How to Achieve Glowing Health and Vitality
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How to Achieve Glowing Health and Vitality
July 25 - 27, 2025
Retreat Highlights
- Practice Ananda Yoga to awaken energy and awareness
- Learn yogic principles for diet, posture, and vitality
- Cultivate inner peace through daily meditation
- Discover the power of magnetism and energy control
- Replace limiting habits with positive new patterns
- Receive personalized support for lasting lifestyle changes
- Explore practical steps to improve attitude and mindset
- Deepen your connection with your higher Self
- Enjoy nourishing vegetarian meals in a serene setting
- Receive a free copy of How to Achieve Glowing Health and Vitality
About this Retreat
Since childhood, Yogesh was aware of the paramount need to find happiness and help others to be happy. In 2013, he took discipleship to Paramhansa Yogananda, simultaneously taking up residence at Ananda Village. Serving at the Crystal Hermitage Gardens and on The Expanding Light staff with the Karma Yoga program, Yogesh also helps lead Ananda Yoga weekend retreats and sadhanas. He delights in the adventure of living for God and sharing the adventure with others in a spirit of acceptance and freedom. Yogesh strives to be “even-minded and cheerful under all circumstances” and to see every challenge as an opportunity. With kindness, enthusiasm, and devotion, he aims to share in a way that is practical, relatable, and fun. Always helpful and sincere he easily helps others experience divine friendship by being a divine friend to others himself.
Bhawani is an E-RYT 200-hour certified Ananda Yoga Instructor, Ananda certified Meditation Teacher, and a long-time meditator. Inspired by yoga since the age of 18, Bhawani’s creative, playful approach makes her classes fun, as well as a relaxing and centering experience. She is passionate about helping people live in a balanced way and reach their highest potential through relaxation and dynamic energy awareness. Bhawani loves to be outdoors and connect with nature. She holds a Master’s degree from CIIS in East-West Psychology, with a specialization in Spiritual Counselling. She is part of the team that hosts Ananda Yoga Retreats several times per year.
Details of this retreat
Boost Your Energy and Transform Your Wellbeing
Have you been yearning to transform your lifestyle and health habits, yet feel stuck and unable to move forward? Are you ready to achieve greater balance in your life? To creatively and proactively diminish stress?
Ignite Your Life Force
Many seek to improve health solely through diet, exercise, and other physical techniques. While these are important, the great yoga master Paramhansa Yogananda tells us that energy and magnetism are the keys to glowing health. Vitality is developed from the inside out. Learn the true source to living with radiant health by using time-tested, ancient yogic techniques.
Proven Steps to Transform Your Life
Cultivate inner peace and tranquility
Practice Ananda yoga for higher awareness
Learn secrets of right diet, posture, and physical health
Incorporate daily meditation to boost mental strength and promote serenity
Change unhelpful habits into positive ones
Learn techniques to discover your inner joy
Improve and change your attitudes
Deepen your connection with your higher Self
This program is designed to send you home equipped with practical tools and fresh insights, reenergized and empowered to embrace a more vibrant, happier lifestyle.
Receive a FREE book, How to Achieve Glowing Health and Vitality from the “Wisdom of Yogananda” series as part of your retreat experience
Have you been yearning to transform your lifestyle and health habits, yet feel stuck and unable to move forward? Are you ready to achieve greater balance in your life? To creatively and proactively diminish stress?
Ignite Your Life Force
Many seek to improve health solely through diet, exercise, and other physical techniques. While these are important, the great yoga master Paramhansa Yogananda tells us that energy and magnetism are the keys to glowing health. Vitality is developed from the inside out. Learn the true source to living with radiant health by using time-tested, ancient yogic techniques.
Proven Steps to Transform Your Life
Cultivate inner peace and tranquility
Practice Ananda yoga for higher awareness
Learn secrets of right diet, posture, and physical health
Incorporate daily meditation to boost mental strength and promote serenity
Change unhelpful habits into positive ones
Learn techniques to discover your inner joy
Improve and change your attitudes
Deepen your connection with your higher Self
This program is designed to send you home equipped with practical tools and fresh insights, reenergized and empowered to embrace a more vibrant, happier lifestyle.
Receive a FREE book, How to Achieve Glowing Health and Vitality from the “Wisdom of Yogananda” series as part of your retreat experience
Schedule
Morning
6:30 – 8:00 am Community Meditation (Join us for all or part of this silent meditation)
6:30 – 8:15 am Sadhana (spiritual practices) which consists of: Energization Exercises (20 – 25 min), Ananda Yoga Postures * (45 – 50 min), Chanting (5 min), Meditation (15 min – 30 min)
8:15 – 9:00 am Breakfast (in silence Monday-Saturday)
10:00 – 11:30 am Scheduled program, class, group activity, or free time
Afternoon
Noon – 12:30 pm Meditation (5 min chanting, 25 min meditation)
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 pm Scheduled program, class, group activity, or free time
4:45 – 6:30 pm Sadhana (spiritual practices)
Evening
6:30 – 7:30 pm Dinner
7:30 – 9:00 pm Scheduled program, class, group activity, or free time
6:30 – 8:00 am Community Meditation (Join us for all or part of this silent meditation)
6:30 – 8:15 am Sadhana (spiritual practices) which consists of: Energization Exercises (20 – 25 min), Ananda Yoga Postures * (45 – 50 min), Chanting (5 min), Meditation (15 min – 30 min)
8:15 – 9:00 am Breakfast (in silence Monday-Saturday)
10:00 – 11:30 am Scheduled program, class, group activity, or free time
Afternoon
Noon – 12:30 pm Meditation (5 min chanting, 25 min meditation)
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
2:00 – 4:00 pm Scheduled program, class, group activity, or free time
4:45 – 6:30 pm Sadhana (spiritual practices)
Evening
6:30 – 7:30 pm Dinner
7:30 – 9:00 pm Scheduled program, class, group activity, or free time
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Directions
Yes, our retreat is a little out of the way. And once you get here, you’ll be glad it is!
