Joy is within You: Recent Episodes
Ananda Europe Podcast
Welcome to 'Joy is within You', the Ananda Europe Podcast! Here you will find inspiring and uplifting audio content, sharing the path of Self-Realisation and Kriya Yoga as lived by members of the Ananda Europe Community. Join us for joyful interviews and inspirational sharings across a range of yogic themes as we live them, in the Kriya Yoga tradition of Paramhansa Yogananda and His direct disciple, Swami Kriyananda. www.anandaeurope.org
Antoine joins us from Switzerland to share his Ananda Story, from discovering Paramhansa Yogananda, Swami Kriyananda and the Ananda Assisi community 'coincidentally', to serving as a channel of the Guru's light by sharing Ananda Yoga and higher consciousness through daily activities, and creating a sense of community wherever you may be!
In this episode Mayadevi joins us to share her Ananda Story. Having lived at Ananda Assisi since the beginning, and having known Swami Kriyananda personally, Mayadevi has lots of inspiration and quite a unique perspective to share!
A special birthday episode dedicated to Swami Kriyananda, created by Ananda Assisi's Living Discipleship group of 2021. With contributions from Arudra, Archana, Ilaria and Rachel... and a very special surprise guest!
Rachel joins us for a brief chat to share her 'Ananda Story', including her experience of growing up at Ananda Village in California and her service with the Living with Spirit programme!
Sanjaya shares on his (current) favourite chapter of Paramhansa Yogananda's spiritual classic, 'Autobiography of a Yogi'. Join us for a journey into chapter 35, 'The Christlike Life of Lahiri Mahasaya'.
Join us for this short but beautifully inspiring episode as Santoshi shares how she relocated to the Ananda Assisi community, not once... but twice!
The pilot episode of a new series, 'My A.Y.', in which Ananda Sangha devotees of the Kriya Yoga path share on their relationship with Paramhansa Yogananda's spiritual classic, 'The Autobiography of a Yogi'. This episode features Arudra from Ananda Assisi and explores Chapter 11, 'Two Penniless Boys in Brindaban'. Jai Guru!
A wonderful exploration into the power of Paramhansa Yogananda's Cosmic Chants and their potential to transform and uplift consciousness. Join us, as we host Darshan in this episode, for an insightful and illuminating discussion about his relationship with chanting, both as a musician and as a devotee for over 35 years. Sharing with honesty and openness, Darshan's reflections perfectly illustrate the importance of chanting as a spiritual practice, and give a relatable context to the Cosmic Chants within Yoganandaji's teachings.
In this episode we discover the world of Paramhansa Yogananda's Cosmic Chants with Sanjaya: what they are, their vibrational power and how we can use them to accompany our own individual spiritual search. In this heartwarming sharing, Sanjaya expresses how important music is to his spiritual life and why, and just how much of an impact the Cosmic Chants have had on him since his very first encounter with them. A beautiful episode for devotees, musicians and spiritual seekers alike!
In this episode Nayaswami Shivani, long-time devotee of Paramhansa Yogananda, shares her insights and experiences in practising the Energisation Exercises for upwards of 50 years. Shivaniji explains how she uses the Energisation Exercises in her own daily life and the ways in which we too can use them to draw maximum benefit! Giving examples of her experiences learning the exercises with Swami Kriyananda, Shivani explores the essence of this element of Yogananda's teachings and pinpoints exactly how all practitioners can refine and deepen their practice.
This episode of 'Joy is within You' features Vayu and is a headfirst dive into the world of the Energisation Exercises as taught by the great realised Master of Yoga, Paramhansa Yogananda. In this sharing, Vayu explores the multi-faceted essence of this amazing element of Yogananda's teachings and speaks from his own personal experience as to how they have the capacity to transform our way of being at the deepest level. An episode not to be missed by the aspiring yogi!
A must-listen! In this episode Nayaswami Bhajana takes us deep into the heart of affirmations as a 'spiritual-science' and shares the ways in which they can truly make an impacting and transformative difference in our lives. As an Ananda Yoga teacher, Bhajana has a wealth of experience with the affirmations incorporated in the series of Ananda Yoga asanas, and she shares in depth about how the affirmations are an integral part of the Ananda Yoga experience in allowing us to experience different states of consciousness, along with her own personal experience of using affirmations for healing. A truly inspiring episode!
Join Gitanjali as she shares on the transformative power of affirmations and how we can use them to make conscious and impacting change in our lives. Delving into the spiritual science behind the practice of affirmations as taught by Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda, these twenty minutes are potent and have the potential to make a great impact on your life! Tune in and begin your affirmation journey today!
This week we are joined by Mahiya to discuss her insights on the theme of 'Union between East and West' as pertaining to Paramhansa Yoganandaji's mission of sharing Kriya Yoga across the western world. Join us for this beautifully sincere and honest sharing as Mahiya charts both her outward journey around the world of Ananda and her inner journey towards the true destination we are collectively seeking: Home in God.
Indra joins us this week to share his insights on the theme of union between East and West as part of Paramhansa Yogananda's mission to spread the teachings of Kriya Yoga around the world. With great clarity, depth and sincerity Indra shares how the Truth of the Kriya Yoga path captured his heart instantly at a young age and how integrating the diverse elements of life as father, businessman and devotee of a great realised Master enables him to live in an authentic and original way.
In this episode Nayaswami Kabir recounts how he was introduced to the concept of getting to know God personally at a young age and how he has been deepening this connection ever since. This inspiring sharing is rich with Kabir's humour and warmth, and permeated with his sense of fun for the Divine adventure he lives each day. A must-listen for both aspiring and seasoned seekers alike!
In this episode Nayaswami Uma shares how she arrived at Ananda 42 years
ago, and how her relationship to that which she considers to be the
quintessential points of the path has kept her inspired and motivated to
move ever-closer towards the goal of Self-Realisation. Uma's sharing is
filled with warmth and humour, and her wisdom, borne from experience, is
universally applicable.
In this episode Ruby offers us a snapshot of her life as a modern-day yogi and disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda. From her early childhood experiences at Ananda to feeling called to live a life of service to her Guru, Ruby shares how life for her is a continual unfolding within this
ray of Divine grace and what she considers the essence of Self-Realisation to be.
In this first episode we are joined by Nayaswami Anand, Spiritual Co-director of Ananda Europe. In this engaging and profound sharing, Anand describes how the Guru drew him on to the spiritual path and what the teachings of Self-Realisation and Kriya Yoga truly mean to him.