Portland swami chetanananda wiki

Swami Chetanananda is the abbot and spiritual director of The Movement Center, based in Portland, Oregon.

Like his teacher Swami Rudrananda (Rudi), Swamiji works with students to awaken their creative energy and support them in the process of its unfoldment.

He teaches open eye meditation, a direct transmission practice in which teacher and student share the experience of the underlying unity of all things.
At the heart of Swami Chetanananda’s teaching is the understanding that the purpose of life is to grow spiritually, transcending the limitations of the family system into which we are born, and to recognize that we are, at our core, nothing but love.

Through our practice, we establish our intention to grow, refine our awareness, and learn to live from that love and express it fully in our lives. To initiate that process, it is essential that we have a living teacher.

For the last 10 years, Swami Chetanananda has continued to explore the tant