“The goal of yoga science is to calm the mind, that without distortion it may hear the infallible counsel of the Inner Voice.”
Paramahansa Yogananda
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You Are Welcome Here
Welcome to Kriya Yoga Encinitas.
The world is noisy. Distraction is constant. It's easy to lose touch with what you actually are underneath all of it.
Kriya Yoga Encinitas exists to support people who are ready to explore practices that cultivate stability, peace, contentment, inspiration, creativity, and joy - not as distant goals, but as natural expressions of clear awareness.
If you're here, you're probably sensing there's something more available than the endless loop of our present conditions. We exist to help address this yearning for a return to wholeness. Welcome home.
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What is Kriya Yoga?
Kriya Yoga is about living effectively and meditating intentionally. It draws from two primary texts: Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras and the Bhagavad Gītā. Both offer practical wisdom for recognizing what you actually are - pure consciousness temporarily forgetting itself in the drama of human experience.
The practices themselves are straightforward: lifestyle guidelines that appear in every authentic spiritual tradition, combined with specific meditation techniques designed to clear out the mental debris. We're talking about the repetitive thought loops, the old stories you keep telling yourself, the energetic patterns that run on autopilot. These obscure your natural state. Kriya Yoga systematically addresses them.
"Kriyā" means cleansing action. "Yoga" means union - here, the recognition of your essential nature. So any practice that genuinely moves you toward self-recognition qualifies as kriyā yoga. This isn't sectarian. It's not about joining a club.
If you're Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist or from any other tradition - your devotional practices can work beautifully alongside these techniques. If you're an atheist, that's fine too. Reality isn't concerned with what labels you use. You can discover the truth of what you are without subscribing to any particular belief system.
Kriya Yoga meets you where you are. The question is simply: are you ready to look clearly at what's actually here?
Why should
we practice Kriya Yoga?
Kriya Yoga accelerates spiritual realization, regardless of the tradition you come from or whether you identify with one. While people often associate it with specific meditation and prāṇāyāma techniques - and yes, those are central - the actual system is more comprehensive.
It includes studying spiritual philosophy, living in harmony with your circumstances, and embodying ethical principles in daily life. When these elements integrate, clearer awareness stops being something you're trying to achieve and starts being what naturally expresses itself through your life.
This isn't an escape route. Kriya Yoga doesn't offer you a way out of yourself or the world you're in. What it does is give you the tools to live from honesty, genuine wisdom, and a peace that doesn't depend on circumstances arranging themselves perfectly. As this transformation occurs - and it's a process, not a sudden event - you naturally become someone who brings healing rather than harm. Not because you're trying to be good, but because that's what emerges when confusion clears.
Shantipuri Friends Foundation Fundraiser
Shantipuri Friends Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity established in 2009 to support the charitable works of Swami Nirvanananda Saraswati in and around the holy city of Puri, Odisha, India. Situated on the shore of the Bay of Bengal, Puri has long been a major pilgrimage destination for India's devout Hindus. It was in Puri that Swami Nirvanananda — an Italian by birth — took his final vows of renunciation and joined the ancient swami order of monks. Since that time, he has dedicated his life to serving the poor, focusing especially on helping the children of the Mercy Village Leper Colony in Puri. To that end, he has created several projects and around Puri to profoundly impact the lives of those most in need.
All donations to Shantipuri Friends Foundation are tax-deductible in the United States, and directly benefit our various projects in and around Puri.
