Calendar of Events

The Kriya Yoga International organizations provide ongoing spiritual teaching, training and support for seekers through many types of events Kriya Yoga Initiation Programs usually consist of a public introductory lecture in the community on Kriya Yoga, and initiation into Kriya Yoga is offered, which is followed by learning the technique and attending Kriya Yoga meditation classes.

Kriya Yoga Retreats are for initiates in this lineage to deepen their understanding of Kriya Yoga and their personal practice. Typically the retreat has a particular theme with many meditation classes and spiritual discourses.

Kriya Yoga Initiation Only is held at a center when there is a yogacharya (teacher) in residence. The seeker receives initiation and attends the meditation classes.

Kriya Yoga Special Event Seminars are national and international programs held at the Mother Centers throughout the year. These seminars honor the masters' birthday and mahasamadhi, Guru Purnima Day, Foundation Day of the ashrams, and other special events. The events include celebrations, meditation classes, spiritual discourses, and other activities, depending on the nature of the event.

Seva Days are usually anywhere from one day to one week in length, and are an opportunity for spiritual aspirants to offer their services to the organization. The activities will often include cleaning, yardwork, and general maintenance at one of the ashrams, or assisting with the logistics of a program (setup, registration, flowers, and the like).

Kriya Yoga Intensive Meditation Programs help those who are already initiated into this lineage of Kriya Yoga to deepen their spiritual practice. It is usually two to three days of intense meditation practice with some satsangs (spiritual discourses).

Kriya Yoga Local Events are listed on only the local center's Web site calendar. These are typically smaller events that are organized for the benefit of local kriyavans.

The Lecture Only event consists of a public talk delivered by one of the Kriya Yoga acharyas. , striving to provide an environment that encourages spiritual development and practical application in daily life. The Mother Centers in each region coordinate these Kriya Yoga activities through their affiliated centers and groups.

