Ananda RI Spring Retreat

How to Heal Ourselves and Others

With the Healing Techniques of Paramhansa Yogananda

May 9th & 10th 2026

with Nayaswami Sagar and Jitendra Guindon

Featured Topics

Harnessing the Healing Power of the Superconscious Mind 

 Raising Your Vibration Through Music & Chanting

Cultivating a Magnetic Diet and Yogic Lifestyle

Healing through Prayer and Energy

What You Will Experience

Group Kirtan

Awaken your devotional nature through chanting sacred prayers/mantras set to music

Wisdom Teachings

Learn Paramhansa Yogananda's practical teachings on how to heal yourself and others

Yoga & Meditation

Practice yoga postures to prepare your body, heart, & mind for a deeper meditation experience

Jitendra, Co-Director of Online with Ananda’s Online Outreach ministry, is a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda living at Ananda Village in Northern California. He is a certified Yoga and Meditation Teacher with Yoga Alliance (RYT 200) as well as an ordained Ananda Minister.


Jitendra has spent many years teaching workshops, classes, and retreats both internationally and throughout the United States. He began his spiritual journey after reading the Autobiography of a Yogi 2005. He has been teaching Paramhansa Yogananda’s Divine Will Healing practices and actively supporting the Ananda Healing Prayer Ministry worldwide since 2014.

Nayaswami Sagar lives at Ananda Village in Northern California and serves as one of the main teachers for many of Ananda’s online courses and in-person retreats. Born into a family of Kriya Yogis, Sagar read Paramhansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi at a young age, an influence that culminated in his decision to live and serve with Ananda first in India, and now in the US.Sagar has seen these teachings help many sincere seekers, from diverse walks of life, transform themselves one steady step at a time in manner that is accepting, joyful, and yet very focused and disciplined. He looks forward to sharing some of these tools as a part of this webinar offering. We’re all “works in progress”, and these tools are wonderful for a lot of self-work, and a lot of progress!

Jitendra Guindon, Co-Director of Online with Ananda

Additional Details

If you plan only to attend Sunday Service, you do NOT have to register or pay. Sunday Service & lunch are free to everyone

Full Retreat Schedule

9:00 – 10:15am Morning Yoga with Sam
10:30 – 12:30 am First Workshop on Healing
12:45 – 1:45 pm Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 pm Second Workshop on Healing 
4:00 – 5:30 pm Guided Meditation 
5:45 – 6:45 pm Dinner
7:00 – 8:30 Kirtan – Devotional Chanting
11:00 am Sunday service with Nayaswami Sagar & Jitendra Guindon
12:30 Social lunch 
 

Hotel Accomodations