Ananda Dallas Meditation & Yoga Center

Ananda Dallas Meditation & Yoga Center Welcome to Ananda Dallas! Stay present for news about our new Sangha House!

08/02/2026

We welcome you to our Ananda Sangha House in the spirit of community support for whatever your spiritual aspirations may be! Transform with us! (You can join us online as well if you can’t make it in person)

Sunday Satsang at Ananda is inspired by the meditation tradition of the East and the ancient teachings of mystical Christianity, with inspirational readings from both the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita. Service usually includes purification, chanting, affirmations, and meditation as well.

This week Tyagis Ram and Chandra join us from Ananda Village, CA.

About Ram & Chandra

Tyagis Ram and Chandra (Robert Smith and Denise Ruelas) are longtime residents of Ananda Village in Nevada City, California, and are both dedicated Kriyabans. Their spiritual service is rooted in devotion, music, and the living guidance of the Masters.
Ram is an ordained Lightbearer Minister of Ananda Sangha/Church of Self‑Realization, serving since 1981. Chandra supports his ministry through her musical gifts, and together they lead a wide variety of Ananda events, including kirtans, concerts, pilgrimages, Sunday Services, and retreats.

As both Ananda Yoga and Meditation instructors, as well as professional musicians and singers, Ram and Chandra bring a unique blend of spiritual depth, joy, and artistic expression to their ministry.

In 2023, they recorded two devotional albums:
• What Is Love? — Songs of Swami Kriyananda
• Channels of Peace — The Spirit of St. Francis of Assisi
Ram has studied, practiced, and taught Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings since 1977 under the direct guidance of Swami Kriyananda. He was a founding member of Ananda Assisi in Italy, where he lived for seven years and met Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in March 1989.

07/23/2026

✨ LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER! ✨ #

Join us this Saturday, August 1, for a truly inspiring experience with Tyagis Ram and Chandra from Ananda Village, California. 🙏🏽💙

🌿 Living in Thy Presence

A special morning filled with devotional music, inspiration, healing practices, and spiritual wisdom through the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda.

This workshop is an opportunity to open your heart, deepen your inner peace, and attune yourself to the presence and inspiration of the Masters. ✨🎶🕉️

📅 Saturday, August 1
⏰ 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Ananda Sangha House
320 East Phillips St, Richardson, TX

🎟️ Registration required
💙 Investment: $55

⚠️ This is your last opportunity to register! Don’t miss this beautiful experience of inspiration, connection, healing, and spiritual upliftment.

✨ Come share this special time together and experience the Divine Presence in community. 🙏🏽💙

Meditation Yoga Spirituality Healing DevotionalMusic RichardsonTX

07/19/2026

Sunday Satsang at Ananda is inspired by the meditation tradition of the East and the ancient teachings of mystical Christianity, with inspirational readings from both the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita. Service usually includes purification, chanting, affirmations, and meditation as well.

07/12/2026

We welcome you to our Ananda Sangha House in the spirit of community support for whatever your spiritual aspirations may be! Transform with us! (You can join us online as well if you can’t make it in person)

Sunday Satsang at Ananda is inspired by the meditation tradition of the East and the ancient teachings of mystical Christianity, with inspirational readings from both the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita. Service usually includes purification, chanting, affirmations, and meditation as well.

On the second Sunday of each month we invite one of Ananda’s most prominent teachers and leaders from around the world to join us online and share with us. We still come together in person and do the first part of the satsang as our traditional Sunday service with chanting, affirmations and readings and then at 11:00am we spend the last hour online with our special guest.

This week Dana Anderson join us from Ananda Village, CA.

About Our Guest

Nayaswami Sudarshan Simpson was born in Southern California in 1948. His mother’s family were Nevada and California pioneers, and his father’s were Colorado miners and ranchers. His Mom was a writer and his Dad was an executive at Douglas Aircraft Corporation.
Sudarshan graduated from University of California, San Diego with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. He first visited Ananda Village in May 1974, joined the Sacramento Ananda meditation group, and moved to the Village in February 1976. He met Nayaswami Savitri Simpson at the Ananda Meditation Retreat and they were married in 1980.
He was in charge of buildings and grounds at the Meditation Retreat, managed the Ananda Print Shop, was minister at Ananda’s Ocean Song community, and San Diego center, and minister and community manager at Ananda Mountain View Community. At Ananda Village, Sudarshan has worked for Ananda Design and Construction and Ananda Property Services in a wide variety of construction areas including plumbing, electrical, mechanical and site utilities for Ananda buildings.
His most recent projects include overseeing construction of site utilities for Ananda’s new Temple of Light, remodeling buildings at Ananda Village to provide more housing, training younger workers to rebuild utility lines, leading online meditations and a long-running Bhagavad Gita study group on Zoom and in-person.
Sudarshan’s interests include meditation, seclusion, writing and poetry, communing with God in nature, acting, storytelling, teaching classes, spiritual counseling, being a divine friend and creative solutions to material world problems.
He wrote a booklet for beginners on the practice of seclusion which has proved useful to numerous people over many years, and continues what he calls “Adventures in Consciousness” in his annual seclusions, which continue to be inspiring and joyful.
He is an Ananda Lightbearer minister, a Nayaswami in the Nayaswami Order and a Sevaka Life Vow member of Ananda’s Sevaka Order.
Sudarshan and Savitri currently live in a geodesic dome home in the Ranikhet housing cluster at Ananda Village.

