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Communing with The Cosmic Mother : Inner Communion Retreat

  • Ananda Teaching Center 2171 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA United States (map)

Saturday, Jun 19, 9-11:30am
Attend in-person or online (Zoom link will be provided upon registration)

Spend the morning awakening to how to receive Divine Mother in Her many all-important aspects: Her Shakti, or energy, Her unconditional love, Her liberating Grace, Her power to free us from all karma, and more. Share stories of Divine Mother, sing devotional chants to Her and learn just how vital the Mother aspect of God is to cultivating deep devotion and longing.

Inner Communion Retreat Series: God is whispering to us in every moment, but often we miss His call amidst the bustle of daily activity. There is an ever-constant, inner stillness behind the outer world of emotions, sense enjoyments, desires and restless thoughts. At that still center of all vibratory motion, the soul perceives love, bliss and infinite peace. The essence of inner communion is learning how to listen to and receive the power from God to transform our lives. This retreat series will guide us to that place of inner stillness where we can both perceive and receive God's love. As Paramhansa Yogananda said, “Stillness is the altar of Spirit."

Participants can join online or in-person. Contributing members, if joining in-person can do so free of cost. Please email Lakshmi to reserve your spot.

Inner Communion Retreats
Our team
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Nayaswami Shanti

Nayaswami Shanti is a lifelong devotee and is now a co spiritual director here at Ananda Palo Alto. She teaches, counsels and still maintains a practice of medicine through her coaching practice of “Transformational Medicine.” Her talks are rich with stories from her life as a physician and her many years on the path. With her warmth and wisdom, she is a much-loved counselor and teacher. Shanti’s talks online.

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Saiganesh Sairaman

Saiganesh is an Ananda minister and one of the co-managers of Ananda Palo Alto. He is a deeply thoughtful, clear speaker, and connects easily with people. He has a passion for sharing the teachings of Kriya yoga and meditation. A world citizen, he grew up in a traditional Hindu family in India and was trained as an Indian Classical musician. He is a former tech manager in the silicon valley, and applies his tech acumen to many Ananda projects.

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Brahmacharini Lakshmi

Lakshmi is an Ananda minister and one of the co-managers of Ananda Palo Alto. She also serves as an English teacher and a mediator at a local high school, dedicated to merging mindfulness and academics in a professional setting. She is a thoughtful and delightfully engaging teacher at Ananda, as well. Lakshmi serves Ananda Palo Alto in many ways, with a rare gift for organizing major projects with ease.

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Keshava Betts

Keshava is a teacher at the Living wisdom high school in Palo Alto. He is a lifelong performing artist—cellist, vocal soloist and actor. Unusually, he is also a lifelong student of Yogananda’s teachings, immersed since birth at Ananda Village. Keshava also has a deep love of astrology and has studied with Vedic astrologer, Drupada MacDonald. As a teacher, astrologer, and musician, Keshava aims to share the transformative vibration of wisdom and joy in everything he does.

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