Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas USA, Inc.

09/30/2025

Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Order of Acharya’s: Annual report and plans for 2025
DO HELP US BRING BABAJI’S KRIYA YOGA
TO PERSONS LIKE YOU ALL AROUND THE WORLD

Go to the links at the bottom of this page for full report with history of the Order in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Japanese.

In the past 12 months, since September 2024 the members of the Order of Acharyas did the following:
* Brought more than 100 initiation seminars to more than 1,100 participants living in 21 countries including Brazil, India, Sri Lanka, Peoples Republic of China, Malaysia, Japan, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, England, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Estonia, Australia, Colombia, Uruguay, Bulgaria, the USA and Canada.
* Sponsored and helped organize weekly online Satsangs via Zoom in India, North America, Brazil, Germany, Sri Lanka, Italy and France, and daily sadhana meetings via Zoom in India.
* Maintained an ashram and publishing office in Bangalore, India. It published and distributed most of our books and tapes throughout India.
* Maintained an ashram in Badrinath, India.
* Sponsored Gurupurnima Gathering of 100 initiates including 11 Acharyas in France, July 8-15.
* Reprinted the Tirumandiram, in 5 volumes, 4th printing. Published the Yoga of Tirumular: Essays on the Tirumandiram in French
* Sponsored free public classes weekly in Babaji’s Kriya Yoga, and kirtan at the Quebec ashram. *Organized three pilgrimages to the Badrinath ashram including 22 persons in English and 16 persons from Brazil and 22 from Estonia which will occur in September and October 2025.
* Completed the training of a new Acharya, Jnanaskandar, in Estonia
* Sponsored the renovation of the Order’s website, to make it easier to navigate its 20 languages.

In the year 2025 - 2026 the Order plans to do the following:

* Bring initiation seminars to most of the above-named countries.
* Conduct free bi-weekly public asana and meditation classes at our ashrams in Quebec, Bangalore and Sri Lanka.
* Publish the book Thirumandiram: A Classic of Yoga and Ta**ra in German and French. Publish in Hindi volume 3 of the Voice of Babaji
* Complete the training of new Acharyas in USA, Canada, France and Switzerland
* Organize 3 pilgrimages to Badrinath: one in French, in June, one in English in September, and one in Portuguese from end of September to mid October 2025.

The 35 volunteer Acharyas of the Order and many other volunteer organizers need your support to fulfill this program for the year 2025-2026. Your contribution is tax deductible in Canada and the USA. Send it by December 31, 2025, if possible, and receive a receipt for your 2025 Income tax return. Use your credit card or bank transfer here: https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/english/kriya-yoga-contribution.htm

Continue reading here:
English:
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French:
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/french/contribution.htm

German:
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/german/contributions.php

Italian:
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/italian/contribution.php

Spanish:
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/spanish/contributions.htm

Portuguese:
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/portuguese/contribution.php

Japanese:
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/japanese/contribution.htm

09/25/2025

BABAJI’S KRIYA YOGA JOURNAL : Volume 32, Number 2 Fall 2025. Table of Contents

1. How to get the most out of your practice of Babaji’s Kriya Yoga: by M. G. Satchidananda
2. Are You Sincere? Or even truthful with yourself? by M. G. Satchidananda
3. Deepening Your Practice of Babaji’s Kriya Hatha Yoga, by Durga Ahlund
4. An Interview with M. G. Satchidananda.
5. Annual Report and plans for 2026. Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas
6. KriyaMandiram – your Ashram in the foothills of the Austrian alps, by Acharya Chaitanya
7. News and Notes

1. How to Get the Most Out of Your Practice of Babaji’s Kriya Yoga?
By M. G. Satchidananda

The short answer to this important question for all sadhaks, or practitioners of Babaji’s Kriya Yoga, whether they are beginners or have been practicing for more than twenty years, is synergy.
Synergy occurs when two or more things work together to produce more than the sum of what they could produce individually.
Synergy occurs in organizations, in tribes and in good marriages to name only a few examples. It also occurs in Babaji’s fivefold path of Kriya Yoga, consisting of Kriya Hatha Yoga, Kriya Kundalini Pranayama, Kriya Dhyana Yoga, Kriya Mantra Yoga and Kriya Bhakti Yoga. The long answer can be understood by examining each of them.
Each of these five limbs or groups of practices develop primarily one of the five bodies:

Continue reading at these links in English or 5 other languages:
Links to Fall 2025 Journal - 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙖𝙮

English:
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/english/pdfs/XRY-k6w7R-788-WIW-ZU4Jb-059-EIA-1Hpfr-769-auth/Journal-Fall-25.pdf

French
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/french/pdfs/VET-J4FI7-314-ESC-DIcp5-693-VRI-8X62o-377-auth/Journal-F-Fall-25.pdf

Fall Spanish KY Journal.
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/spanish/pdfs/TNZ-Xn6Uf-283-MRM-1z7Xt-804-HBF-7Np7O-620-auth/Journal-S-Fall-25.pdf

Italian Fall KY Journal.
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/italian/pdfs/LOR-A9Z20-785-GUP-KnL4-864-JBN-6X51m-570-auth/Journal-I-Fall-25.pdf

Portuguese
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/portuguese/pdfs/PXS-k6w7R-788-WIW-ZU4Jb-059-EIA-1Hpfr-895-auth/BKYJ_Brasil_Primavera_2025.pdf

German
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/german/WebPDF/PDR-j8z5H-966-ANM-ZK0Gz-274-IAQ-1Lfti-382-auth/KYJ_32-3_Herbst_2025.pdf

06/14/2025

INITIATION TO BABAJI'S KRIYA YOGA
DURING THE INTERNATIONAL KRIYA YOGA GATHERING
in Saint-Denis-d'Orques from July 8 to 10, 2025
with Acharya Siddhananda Sita.

Près du Mans : July 9-10, 2025 and Free Intro Lecture on July 8, 2025 https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/french/pdfs/KY1-Sita-Pres-du-Mans-France-Juillet-2025.pdf

Babaji's Kriya Yoga is a spiritual practice of the ancient yogic masters, the Siddhas, aimed at self-realization and conscious creation of life. It is an art and science accessible to all.
This extraordinary initiation will take place as part of a large gathering that will bring together practitioners and teachers of Kriya Yoga from around the world.
During the first initiation, we receive the essential techniques, the kriyas, to awaken and develop our dormant potential.
- Mantra and puja
- 6 phases of Kriya Kundalini Pranayama to activate primordial energy
- 7 techniques of Dhyana Kriya for mastery and purification of the mind
- 18 postures of Kriya Hatha Yoga to vitalize the physical body.
Acharya Siddhananda Sita Leite was initiated in 2004 by M.G. Satchidananda and since then she has undergone a series of preparations to be authorized to transmit to transmit the three levels of Kriya Yoga.
Information and registrations: sitayoga.blogspot.com kriyasita@gmail.com
Suggested participation: 290 euros

06/13/2025

I invite you to listen to these "Songs and Chants" of Babaji's Kriya Yoga and to download them into your cellphone for free at this link:
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/english/bookstore-gumroad-dev-songs-w-accompaniment-2.htm