10:00am Welcome, & Opening Prayer, Chanting
10:15am Meditation
10:45am Affirmation from Affirmations for Self-Healing
10:50am Offertory and announcements
10:55am Reading Bible & Bhagavad Gita readings and commentary from Rays of the One Light
11:00am: Introduce Nayaswami Sudarshan!

07/02/2026

Just released! A beautiful tribute to Swami Kriyananda in honor of his 100 birthday celebration. Ananda folks worldwide participated in this loving collaberative musical effort!

🌸✨ What a weekend with Dana Andersen! ✨🌸We danced, we sketched, we collaged, we sang… 🎶The Inner Child came alive with p...
06/10/2026

🌸✨ What a weekend with Dana Andersen! ✨🌸

We danced, we sketched, we collaged, we sang… 🎶
The Inner Child came alive with play 💫 while the adult relaxed, grinned, and shared LOVE with ALL 🥰

A true spiritual blast 🌟 — creativity flowing, hearts opening, community shining. 💖

DanaWeekend

The Science of Yoga focuses primarily on techniques that work with the energy body and expand consciousness through vari...
05/26/2026

The Science of Yoga focuses primarily on techniques that work with the energy body and expand consciousness through various practices, including pranayama, hatha yoga, and meditation. That’s the yogi’s bag of tricks to realize our Divine connection. But in the beautiful prism of God’s creation there is an innate creativity like a kaleidoscope of different variations on the one theme, or like a flower that morphs when it is planted in a slightly different soil.  

This creative reactivity within new environments in a spiritual sense is the manifestation of the arts through each individual soul’s expression. When we are in that flow, we are alive to bring forth our God-given talents into the world and to literally allow the Divine Mother to experience Her joyful Self through us in uniquely beautiful ways. Swami Kriyananda brought clarity to this truth:

“Creativity is fundamental to the spiritual path. To grow spiritually, you must give of yourself; first to God, and then, as He inspires you, to God in others. The devotee’s constant prayer must be, ‘Lord, help me to serve You better.’ When you ask God to work through you, all work—whether artistic or mundane—becomes creative, because spirit is ever-new!”

The expression of creativity, especially when we consciously tune into a Divine flow, effortlessly increases our energy, concentration and thus our ability to feel the many aspects of the Divine (most assuredly joy, love, and peace). It enhances our lives in wondrous ways AND we are able to share and expand God’s blessings to all. The arts can become a universal bridge to higher consciousness no matter what religion one identifies with (or not!)
 
This upcoming weekend May 29-31, Ananda in Texas has a Once in a Blue Moon opportunity to truly explore the realm of creativity through the lense of spirituality. Don’t miss out! There are two opportunities: a taste of possibilities on Friday night, and a joyful immersion on Saturday. We hope to see you and share in the joy!

Together in joyful, creative flow,
Ananda in Texas

04/28/2026

✨ Dana Andersen is coming to Dallas! ✨
Join us for a weekend of art, inspiration, and spiritual connection:

🎨 Friday – Book presentation ($20, free with workshop)
🌟 Saturday – Full-day workshop ($108–$180, sliding scale)
🙏 Sunday – Sunday Service with Dana

⚠️ Only 15 spots available for Saturday’s Workshop!
This is your chance to reconnect with your creativity and let the divine express itself through art.

📅 Final registration: May 10 (Dana will also join us via Zoom that day).

Ananda in Texas 🕉️🙌🏽Easter Retreat 2026 Rise & Shine ✨
04/14/2026

Ananda in Texas 🕉️🙌🏽

Easter Retreat 2026 Rise & Shine ✨

04/01/2026

✨ Guess who’s back at Ananda Dallas? Our beloved Maitri returned for an unforgettable Easter Retreat 2026 Rise and Shine! 🌸 She completed a very special project — the Sangha House labyrinth, a true gift of love and inspiration.

Infinite gratitude to this great soul who fills everything she touches with light 💫
And thank you, dear Zunny and Patrica #, for nurturing our garden with so much love, and to everyone who contributed.

Javi gurú 🙏

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Thursday 5pm - 8pm
Friday 5:30pm - 9pm
Sunday 9:30am - 2pm

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