Lecture Tours and Regional Retreats

Each year Self–Realization Fellowship monks and nuns visit cities around the world to help fulfill the ever-growing demand for Paramahansa Yogananda's soul-liberating teachings. They conduct weekend retreats and inspirational programs that include classes on Paramahansaji's "How-to-Live" teachings, review of the SRF yoga techniques, group meditations, kirtan chanting, audio-visual presentations, and Kriya Yoga initiation ceremonies.

Lecture tours offer an introduction for newcomers to the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, and in-depth guidance in the SRF meditation techniques for Lessons students.

Member programs and regional retreats include classes on the SRF meditation techniques and provide opportunities for group meditation and satsanga (informal talks).

Programs also cover many other important aspects of Paramahansa Yogananda's teachings, such as:

• The importance of meditation in daily life
• How to live a more harmonious life
• Learning to balance inner needs with outer demands
• Building relationships on a spiritual foundation
• Making sense of life's inequities
• Yoga principles of health and healing
• Understanding death and life–after–death
• Karma and reincarnation
• Parallels between the ancient yoga science and the discoveries of modern science
• The powerful effects of silence and seclusion
• How each of us can help to create a more compassionate and peaceful world

March

• 13 - 15 — Kansas City, Missouri: Public Lecture, Kriya Yoga Initiation Ceremony (for members)
• 13 - 15 — Tucson, Arizona: Weekend retreat led by monastics
• 20 - 22 — Albuquerque, New Mexico: Public Lecture, Kriya Yoga Initiation Ceremony (for members)

April

• 17 - 19 — Toronto, Canada: Public Lecture, Kriya Yoga Initiation Ceremony (for members)

May

• 8 - 10 — Front Royal, Virginia: Weekend retreat led by monastics
• 15 - 17 — Sacramento, California: Weekend retreat led by monastics
• 15 - 17 — Cordoba, Argentina: Public Lecture, Kriya Yoga Initiation Ceremony (for members)
• 15 - 18 — New York City, New York: Weekend retreat led by monastics
• 22 - 24 — Mexico City, Mexico: Weekend retreat led by monastics

June

• 5 - 7 — Seattle, Washington: Weekend retreat led by monastics

August

SRF World Convocation — August 2 – 9, 2026

SRF monastics will be in the following cities during the 2026 SRF World Convocation and hosting activities with SRF members and friends. Please contact the SRF location where you wish to attend a monastic visit for more details on their program of events during Convocation week.

• 1 - 4 — Shaftsbury, Vermont
• 1 - 4 — Saltillo, Mexico
• 1 - 4 — Stockholm, Sweden
• 1 - 4 — Berlin, Germany
• 1 - 4 — Armação, Brazil
• 1 - 4 — Sydney, Australia
• 1 - 9 — Front Royal, Virginia
• 6 - 9 — Boston, Massachusetts
• 6 - 9 — Cali, Colombia
• 6 - 9 — Assisi, Italy
• 6 - 9 — Huissen, Netherlands
• 6 - 9 — Fortaleza, Brazil
• 6 - 9 — Sunshine Coast, Australia

September

• 11 - 13 — London, U.K.: Public Lecture, Kriya Yoga Initiation Ceremony (for members)
• 11 - 13 — Vancouver, Canada: Weekend retreat led by monastics
• 18 - 20 — Paris, France: Public Lecture, Kriya Yoga Initiation Ceremony (for members)
• 25 - 27 — Front Royal, Virginia: Weekend retreat led by monastics

October

• 1 - 4 — Rosenheim, Germany: Public Lecture, Kriya Yoga Initiation Ceremony (for members)
• 2 - 4 — Los Gatos, California: Weekend retreat led by monastics
• 8 - 11 — Silvi Marina, Italy: Public Lecture, Kriya Yoga Initiation Ceremony (for members)
• 16 - 18 — Madrid, Spain: Public Lecture, Kriya Yoga Initiation Ceremony (for members)
• 16 - 18 — Tokyo, Japan: Public Lecture, Kriya Yoga Initiation Ceremony (for members)
• October 30 - November 1 — New York City, New York: Public Lecture, Kriya Yoga Initiation Ceremony (for members)