Ananda Yoga - Energization Exercises

Energization Exercises

The Energization Exercises, a vital part of Ananda Yoga, are Yogananda's contribution to the science of yoga. He first developed them in 1916, then called "Yogoda," and later expanded them into a set of 39 exercises. The goal is to tap into cosmic energy, recharging the whole body. Yogananda explains in his Autobiography of a Yogi: "Realizing that man’s body is like an electric battery, I reasoned that it could be recharged with energy through the direct agency of the human will…. I therefore taught the Ranchi students my simple “Yogoda” techniques by which the life force, centred in man’s medulla oblongata, can be consciously and instantly recharged from the unlimited supply of cosmic energy."