Just Be Happy! – Online
with Swami Gurucharanananda "Mataji"
January 9 - 10, 2021
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” — Dalai Lama
“Just be happy!”—it is easier said than done, but it is not impossible. Join senior sannyasi Swami Gurucharanananda, lovingly called “Mataji”, to discover new and everyday ways to experience happiness. We know that happiness cannot be bought or sold, therefore we must earn it ourselves. Explore the possibility of being happy on purpose.
The whole creation wants to be happy, not just you. Learn the secrets of happiness, including spontaneous generosity, selflessness, recognizing the Self in all, and more. Join us for this online workshop to play with different actions and reactions to life as it unfolds before us.
Start now. It’s worth it!
Daily Talks:
- Saturday Morning: “Happiness Is”
- Saturday Afternoon. “Enjoy What You Do”
- Sunday Morning: “Have Mind In God, Hands in Service, Heart in Love and You Will Be Happy”
Live sessions with Mataji on Saturday at 10–11:30 am and 2–3:30 pm, and Sunday at 10–11:30 am ET.
You will have access to the video recordings for 8 weeks after the program ends, until March 7.
In addition, you will have access to the Ashram’s Live Hatha Yoga classes at 5 pm ET, recorded Ashram meditations, and inspiring talks with Sri Swami Satchidananda. You will also have access to an online social community to connect and communicate with other participants about this course.
Continuing Education (CE) Opportunities
- Yoga Alliance (YA): Approximately 4.5 contact hours.
You can input your contact hours using your YA login information. - Integral Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA) can provide you a CE certificate with your program’s total contact hours for a $10 fee (free for IYTA members.) For more information, email ce@iyta.org.
Testimonials
Mataji is the person to listen to for encouragement during these challenging times. — Premajyoti (Carolyn) Green
Mataji… is an incredibly wise and wonderful person. Sharing her energy, even via an online platform, is just lovely. Her insights and humor encourage me to grow in positive ways and keep coming back. Any time spent with Mataji is time well spent. Her vibration is so high, so good, so loving, and her wisdom and insight are invaluable for those of us on a spiritual path. — Clover
Mataji offers these beautiful teachings by always inviting, never insisting. Her teaching makes it seem that all is possible and within our reach. — Dorothy (Divya) Sernaker
There’s no doubt that Mataji has been blessed by being a vessel and messenger of Divine love and peace. These talks with Mataji have been very grounding and loving. This was just what I needed in this very energetically chaotic time in our history. — Jennifer McKeen Rodrigues
Presenter
Swami Gurucharanananda, lovingly called Mataji, is a senior sannyasi (monk) and disciple of Gurudev, Sri Swami Satchidanandaji Maharaj. She lives at Yogaville and serves on the Sannyas Board. Mataji is a guided meditation leader and Hatha Yoga teacher, an inspiring speaker, Integral Yoga® mentor, and private retreat guide. She loves to offer pujas (worship service), read Sri Gurudev’s teachings at lunch, and play the violin as a wake-up call in the dorms! In 2014 she was awarded the Swami Satchidananda Lifetime Service Award. Mataji always has a loving, joy-filled smile ready for you!
Learn more about Swami Gurucharanananda “Mataji”