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Official page for the work of Shri Anandi Ma and Shri Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas Additionally, there are local groups all over the US, Europe, and India.

Shri Dhyanyogi’s simple, pure love and devotion to the welfare of mankind changed the hearts and the lives of the thousands of people he touched. Today, his energy continues to work at the subtle level and through his spiritual heir, Shri Anandi Ma. Shri Anandi Ma and Dileepji travel internationally giving shaktipat initiation and teaching yoga and meditation workshops and retreats. Dhyanyoga Centers has centers in Antioch CA, Woodbury CT, and Nikora in Gujarat State, India. Please visit www.dyc.org for Anandi Ma's schedule of events and shaktipat initiation. Many of the events have livestream options.

01/24/2026

Satsang is time spent in the company of truth, a time when Shri Anandi Ma lovingly and patiently expands our understanding so we may discover those truths for ourselves.

A student once asked, “You often refer to pilgrimages to India as anushthans. What is the difference between such a spiritual pilgrimage and an anushthan that you do in your home or in the Nikora ashram?”

Shri Anandi Ma responded, “The Indian scriptures, the seers, the saints, and the Gurus have given several options in terms of evolving spiritually and reaching God. The land of India is infused with tremendous levels of energy, because for thousands of years so many saints, sages, incarnations, as well as the people themselves, have done practices. The land carries a lot of spiritual energy so it’s very supportive of any person who does any spiritual practice there, particularly in places like Nikora, which is by the River Narmada.

“Narmada is a powerful energy within itself. So any practices done there are naturally going to bring profound results with less effort in shorter periods of time. It’s definitely worth the time and energy to go there and do some practices, if it’s possible for you. The cost is always worth it.”

To read more about anushthan in our lineage, follow this link to the article The Benefits of Anushthan: https://dyc.org/benefits-of-anushthan/

01/22/2026

“The mother only gives physical birth but the guru leads you onto the path to liberation.”

~ Shri Dhyanyogi

01/20/2026

A group anushthan begins this week in Nikora, India, where Shri Anandi Ma will lead students through 17 days of intense spiritual practices. When doing an anushthan, it is ideal to keep silence and break all contact with the outside world, so advance arrangements are made for food and any necessary supplies.

Sponsoring meals during the Nikora retreat is a way to support the disciples immersed in practices, whether you’re attending or not. If you’d like to donate, please click the link below:
https://dyc.org/anushthan-meal-sponsorship/

“With this do you nourish the gods, and may the gods nourish you.
Thus nourishing one another, you shall attain to the highest good.”

~ Bhagavad Gita

01/17/2026

If you sit on the banks of the Ganges, your mind will spontaneously become calm and pure. In the world there is no water like the Ganges.

~ Shri Dhyanyogi ❤️‍🔥

📸 Shri Anandi Ma sits in the Ganges River in India.

01/15/2026

“Vivekananda, a teacher in India, said that spirituality begins where the intellect ends. So if you want to go deeper in meditation, you have to surrender and have the faith that God or that consciousness is leading you.”

~ Shri Anandi Ma

01/14/2026

☀️ Shri Anandi Ma and Dileepji feeding cows today on Makar Sankranti, a mid-winter harvest festival in India.

01/13/2026

In the same way you feel the heat of the fire, use your heart to feel His grace.

~ Shri Anandi Ma

01/12/2026

Today, January 12, is the 163rd anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s birth. Before Shri Dhyanyogi came to America, Vivekananda brought Indian philosophy to the West in the late 1800’s. He was the foremost disciple of the 19th-century Bengali saint Ramakrishna and someone whom Shri Dhyanyogi deeply admired.

"Each soul is potentially divine.
The goal is to manifest this divinity within, by controlling nature, external and internal.
Do this either by work, or worship, or psychic control, or philosophy, by one, or more, or all of these and be free.
This is the whole of religion. Doctrines, or dogmas, or rituals, or books, or temples, or forms, are but secondary details."

~ from Raja Yoga by Swami Vivekananda

🔗Available in paperback in the DYC store.
https://store.dyc.org/product/raja-yoga/

01/08/2026

“The four years I spent here in America with Dhyanyogi-ji were the best years of my life. The opportunity to be so close to him, serve him and learn was a priceless gift. Every day was a new experience, a new teaching. The joy, the happiness, the state of my mind was like a free bird, but with a great shadow of protection. Life was so carefree — no worry of any sort, no pressure, just being in the present. It was like a void, yet filled with everything. No matter what happened around us — some good things, some not so good — he was always the same. No change.”

~ Dileepji

📸: Shri Anandi Ma, Shri Dhyanyogi and Dileepji in Northern California, 1977

01/06/2026

“We should honor Mother Earth, who carries the tremendous burden not only of our physical weight but also the weight of our actions. We should pray that our actions be more positive and become more aware and conscious of any negative karma we may be performing that increases the weight on her back.”

~ Shri Anandi Ma

📸 Sunset at the Dhyanidham ashram on the Narmada River in Nikora, India.

01/04/2026

We celebrated Shri Dhyanyogi’s birthday during the winter solstice last month by doing a puja, offering arati, and meditating together at the Dhyanyoga Center in Antioch, California. Though Shri Anandi Ma was not physically there with us, the event was infused with her loving energy. As Shri Dhyanyogi said, “It does not matter if the complete guru is near or far. He or she may be in any corner of the world, yet they have the capacity to guide the disciple from any distance.” ❤️‍🔥

01/03/2026

“The whole process of forgiveness is about destroying the negative seeds themselves so there’s not even a sprout that’s going to come. If the sprout is not there, the fruit will never grow. That is the root of your peace, happiness, and comfort.”

~ Shri Anandi Ma, from Forgiveness: The Crown Jewel of the Brave

🌹🤲💎 Now available in paperback or ebook in the DYC store.
https://store.dyc.org/product/forgiveness-the-crown-jewel-of-the-brave/

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Shri Dhyanyogi’s simple, pure love and devotion to the welfare of mankind changed the hearts and the lives of the thousands of people he touched. Today, his energy continues to work at the subtle level and through his spiritual heir, Shri Anandi Ma. Shri Anandi Ma and Dileepji travel internationally giving shaktipat initiation and teaching yoga and meditation workshops and retreats. Dhyanyoga Centers has centers in Antioch CA, Woodbury CT, and Nikora in Gujarat State, India. Additionally, there are local groups all over the US, Europe, and India.