Our address is 13930 Expanding Light Drive, Nevada City, CA. If using Google Maps. We are located 1.5 hours away from the Sacramento International Airport, as well as the Reno/Tahoe International Airport. If you need a ride to or from the bus, train, or plane, please contact us and we can share contact information for a drivers who have helped our guests in the past.
Our address is 13930 Expanding Light Drive, Nevada City, CA. If using Google Maps. We are located 1.5 hours away from the Sacramento International Airport, as well as the Reno/Tahoe International Airport. If you need a ride to or from the bus, train, or plane, please contact us and we can share contact information for a drivers who have helped our guests in the past.
Accommodation
Most of our cozy rooms feature two twin beds, easily combined for couples. A limited number of queen and king beds are also available—simple, restful spaces designed for comfort and renewal.
PRIVATE ENSUITE - King
Equally appropriate for a single person or for a couple, a king private room can provide the peace and solitude you crave. This airy room has a king-sized bed with a private, ensuite bathroom. An inviting outdoor space awaits you outside your front door, surrounded by a serene, forest setting.
PRIVATE ENSUITE - Twin
Equally appropriate for a single person or for a couple, an ensuite private room can provide the peace and solitude you crave. These charming rooms have two twin beds with a private, ensuite bathroom. An inviting outdoor space awaits you outside your front door, surrounded by a serene, forest setting.
PRIVATE STANDARD - Queen
Equally appropriate for a single person or for a couple, enjoy your own peaceful room with a queen bed and a shared bathroom down the hall. Your room is simply and tastefully decorated, with windows opening toward the surrounding forest. A bright and airy communal lounge and kitchenette is available 24 hours a day, perfect for relaxing with a book or sharing a cup of tea with friends.
PRIVATE STANDARD - Twin
Equally appropriate for a single person or for a couple, enjoy your own peaceful room with two twin beds and a shared bathroom down the hall. Each room is simply and tastefully decorated, with windows opening toward the surrounding forest. A bright and airy communal lounge and kitchenette is available 24 hours a day, perfect for relaxing with a book or sharing a cup of tea with friends.
PRIVATE CABIN - Twin
Equally appropriate for a single person or for a couple, your private cabin is tucked into a gentle hillside, bright and airy inside, with expansive windows that connect your room to the surrounding forest. Each cabin has two twin beds, with a communal shower house that is centrally located and shared by other cabin guests, campers, and our karma yogis.
SHARED ENSUITE - Twin
Share this charming room with someone else. Each room has two twin beds with a private, ensuite bathroom. An inviting outdoor space awaits you outside your front door, surrounded by a serene, forest setting.
SHARED STANDARD - Twin
Share this charming room with someone else. Each room has two twin beds and a shared bathroom down the hall, and is simply and tastefully decorated, with windows opening toward the surrounding forest. A bright and airy communal lounge and kitchenette is available 24 hours a day, perfect for relaxing with a book or sharing a cup of tea with friends.
SHARED CABIN - Twin
Share this charming cabin with someone else. The cabins are tucked into a gentle hillside, bright and airy inside, with expansive windows that connect your room to the surrounding forest. Each cabin has two twin beds, with a communal shower house that is centrally located and shared by other cabin guests, campers, and our karma yogis.
CAMPING
Fourteen campsites scatter across a gentle, forested hillside, with level areas for pitching your tent. A centrally located shower house is close by, shared by other campers, cabin guests, and our karma yogis. Please bring your own camping gear and towels. We do live amidst bears and other wildlife, so avoid storing any food or scented toiletries in your tent.
RV
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
For over 45 years, The Expanding Light Retreat has been a sacred haven for groups seeking inspiration, clarity, and connection. Nestled in the Sierra Nevada foothills, our campus features an octagonal Teaching Temple, sunlit dining room, garden-view piazza, and a range of lodging options—from deluxe en-suites to cozy cabins and tent sites. Enjoy three nourishing vegetarian/vegan/GF meals daily, and peaceful gardens and meadows.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Enjoy three nourishing, organic vegetarian meals daily, with always-available vegan and gluten-free options. All-you-can-eat buffet. Fresh fruit, coffee, and tea are offered throughout the day.
What's Included
- 3 Organic Vegetarian Meals per day
- 2 Yoga and Meditation sessions per day
- Accommodations
What's Not Included
- Airfare
- Massages or other healing services (additional charge)
- Private sessions, such as yoga, yoga therapy, spiritual counseling (additional charge)
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