Experience Yoga's Essence: Professional Trainings in Authentic Tradition
From anxiety to back pain, insomnia to inflammation, and from concentration to spiritual awakening, the benefits of Yoga are well known. But these benefits are fully realized only when Yoga goes beyond the practice of Yoga posture (asanas). At the Ananda Institute of Living Yoga, we take Yoga back to its roots, combining asanas with breathing techniques (pranayama), gestures and locks (mudras and bandhas), and most importantly, powerful techniques for practice of meditation.
Based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, the author of the spiritual classic The Autobiography of a Yogi, we offer a comprehensive set of drop-in classes, workshops, teacher trainings, guided meditation, classes on Vedanta, Raja Yoga, and Kriya Yoga.
We are a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School for 200-level (RYS 200) and 300-level (RYS 300) teacher trainings. Graduates of the Ananda Yoga Teacher Trainings are eligible to apply to become Registered Yoga Teachers with Yoga Alliance. We also offer classes that qualify for continuing education hours. We invite you to explore our offerings and to visit our beautiful Ananda Blue Lotus Temple in Bothell.
Teacher Trainings
Ananda Yoga Teacher Training RYT-200 & RYT-300
Next: January 11, 2025
The Ananda Institute of Living Yoga offers a complete set of courses required for getting your RYT-500 (Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level) certification from Yoga Alliance. Ananda offers a Level 1 Yoga Teacher Training (200 Hour) course and a Level 2 (300 Hour) course.
Ananda Meditation Teacher Training
Begins February 1, 2025
Whether you train to teach meditation, or simply to deepen your understanding and experience of meditation, this power-packed course is for you! This in-depth study of the stages of meditation, the techniques and attitudes for focusing the mind, relaxing the body and calming the emotions, will give you valuable tools to assist others with their meditation.
CertificationS
Spiritual Counseling
Begins Sept 7, 2024
Spiritual counselors are not therapists. In this course we will learn to distinguish people and situations that require professional therapists’ assistance. As spiritual counselors we serve individuals and/or groups of people by offering insights and wisdom from the great wealth of the teachings of meditation and yoga as it relates to the inner life. We will learn to apply these insights to situations and relationships in life, in order to be the most helpful spiritually to those we interact with, as well as to ourselves.
Raja yoga immersion
The Art and Science of Raja Yoga
Begins January 18, 2025
Ananda most comprehensive and popular course! An in-depth 12-week course in Yoga, Meditation, and the Eight-Fold Path.
