Kriya Yoga school
Videos
Kriya Yoga is a yoga system which consists of multiple levels of pranayama, mantra, and mudra, intended to rapidly accelerate spiritual development and engender a profound state of tranquility and God
Lahiri Mahasaya (1828–1895).
Patañjali statue (traditional form indicating Kundalini or incarnation of Shesha)
Paramahansa Yogananda Standard Pose
Paramahansa Yogananda
Videos
"You are walking on the earth as in a dream. Our world is a dream within a dream; you must realize that to find God is the only goal, the only purpose, for which you are here. For Him alone you exist.
Kriya Yoga school
…by Lahiri Mahasaya, who was initiated by a guru, Mahavatar Babaji, circa 1861 in the Himalayas. Kriya Yoga was brought to international awareness by Paramahansa Yogananda's 1946 book Autobiography of a Yogi and through Yogananda's introductions of the practice to the West from 1920. According to Yogananda, "Kriya is an…
Yogananda at age six
Meditating in 1910
1923 Manuel Rosenberg sketch of Swami Yogananda for the Cincinnati Post