Kriya Training Program
Learn the Mystical Science of Kriya Yoga
Oct 8, 2025 - Aug 2, 2026
Course is Full
A Personal Invitation from Caren
Dear Ones,
For years I've been teaching and sharing the foundational principles, teachings, and practices of Kriya Yoga with you—you may not have realized it but—all this stuff we've been learning? The stuff that has us saying, "This shit works!" .... ? That's Kriya Yoga!
You've already experienced the benefits of its teachings and techniques, but there's actually much more.
There are advanced techniques that for centuries were kept secret. It never occurred to me to share them and pass them on because... 1) Who would be interested? and 2) Was I qualified to share these beautiful teachings?
But a couple of you asked. And asked again... Your asking opened my heart and only then did I realize, you are interested because you are ready!
I've been preparing you all these years for these advanced teachings and techniques that soften your Karma and speed up your spiritual evolution. I just thought someone else would initiate you. But as I asked my fellow disciples, the message was clear: the intiation comes from one's teacher... and since I am your teacher, that's me!
I'm finally ready to share these advanced kriyas with you so that you too can experience the contentment, wisdom, and bliss these karma softening techniques bring.
This Kriya Training is my most humble and heartfelt ...
Yes. I would be honored to teach you the advanced kriyas and share with you all I learned from my beloved guru, Goswami Kriyananda.
This training is for those of you ready to learn the advanced practices—including Major Kriya— that are meant for maturing souls seeking wisdom and freedom.
It is a sacred honor to share this with you. I do so with profound love and gratitude for my guru, Goswami Kriyananda, and for the lineage that carried this wisdom to him, and through him to me, and now to you.
If your heart is touched by this call, I would be honored to be your teacher.
The moment is here. The time is now.
So much love,
Caren
Caren
Please Note:
This is not a program for Beginning Meditators.
It is expected that you already know:
- Basic Pranayamas: Sipping Brearth, EEE Mantra, Three Part Breath, Ujjayi Breath
- Hong-Sau
- How to "Find Your Seat"
- Neti Neti Neti for working with your thoughts
Who is this program for?
This program is for my students and sincere seekers who want to go deeper. It is not a religion. It is a practical approach to the spiritual life that begins with the recognition that the spiritual path begins with balancing your earth life.
This program is for:
- Meditators who want to learn Kriya Yoga and receive—known as being 'intiated' into —Major Kriya.
- Those of you who’ve sampled different philosophies and techniques and are ready to settle in and commit to learn a complete system, from beginning to end, and experience what it offers.
- Real people living real lives, we call you 'householders.' It's not for mystics who want to escape to a cave.
- It's for you if you want a technique that will soften your karma and allow you to engage with your earth life harmoniously AND quicken your spiritual evolution.
If you’ve been curious to know more about:
- Your energy body and how it interplays with your mind, emotions, and physical body.
- What karma really is and how to soften or neutralize it.
- The breathless state.
- Kundalini energy.
- Samadhi, or enlightenment, or nirvana.
- Who you are when you're not identified with your mind, emotions, or physical body.
This course will give you the answers to all of that, and so much more.
This is not for you if you are:
- Looking for a guru,
- In the midst of a mental health crisis,
- Wanting someone else to tell you what to believe or how to live.
Kriya means 'action' or 'doing'. It's not about thinking about it or talking about it. Kriya is about doing your life in a way that brings you into harmony and awareness of all LIFE.
If you show up for your 75 minute class each week—the class time will fly by—and use what you're learning in your daily life, you will experience and remember who you really are, your true nature:
Aham Brahmasmi: I am the Creative Principle.
Sat Chit Ananda: Being, Consciousness, Bliss.
These Kriya techniques will change you. I know, because they changed me.
But don’t take my word for it. This path is not about belief or blind faith.
Become a mystical scientist and discover for yourself!
Our Program Is Unique
For generations, Kriya Yoga was an oral tradition with advanced technques that were kept secret and only shared guru to disciple, teacher to student. But in today's world, all the information is out there. You could try to learn it from a book or even a YouTube Video.
But here’s the truth: without guidance, and without a living teacher, it won’t stick. It won’t last. Our program gives you that guidance with:
Personal Connection:
- Face to Face, in-person teaching.
- Interactive Curriculum.
- Clarification when things don't make sense.
- Modifications that still work correctly.
Personal Attention
- Lots of time to ask your questions.
- Teacher gets to know you personally.
- Guidance to understand your experiences.
- Practicing with your teacher. Precious!
Program Dates and Times
- FULL PROGRAM
October 8, 2025 - Aug 2, 2026 - ALL CLASSES
Wednesdays 3:00-4:15 PT / 5:00 Ct / 6:00 ET - Part 1: ASTROLOGY. THE LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLS
October 8 - December 10
9 weeks
No class Nov 26, Thanksgiving - Part 2: CHAKRAS & ANATOMY OF YOUR ENERGY BODY
January 7 - March 18
9 weeks
No class March 25 & April 1, Spring Break - Part 3: ADVANCED KRIYA TRAINING
April 8 - August 2
18 weeks
No class July 1, Fourth of July
No Class July 28, night before retreat - Closing Retreat: KRIYA INITIATION
July 30 - Aug 2
Alton Collins Retreat Center OR
The quickening impulse cannot be derived from books. The soul can only receive such impulse from another soul and from nothing else.
