Atma Kriya Yoga

Experience a full yogic system to help you dive into your heart and connect with the Divine.

Atma Kriya Yoga means 'action with awareness of the soul'. It is a full yoga and meditation system that helps you connect with your True Self, gives you a lived experience of unconditional Divine Love, and a path to build a relationship with God. It is not merely a meditation practice; it is a way of living and loving life. What makes this yogic practice unique is the emphasis on Bhakti Yoga (The yoga of love and devotion).

This is Atma Kriya Yoga -- Kriya encoded with the essence of Devotion in every single practice.

A shift in the experience of fear

Many participants describe a changed relationship with fear and doubt over time. They speak of it less as a technique for banishing fear and more as a felt experience of the Divine as close and present — which they describe as changing how fear moves through them.

A different relationship with the mind

Practitioners often describe moving from fighting the mind to working with it — using breath and mantra to turn mental noise into focused attention. It's a long practice; participants describe it as continuing to deepen over years.

Practitioner using Nada Kriya stick during seated meditation - Bhakti Shop

A return to the Self

Through the inquiry into Atma (Soul) that the practice opens, participants describe rediscovering a layer of themselves underneath the usual labels of success, failure, and limitation.

‘Atma Kriya Yoga is a form of Kriya Yoga given by Mahavatar Babaji, which is a very simple way to help awaken Love and come into contact with your true Self.’

- Paramahamsa Vishwananda

Ancient Wisdom

Techniques of Atma Kriya Yoga

Learn 15 powerful techniques that are perfect for beginners and advanced practitioners alike

Mantra

Chanting the Divine Name is said in the tradition to clear the mind and deepen the sense of connection to God.

Breathwork

Pranayama is the conscious use of breath. In the bhakti tradition, it's described as a way of breathing in life and love of the Divine.

Power of OM

OM Chanting is understood in the tradition as a practice that attunes both the practitioner and the surrounding world.

Asanas

Yogic postures are done to remind you that your body is a temple for the Divine and to support your meditation practice.

Mudras

Mudras balance the five elements in your body and align your body's energies to help you reach your spiritual aim.

Meditation

Meditation, practiced within bhakti, is described as the cultivation of a loving attention directed toward the Divine within the heart.

In Person

Bhakti Marga NYC Center

New York, New York

Experience the sacred practice in our beautiful NYC center just minutes from Penn Station

Next Course: June 20-21, 2026

What people say...

'The practice opened up a deep fountain of eternal love and a profound peace that I’d been looking for. Through it, I came to realise that Atma Kriya Yoga is Bhagavan, God Himself. Over time, I came to experience that each breath is not my own, it is Him who is breathing. It is Him who is seeing. It is Him who is perceiving.'

-Shivani

'I'd been searching for many years for "something that was missing" in my life. I found it in Atma Kriya Yoga. It helped me connect to my heart and find peace in the chaos of my life as a single mother of three kids. And I can fit it in two minutes here and 10 minutes there throughout my day. Just those few moments each day have changed my life for the better.'

-Viktorija

'Over the years, I’ve studied and researched many different Kriya lineages. While some masters–through their lineage–can give Shaktipat Initiation, Paramahamsa Vishwananda is the only one I know of who has ever been allowed to initiate hundreds of others to give Shaktipat. This speaks to the greatness of who He is, and what He is here to do.'

-Jaganmohini Das

'Over 35 years, I learned 112 kriya techniques, but my heart never opened until I learned Atma Kriya Yoga...Atma Kriya Yoga is the only one that awakens love. It went right to my soul and helped me realise I could love everybody. I'd never received Shaktipat (decent of guru's grace) before...It was like my old computer had been given new software, and I was learning to live in a new paradigm.'

-Swamini Pratibha

It keeps me in good health, keeps me good on the inside, and I use these techniques to keep my personal life on form. I took the course and do the exercises every day. If you don't, the stress starts... I feel the difference. Inside, to be well, it's a weapon that I have.

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