04/24/2025

Who is Acharya Jnanaskandar?
At a ceremony on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025 in Tallinn, Estonia
Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas welcomed a new member. During it, Jaak Kivimae received the name Jnanaskandar,. Here is his biosketch:“
I was born in Estonia in 1967 and I’ve lived here all my life. For 28 years I have been married to my lovely wife Maiu. We have 3 grown-up children in our family. Also, I’m a grandfather to my two darling granddaughters. I have worked as a security instructor and consultant since 1992.
I think that my first encounters with the divine depth and looking for the meaning of that took place spontaneously in my adolescence. More systematic search began while practising Wado-Ryu karate in the 1980–90s. The whole time I was assured that there must be a deeper meaning behind all my undertakings. During the years 1993–2004 I was led to many different teachers and teachings by my quest. It was a colourful period which could be compared to a patchwork quilt. Although each patch was of a different colour, the edges were nevertheless connected.
In 2004 Babaji’s Kriya Yoga arrived to Estonia with Durga Ahlund and Marshall Govindan Satchidananda. That year was like finding a way home when I participated in the first initiation; in 2005 I received the second initiation and in 2010 to the third. Later I have also repeated the initiations. I undertook Kriya Hatha Yoga teacher training twice, led by Durga Ahlund, Marshal Govindan Satchidananda, Nagalakshmi and Laurier-Pierre Desjardins.
I have organized weekly meetings (satsaṅgas) in my homeplace Kiisa and also in Tallinn, our capital, more than 20 years, where we have explored the true meaning and practical potential of Yoga through practical experiments and exercises with a smaller group of people.
Since 2010 till now Kriya Hatha Yoga has been the main focus of these meetings.
As much as possible I’ve supported translating texts about Kriya and Integral Yoga into Estonian.
I also organize the Estonian lessons and discussions of M. G. Satchidananda’s and Durga Ahlund’s “Grace Course”.
In 2015 I took part in a pilgrimage to Badrinath with M. G. Satchidananda.
From 2018 I’ve been organizing pilgrimages to North India, including both Badrinath and Rishikesh, myself.
In July 2023 I was proposed to start ācārya-training. It has involved a lot of discipline and extensive studies.
Today I can tell that Babaji’s Kriya Yoga is my Life’s calling. Something very natural to delve into. I have said, half-jokingly, that I have my job and my Life’s Calling. Uniting these two has been exciting and challenging.
Babaji’s Kriya Yoga is not anything separate from my life, as it is the Life itself. When I was beginning my Yoga journey, I tried to integrate Yoga into my life bit-by-bit. But in the course of time, similar to a scientist who carries out the same experiment many times and in different circumstances again and again, I have discovered that my own life has a beautiful potential to be integrated into Yoga. This way the inner essence of Life itself opens up.
Photos 1: Acharya Sita from France who conducted the ceremony of induction into the Order of Acharyas, and , Jnanaskandar and Malu Kivimae
Kes on ācārya Jñānaskandar?
20. aprillil 2025. aastal, ülestõusmispüha ajal Tallinnas, tervitas Babaji Kriyā Jooga Ācārya’te Ordu oma uut liiget. Ordu liikmena sai Jaak Kivimäe omale nimeks Jñānaskandar.
Siin on ülevaade tema elukäigust:
“Olen sündinud 1967. aastal Eestis ja kogu elu siin elanud. 28 aastat olen olnud abielus oma toreda abikaasa Maiuga. Meil on peres kokku 3 täisikka jõudnud last, nüüd saan olla ka vanaisaks kahele toredale tütretütrele. Töötan turva- ja ohutusvaldkonna koolitaja ja nõustajana alates 1992. aastast.
Arvan, et esimesed kokkupuuted jumaliku sügavuse ja selle tähenduse otsimisega leidsid aset spontaansete sündmustena noorukieas. Esimesed juba süsteemsemad otsingud algasid 80–90ndatel aastatel aktiivselt Wado-Ryu karatega tegeledes. Kogu aja saatis mind veendumus, et kõige taga, millega tegelen, peab olema palju sügavam tähendus. Minu otsingud viisid mind aastatel 1993–2004 kokku mitmete erinevate õpetajatega ja õpetustega. See oli värvikirev periood, mida saaks võrrelda lapitekiga. Kuigi iga lapp oli eri värvi, olid servad omavahel ühenduses. Kuuldes vahel sõna “Babaji” (loe: babadži), puudutas see alati seletamatult mu südant.
2004. aastal jõudis Babaji kriyā-jooga Durga Ahlund’i ja Marshall Govindan Satchidananda vahendusel Eestisse. See oli minu jaoks nagu kodutee otsa leidmine.
Läbisin Babaji kriyā-jooga I astme pühitsuse, aasta hiljem II astme ja 2010. aastal III astme pühitsuse. Hilisematel aastatel olen osalenud pühitsustel ka kordajana. Kahel korral olen osalenud Babaji kriyā haṭha jooga õpetajate koolitusel Kanadas, juhendajateks Durga Ahlund, Marshal Govindan Satchidananda, Nagalakshmi ja Laurier-Pierre Desjardins.
Üle 20 aasta olen organiseerinud iganädalasi kohtumisi (satsaṅga’sid) oma kodukohas Kiisal ja ka pealinnas Tallinnas, kus me väiksemas grupis oleme läbi praktiliste katsetuste ja harjutuste uurinud jooga tähendust ja praktilisi võimalusi.
2010. aastast alates on kriyā haṭha joogasse süvenemine muutunud nende kohtumiste põhiliseks praktikumiks. Jätkan tänaseni nende iganädalaste joogatundide läbiviimist Kiisal ja Tallinnas.
Jõudumööda olen organiseerinud kriyā-jooga ja integraaljooga alaste kirjatööde tõlkimist eesti keelde.
Samuti organiseerin soovijatele M. G. Satchidananda ja Durga Ahlund’i poolt koostatud kaheaastase kaugõppekoolituse „Armu kursus“ eestikeelset õpet.
2015. aastal viibisin Marshall Govindan Satchidananda juhendamisel palverännakul Badrinath’is. 2018. aastast alates korraldan palverännakuid Põhja-Indiasse, nii Badrinathi kui Rishikesh’i. 2023. aasta juulikuus sain ettepaneku alustada ācārya-ettevalmistust. Sellele on järgnenud kindla distsipliini järgimine ja ohtralt õpinguid.
Babaji kriyā-jooga on midagi, mille kohta saan täna öelda, et see on minu Elukutse. Midagi, millesse sisenemine on olnud elu loomulik osa. Olen naljatamisi öelnud: “mul on erialane töö ja mul on Elukutse”. Põnev ja väljakutsuv on neid kahte ühendada.
Babaji kriyā-jooga ei ole midagi, mis oleks minu elust eraldi, sest see on Elu ise. Alustades joogateed, püüdsin selle osiseid järk-järgult kuidagi oma ellu sobitada. Olles aga jätkanud, visalt nagu teadlane, kes teeb ühte ja sama katset palju kordi ja erinevates tingimustes, olen jõudnud järeldusele, et hoopis minu enese elu on see, mis omab hindamatut potentsiaali sobituda joogasse. Nii avaneb järjest enam Elu enese olemus.

