Featured Event
Blue Lotus Temple Closed
June 22-27
The temple will be closed as 35 staff and sangha members head to Ananda Village. Some Yoga classes canceled, some continuing like normal. Sunday Services happening like normal.
Featured Event
4th of July at the Community
July 4, 1-4pm
Come for the 4th of July celebration at the community! Potluck style bbq. If you would like to attend and bring an item, there will be a sign-up board at the temple every Sunday leading up to the event.
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Learn meditation and experience the joy of inner communion.
Explore the path of Kriya Yoga, the art and science of soul awakening.
Join us for programs, mini-retreats, and other gatherings at a lovely, park-like property.
Ananda Washington has two pilgrimages planned; one to India in fall 2025, and another to Italy in fall 2026.
You can now ask Nayaswami Hriman a question right on our website.
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Swami Kriyananda’s Centennial Celebration
Online participation is FREE! Join us for a historic, once-in-a-lifetime celebration honoring the 100th birthday of Swami Kriyananda and the living legacy of Paramhansa Yogananda at Ananda Village (CA, USA) and online worldwide.
July 4 Sangha Celebration at Lynnwood Community
Come for the 4th of July celebration at the community! Potluck style bbq. If you would like to attend and bring an item, there will be a sign-up board at the temple every Sunday leading up to the event. If you can't make it in, call the temple on a Sunday. (425) 806-3700
Open House! Yoga Teacher Training
Meet the teachers, explore what the program has to offer, and get all your questions answered at our Open House. Discover if this is your next step!
Vibes High: A Healing Retreat
Join long-time Ananda members, Steve Bonnell and Melissa Yaden, for a day of positive vibrations through chanting, creativity and sound healing.
Raja Open House
Curious about Raja Yoga? Join our Open House to learn more about The Art & Science of Raja Yoga course starting September 10, 2026.
“Swamiji brought me to Master through music”
Although I did not spend one-on-one time with Swami Kriyananda, I cannot imagine what my life would have been without him. Swamiji brought me to Master through music. Forty years ago, when I was trying to figure out the point of life, I attended a midweek group at Unity Church. They started their evening program with the chant, “Lord, I … Read More
Enlightener Issue 1, June 2026
A Place Where You Can Find Peace, Meaning, and Spiritual Growth
Ananda is a global movement based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi. It was founded in 1968 in northern California by Swami Kriyananda, one of Yogananda’s direct disciples.
Yogananda’s teachings embrace the truths that underlie all great religions. People from all faiths and backgrounds are welcomed at Ananda.
Join us for Sunday Service or another class or event at the Blue Lotus Temple in Bothell, a place of peace open to all. Visitors come to the temple seeking inner guidance in prayer or meditation, or a respite from the demands of a busy world, or simply a quiet place to “be.”
At our residential community in Lynnwood, residents live together in a lifestyle of meditation, service, simple living and high ideals. Ananda is known throughout the world for its network of independent, intentional communities which are among the most successful in the world today.
We are committed to providing an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone to pursue the search for God.
Spiritual Directors Nayaswami Hriman and Nayaswami Padma
The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with Spirit lies its greatest joy.Paramhansa Yogananda, author of "Autobiography of a Yogi"
Experience the Joy of Giving
If you have been touched in your own journey, by a talk, a prayer, a song, a class, a book, a video, and course, please consider making a donation so that we, as a family, may all continue to reach souls everywhere.
Thank you for being a part of this community of souls who support each other on the path to God.
