Located in the beautiful Umbrian hills near Assisi, the city of San Francisco, the Ananda Center offers a wide range of courses and residential stays based on the principles of the ancient science of Kriya Yoga and Self-realization, transmitted to the Western world by Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a yogi, and his direct disciple Swami Kriyananda founder dlele Ananda community. The Temple of Joy is the project of the new temple (the second built at Ananda Assisi) which will help to convey the teachings of yoga and meditation atraverso the Ananda Yoga Academy.