andy Douglas is a writer and musician, and has been a student of P R Sarkar's teachings for 40 years. He holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from University of Iowa. He is the author of The Curve of the World: Into the Spiritual Heart of Yoga, and Redemption Songs: A Year in the Life of a Community Prison Choir. 



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