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Thursday Satsang – December 4, 2025

The speaker will join us via Zoom

The talk will can also be viewed on the TV screen at TMC

“Thursday, November 20:  “Mindfulness, Memory & Remembrance – Part II”

with Gary Gran, CYT, DAy.

Everyone is Welcome!

7:00-8:50 p.m. CT

5:30-6:45 p.m.: In-Person Gentle Yoga with Michael Snodgrass

7:00-7:30 p.m. Guided Meditation by Gary Gran

7:20-7:30 p.m.: “Mindfulness, Memory & Remembrance – Part II”  by Gary Gran

8:30-8:50: Full Moon Puja. (see below)

9:00-10:00 p.m.: Global Full Moon Meditation

10:00 p.m.: Evening Chants

These days, the practice of mindfulness promises us everything from better health and better relationships to success in business and sports. The American Psychological Association’s website provides a list of proven benefits including less somatic distress, reduced depressive symptoms, lower anxiety, less neural reactivity and less emotional reactivity. In addition, there are positives including better working memory, better-sustained attention, better focus, more cognitive flexibility, greater relationship satisfaction, more self-insight, enhanced intuition, more equanimity, greater morality, greater empathy, and greater compassion. With a list like that, what are we waiting for?

How do we strengthen our practice of mindfulness? What’s the relationship of mindfulness to yoga? How is mindfulness connected to memory? What happens to our memory as we age? What are the important things to remember?

In this series of talks, we’ll take a deep dive into the long history of mindfulness practice. We’ll listen deeply and reflect on the rich treasure trove of mindfulness and memory practices. And we’ll share specific practices as passed down in the Himalayan Tradition.

All are welcome.

“This practice of constant mindfulness is taught universally by the yogis of the Himalayas, irrespective of their affiliations.”

– Swami Veda Bharati

Gary Gran, CYT, DAy. Gary 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 in winter residence in Tucson, Arizona, enjoying winter gardening, cooking, and hiking.

After the talk by Gary Gran and before the Full Moon Meditation, there will be a short puja of invocation of and gratitude to the Great Mother as Maha Lakshmi. Her boons of generosity, fertility, stability, and wisdom have benefitted to our Meditation Center building and community during this fall’s fund raising efforts. Below is the mantra that will be recited during the puja. Maha Lakshmi Gayatri OM Maha Lakshmyai cha vidmahe (We meditate upon the Great Mother as fully-endowed Lakshmi) Vishnu patnyai cha dhimahi  (To that Shakti of Preservation may we “be en-wisdomed”, may light imbue our buddhi, awakening wisdom.) Tan no Lakshmih prachodayat  (May Divine Mother’s Grace impel and guide our mind in the direction of growing the spiritual prosperity of our collective mindfield as initiates of the Tradition here for the Meditation Center.)

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

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