Europe
Date	Event Type	Event	Acharyas
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Jun-14 to Jun-20, 2013	Retreat	Reykjavik, Iceland	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Jun-21 to Jun-23, 2013	Initiation Program	Crestet (Vaison la romaine, Avignon), France	Yogacharya Claudia Cremers
Jun-21 to Jun-23, 2013	Initiation Program	Eisenach, Germany	Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Jun-28 to Jun-30, 2013	Initiation Program	Braunschweig, Germany	Yogacharya Petra Helwig
Jun-28 to Jun-30, 2013	Initiation Program	Frankfurt, Germany	Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Jul-05 to Jul-07, 2013	Initiation Program	Poznan, Poland	Yogacharya Claudia Cremers
Jul-22 to Jul-26, 2013	Seva Days	Tattendorf, Austria	Swami Mangalananda Giri Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Jul-24 to Jul-28, 2013	Retreat	Sterksel, Holland (lang. French)	Rajarshi Peterananda Yogacharya Claudia Cremers
Jul-26 to Jul-28, 2013	Initiation Program	Tattendorf, Austria	Swami Mangalananda Giri Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Aug-02 to Aug-08, 2013	Retreat	Sterksel, Holland - Ashram Foundation Seminar (lang. Engl.)	Rajarshi Peterananda Yogacharya Petra Helwig Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke Yogacharya Claudia Cremers
Aug-06, 2013	Special Event	20th Ashram Foundation Day, Kriya Yoga Centrum Sterksel, Holland	Rajarshi Peterananda Yogacharya Claudia Cremers Yogacharya Petra Helwig Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Aug-09 to Aug-11, 2013	Initiation Program	Riga, Latvia	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Aug-09 to Aug-15, 2013	Retreat	Riga, Latvia	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Aug-10, 2013	Special Event	Birthday Celebration of Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, Kriya Yoga Centre Vienna, Austria	Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Aug-16 to Aug-18, 2013	Initiation Program	Malmö, Sweden	Rajarshi Peterananda
Aug-16 to Aug-22, 2013	Retreat	Komorze, Poland	Swami Mangalananda Giri Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Aug-19 to Aug-21, 2013	Retreat	Malmö, Sweden	Rajarshi Peterananda
Aug-21 to Aug-25, 2013	Retreat	Berlin, Germany	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Sep-04 to Sep-09, 2013	Intensive	Ashram Foundation Seminar, Kriya Yoga Centre Vienna, Austria (lang. Engl.)	Swami Mangalananda Giri Swami Atmavidyananda Giri Rajarshi Peterananda Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke Yogacharya Claudia Cremers Yogacharya Petra Helwig
Sep-06, 2013	Special Event	15th Ashram Foundation Day, Kriya Yoga Centre Vienna, Austria	Swami Mangalananda Giri Swami Atmavidyananda Giri Rajarshi Peterananda Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke Yogacharya Claudia Cremers Yogacharya Petra Helwig
Sep-10 to Sep-15, 2013	Retreat	Sterksel, Holland (lang. Engl.)	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri Rajarshi Peterananda Yogacharya Petra Helwig Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke Yogacharya Claudia Cremers
Sep-13 to Sep-15, 2013	Initiation Program	Katowice, Poland	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Sep-20 to Sep-22, 2013	Initiation Program	Toulouse, France	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Sep-20 to Sep-22, 2013	Initiation Program	Zagreb, Croatia	Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Sep-23 to Sep-29, 2013	Retreat	Retreat Pyrenees, France	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Sep-27 to Sep-29, 2013	Initiation Program	Dublin, Ireland	Yogacharya Claudia Cremers
Sep-27 to Sep-29, 2013	Initiation Program	Paris, France	Rajarshi Peterananda
Sep-27 to Sep-29, 2013	Initiation Program	Rotterdam, Holland	Yogacharya Petra Helwig
Sep-27 to Sep-29, 2013	Initiation Program	Skopje, Macedonia	Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Oct-04 to Oct-06, 2013	Initiation Program	Kaufbeuren, Germany	Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Oct-04 to Oct-06, 2013	Initiation Program	Munich, Germany	Rajarshi Peterananda
Oct-04 to Oct-06, 2013	Initiation Program	Valencia, Spain	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Oct-11 to Oct-13, 2013	Intensive	Sterksel, Holland (2nd Kriya only, lang. Engl.)	Rajarshi Peterananda Yogacharya Petra Helwig Yogacharya Claudia Cremers
Oct-11 to Nov-13, 2013	Initiation Program	Salzburg, Austria	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Oct-11 to Nov-13, 2013	Initiation Program	Trier, Germany	Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Oct-14 to Oct-20, 2013	Seva Days	Sterksel, Holland (lang. Engl.)	Rajarshi Peterananda Yogacharya Claudia Cremers Yogacharya Petra Helwig
