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|  | |  | |  Top: view of Ananda's Expanding Light Retreat at Ananda Village.
Left: Gyandev McCord leads a Yoga Teacher Training session. This internationally recognized program provides certification to aspiring hatha yoga instructors, with emphasis on the yoga philosophy and meditation techniques of Yogananda. | | Top: Ananda Assisi's temple and retreat center is nestled in the Umbrian hills, just 30 minutes outside of Assisi. Italy. It is the largest retreat center in Europe for Yogananda's teachings. Guests come from all over the world to study in Assisi, sacred birthplace of Yogananda's patron saint, St. Francis. |
Thousands of guests visit Ananda's retreat centers each year. Programs are offered in meditation, yoga postures, and the yoga philosophy brought to the West by Paramhansa Yogananda. Guests may stay as little as a day, and as long as they wish. There are also special retreat programs for Kriyabans, meditation group leaders, meditation teachers, as well as an internationally recognized month-long training program for yoga teacher certification. There are also opportunities year-round for personal unstructured retreats, and pastoral counseling.
 | |  | | Top: A peek inside the kitchen of Ananda Assisi, which produces miraculous meals that can be enjoyed by the vastly different palates of Italians, Germans, Russians, and Americans—proof indeed, that miracles abound in this part of Italy. | | Top: The gardens of Crystal Hermitage at Ananda Village, where evening concerts and plays thrill guests as the sun sets over the nearby Sierra foothills. |  | |  | | Top: Ananda's Seclusion Retreat is where Ananda began in 1968, and is used now for individuals who wish to spend more time in silence, or for group retreats focused on silence and meditation. | | Top: Prayer before a class begins. Classes in the summer take place in a large amphitheater overlooking Lotus Lake near The Expanding Light. |
Retreat Information The Expanding Light
14618 Tyler Foote Road
Nevada City, CA 95959
1-800-346-5350
Web site: www.expandinglight.org
E-mail: info@expandinglight.org
The Seclusion Retreat
14618 Tyler Foote Road (call for directions)
Nevada City, CA 95959
1-800-346-5350 (reservations & information)
1-530-292-3004 (direct)
Web site: www.ananda.org/seclusion
E-mail: seclusion@jps.net Ananda Assisi
Tel: 0039-0742-81.36.20
Fax: 0039-0742-81.35.36
Web site: www.ananda.it
E-mail: info@ananda.it Mailing Address:
Ananda Assisi
Casella Postale 48
I-06088 S. Maria degli Angeli (PG)
Italy Street address:
Il Rifugio, via Montecchio 61 (Strada Statale 444, kilometer 16 between Assisi and Gualdo Tadino)
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