Events
Kindle Soul Awakening
Learn about Yogacharya's Upcoming Events — Including Public Talks, Classes, Satsangs, Retreats, Ceremonies and more.
IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Satsang: How to Begin the New Year in a Sacred Way
January 4, 2026 / 10:00-11:30 AM (PT)
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - San Jose, CA & Streaming Live
DESCRIPTION
Every Dharma is known in the heart. –Hsu Yun
During this Satsang to welcome the new year, Yogacharya O'Brian will offer us 5 essential steps to begin 2026 in a sacred way—with an open heart, a clear mind, the courage of determination, a support system, and the soul’s joy. How we begin sets the future in motion.
Start now to bring forth what you most deeply desire. Your first step is impressive.
Music starts at 9:45 am (PT). Everyone is welcome.
IN-PERSON & ONLINE
A Ritual to Begin the New Year
January 4, 2026 / 1:00-3:00 PM (PT)
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - San Jose, CA & Streaming Live
DESCRIPTION
You are warmly invited to a gathering and ceremony with Yogacharya O'Brian to enter the New Year with higher purpose, purified intention, and spiritually energized goals. Learn how to set your intention and use a mantra to bring clarity and power to the mind. Participate in 108 rounds of the Sri Ganesha mantra for the removal of all obstacles.
IN-PERSON & ONLINE
New Year Kriya Yoga Meditation Retreat
January 8-11, 2026
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - San Jose, CA & Streaming Live
DESCRIPTION
Join Yogacharya O’Brian and CSE Kriya Yoga teachers for this opportunity to experience the complete practice of Kriya Yoga, which includes contemplation of higher realities, instruction in pranayama and superconscious meditation, and essential guidelines for health, vitality, and harmonious relationships.
ONLINE
Meditation and Devotional Service
SELECT THURSDAYS STARTING JAN. 22 / 6:30-7:30 AM (PT)
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - Online via Zoom
DESCRIPTION
This online service reflects the daily devotions and silent meditation.
Meditators from all traditions or none are welcome.
ONLINE
Bhagavad Gita Inspiration and Study
SELECT THURSDAYS / 7:30-8:00 AM (PT)
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - Online via Zoom
DESCRIPTION
The Bhagavad Gita guides seekers to Self- and God-realization, highlighting our true essence and harmonious living. Join Yogacharya O’Brian to explore its themes, from inner peace and discernment to true happiness and fulfilling one's purpose in life.
IN-PERSON & ONLINE
2026 Satsang Series
Feb 1, Mar 1, Apr 12, May 3, and Jun 7 / 10:00-11:30 AM (PT)
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - San Jose, CA & Streaming Live
DESCRIPTION
Health, Healing, and Awakened Living
Don’t fight sickness. Bring in health.
Don’t fight darkness. Bring in light.
You are warmly invited to join Yogacharya for a monthly community satsang beginning February 1st as she guides us in discovering our innate soul power of health and healing for ourselves and our world.
Insights from Kriya Yoga philosophy and the world’s wisdom traditions, along with sacred music, poetry, stories, and spiritual practices, create an uplifting, healing atmosphere where transformation can begin.
Music starts at 9:45 am (PT). Everyone is welcome.
IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Kirtan: An Evening of Chanting & Meditation
February 13, 2026 / 7:00-8:30 PM (PT)
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - San Jose, CA & Streaming Live
DESCRIPTION
Let your mind become quiet, and your heart overflow with the soul’s natural devotion as you listen, chant, meditate, and enjoy the delight of kirtan with Yogacharya O'Brian and Gitanjali.
Come celebrate the upcoming MahaShivaratri with us! Everyone welcome.
IN-PERSON
Shiva Retreat Day
February 14, 2026 / 10:00 AM-4:00 PM (PT)
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - San Jose, CA
DESCRIPTION
Event Details coming soon!
IN-PERSON & ONLINE
MahaShivaratri: A Night with the Divine
February 15, 2026 / 6:00-9:00 PM (PT)
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - San Jose, CA & Streaming Live
DESCRIPTION
Time of Healing, Awakening, and Transformation
with Yogacharya O'Brian and CSE Teachers
The fourteenth day of every lunar month, or the day before the new moon, is known as Shivaratri. Out of all twelve Shivaratris that occur in a calendar year, Mahashivaratri—the great night of Shiva—is one of the most spiritual significance.