Oct-18 to Oct-20, 2013	Initiation Program	Den Haag, Holland	Yogacharya Claudia Cremers
Oct-25 to Oct-27, 2013	Initiation Program	Ibiza, Spain	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Oct-25 to Oct-27, 2013	Initiation Program	Warsaw, Poland	Yogacharya Petra Helwig
Nov-08 to Nov-10, 2013	Initiation Program	Hamburg, Germany	Yogacharya Claudia Cremers
Nov-08 to Nov-10, 2013	Initiation Program	Kriya Yoga Centre Vienna, Austria	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Nov-08 to Nov-10, 2013	Initiation Program	Nuremberg, Germany	Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Nov-08 to Nov-10, 2013	Initiation Program	Belgrad, Serbia	Yogacharya Claudia Cremers
Nov-13 to Nov-17, 2013	Retreat	Frankfurt (Hübingen), Germany - International Retreat	Swami Mangalananda Giri Rajarshi Peterananda Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke Yogacharya Claudia Cremers
Nov-22 to Nov-24, 2013	Initiation Program	Sterksel, Holland (lang. Dutch)	Rajarshi Peterananda Yogacharya Petra Helwig Yogacharya Claudia Cremers
Nov-22 to Nov-24, 2013	Initiation Program	Stuttgart, Germany	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Nov-29 to Dec-01, 2013	Initiation Program	Mainz, Germany	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Dec-03, 2013	Special Event	Paramahamsa Hariharanandaji's Mahsamadhi, Commemoration service	Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Dec-06 to Dec-08, 2013	Initiation Program	Budapest, Hungary	Yogacharya Petra Helwig
Dec-06 to Dec-08, 2013	Initiation Program	Caen, Normandie, France	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Dec-06 to Dec-08, 2013	Initiation Program	London, England	Rajarshi Peterananda
Dec-13 to Dec-15, 2013	Initiation Program	Granada, Spain	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Dec-20 to Dec-22, 2013	Initiation Program	Berlin, Germany	Swami Mangalananda Giri
Dec-23 to Jan-01, 2014	Retreat	Sterksel, Holland - Christmas and New Year Seminar (lang. Engl.)	Rajarshi Peterananda Yogacharya Petra Helwig Yogacharya Claudia Cremers
Dec-24 to Jan-01, 2014	Retreat	Kriya Yoga Centre Vienna, Austria - Christmas and New Year Seminar	Swami Mangalananda Giri Yogacharya Ursula Schmidtke
Apr-04 to Apr-06, 2014	Initiation Program	Kriya Yoga Initiation, Cologne	Rajarshi Peterananda
North America
Date	Event Type	Event	Acharyas
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Jun-15 to Jun-30, 2013	Retreat	2013 Himalayan Retreat	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri
Jun-21 to Jun-23, 2013	Initiation Program	New York, NY	Yogacharya John Williams Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Jul-19 to Jul-22, 2013	Special Event	Guru Purnima and Foundation Day Seminar - Kriya Vedanta Gurukulam, Joliet, IL	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri Yogacharya Durga Chunduri
Jul-19, 2013	Initiation Only	Kriya Vedanta Gurukulam, Joliet, IL	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri Yogacharya Durga Chunduri
Jul-20, 2013	Special Event	Third Annual Interfaith Conference - Kriya Vedanta Gurukulam, Joliet, IL	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri
Jul-20 to Jul-22, 2013	Special Event	Guru Purnima, Kriya Yoga Institute, Homestead, FL	Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Jul-26 to Jul-28, 2013	Initiation Program	Dallas, TX	Yogacharya Suresh Kodolikar
Jul-26 to Jul-28, 2013	Retreat	West Coast Retreat, Los Angeles, CA	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri Yogacharya Richard Peterson
Jul-27 to Jul-28, 2013	Initiation Only	Kriya Yoga Institute- Homestead, FL	Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Aug-02 to Aug-04, 2013	Intensive	Houston, TX	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri
Aug-09 to Aug-11, 2013	Initiation Program	Denver, CO	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya Yogacharya Srinidhi Baba
Aug-09 to Aug-11, 2013	Special Event	Paramahamsa Prajnananandaji's Birthday Program - Kriya Vedanta Gurukulam, Joliet, IL	Yogacharya Durga Chunduri
Aug-09 to Aug-11, 2013	Special Event	Paramahamsa Prajnananandaji's Birthday Program - Kriya Yoga Institute, Homestead, FL	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Aug-16 to Aug-18, 2013	Initiation Program	Memphis, TN	Yogacharya Suresh Kodolikar
Aug-17 to Aug-18, 2013	Initiation Only	Kriya Yoga Institute- Homestead, FL	Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Aug-23 to Aug-25, 2013	Initiation Program	Detroit, MI	Yogacharya John Williams
Aug-30 to Sep-01, 2013	Initiation Program	Boston, MA	Yogacharya Richard Peterson
Aug-30 to Sep-01, 2013	Retreat	East Coast Retreat	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri Yogacharya Suresh Kodolikar
