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Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and via Zoom  – September 19, 2024

Ayurvedic Study Group

“The Preservation of Health: Working with our Biological and Psychological Urges”

with Gary and Cynthia Gran 

7:00-8:30 p.m. CDT

5:30-6:45 p.m.: In-Person Gentle Hatha Yoga with Maja Radovanlija

7:00-8:00 p.m.: Ayurvedic Study Group – The Preservation of Health: Working with our Biological and Psychological Urges

with Gary and Cynthia Gran

8:00-8:30 p.m.: Meditation Guided by Swami Radha Bharati

8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers

Once again, we’ll use the Charaka Samhita to guide us in our discussion of Ayurvedic principles and practices for the preservation of health. In this session, we’ll first consider some timely health tips and yoga practices for entering the fall season.

The autumnal equinox is considered to be the sunset of the year, when day and night are in equal balance.

Then we’ll begin chapter seven on how to work with our biological urges and our psychological urges. We’ll be encouraged to restrain certain urges and to express others.

“Give way to your natural human urges—the urge to give, the urge to share, the urge to make sacrifice for others, the urge to knowledge, the natural urge to peace.”  – Swami Veda Bharati

Please bring your ‘beginner’s mind’ and join us as we listen deeply to the words of the sages and share our reflections. Participation is invited! Attendance at prior meetings is not required. All are welcome.

Gary and Cynthia Gran have been treading the Himalayan path since the late 1970s. They met at the old Glenview Center in Illinois and have served the tradition in various capacities over the years. They are both certified yoga teachers and Ayurvedic educators. They have published more than eighty articles on yoga, meditation and Ayurveda. They enjoy desert gardening, cooking and hiking at their home in Tucson, Arizona, and are currently in summer residence in Minneapolis.

Gary Gran, DAy. CYT

Cynthia Gran, DAy. E-RYT 500, YACEP

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Note: There is parking available for TMC visitors in the St. Boniface lot across the street from the Center.