Atma Kriya Yoga
Dive into the mystery of an ancient spiritual practice to calm the mind, gain clarity, inner balance and connect deeply with yourself and others. The powerful techniques of Atma Kriya Yoga bring fast results and help you transform yourself through the power of love.
‘Atma Kriya Yoga is a form of Kriya Yoga given by Mahavatar Babaji, which is a very simple way to help awaken Love and come into contact with your true Self.’
Paramahamsa Vishwananda
Atma Kriya Yoga
The ultimate journey to experience Divine Love
Atma Kriya Yoga is more than a meditation practice. It is a way of living and loving life through a deep awareness of the Divine in every moment. The practice connects you to the ultimate source of unconditional love, enabling you to rise above life’s challenges and experience true love and lasting happiness regardless of your external circumstances. Atma Kriya Yoga will take you on a transformational journey to the very essence of your being and help you experience a uniquely personal relationship with God through bhakti, love and devotion.
Sadhana
Kriya-yoga is a spiritual discipline that encompasses various techniques that can lead one to Self-realisation, and prepare one for God-realisation. Through consistent practice, practitioners purify their minds, come to know their authentic Self and attain higher states of consciousness.
What is beautiful about this practice is not what you see or do on the outside, it is about what is happening on the inside. Outwardly, the practice helps you to focus the mind, which purifies emotions and helps you to manage life’s upsets better. Inwardly, the kriya energy burns away lifetimes of karma, which allows the light of your soul to shine brighter, benefitting you and positively impacting those around you.
Love
Atma Kriya Yoga means ‘action with awareness of the soul’. Ultimately, it is a practice that gives you a lived experience of unconditional Divine Love. It is not merely a meditation practice; it is a way of living and loving life.
Atma Kriya Yoga is all about experiencing true unconditional love and lasting happiness. It is not about a limited human love that fades away with time, it is about diving into the heart of Divine Love through meditation. It is about cultivating your own unique relationship with the eternal divinity in the core of your own heart.
Yogic System
Atma Kriya Yoga is a full yogic system that includes meditation, as well as energetic and phys-ical yogic exercises. The practice is well-rounded and yet flexible enough to incorporate into a busy lifestyle.
Atma Kriya Yoga helps us to become aware of the divinity that resides within everything, in-cluding ourselves. Through mantra, breath, and focused awareness we can redirect our mind’s attention away from the problems of the world and turn it inward to find God. Through the practice, we can cultivate a loving, devotional relationship with God who resides in our own heart.
Atma Kriya Yoga Course Details
Atma Kriya Yoga awakens the love relationship between us and God. Each technique cultivates a different type of bhakti and awakens the divinity which is deep inside all of us. Atma Kriya Yoga courses are taught in-person and online, typically over two full days. Here’s what you will learn in the course:
Japa
Reciting the Divine Names attunes your whole being to its powerful vibration and allows divine qualities to awaken.
Sound Yoga
Listening to the symphony of inner mystical sounds emanating from your heart chakra strengthens your intuition.
Pranayama
Observing and controlling your breath promotes physical and energetic balance.
Mudras
Body and finger yoga aligns your body’s energy so you can reach your spiritual aim.
Protective Shield
Elevating the vibration of your energy centres protects you from negativity and allows more divine light to shine through.
Meditation Techniques
Concentration and focus helps you bring self-awareness into your daily actions so you can transcend the duality of human existence.
OM Chanting
Group chanting generates harmony and peace for yourself, others and your local environment.
Asanas
Five physical yogic postures support your meditation practice, boost your immune system and enhance your physical vitality.
Main Kriya
This chakra meditation raises your consciousness, unites body and soul, and burns one spiritual year of karma with every breath.
Shaktipat Initiation
The course culminates in a beautiful one-on-one initiation where the grace and blessing of all the kriya-yoga Masters is bestowed upon you.
Grace Of The Masters
Paramahamsa Vishwananda and Mahavatar Babaji are both God-realised masters, together they collaborated to bring Atma Kriya Yoga to the world. The techniques were specifically chosen to support spiritual growth and advancement in our current age.
Origin
Mahavatar Babaji has been the guardian of this secret knowledge and powerful techniques of Atma Kriya since His appearance in the world. He is known as the father of all kriya-yoga tra-ditions, and He is the living embodiment of kriya-yoga.
Atma Kriya Yoga was given by Mahavatar Babaji to Paramahamsa Vishwananda, a fully Real-ized Kriya Yoga Master, as a gift to humanity.
Now, thanks to Paramahamsa Vishwananda, Atma Kriya Yoga is available on a global scale. The practice, with its Shaktipat Initiation, awakens Divine Love and opens the door for yogis to attain Self- and God-realisation.
Shaktipat Initiation
‘Shaktipat’ means ‘descent of grace’. It is the essence of kriya-yoga; it is Mahavatar Babaji and Paramahamsa Vishwananda Themselves. The Shaktipat Initiation transfers energy from the master to the student and is given at the end of an Atma Kriya Yoga course.
Kriya techniques are incredibly powerful, and the Shaktipat Initiation guarantees the success of the techniques and the safety of the student. The grace protects and guides the yogi during their practice and helps them to advance on their spiritual path.
Please note, Shaktipat Initiation does not require, nor imply, a guru relationship with either master.
Priceless Blessing
Once a student receives Shaktipat, all the Masters are present whenever the yogi sits to do their practice. They are there to guide, support, protect, and help the yogi dive deeper into their experience. This connection organically guides each yogi throughout their journey to God, taking them step by step, at a pace that is just right for them. The grace received is a seed that will sprout when the yogi has been purified enough to receive it.
The initiation illuminates the path to help yogis make the ultimate journey, out of the mind and into the heart of Divine Love. And, when the time is right, the masters are also there to bestow higher levels of realisation.
Upcoming Courses
Atma Kriya Yoga with Paramahamsa Vishwananda
4 day course with living Satguru
6 – 9 June 2026, Germany
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