03/22/2025

An Integral Yoga response to fear and uncertainty, by M. G. Satchidananda
“I had a terrible life. Thank God most of it never happened.” - Anonymous
“Take one step towards Babaji, and He takes ten steps towards you.”- Yogi Ramaiah
We live in uncertain times. We are individually and collectively faced with unprecedented risks of natural disasters due to climate change. Populism is undermining our confidence in science, legacy media, and political institutions through disinformation and misinformation. Artificial intelligence and innovation threaten most professions and jobs. New viruses threaten our physical health. Loneliness and isolation threaten our mental health. …
The ordinary response to disturbing news, undesirable events, uncomfortable circumstances, memories and emotions of all types is simply to allow the mind to create reactions with more thoughts, emotions, and memories.
In integral Yoga however, one learns to cultivate a response which is initiated by the perspective of being a calm witness to whatever is seen, heard, felt or thought, and ultimately to listen to the inner Guru or the Divine itself.
The witness perspective begins with “being” as the starting point.
It may be found whenever one simply stops, and notices what is. It is most easily found in the space between one’s breaths. Or when one concentrates on a particular sensation in the body. Or when one remembers to repeat “Let go.” It can also be found after asking the question “Who am I?” Or “Who is it that is thinking this thought, or feeling this emotion?” The witness does not do anything. It observes the acts of seeing, hearing, and feeling. It observes thoughts arise and associating with others including some as memories, others which are completely new. It observes emotions appearing in the vital body and their secondary effects in the physical body, such as tension or changes in breathing. It observes how emotions give rise to thoughts related to liking and disliking.
Continue reading at the links below:
Kriya Yoga Journal volume 31, number 4, Spring 2025 issued March 21, 2025
Table of Contents
1. An Integral Yoga response to fear and uncertainty, by M. G. Satchidananda
2. Yoga as purification of human nature’s three stains, by M. G. Satchidananda
3. Beyond Asana: Breaking through Habits and Conditioning, by Durga Ahlund
4. News and Notes
English :
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/.../Journal-Spring-25.pdf
French :
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/.../Journal-F-Spring-25.pdf
Spanish :
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/.../Journal-S-Spring-25.pdf
Portuguese
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/.../BKYJ_Brasil_outono...
Italian
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/.../Journal-I-Spring-25.pdf

