Thursday Satsang – June 26, 2025
The speaker will join us in person at TMC
The talk will be live-streamed via Zoom
“The Moon” with Gary Gran, CYT, DAy.
Everyone is Welcome!
7:00-8:30 p.m. CT
5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Michael Snodgrass
7:00-7:30 p.m. Guided Meditation with Gary Gran
7:30-8:30 p.m.: “The Moon” with Gary Gran
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
Who hasn’t experienced the beauty of the moon in the night sky? All cultures speak of the moon. Science tells us the moon has a strong influence on the tides and life on earth. The poets speak of the moon’s cooling rays and her radiant beauty. Jyotish, the astrological science of light, calls the moon “the Queen of Heaven.” The moon waxes and wanes month by month, creating a powerful ritam, the rhythm of nature here on earth. Ayurveda, the science of the life-force, recognizes the moon as a magnetic force-field, a living presence, and the very juice or soma of our life. And in yoga, the moon is equated with manas, our mind.
Please join us for this evening’s reflection upon the moon, her influence, her beauty, and her many mysteries. We will draw from the teachings of Ayurveda, yoga and astrology to help illuminate the moon within and without.
Swami Veda once posed the question, ‘How do we know the moon is beautiful?
Because there is a moon within us!’
Then quoting the Visvasara Tantra:
‘Whatever is in the universe, is in the body; whatever is in the body is in the universe.
What is here is elsewhere. What is not here is nowhere else.’
“Who will reflect the purest moon in the lake of his mind?” –
Ryokan (1758-1831)
Gary Gran, CYT, DAy. was in attendance at the 1985 workshop and will be sharing theteachings from his personal notes. He and his wife Cynthia 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 are currently wintering in Tucson, Arizona where they enjoy desert gardening, cooking and hiking.
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