Ananda Marga brings yoga and meditation programs to Jaipur schools

Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha’s Jaipur Bhukti spent May 1 through May 8 moving yoga and meditation into the daily life of the city, with sessions at Abhinav Public School, Lakshya Public School and the SBI Officers Training Camp. The week brought students, educators and working professionals into one circuit of institution-based practice, led under the guidance of Acarya Satyashrayananda Avadhuta and Acarya Ragamayananda Avadhuta.

At the two schools, the program combined asanas for physical growth and well-being, meditation for concentration and inner peace, moral lessons for character building, brain-development techniques for improved learning and inspirational guidance built around the idea that human life is for sadhana. That blend mattered because it treated yoga as more than exercise. It was presented as a practical response to the pressures that show up in classrooms every day, from distracted attention to stress and uneven emotional balance.

The closing Sadhana session at the SBI Officers Training Camp carried that approach into a professional setting. There, participants were introduced to the practical benefits of meditation, self-discipline and spiritual ideation, extending the same message to working adults who face a different kind of mental load. Ananda Marga describes itself as a global spiritual and social service organization founded in 1955 by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti, also known as Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, and says it teaches meditation free of charge and offers yoga and self-development practices on a non-commercial basis.

Jaipur’s own Ananda Marga Yoga And Meditation Center gives that mission a local base near Pital Factory on Jhotwara Road, where it says it serves as a hub for spiritual and humanitarian activity, including regular yoga and meditation sessions, seminars on Yog Sadhna, service projects and cultural programs. The center can be reached at +91 95292 65595. The city-wide push also fits a wider public-health frame: the World Health Organization says schools are a strong setting for promoting mental health and emotional wellbeing, and it has highlighted yoga’s value for reducing stress and supporting resilience.

Rajasthan’s recent school policy direction adds another layer. In 2025, the state education department moved yoga and sports classes into pilot mandatory use in government schools and selected around 65,000 students as yoga ambassadors. Seen against that backdrop, the Jaipur programs did exactly what the strongest school-based wellness efforts try to do: bring breath, discipline and attention into places where young people already live, learn and form habits that can last.