The dark night vigil of chanting, devotional ritual, contemplation of the stories of Shiva, and meditation on the omnipresence of the Lord is a time for overcoming the darkness of ignorance, both on an individual and global scale. It is a time for healing, for diving into the great mystery of our existence, and discovering the lighted path of spiritually conscious living.
The program will be both educational and inspirational—an opportunity to learn and practice Sanskrit mantras, explore mystical symbolism, experience deep meditation, and celebrate your spiritual path.
Everyone is welcome.
IN-PERSON
Silent Meditation Retreat
April 15, 2026 / 6:00-9:00 PM (PT)
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - San Jose, CA & Streaming Live
DESCRIPTION
Silence is a friend to the soul, an open door to divine communion.
This silent retreat will focus on allowing the heart and mind to become quiet through silent sitting and walking meditation. It will include teachings on meditation, silence, and easeful action in harmony with the soul. When we learn how to welcome silence, we gain access to our inner resources, capacity for resilience, and the power to live an inspired, truly fulfilling life.
The retreat offers:
• Guided silent meditations throughout the day;
• Daily teaching and practice sessions with Yogacharya O’Brian;
• Learn the art of walking meditation;
• Silent nature meditation and contemplation in the meditation garden;
• Vedic insights into sound, silence, and creativity.
IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Summer Kriya Yoga Meditation Retreat
June 25-27, 2026
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - San Jose, CA & Streaming Live
DESCRIPTION
Join Yogacharya O’Brian and CSE Kriya Yoga teachers for this opportunity to experience the complete practice of Kriya Yoga, which includes contemplation of higher realities, instruction in pranayama and superconscious meditation, and essential guidelines for health, vitality, and harmonious relationships.
IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Kirtan: An Evening of Chanting & Meditation
July 25, 2026 / 7:00-8:30 PM (PT)
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - San Jose, CA & Streaming Live
DESCRIPTION
Let your mind become quiet, and your heart overflow with the soul’s natural devotion as you listen, chant, meditate, and enjoy the delight of kirtan with Yogacharya O'Brian and Gitanjali.
Come celebrate the upcoming Guru Purnima with us! Everyone welcome.
IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Guru Purnima: Prayers for Purification, Healing, and Harmony
July 28, 2026 / 6:00 AM-12:00 PM (PT)
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - San Jose, CA & Streaming Live
DESCRIPTION
You are warmly invited to participate in our annual Guru Purnima yajna, an ancient Vedic ritual for healing and spiritual realization, being offered online and onsite at CSE world headquarters.
During this extended time of prayer, mantra recitation, ritual offerings, and meditation, we contemplate rita—the cosmic order—and seek to bring our will into harmony with divine will for the benefit of all beings. We contemplate guru—the light that dispels the darkness of ignorance. We offer our gratitude for our spiritual teacher, for our lineage of yoga masters, and for God as the Guru of all. We open ourselves to the purifying influence of the ritual and dedicate our participation to individual and global healing and spiritual awakening.
Everyone is welcome!
IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Kriya Yoga Retreat for Disciples
October 15-17, 2026
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - San Jose, CA & Streaming Live
DESCRIPTION
This retreat is open to those who have formally entered into discipleship on the Kriya Yoga path.
With discipleship, we evolve from being a seeker of the way to being one who has found a path of spiritually awakened living and the disciplined life it requires. We embark upon this journey with hope and faith, discovering its riches as love and grace guide us.
This retreat offers teachings, practices, and inspiration from Kriya Yoga masters and their disciples for remaining steadfast on the path, living in the highest way, and fully embracing the opportunity of a lifetime.
Included in the retreat:
• Teachings on the purpose, practices, requirements, pitfalls, and blessings of discipleship;
• Essential Kriya Yoga meditation practices for disciples;
• Spacious schedule for immersion in meditation, contemplation, and strategies for healthy living.
IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Meditation for the Holy Days
December 23, 2026 / 6:00-8:00 PM (PT)
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment - San Jose, CA & Streaming Live
DESCRIPTION
In the heart of winter’s dark days, we naturally seek the light of peace that only presence can bring. Paramahansa Yogananda offered this prayer: Teach me to find Thy presence on the altar of my constant Peace, and the joy that springs from deep meditation. He offered the example of setting aside time in the holy season to pray, meditate, and enter the deep peace of this season.
CSE’s Meditation for the Holy Days is held annually on December 23rd. You are warmly invited to stop for a moment, to sit in silence, breathe, and remember the divine light within you.
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