About AMAYE

About the association

What is AMAYE?

Ananda Marga Association of Yoga Educators (AMAYE) is a global community of Ananda Marga Yoga educators who wish to share knowledge, research and insights with an emphasis on Ananda Marga spiritual practices and yogic lifestyle. Ananda Marga Yoga Educators are facilitating yoga activities with adults and children around the world.

To join us in this exciting movement! Please give us your details by filling out this form, so we can learn about you and your work, and add you to our mailing list.

Our MIssion

What we offer

Our mission is to support Ananda Marga yoga educators by:

Community

Creating a network, connection and community feeling amongst AM yoga educators around the world, by sharing news and providing a discussion forum for knowledge exchange.

Branding / Public image

Creating a clear public identity (branding) for Ananda Marga Yoga to clearly differentiate it from other contemporary yoga schools and better promote its uniqueness – incl. to best share Baba’s teaching

Standards

Harmonizing and standardizing the way Ananda Marga yoga practices are taught around the world and provide clear standards for Ananda Marga asana classes and yoga teacher trainings, incl. an updated YTT Manual.

Resource hub

Creating opportunity and platforms to exchange knowledge and resources. This includes seminars and advanced trainings and specializations for yoga educators. As well as guidance for newly educated yoga teachers, e.g. with a mentoring or buddy-system.

Research & development

Facilitating co-creation and development of state-of-the-art research about Yoga.
Developing resources for AM educators, such as in-depth knowledge on the physical and spiritual practices and philosophy of Ananda Marga - including specific asanas, class templates, video tutorials, webinars, etc.

And more...

How we work

All AMAYE staff, coordinators and advisors are volunteers and do the work as service to our guru and the community.
We have an executive Working Committee that meets regularly to take decisions and coordinate work. In addition to the Working Committee, we have smaller sub-committees and working groups for specific working areas, namely:
- Website development working group, and
- Asanas Manual and Standardization working group.

Please contact us if you would like to coordinate an AMAYE sub-committee on any topic such as coordinating yoga research, pregnancy yoga, yoga for children, yoga therapy, teaching meditation (public classes), etc.

Shrii shrii anandamurti

Founder of Ananda Marga

Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar was born in Bihar India (1921-1990). Shrii Sarkar was an influential yoga philosopher, socio-economic theorist, composer, and social reformer. He dedicated his life to the all-round development and welfare of all beings – physically, mentally, emotionally, and
spiritually. He advocated for the upliftment of individuals through meditation and selfless service and the fulfillment of the basic minimum needs of all.

As a spiritual leader and a prolific writer, he produced an extensive body of work of over 100 books on such diverse topics as yoga, spirituality, sociology, education, linguistics, farming, psychology, history, and medicine which have been translated into the world’s major languages.
He is also known by his spiritual name, Shrii Shrii Anandamurti, and has composed over 5,000 devotional songs. He was the founder of Ananda Marga, a spiritual and social service organization.

Shrii Sarkar devoted his life to the welfare of every being and the importance of embracing universal human outlook for the upliftment of all as propounded in his philosophy of Neohumanism. The socio-economic platform of Progressive Utilization Theory (PROUT) calls
for the equitable distribution of all global resources.

Engaging in selfless service, spiritual practices, Astaunga Yoga, and meditation remain the cornerstone of personal development that can lead to personal transformation by overcoming negative mental tendencies. His writings and his organization continue to inspire individuals around the world as a global presence for serving society all elevating the oppressed.