{"id":16300,"date":"2025-08-18T13:41:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meditationretreat.org\/?page_id=16300"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:43:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:43:04","slug":"how-to-be-happy-all-the-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meditationretreat.org\/how-to-be-happy-all-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Be Happy All the Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u201cThe true goal of life is God. God is the only true happiness; the only true love; the only true security\u2014and the only true freedom.\u201d Paramhansa Yogananda<\/cite><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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A Weekend Retreat of Yoga, Meditation, and Superconscious Living
<\/i><\/i>Inspired by the Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda<\/b><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Happiness is not something we acquire\u2014it is a state of soul awareness. In this joyful and practical weekend retreat, discover how to live from the superconscious level of your being, where true happiness resides.<\/strong><\/p>

Based on Yogananda\u2019s beloved book How to Be Happy All the Time<\/i>, this retreat offers experiential tools to help you bring uplifted energy and divine joy into every part of life\u2014your meditations, your yoga practice, your relationships, and your daily attitude.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Through guided meditation, energization, asanas, and spiritual discussion, learn how to align with the inner source of ever-new joy and carry it with you into the world.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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FRIDAY
4-5 pm<\/strong>– Check-in
5:00 pm<\/strong>– Guided Sadhana (Energization Exercises, Yoga postures, Meditation)
6:30 pm<\/strong>– Dinner\u00a0\u00a0
7:30 pm<\/strong>– \u00a0Opening Gathering<\/p>

SATURDAY\u00a0
6:30-8:30 am<\/strong> Sadhana\u00a0
8:30 am-<\/strong> Breakfast (in silence)<\/em>
10:00- <\/strong>Class
<\/strong>Noon<\/strong>– Guided Meditation
12:30 pm<\/strong>– Lunch\u00a0\u00a0
Afternoon<\/strong>– Free time for Personal Reflection, Reading, Hiking, Meditation, or other self-chosen activities.
4:30 pm<\/strong>–\u00a0 Sadhana
6:30 pm<\/strong>–\u00a0Dinner\u00a0\u00a0
7:30 pm<\/strong>– Evening Activity<\/p>

SUNDAY
6:30-8:30 am <\/strong>– Sadhana
8:30 am<\/strong>– Breakfast (not in silence on Sundays)<\/em>
9:15 am<\/strong>– Closing Circle
11:00 am<\/strong>–\u00a0check-out<\/p>

(Optional Sunday activities\u00a0at Ananda Village: 11 am Sunday Service, Lunch at Expanding Light Retreat, Crystal Hermitage gardens and shrines)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Register online- or call 530-478-7557 or\u00a0email us<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe true goal of life is God. God is the only true happiness; the only true love; the only true security\u2014and the only true freedom.\u201d Paramhansa Yogananda A Weekend Retreat of Yoga, Meditation, and Superconscious LivingInspired by the Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda Happiness is not something we acquire\u2014it is a state of soul awareness. In this joyful and practical weekend\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16300","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-excerpt","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meditationretreat.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meditationretreat.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meditationretreat.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meditationretreat.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meditationretreat.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16300"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/meditationretreat.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16321,"href":"https:\/\/meditationretreat.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16300\/revisions\/16321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meditationretreat.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}