The loving yet stern care with which Swami Sri Yukteswar prepared the fledgling Mukunda, as he was known then, to metamorphose into a Paramahansa Yogananda, compels their followers to emulate, writes ...

“The ancient yogis discovered that the secret of cosmic consciousness is intimately linked with breath mastery.”- Paramahansa Yogananda - Every year on June 21, since its adoption by the United ...

Kriya Yoga is a science that uses the flow of breaths to oxygenate the body and make it fit for meditation. Signifying action, kriya yoga is a meditation technique of energy control, also called ...

In a world where everything moves at lightning speed, finding moments of stillness has become increasingly difficult. However, Swami Ishwarananda, head of the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS), ...

LOS ANGELES — This summer, thousands of yogis from around the world will gather for a week of divine inspiration and fellowship, an immersion in the Kriya Yoga teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, ...

The guru who brought kriya yoga to the West is the subject of a documentary exploring his lasting influence By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic Courtesy of Self-Realization Fellowship, Los ...

In the foothills of the Himalayas, Joshi’s is a common stop for locals and people on pilgrimage like American Rebecca Harvey. “This is my fifth time in India and this is the longest I’ve been in India ...

Swami Kriyananda, then a young American who had become Yogananda's disciple at age 22 and who became one of his trusted lieutenants, has come out with an intimate and powerful story of Yogananda, ...

BANGALORE:If India's idea of an International Yoga Day has found easy acceptance in the UN, much of the credit must go to Paramhansa Yogananda, India's first yoga guru in the U.S. whose 62nd death ...

Kriya Yoga's simplified techniques cause no hardships or austerities, and were developed for householders as well as for monks. Kriya Yoga is non-sectarian. Its simplified techniques cause no ...