Are You Ready to Live Fully, Live Well, and Awaken to Your Full Potential?
“Decide. Decide you will fulfill your highest potential…
Every day is a chance to wake up. Every day is a chance to live the divine life. To do it consciously, we must decide.”
- Yogacharya O’Brian
Establish a spiritual foundation for healthy, happy, prosperous living
Realize your divine potential and fulfill your worthy dreams
Discover the secret of true success and supportive relationships
Change your mind, change your consciousness, change your life!
“What you are is much greater than anything or anyone else you have ever yearned for. God is manifest in you in a way that God is not manifest in any other human being. Your face is unlike anyone else’s, your soul is unlike anyone else’s, you are sufficient unto yourself; for within your soul lies the greatest treasure of all—God.”
— Paramahansa Yogananda
'Live the Eternal Way' course guides you through an immersive six-week experience of spiritual living.
Your Course Curriculum
MODULE 1
The Philosophy, Practice, and Promise of Kriya Yoga
Learn the time-tested teachings of Kriya Yoga that can purify the mind and body and eliminate any obstacles to Self- and God-realization.
MODULE 2
Superconscious Meditation for Spiritually Awakened Living
Experience the Self that is beyond thought activity through the practice of Superconscious meditation.
MODULE 3
Five Practices for Loving Relationships
Transform the ego into a transparent, luminous vehicle for the higher true Self and come into healthy relationship with others, and with our world.
MODULE 4
Five Practices for Spiritual Awakening
Learn five practical tools for developing the essential skill of Selfāreferral that can lead to a joyous, fulfilled life.
MODULE 5
Four Aims for a Fulfilled Life
Examine the four aims of life that help us to become both spiritually aware and worldly wise and contribute to living with balance, integrity, and joy.
MODULE 6
The Way of Discipleship
Explore the universal nature of discipleship that arises when the yearning for liberation becomes our predominant urge, and we are ready to fully embrace the awakened life of Self-realization.
Meet Your Teacher
Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian is a western woman who teaches the riches of Indian philosophy in a fully accessible and inspiring way for newcomers and longtime practitioners alike. Ordained in 1982 by Roy Eugene Davis, a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, she has been teaching Kriya Yoga for more than 40 years.
Yogacharya is the spiritual director of Center for Spiritual Enlightenment—a Kriya Yoga Meditation Center with headquarters in San Jose, California. She teaches nationally and internationally and has received several community service awards, including the Mahatma Gandhi Award for the Promotion of Religious Pluralism.
Yogacharya's message is “engaged enlightenment,” an invitation to live an awakened, creatively inspired, and fulfilled life.
What You Receive with Your Enrollment
Instructional Videos
Weekly video instruction with Yogacharya O’Brian sharing teachings and philosophy of Kriya Yoga for awakened living. View and study at your convenience to guide you throughout the course and establish a vibrant spiritual foundation for your life.
Guided Practice Video and Audio Recordings
Weekly video practice sessions with Yogacharya for time-tested, universally applicable spiritual practices to awaken your heart, purify your mind, and enhance your wellbeing. View and practice throughout the course to deepen your experience of the teachings.
Study Guides
Every week, along with the course videos, you will receive a PDF study guide to support you with practical information about how to apply spiritually-based principles for an awakened, fulfilled life.
Course Portal & Forum
An easy-to-use, exclusive, and purpose-built site where you will receive access to all of the Live the Eternal Way materials. Each week, as content is released, you will be able to stay up-to-date and also access any sessions that you missed. You will have easy access to an archive of all your content. Engage with fellow students on a private course forum.
What Students are Saying
"Live the Eternal Way has offered me the opportunity to learn how to live skillfully and in accordance with timeless spiritual practices. Yogacharya OāBrian speaks with encouragement and offers instruction about lifestyle changes that lead to powerful positive transformation."
Jessica W.
Ayurvedic Health Counselor
"Live the Eternal Way course provided me with the necessary support and structure for exploring a life of higher purpose. It helped me to learn how to integrate and practically apply the mysticism of ancient spiritual truth into the fabric of my daily life with simplicity, balance, and patience."
Daniel D.
Educator
"Live the Eternal Way came at a pivotal moment in my life. I clearly remember Yogacharya OāBrian asking the question, āAre you living in alignment with your values?ā At the heart of my answer was a deep calling to begin living my highest life. Throughout the class, I was given clear tools for how to discern what it is for me to live in alignment with my values and how to actualize that in my life."
Claire H.
CPA
"In Live the Eternal Way, Yogacharya OāBrian offers ancient teachings, spiritual inspiration, and practical applications that can support a life of peace, love and wholeness. Yogacharya has a beautiful way of expressing and explaining life principles that can enhance a seekerās clarity and transformation."
Dr. Paula W. R.
Psychologist
"Live the Eternal Way provides practical guidance for living life in wholeness and joy. Yogacharya OāBrianās teaching helped me see past limiting ideas and beliefs, and gave me new tools to work with challenging situations. The freedom Iāve gained has been transformative, both personally and professionally."
Chris L.
Silicon Valley Executive
"Studying with Yogacharya OāBrian is like taking a journey into a familiar but unknown place, where you eventually discover that you are already home. She is a superb teacher! Live the Eternal Way has supported me to learn how to arrange conditions in my life so that I can thrive in every way as I live in harmony with my soul and make a positive contribution in our world."
Sylvia L.
Meditation Teacher
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions.
Simply click on the ‘Enroll Now’ button, and you will be taken to the checkout page to complete payment. If your payment has gone through, and you received a welcome email with instructions to access your course, then you are registered. Please check your spam folder to locate the email that says ‘Thank you for your order’ and ‘Welcome to Live the Eternal Way’. Easy!
Your Live the Eternal Way enrollment gives you lifetime access to all course content. You will have easy access to an archive of all your content. In addition, the course materials are all downloadable — you can save lessons, practices, and study guides to your computer if you want. Once you access your course materials, they are yours to keep and use.
We are here to support you along the way with any questions you may have about purchasing and accessing the course.
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The philosophy and practices offered in this course are inspired by the Vedas, the most ancient scriptures known to humanity. You will find specific references to the Rig Veda; three systems of Indian philosophy that arose from the Vedas—Samkhya, Yoga, and Vedanta; as well as teachings from the Bhagavad Gita, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, and the Upanishads. The entire content of this course was exclusively created by Yogacharya O’Brian and specifically crafted for those ready to explore their path of purposeful living.
Not at all. Anyone interested in studying yoga philosophy, methods, and practices can benefit from this course. While it is principally drawn from the wisdom of the East, it is universal in its approach and outlook.
Each module of the Live the Eternal Way video course is prerecorded and released weekly, for six weeks, into your private course portal.
You can submit questions to Yogacharya O’Brian during the course in the exclusive community forum. You can access it from your course dashboard.
Live the Eternal Way course has been carefully designed to support you every step of the way. Each lesson provides detailed instructions and guidance to help you stay engaged and make steady progress. You will be notified by email when a new module becomes available. You also get access to the private Live the Eternal Way community, allowing you to post questions and comments and get help and inspiration from the community and faculty. Everything is structured in a way to help you get the maximum benefit from the course!
No. The course is carefully designed for newcomers as well as experienced spiritual practitioners. It is self-paced and has no requirements other than your own engagement!
