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 through The Movement Center: Yoga for Everyone

•  Books and other products on philosophy, spiritual practice and hatha yoga through Rudra Press;

•  Cultural programs and special events ;

•  Semi-annual retreats with Swami Chetanananda.

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Monthly Calendar: May 2008

Weekly Program Schedule

Programs with Lama Wangdu Rinpoche

Next Queen Of Great Bliss Puja 6/1/08

Next Service Day: 5/17/08

Summer Retreat: July 22 through 27, 2008


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NEW! The Heart of the Matter by Swami Chetanananda (from a talk given January 22, 2008, Portland)

Living in Our Real Life by Swami Chetanananda (from a talk given November 19, 2007, Portland)

We're in this World to Grow by Swami Chetanananda (from a talk given October 17, 2006, Portland)

Contact, Surrender And Flow by Swami Chetanananda (from talks given at the July 2005 Retreat, Portland)

Keep the Feeling by Swami Chetanananda (from a talk given November 1, 2005 Portland)

Updated 5/9/08