At Ananda College, education is more than earning a degree—it is an education that prepares students for a life of purpose and service. Our curriculum integrates ancient wisdom, critical thinking, and applied learning to equip graduates with the skills and character needed to thrive in today’s evolving world. Whether you are beginning your academic journey or advancing your career, Ananda College provides a clear, flexible pathway forward.
Ananda College in collaboration with the Yoga Institute offers flexible online courses in the areas of
Business for Entrepreneurs, Directional Psychology Coaching, The Arts and Consciousness, Environmental Science and Sustainability, Architecture and Conscious Living and Education for Life Teacher Training
All courses are designed for motivated learners seeking both professional preparation and personal growth, our programs combine academic rigor and spirituality with practical, real-world application.
Additional Online Course Offerings
Vedic Astrology and Dharma
Finding Clarity on Your Life’s Path
Ongoing Asynchronous Course
Discover the ancient wisdom of Vedic Astrology as a tool for self-understanding and clarity in your life direction. Through our 10-week course on your personal dharma, or life-purpose, we will examine those specific planets to help you discover life themes that are helping to propel you towards greater personal growth and expansion.To make Astrology practically insightful for you this course includes a 20 minute personalized astrological reading of your birth chart as it relates to key themes outlined in the lessons.
Outdoor Nature Education
Become a Sharing Nature Facilitator
Ongoing Asynchronous Course
Do you want to learn a step-by-step approach to guiding others in joy-filled nature experiences while deepening your personal connection with nature? If the answer is yes, this 9-week course is for you. Created by world-renowned author and naturalist, Joseph Bharat Cornell, and thoughtfully designed to enhance your experience of the natural world while equipping you with practical activities, skills, and inspiration needed to guide others into their own memorable nature experience.
Superconscious Living
Ongoing Asynchronous Course
This course has the power to truly transform your life! Whether you want more success, better health or want to achieve your dreams, when we start to live Superconsciously anything becomes possible. Explore your true potential through the art of super living! Empower yourself with the tools to take charge of your mind, overcome fear and manifest your life’s goals.
Yoga for Youth
On-Going Program
Does your school or organization want to include the healing power of yoga in your after-school programs or class offerings? Our Ananda College Yoga Outreach offers the teachings and practical techniques of Yoga, as taught in the Ananda tradition. We focus on the yogic science of energy awareness and meditation to empower youth to navigate life with calmness, confidence, and compassion for all people.
Seers, Vedic Astrology, & The Yuga Cycles of Time
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Learn about the latest astrological and cosmological predictions for the coming months, years and decades involving societal changes, geographic concerns, spirituality, ancient civilizations, communities, and more.
Ancient Futures: Glimpsing Societal, Geographic & Consciousness Changes with a deeper study of the Yuga Cycles of Time
Online Course Coming Soon
David (Byasa) Steinmetz blends timeless yogic wisdom with modern insights. This online 12-week course offers a new and practical approach to understanding the societal, geographical and consciousness changes we are experiencing now, and what we can expect in the near and distant future.
Travel Destinations
Greece
May 2025
Our Greece tour was 13 inspiring days exploring Athens, Delphi, and the islands of Crete and Santorini through the lens of the Yuga Cycles of Time.
Peru
September 2026
This 12-day tour will use the Yuga Cycles of Time to explore the many powerful spiritual sites of Cusco, Sacred Valley, Puno, Lake Titicaca & Machu Pichu.
India
February 2027
18 day pilgrimage “Highlights of Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi” includes Calcutta, Serampore, Varanasi, Puri, Delhi and special retreat to Babaji’s Cave.