~Paramahamsa Hariharananda
Why 36 weeks?
- There's a lot to cover!
- Techniques build upon each other.
- Time for repetition and practice so techniques become natural.
- This is an experiential class!
- Lots of time for the concepts to sink in you so you can remember.
PART 1
Astrology*
9 weeks
You'll begin by learning the language of symbolism, the language of mystics.
We need a way of communicating and expressing the concepts and nuances we don't have words for in English.
You will use this language throughout the rest of the program.
PART 2
Energy Body Anatomy
9 weeks
Now that you have a language to communicate, we'll apply it to your energy body.
Kriya Yoga offers the most detailed, integrated system I know of, for understanding the astral body and how it interacts with your physical body and mind.
You'll love this!
PART 3
Kriya Training
18 weeks
You have a language. You know the systems you're working with in the subtle and physical realms.
Now, you'll go into the deeper waters where all the symbols, languages, and practices come together into a cohesive spiritual science.
This will change you!!
*Let me clarify. Astrology is the symbolic language mystics, and kriya yogis, use to communicate within all three realms:
- Everyday Mind
- Subconscious Mind
- Spiritual Realms
This is not a course to teach you how to become an astrologer and read charts. That's a completely different thing.
This is a 9-week course to teach you to speak: Symbol-ese!
Right from the beginning, each class:
- Builds awareness of prana.
- Prepares you for the next step. It's a step by step process. Building carefully one to the next.
- Includes learning kriya techniques I don't teach in my regular classes.
- Includes guidance from a masterful yoga teacher, Agnieszka Miskiewicz.
- Clears out blockages in the physical and subtle body.
- Releases tension in the physical body so the prana can flow in the most efficient way.
The Plan: A Four Part Journey
Part 1
ASTROLOGY: LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLS
9 weeks, October 8 - December 10
- The Alphabet: Planets, Signs, Glyphs.
- Internalize each symbol.
- Understand what it's saying.
- How to communicate using symbols.
- Kriya Techniques for integrating the physical and subtle bodies.
PART 2
CHAKRAS & ENERGY ANATOMY
11 weeks, January 7 - March 18
- The structure of the chakras: location, sound, color, petals, polarity, etc...
- How prana flows through your body.
- Why & how pranayama works.
- Preliminary Kriyas and Purification techniques.
- Experiential exercises to give you a felt sense of your energy body.
Part 3
ADVANCED KRIYA TRAINING
16 weeks, April 8 - August 2
- Bring it all together.
- History, principles of Kriya Yoga.
- What karma really is and how it works.
- Purification practices.
- Prepare for a gentle, balanced, Kundalini Awakening.
Part 4
SUMMER RETREAT
July 29 - August 2
- Bringing it all together!
- Kriya Initation.
- Where you go from here.
Caren helps us deepen our practice on an individual level. Everybody comes with different experiences and she meets us where we are. ~ Elena
Meet Caren
People who've known me during the last 15-20 years don't believe this, but, I didn’t come to Kriya Yoga as a calm, peaceful person. Far from it.
I was unhappy. I was screwing up my relationships with my kids. I was ready to divorce my husband. I was angry—all the time. Even though I didn’t want to be.
My breaking point came after a huge raging blowup at one of my daughters. I knew right then: I needed something more. Self-help books and New Thought Christianity weren't giving me what I needed. The ideas sounded good, but I couldn’t make them stick in real life.
A friend mentioned Kriya Yoga. I orderd home study lessons and began meditating immediately. To my surprise—it worked! Little by little, I was becoming calmer. Less reactive. Which is a nice way of saying: I yelled less at my husband and kids. I started to change.
Within a couple of years I found my guru, Goswami Kriyananda. What I loved about him was how practical he was. His teaching wasn’t abstract or lofty. He said things like:
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The only thing you can control is your attitude.
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All karma is attitudinal.
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Balance the imbalances in your soul, Caren.
And it worked.
I can’t read Sanskrit or quote scriptures like some disciples can. But you know what I can do? I know how to:
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Balance my earth life.
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Live without anger—which is no longer part of my personality.
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Get along really well with the people I love, and help them feel seen and heard.
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Flow with change,
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Screw up without beating myself up and simply begin again.
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Live without stress and worry weighing me down.
All of this came from my guru and from Kriya Yoga.
I love this path. I live this path.
Kriya Yoga changed my life — my family, my work, my whole way of being.
"Changed how?" you might ask.
My deepest dreams have come true.
And yours can too.
I may not know how to post on TikTok, but I know how to do Kriya Yoga!
The door is open if you'd like to learn too.
Yes, I will guide you through the preparation and the foundations so that when you receive Major Kriya, you’ll be ready to use the kundalini energy with balanced awareness.
