Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) will present its 2025 World Convocation, featuring a full week of yoga meditation, inspirational talks and devotional chanting, from June 22 to 28, 2025. The event is open to all, either in person at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, in Los Angeles, or online through a mobile or desktop app. 

This free, annual gathering draws thousands of participants from around the world to immerse themselves in the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship. Daily sessions will be led by monks and nuns and include such topics as Making Life a Spiritual Adventure, The Creative Power of Initiative and Creating an Inner Environment for Spiritual Progress. There’ll also be guided meditations, devotional chanting sessions and fellowship events.

Optional in-person pilgrimage tours will visit SRF’s historic sites in Southern California, including the SRF Hollywood Temple and Encinitas Ashram Center. These tours require a fee to cover transportation and refreshments.

Yogananda, who transitioned in 1952, is credited with introducing kriya yoga to the West. He described yoga thusly: “Uniting the soul with Spirit is Yoga—reunion with that great Happiness everyone is seeking. Isn’t this a wonderful definition? In the ever-new Bliss of Spirit, you are convinced that the joy you feel is greater than any other happiness, and nothing can get you down.”