Skip to content
  • Home
  • Videos
    • First Steps
    • Stories
    • Keys to Higher Yogas
    • Yoga Perspectives
    • Essential Life Skills
    • Spiritual Development
    • Devotional Yoga
    • Yoga in Daily Life
  • Talks
    • Higher Yogas Classes
    • Yoga Basics
    • Sunday Morning Talks
    • Bhakti Yoga
    • Sri Ramakrishna
    • Go Farther with Meditation
    • Theme of the Month
    • Devotional Chants
  • Writings
    • Yoga as a Spiritual Path
    • Discover the Miracle of Prayer
    • Keys to Higher Consciousness
    • Growing on the Path
    • Relating with Spirit
    • Spiritual Living
    • Interviews
  • Courses
    • Introducing Courses
    • Online Seminars
    • Online Retreats
    • Initial Mysteries
  • Explore
    • Lifelines
    • Topics
    • Yoga Terms
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Favorites
    • Recent Additions
  • About
    • Ramakrishna Ananda
    • Why Are We Doing This Now?
    • Our Ideals
    • Our Team
    • Donate
    • Get Updates
    • Contact Us
    • Terms and Privacy
  • Home
  • Videos
    • First Steps
    • Stories
    • Keys to Higher Yogas
    • Yoga Perspectives
    • Essential Life Skills
    • Spiritual Development
    • Devotional Yoga
    • Yoga in Daily Life
  • Talks
    • Higher Yogas Classes
    • Yoga Basics
    • Sunday Morning Talks
    • Bhakti Yoga
    • Sri Ramakrishna
    • Go Farther with Meditation
    • Theme of the Month
    • Devotional Chants
  • Writings
    • Yoga as a Spiritual Path
    • Discover the Miracle of Prayer
    • Keys to Higher Consciousness
    • Growing on the Path
    • Relating with Spirit
    • Spiritual Living
    • Interviews
  • Courses
    • Introducing Courses
    • Online Seminars
    • Online Retreats
    • Initial Mysteries
  • Explore
    • Lifelines
    • Topics
    • Yoga Terms
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Favorites
    • Recent Additions
  • About
    • Ramakrishna Ananda
    • Why Are We Doing This Now?
    • Our Ideals
    • Our Team
    • Donate
    • Get Updates
    • Contact Us
    • Terms and Privacy
  • Share
RAMAKRISHNA ANANDA

Energy and Kriya Movements

Want to know how divine energy moves within you?

Spirit is working dynamically to move and express within us as we practice yoga. When Spirit is blocked, energy builds up and pushes our bodies into movements called kriyas. Kriyas occur in order to open our bodies to the free flow of Spirit. Ramakrishna Ananda shares how one can become more aware of the divine energy trying to move within us and what this divine force feels like.

Essential Life Skills, Prana/Life Force

Kriyas Develop into Serenity

Yogi’s find the divine force is what is keeping us alive — empowering our breathing and our heartbeat. But this force wants to express more fully in all of us. I hope you enjoy the unfoldment that occurs as your kriyas develop into serenity, stillness and spiritual awakening. Some seekers have no blockages so they experience no kriyas.

  • Learn about the various kriyas that can occur as energy builds up
  • Hear what Paramahansa Muktananda said about a body jerking, hopping, and shaking after receiving a blessing
  • The goal is to sit serene and motionless as the energy flows freely
  • Ways to become more aware of the divine force include prayer, postures, pranayama and meditation
  • How to recognize the divine force moving in various parts of your body
  • Find out how Yogananda, with no resistance to the divine force, demonstrated samadhi on a noisy cable car in San Francisco

Watch Next

13:22
Enjoy techniques to let your soul shine through every day
17:59
Understand how being grateful improves the quality of life
7:38
How to pray to God and get answers
Yoga is about experiences
“Yoga is about experiences and higher consciousness, not only beautiful concepts.”

— Ramakrishna Ananda

New This Week

40:35
Can we cultivate peace and actually live in it?
41:53
Can Spirit express while we are busy in the world?
Home > Videos > Essential Life Skills > Energy and Kriya Movements
Show More
Next
  • Home
  • Videos
  • Talks
  • Writings
  • Courses
  • Explore
  • About
  • Search
  • Home
  • Videos
  • Talks
  • Writings
  • Courses
  • Explore
  • About
  • Search

© Copyright 2025 Yoga World Fellowship

  • Terms and Privacy
  • Sitemap

How to Succeed

As you may know, we do not charge for our courses. All Yoga World content is free and available to you with our blessings. However, we do have a simple, but important request that’s key to the transformations necessary to succeed on the path.

We ask you to commit two hours a week to selfless service. This service can be anything you choose ranging from helping a family member or neighbor to volunteering at a nonprofit organization.

I Commit to Serve

This commitment is solely between you and your inner self.

Why the Commitment?

Share with a Friend

NOTE:  We will not share your information with third parties.