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Inspire your meditation practice

  • Ananda Temple 2171 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA, 94306 United States (map)

Thursdays, January 21-February 25
Six-week series • Cost: $75

This new year, give yourself the gift of a deeper and more fulfilling inner life. Join us on this six week Journey to inspire your meditation practice. This course is perfect for anyone looking to strengthen or start building a daily meditation habit. The techniques taught will also serve as a first step on the path of kriya yoga.

Each week will include a live zoom session with a lecture discussion and 30 mins or more of guided practices. Participants will receive videos, audios and PDFs as supplemental material to accompany the lessons. There will also be an opportunity for one free personalized coaching session with one of the instructors.

As part of the course, we will

- Discuss the science of meditation and its effect on the brain

- Explore the mind-body connection through guided postures and exercises

- Use the breath as a tool to relax at will

- Practice affirmations and visualizations to deepen your practice

- Develop devotion through chanting

- Discuss ways to cultivate meditative awareness in daily activities

Cost: $75

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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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