01/09/2025

2024 winter retreat hosted by Archary Amman

12/22/2024

12/22/2024

This is from the first article "Freedom from Obstacles to Continuous Awareness" published yesterday in
BABAJI’S KRIYA YOGA JOURNAL
Volume 31, Number 3 Winter 2025
At our home page https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/
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Babaji's Kriya Yoga is a scientific art of God, Truth union and Self-Realization revived by Mahavatar Babaji Nagaraj, as a synthesis of ancient teachings of the 18 Siddha tradition.
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“Free Journal”
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Table of Contents in this 124th edition of the Journal
1. Freedom from Obstacles to Continuous Awareness (Part 1) by M. G. Satchidananda
2. The Paradoxical and Similar Teachings of Jesus and the Yoga Siddhas, by by M. G. Satchidananda
3. Tapping into the Power of Prana, by Durga Ahlund
4. Overcoming common difficulties in practicing meditation, by M.G. Satchidananda
5. Annual report and plans for 2025 for Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas
6. News and Notes”

It may be surprising for you to realize that who you truly are is in a state of unconditional joy twenty-four hours a day throughout the highs and lows of whatever experiences with which your physical, vital, mental and intellectual bodies are identified. Unlike happiness, which is conditional and temporary, the Witness Self remains ever blissful. Ignorance of this is the root cause of all your suffering. Awareness of it brings bliss. Awareness is both the vehicle and the destination of Babaji’s Kriya Yoga. As taught in the first initiation it occurs when part of your consciousness stands back as a detached witness or observer during meditation to thoughts, emotions, the five subtle senses, subsequently recording these in a notebook, and during the second initiation during activities of daily life. This witness is not doing anything. It observes everything happening. When it is fully present, bliss appears automatically.
However, there are nine obstacles to maintaining continuous awareness described by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutra I.30. The first three are disease, dullness and doubt. Consequently, even if you have been initiated into Kriya Yoga, they may prevent you from making the effort necessary to practice it. Consequently, you will continue to suffer the manifestations of egoism, including depression, fear, anger, desire, and pride. Understanding how each of these obstacles affects you and how you may overcome them is a prerequisite for maintaining continuous action with awareness in daily life and realizing the potential of Yoga Siddhantha.
Continue reading at our home page https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/ “Free Journal”

12/13/2024

“Everyone deserves inner peace, love, happiness and wellbeing. When we shine brilliantly, we inspire others to sparkle brightly.”
-Marina Kapur

Read more about Marina's Reflections on Kriya Yoga Initiation & Sadhana

https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/english/pdfs/testimonials/BKY_Reflections-article_MK_2019_CLR.pdf

11/23/2024

Kriya Yoga Pilgrimage to Badrinath in the Himalayas, September 26 to October 14, 2025 with Acharyas Annapurnama and Ganapati
click here to Download a PDF of this Pilgrimage in English:
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/english/pdfs/pilgrimages/India-Pilgrimage-Badrinath-2025-English-Ganapati-Annapurnama.pdf

in Portuguese:
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/portuguese/pdfs/India-Pilgrimage-Badrinath-2025-Portuguese.pdf

in Spanish:
https://www.babajiskriyayoga.net/spanish/pdfs/India-Pilgrimage%20Badrinath-2025-Spanish-Ganapati-Annapurnama.pdf

11/18/2024

Initiation seminars were given this past weekends in Kuala Lumpur with Acharya Gurudasan (center standing) with 33 participants, London, U.K. with Acharya Neela, (center seated) and in Izmir, Turkey with Acharya Chaitanya, seated center, in white. Jai Babaji!