Nityananda Institute is a spiritual community and center for meditation and yoga practice based in Portland, Oregon, with additional centers in Santa Monica, California; New York, New York; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Oslo, Norway.

Founded in 1971 by American-born Swami Chetanananda, the core of our spiritual practice is a meditation that enables the release of tensions to better allow creative energy to flow in all dimensions of life. Through a simple but transformative meditation, practitioners learn to dissolve the blocks that obstruct the experience of greater conscious awareness and fulfillment.

As spiritual teacher and director of the Nityananda Institute, Swami Chetanananda holds a lineage descended from the great Indian spiritual master, Bhagavan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, and Swami Rudrananda (Rudi), one of the first Americans to bring eastern spirituality to this country.

In Portland, join us any Monday evening at 7:00 pm for an open introduction to meditation.

We also offer:


·  Daily meditation programs;

·  Hatha yoga classes at The Movement Center: Yoga for Everyone;

·  Books and other products on spiritual practice and philosophy, and hatha yoga from Rudra Press;

· Cultural programs and special events ;

·  Semi-annual retreats with Swami Chetanananda.

Download a brochure (pdf).

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