Our year-long study will include:
~Individual Daily Meditation and Metaphysical Scripture Study
Begins 09/01/2025 through 08/31/2026
Complement your daily meditation practice with contemplative reading of the Gita.
Download the 2025-2026 Bhagavad Gita One Year Study Schedule here.
Download the Bhagavad Gita Contemplative Notes template here.

April 6, 2024 JOA Retreat: Opening Into Abundance

A Six-Week Online Video Course with Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI by Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda's autobiography is a timeless classic that continues to be influential more that 75 years after it was first published. Autobiography of a Yogi recounts the life of this well-loved Spiritual Leader who changed the consciousness of the US when he introduced Yoga to this country in 1920. Listen into the wisdom of this beloved Yoga Master in the direct lineage of CSE and Blue Lotus Center. Receive inspiration to support your spiritual awakening in this lifetime.

Autobiography of a Yogi is available for purchase at BLC and online at Amazon.

"I find solace in the Bhagavad Gita...When disappointment stares me in the face and all alone I see not one ray of light, I go back to the Bhagavad Gita. I find a verse here and a verse there, and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming tragedies - and my life has been full of external tragedies - and if they have left no visible, no indelible scar on me, I owe it all to the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita."
Mahatma K. Gandhi, Young India (1925), pp. 1078-1079

“Imagine the freedom of living in the soul...No confusion or doubt, just clarity. An awakened heart,
an illumined mind, free from attachment or aversion, open to the graces of the present moment. Imagine.”
~Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian, Living for the Sake of the Soul, p. 24

On Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, the Blue Lotus community gathered for our annual Kriya Yoga Seminar and Initiation. Acharya Paula Vandana led us in the rich teachings of Kriya Yoga as we deepened our meditation practice; received teachings on Kriya Yoga principles, practices, and enhanced meditation techniques; and received a blessing to renew our dedication to spiritually awaken in this lifetime. Prasad and community fellowship followed the joyful occasion.

Acharya Paula Vandana led the group through teachings from the last two sections of The Jewel of Abundance by Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian including the 8 Limbs of Yoga with emphasis on the Yamas (restraints) and Niyamas (observances). mantra and japa practice, and gratitude as a daily contemplative practice. The afternoon of restoration, inspiration, and meditation was followed by fellowship and the sharing of prasad.

Join the BLC community for a year-long journey into the joy and peace of the soul, based on inspirational readings from Yogacharya O'Brian's book Living for the Sake of the Soul (LSS).

Living for the Sake of the Soul is available for purchase at CSE, BLC, and at Amazon.

~Tuesday 1pm Weekly Meditation and Gita Study Group
Tuesdays, beginning 09/02/2025 through 08/25/2026
Each Tuesday in spiritual community, we will meditate and contemplate inspirations and insights revealed during our daily Gita scripture study.

If you are not currently registered for our Zoom classes/groups, click here to register.

Required text: The Eternal Way: The Inner Meaning of the Bhagavad Gita, by Roy Eugene Davis.

Texts available locally at BLC or CSE, or online at csa-davis.org or Amazon.

Drawing from Yogacharya O’Brian’s book The Jewel of Abundance: Finding Prosperity Through the Ancient Wisdom of Yoga, we explored prosperous living as a spiritual practice through meditation and inspirational teachings on the Purusharthas, chakra system, and the Source of all prosperity in which we live and breathe and have our being.

There is divine potential in the heart of every person that awaits our recognition and cooperation. Once we discover this innate potential, what was once a deep yearning becomes the dynamic cause that inspires us to live in the highest way. We can all know why we are here, how to fulfill our divine destiny and experience lasting happiness.

Engage in this New Online Video Course with Yogacharya O’Brian and learn how to meditate and live by spiritual principles.

For more information or to register, click here.

Live the Eternal Way: The Art and Practice of Self-Realization

Prior Classes, Contemplative Groups, and Book Studies

Kriya Yoga Meditation Seminar with Initiation

Freedom From Suffering:
Spiritual Study of The Bhagavad Gita

“Real peace in our lives cannot be created; it has no cause. It is a spiritual quality that is innate to the soul. It is revealed when our lives are in balance and we act with integrity.”

Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian, Spiritual Director, Center for Spiritual Enlightenment

June 1, 2024 JOA Retreat: Live Your Divine Potential

Join us in spiritual community for a time of meditation, study, and contemplation of The Bhagavad Gita, a foundational text for yoga and meditation. Experience this practical wisdom that redirects our paths of suffering toward the freedom of our essential Wholeness. Learn how the ancient teachings of the Gita can reveal our inner peace, courage, and clarity. New and experienced students of the Gita are welcome to join anytime. All are welcome.