Kriya Yoga Gives You
- A life that feels more balanced and harmonious.
- The softening of karma that leads to genuine contentment.
- Getting along better with the people in your life.
- More happiness. More joy. Moments of true bliss.
- Experiencing a deeper reality that reminds you who you truly are.
Here's What You'll Receive
36 weeks of 75 minute LIVE classes with Caren on Zoom
No pre-recorded content. It's all live and in person time with Caren.
4 mini-retreats
Delve deeper into techniques and topics that just need more time!
We'll decide on days and times once the course has begun.
Each mini-retreat will be around 3-4 hours.
Personal Support to help you establish a regular practice.
Practicing the techniques you're learning is a key part of preparing your physical and subtle bodies for receiving the final technique. The best part of this program is that the Kriyas you learn along the way actually feel so good that you'll want to do them.
I know how difficult it is to sustain a daily practice. We'll be here to support you in establishing one that works for you.
Plan on 15 minutes a day.
Access to a Master Prana Yoga Teacher.
Agnieszka will teach you gentle techniques to soften, open and clear blockages.
These will be woven seamlessly into our regular classes so no extra time needed.
A private course page with all your recordings and materials.
We get it! Things happen and you can't always get to class. Your inbox is overwhelming and finding the latest emails with handouts is complicated. No problem!
We've created a private course page where you can find all your recordings, links, and handouts in one place!
We record every class and post them to your Private Course Page every Thursday.
A learning platform where you can take quizzes over and over to help you learn and remember!
This is actually a really fun way to learn! The quizzes give you a chance to practice and reinforce what you're learning. They are totally optional.
Some people find them really helpful with learning the language of astrolgy and for remembering terms and what they mean when learning about Energy Anatomy!
Intimate small group
This will be a small group. Most people aren't ready for this kind of change and transformation.
Part of the value of this unique program is the opportunities it gives you to have the techniques personalized for your lifestyle and personality.
And, did I mention all the handouts!
We have a generous amount of handouts, flashcards, and all kinds of learning aids to help you learn the language of astrolgoy and internalize the teachings.
Downloadable recordings of the kriya techniques.
No need to log onto the website to practice. If you want, you can store them on your phone so you can practice whenever you want. .
Community
Walking a path of such deep transformation creates bonds that will last your liftetime. It's precious.
ENROLL NOW!
Pay for each part of the program as you go.
Or pay for the full program all at once. Your choice!
A yogi in the cave or forest can attain enlightenment by renunciation and asceticism. The householder has the greater advancement because that soul is always faced with other souls and their karma.
The householder is tested daily and succeeds daily.
The cave yogi is rarely tested, and thus never quite sure where he stands.
~Goswami Kriyananda
FAQ's
I already know Astrology, do I have to take Part 1?
We will be doing more than just Astrology in Part 1. We will also be introducing, and practicing, techniques that we'll be building on over the course of the Program.
So it's astrology, but not just astrology. So yes, everyone who wants to receive the final kriya, needs to take the whole program.
Can I take Parts 1 & 2 without continuing with Part 3?
Absolutely. It's fine to decide as you go along.
There's no pressure. But it's important to take things sequentially. So, you won't be able to take Part 2 without taking Part 1.
And, of course, that means you can't participate in Part 3 without taking both Parts 1 & 2.
Are there any other expenses outside of the tuition?
Yes. The Retreat is a separate cost and is required to receive the final kriya. Retreat costs generally range from $1110-$1400. This includes all meals and lodging.
You are responsible for airfare to get to the Portland Airport. Although, we do try to provide transportation to and from the airport.
What is the difference between this and the Teacher Training Immersion Program?
Our Meditation Immersion and Teacher Training Program teaches many techniques.
This program is about preparing to learn one technique, one fully integrated sytem. You will learn preliminary techniques along the way, but it all leads to one culminating technique.
What if I have to miss a class?
We totally get it. We record every class and post it to your Private Course Page every Thursday.
Will there be a test?
Not at all. However, I will be paying close attention to make sure you are doing the techniques correctly and give you suggestions if you need things adapted or adjusted for you.
We will we be using any books?
Since this is an experiential, oral transmission style of teaching, no books are required.
I will be referencing Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, The Bhagavad Gita, and the Kriya Yoga Upanishad among other texts. And will provide a list for those who would like to purchase their own.
Although it's not required, I do recommend Goswami Kriyananda's book: The Wisdom and Way of Astrology. But it isn't necessary.
I’ve never meditated before. Can I join this class?
Sorry but no. This class is for people who already have experience meditating and already know the pranayamas we use. Along with Hong-Sau.
If what you see here resonates with you, then I recommend taking one of our Beginning Meditation Classes and then joining one of weekly group meditations.
If I take the course, is it guaranteed that I will receive the final kriya, Major Kriya?
Although I anticipate everyone in the program receiving the final Kriya at the Retreat, I must reserve the right to discern if someone is not ready.
I would be remiss in my role if I initiated someone before they were able to handle the speeding up of their karmic evolution.