Aug-30 to Sep-02, 2013	Retreat	Vancouver BC	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya Yogacharya Durga Chunduri
Sep-06 to Sep-08, 2013	Initiation Program	Cleveland, OH	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya
Sep-07 to Sep-08, 2013	Initiation Only	Kriya Yoga Institute- Homestead, FL	Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Sep-13 to Sep-15, 2013	Initiation Program	Columbus, OH	Yogacharya Durga Chunduri
Sep-13 to Sep-15, 2013	Initiation Program	Toronto, Canada	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya Yogacharya Srinidhi Baba
Sep-18 to Sep-23, 2013	Retreat	Fall Retreat - Kriya Yoga Institute, Homestead, FL	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Sep-22, 2013	Special Event	Foundation Day Program- Kriya Yoga Institute, Homestead, FL	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Sep-27 to Sep-29, 2013	Initiation Program	Cincinnati, OH	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya
Sep-27 to Sep-29, 2013	Initiation Program	Orlando, FL	Yogacharya Suresh Kodolikar
Sep-27 to Sep-29, 2013	Initiation Program	San Diego, CA	Yogacharya Richard Peterson
Sep-28 to Sep-29, 2013	Intensive	Rochester, NY	Yogacharya Srinidhi Baba Yogacharya David Strassner
Oct-11 to Oct-13, 2013	Initiation Program	Ellicott City, MD	Yogacharya Suresh Kodolikar
Oct-11 to Oct-13, 2013	Initiation Program	Kansas City, KS	Yogacharya Durga Chunduri
Oct-18 to Oct-20, 2013	Initiation Program	Alburquerque, NM	Yogacharya John Williams
Oct-18 to Oct-20, 2013	Retreat	Midwest Higher Kriya Retreat- Kriya Vedanta Gurukulam, Joliet, IL	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri Yogacharya Durga Chunduri
Oct-18 to Oct-20, 2013	Initiation Program	Phoenix, AZ	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya
Oct-19 to Oct-20, 2013	Initiation Only	Kriya Yoga Institute- Homestead, FL	Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Oct-25 to Oct-27, 2013	Initiation Program	Houston, TX	Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Oct-25 to Oct-27, 2013	Initiation Program	Madison, WI	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya
Oct-25 to Oct-27, 2013	Retreat	Toronto, Canada	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri
Nov-01 to Nov-03, 2013	Initiation Program	Fort Wayne, IN	Yogacharya Srinidhi Baba
Nov-08 to Nov-10, 2013	Retreat	Texas Silent Retreat, Dallas	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri
Nov-08 to Nov-10, 2013	Initiation Program	Northern California, CA	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya Yogacharya Srinidhi Baba
Nov-15 to Nov-17, 2013	Initiation Program	Charlotte, NC	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya
Nov-15 to Nov-17, 2013	Initiation Program	Los Angeles, CA	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri Yogacharya Richard Peterson
Nov-15 to Nov-17, 2013	Initiation Program	New York, NY	Yogacharya John Williams
Nov-16 to Nov-17, 2013	Initiation Only	Kriya Yoga Institute- Homestead, FL	Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Nov-30 to Dec-03, 2013	Special Event	Gurudeva's Mahasamadhi Seminar- Kriya Yoga Institute, Homestead, FL	Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Dec-06 to Dec-08, 2013	Initiation Program	Austin, TX	Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Dec-14 to Dec-15, 2013	Initiation Program	Kriya Yoga Institute- Homestead, FL	Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Dec-24 to Dec-25, 2013	Special Event	Holy Days Celebration- Kriya Yoga Institute, Homestead, FL	Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
Dec-28 to Jan-01, 2014	Special Event	New Year Celebration- Kriya Yoga Institute- Homestead, FL	Yogacharya John Thomas Lopategui
South America
Date	Event Type	Event	Acharyas
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Aug-15 to Aug-19, 2013	Retreat	Barranquilla, Colombia	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri
Aug-20 to Aug-22, 2013	Initiation Program	Mushaisa (Guajira) , Colombia	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri
Aug-23 to Aug-25, 2013	Initiation Program	Monteria, Colombia	Swami Atmavidyananda Giri
Oct-02 to Oct-07, 2013	Initiation Program	Brasilia, Brazil	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya
Oct-08 to Oct-14, 2013	Initiation Program	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya
Dec-05 to Dec-08, 2013	Initiation Program	Bogota, Colombia	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya
Dec-09 to Dec-16, 2013	Retreat	Armenia, Colombia	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya
Dec-20 to Dec-22, 2013	Initiation Program	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Yogacharya Bhadrayu Pandya

Calendar of Events

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South America