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About Anandajay
Anandajay (1955, NL) is a man touched by the essence of life, who has been appreciated as an extraordinary spiritual teacher for more than 50 years. From his special, inner openness, his life naturally became completely dedicated to deepening the relationship with his essence that he experienced from a very young age, and to supporting people who long for spiritual development.
From the age of 10, he was engaged in god-consciousness, self-examination and yoga, and at 15 he decided to follow his own life path. He secluded himself for a year in the quiet nature of Finland to explore his own consciousness more deeply and, after various wanderings through Europe and North Africa, his exploration of life’s depths led him to India.
Over a period of ten years, he stayed there for about five years, alternating with teaching yoga in the Netherlands. He spent times solitary in the Himalayas as well as travelling around to talk to as many teachers as possible about his inner experience. In 1983, after one and a half years of individual guidance by his then spiritual teacher Yogacharya Sri S. Sundaram, he accepted his assignment to return to the Netherlands, after being initiated by him, to teach meditation, various forms of yoga and the spiritual depths of life.
His attentive approach soon led to a flourishing yoga centre in the city of Groningen and subsequently the Anandajay Centre in the Groningen countryside, which he relocated to the East Belgian Eifel in 2002. There he founded The Light of Being® to further share his message of insight, love, and peace, now also together with others through The School of Spiritual Awareness.
He chose the name The Light of Being® because this inner “light of life” that he naturally experiences in his openness, brings you into the most natural state of being human. It connects you to the source of life and your inner being, your loving soul, your spiritual essence, and bringing this innate connection back into people’s experience is the core of his work. All the activities of The Light of Being therefore invite you to return home to that what you are and to experience that in everything that you meet, in yourself, in situations, in your surroundings or with others, love once again plays a clear role.
The contrast between the many ongoing emergencies in the world, on the one hand, and the loving purity of the essence that every human being carries within, on the other, has encouraged Anandajay time and again to contribute in his own way to making this peaceful and soulful experience, which connects you to the unfolding beauty and resonance of your essence and to a different, more spiritual and open-hearted intention, more accessible to others.
Anandajay makes the mystical and valuable depth of existence accessible and recognizable in a direct way. Over time, in support of this, he has developed twelve spiritual teachings (practices) and released about 50 music albums (mantras, pujas, and ragas) and 20 books for spiritual development. Currently, he lives in his house on La Palma during the winter period and gives masterclasses and individual guidance in Belgium during the summer period.
