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'''Ananda Yoga''', or ''Ananda Yoga for Higher Awareness''<ref>Ananda | '''Ananda Yoga''', or ''Ananda Yoga for Higher Awareness''<ref name="Walters 1967">{{cite book |last=Walters |first=J. |title=Ananda yoga for higher awareness |publisher=Crystal Clarity Publishers |publication-place=Nevada City, California |year=1967 |isbn=978-1-56589-078-7 |oclc=41846560}}</ref> is a system of [[Hatha Yoga]] established by [[Kriyananda]], a Western disciple of [[Paramahansa Yogananda]], and is based on Yogananda's [[Self-Realization Fellowship]] (SRF) and [[Yogoda Satsanga Society of India]] (YSS) teachings. Ananda Yoga emphasizes inner awareness; energy control; and the experience of each asana as a natural expression of a higher state of consciousness, which is enhanced by the use of [[affirmative prayer|affirmations]]. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Ananda Yoga was established by Kriyananda taking from one of the oldest Hatha Yoga systems in the West. Its roots are the 1940s/1950s, when Kriyananda was with Self-Realization Fellowship, he was taught these postures by Yogananda. Yogananda, founder of SRF and YSS,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Melton, J. Gordon |first=Martin Baumann |title=Kriyananda |work=Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices |year=2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781598842043 }}</ref> asked Kriyananda (then Donald Walters) and other young monks, to demonstrate the postures for visiting guests, as well as for public events, such as the SRF "Lake Shrine Dedication." Kriyananda and other monks also posed for photos, for articles on the yoga postures in Yogananda's "Self-Realization Magazine."<ref>[http://www.ananda.org/inspiration/books/path/index.html Described in "The New Path" by Swami Kriyananda, Crystal Clarity Publishers]</ref> From 1965 Kriyananda through his own organization started to teach Ananda Yoga publicly in California. The director of Ananda Yoga, Gyandev Rich McCord, is a co-founder of [[Yoga Alliance]] and a member of its board of directors.<ref>To hear Gyandev's keynote address, 'Future Directions for Yoga in the West', at the 2011 Yoga Alliance Leadership Conference: http://vimeo.com/31819734</ref> | Ananda Yoga was established by Kriyananda taking from one of the oldest Hatha Yoga systems in the West. Its roots are the 1940s/1950s, when Kriyananda was with Self-Realization Fellowship, he was taught these postures by Yogananda. Yogananda, founder of SRF and YSS,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Melton, J. Gordon |first=Martin Baumann |title=Kriyananda |work=Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices |year=2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781598842043 }}</ref> asked Kriyananda (then Donald Walters) and other young monks, to demonstrate the postures for visiting guests, as well as for public events, such as the SRF "Lake Shrine Dedication." Kriyananda and other monks also posed for photos, for articles on the yoga postures in Yogananda's "Self-Realization Magazine."<ref>[http://www.ananda.org/inspiration/books/path/index.html Described in "The New Path" by Swami Kriyananda, Crystal Clarity Publishers]</ref> From 1965 Kriyananda through his own organization started to teach Ananda Yoga publicly in California. The director of Ananda Yoga, Gyandev Rich McCord, is a co-founder of [[Yoga Alliance]] and a member of its board of directors.<ref>To hear Gyandev's keynote address, 'Future Directions for Yoga in the West', at the 2011 Yoga Alliance Leadership Conference: http://vimeo.com/31819734</ref> | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Modern Denominational Yoga]] | ||
[[Category:Meditation]] | [[Category:Meditation]] | ||
[[Category:Yoga styles]] | [[Category:Yoga styles]] | ||