Sense of Community
Join others — from all around the world — as we come together to dive deep into Paramahansa Yogananda’s life-transforming teachings and the tangible feeling of Divine Presence — blessings that are the hallmark of Convocation.
Convocation 2022 (Aug. 14 – 20)
A Weeklong Immersion in the Teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda
SRF World Convocation — August 14 – 20
Online and In-Person (in Los Angeles)
The 2022 Self-Realization Fellowship World Convocation will be taking place in-person program at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, as well as online.
Convocation will include a satsanga with SRF/YSS President Brother Chidananda, classes on Paramahansa Yogananda’s “how-to-live” teachings and meditation techniques, guided group meditations and kirtans (devotional chanting), and more. We look forward to having you join us for this special week of spiritual renewal and upliftment!
Registration for the 2022 Convocation is now open!
What You Will Experience
A Full Program of Meditations and Classes on Paramahansa Yogananda's Teachings
The SRF World Convocation will include:
- A satsanga with SRF/YSS President Brother Chidananda
- Classes on the “How-to-Live” teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda
- Classes on the SRF meditation techniques, open to all current and graduate students of the SRF Lessons as well as to those who enroll in the Lessons
- Group meditations and kirtans (devotional chanting)
- Special audio and video presentations
- Pilgrimage tours to SRF locations made sacred by the Guru
- And more.
View sample events from the 2020 Convocation...
Access Classes on the SRF Techniques
Become a Student of the SRF Lessons
The SRF Online World Convocation is open to all. However, the three classes on the Energization, Hong-Sau, and Aum Techniques, and the special class on Kriya Yoga, are available only to those who are current or past students of the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons. (Yogoda Satsanga Society of India Lessons students are also welcome, of course.) If you are not a current or past student, we invite you to apply now for the SRF Lessons so that you may participate in the classes on these powerful techniques, which are integral to the science of Kriya Yoga taught by Paramahansa Yogananda.
Benefits of Convocation
Group Meditations
Strengthen your ability to meditate more deeply by joining with thousands of seekers as SRF/YSS monastics lead us in practicing this universal science of the soul.
Inspiration From SRF Monastics
Our monastic teachers will offer talks on Paramahansa Yogananda’s Kriya Yoga teachings, giving his helpful counsel on how to navigate life’s challenges, as they share their own heartwarming anecdotes about journeying on the spiritual path.
Recharge Yourself at the Self-Realization Fellowship Convocation
Each year thousands of SRF/YSS members and spiritual seekers from all over the U.S. and many other countries, ranging from Australia to Zambia, gather for a powerful week of spiritual renewal and rejuvenation at Self-Realization Fellowship's World Convocation. We hope that you can join us this year, in-person or online.
The first Self-Realization Fellowship World Convocation was held by Paramahansaji in 1950 at the SRF Mother Center atop Mt. Washington in Los Angeles. Foreseeing the ever-increasing number of truth-seekers who would participate in this uplifting spiritual event as the years passed, he predicted to those who were present at that occasion:
They shall come from all parts of the world, thousands and thousands of them, just as you have, for Self-Realization is bringing the original Christianity of Christ and the original Yoga of India's Krishna so that all people of all religions can follow one highway to the Infinite.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Hotel Reservations
Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites
404 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071, US
Daily Room Rate
Single Room (1 person / 1 bed) $199
Double Room (2 persons / 1 or 2 beds) $237
Triple Room (3 persons / 2 beds) $283
Bonaventure Hotel Reservations
Or call (213) 624-1000
Millennium Biltmore Hotel & Resort
506 S. Grand Ave.,
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Daily Room Rate
Single Room (1 person / 1 bed) $199
Double Room (2 persons / 1 or 2 beds) $237
Triple Room (3 persons / 2 beds) $275
Quad Room (4 persons) $313
Biltmore Hotel Reservations
Or call (213) 612-1575 (mention code: Self-Realization Fellowship).
Please call between 8am to 6pm weekdays PST
Kawada Hotel
200 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Daily Room Rate
Single Room (1 person / 1 bed) $149
Double Room (2 persons / 1 or 2 beds) $179
Please call the hotel to secure the special discounted SRF rate (213) 621-4455
Convocation Registration
We hope you will be able to join us — either in-person in Los Angeles or online — for this unique celebration of and immersion in the Kriya Yoga teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda.
2020 & 2021 Convocations Still Available
You can still register for free and log in to enjoy the entire 2020 and 2021 Convocations! You can choose any class or event from the schedule and dive again — or for the first time — into the depths of peace, fellowship, rejuvenation, and divine joy that is the Convocation experience. We also have playlists on our YouTube channel for these two Convocations, presenting most of classes and all of the kirtans and daily meditations. You can find the 2020 playlist here and the 2021 playlist here.
