Prayer Council

This is a special way to serve God very directly as part of your sadhana (your daily spiritual practices). Every month we receive hundreds of prayer requests from people all over the world. There are many devotees who help to fulfill these healing prayer requests, but the need is always growing as this church grows.

Also, there is a very important need for all of us as devotees to find ways to serve the divine work that nurtures and inspires us. As Yogananda said, "To be in tune with the guru, you must serve his work." Many of those praying for others through this ministry write and tell us what a blessing it is to serve in this way:

If you are interested in serving on the Ananda Healing Prayer Council, please email Mary Kretzmann at prayers@ananda.org.

"Participation in the Healing Prayer Council has been a source of great joy and inner spiritual rewards. I have also, in fact, received healing through the prayers that you have offered for me." E.L., Fernandina Beach, FL

"I have felt energy going through me and out my fingertips....I have prayed quite a lot for healing of different people (using other techniques), but this is the first time (through using Yogananda's technique) that I really feel the warmth and energy being released. Thank you very much." D.E., Boulder Creek, CA

"Convert yourself into a divine battery, sending out through your hands divine healing rays whenever and wherever they may be needed. Then your hands, charged with divine power, will throw healing rays into your patient's heart and brain. Thus his seeds of ignorance will be destroyed, and he will smile with the health of God-love." Paramhansa Yogananda