Ananda Marga Yoga Society

Ananda Marga aims to serve the people through yoga, healthy lifestyle programs, relief and community development.

Self-development(realisation) and Service to Humanity are the objectives of Ananda Marga.Through various scientific techniques we achieve strong and lasting physical health & vitality, as well as increased concentration, will power and self-confidence. Alongside with this we develop a deep inner calmness, emotional balance and positive outlook. This leads to a natural desire to help those around us, especially the needy and underprivileged in our society.

Our Activities And Services Our activities include:

• Yoga and Meditation Classes
• Yo& or Children and Youth
• Yoga for the Elderly
• Yoga in Schools
• Yoga for Corporations
• Vegetarian cooking classes, Detox(fasting) camps, Yoga workshops/seminars and other related events

Our service programs include:

• Yoga on Wheels; a social service project to provide pro-bono yoga services to the aged, underprivilegedand the disadvantaged (mental or physical)
• Ananda Marga Universal Relief Teams (AMURT/AMURTEL) to aid in times of natural disasters, etc
• Others: Food distribution programs for the needy, Sponsorships for orphaned children in Thailand, etc Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti)

prsarkarFrom his early childhood in Bihar,, where he was born in 1921, P.R. Sarkar has been attracting others by his deep love for humanity and guiding them along the path of self-realization. Adjusting the ancient science of Tantra Yoga to meet the needs of this age, he developed a scientific and rational philosophy and a system of practical disciplines for physical, mental and spiritual development. Recognizing him as a spiritually realized Master, his followers called him “Shrii Shrii Anandamurti” (which means “He who attracts others as the embodiment of bliss”) or simply “Baba” (father).

Those who followed his teachings found their lives transformed as they overcame the weakness and negative tendencies of the mind and experienced a deep peace and bliss within. Inspired by his selfless example, they turned their energies to serving the society and elevating the oppressed.

In 1955, while still leading a normal family life as a railway official, P.R. Sarkar formed the organization Ananda Marga (“The Path of Bliss”), and began training missionaries to spread his teachings of “self-realization and service to humanity” all over and later throughout the world. Reflecting the broadness of his universal vision, Ananda Marga has become a multi-faceted organization with different branches dedicated to the upliftment of humanity through education, relief, welfare, the arts, ecology, intellectual renaissance, women’s emancipation, and humanistic economy.

In the field of ecology and environmental awareness, Sarkar propounded the philosophy of Neo-H