BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Meditation Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:The Meditation Center
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://themeditationcenter.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Meditation Center
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20240310T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20241103T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20250309T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20251102T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20260308T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20261101T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250212T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250212T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T225123
CREATED:20241121T023313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T214216Z
UID:21935-1739356200-1739361600@themeditationcenter.org
SUMMARY:Wednesday Mornings In Person and via Zoom – Gentle Hatha Yoga (Drop-In) with Emilio Bettaglio
DESCRIPTION: WEDNESDAY MORNINGS In Person and Via Zoom – GENTLE HATHA YOGA (DROP IN)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime:  10:30am to Noon \nInstructor:  Emilio Bettaglio is teaching on February 12\, 2025 \nFees: $12.00/class ($10.00 for seniors and students) \nDROP-IN HATHA CLASSES (ONGOING)\nEveryone is Welcome! These classes are for all levels. Instructors excel at leading the class in relaxation\, gentle asana (yoga positions) and pranayama (breath). Relieve stress\, achy joints\, improve balance at all levels and increase your sense of well being. No registration necessary\, just show up.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/wednesday-mornings-in-person-and-via-zoom-gentle-hatha-yoga-drop-in-with-sig-martell-and-rosann-chamberlain-2025-02-12/
CATEGORIES:Classes,Hatha Yoga,Other
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Parivrita_Trikonasana-wpj.pg_-1-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250212T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250212T204500
DTSTAMP:20260422T225123
CREATED:20250211T213620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T213844Z
UID:22162-1739385000-1739393100@themeditationcenter.org
SUMMARY:In Remembrance of  Swami Ma Gita Bharati\, Beloved Spiritual Guide and Teacher - Gathering at TMC on February 12\, 2025\, 6:30-8:45 p.m.
DESCRIPTION:In Remembrance of  Swami Ma Gita Bharati\nBeloved Spiritual Guide and Teacher\nOctober 26\, 1933 – January 30\, 2025\nJoin us in person at TMC in the Hall of the Tradition and via Zoom\nto remember and honor Swami Ma Gita.\n Wednesday\, February 12\, 2025\n6:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. \n\n	\n\nRead Swami Ma Gita’s obituary here. \n6:30-7:30 p.m: Havan Officiated by Emilio Bettaglio\n7:30-8:00 p.m.: Community Meal with Swami Gita’s Favorite Foods\n8:00-8:45 p.m. Sharing Stories and Remembrances of Swami Gita\n9:00 p.m.: Global Full Moon Meditation with Swami Ritavan\n\n	\n\n\nIf you are able\, recite the Gayatri mantra as many times as you are able  \nfor Swami Gita’s transition through February 12\, 2025 \n\n	\n\nObituary of  Gloria Weber (Swami Ma Gita Bharati)\nage 91\, passed away peacefully on January 30\, in Minneapolis. \nGloria was the last surviving child of the John J. and Mary (Mayme) (Thomas) Zweber family. She was predeceased by her parents\, sisters\, Lenora Christensen\, Josephine and Cecelia Zweber (infants) and brothers\, Wilfred\, Charles\, Vincent\, Roy\, Emmery\, Clinton\, Roman and Harold Zweber. She is survived by many nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial on Friday\, April 25th at 11 a.m. at St. Nicholas Catholic Church\, 51 Church St.\, Elko New Market\, MN. A gathering of family and friends will begin one hour before the service. \nGloria was born on October 26\, 1933\, in New Prague\, MN and grew up on her parents’ farm near New Market. She attended St. Nicholas Grade School in New Market and graduated from Good Counsel Academy in Mankato in 1951. She joined the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) community and earned a Bachelor of Education degree. She taught as a nun at several elementary schools in MN\, including her last assignment as principal of St. Stanislaus School in St. Paul. \nGloria left the SSND community in 1970 and lived in St. Paul where she transitioned to a career in social work and completed her MSW degree. Her lifelong passion for social justice issues was central to who she was as a person and guided her professional career. \nAs she approached her retirement\, Gloria became involved in the Himalayan Yoga Tradition\, spent time in India and had a long association with the Meditation Center in NE Minneapolis. Through mentoring and special training she became a Swami with the given name of Swami Gita Bharati during a ceremony in India in 1999. Later in life she resided at the Meditation Center as a Resident Swami until 2018\, when she moved to Minnehaha Senior Living in Minneapolis. \nMemorials can be sent to The Meditation Center\, 631 University Ave NE\, Minneapolis\, MN 55413 or School Sisters of Notre Dame\, 11 Civic Center Plaza\, Suite 310; Mankato\, MN 56001. Or the donor’s choice.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/in-remembrance-of-swami-ma-gita-bharati-beloved-spiritual-guide-and-teacher-gathering-at-tmc-on-february-12-2025/
CATEGORIES:Special Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/swami-gita-portrait-retouch.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250212T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250212T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T225123
CREATED:20250211T214827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T214827Z
UID:22165-1739394000-1739397600@themeditationcenter.org
SUMMARY:Global Full Moon Meditation via Zoom from Palatine -  Wednesday\, February 12\, 2025\, 9:00-10:00p.m. CT
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 12\, 2025\nGlobal Full Moon Meditation Via Zoom\n9:00-10:00 p.m. CDT\nThis Full Moon Meditation via Zoom will begin at 9:00 p.m.  guided by Swami Ritavan Bharati  flowing into a silent meditation until 10:00 p.m.\nThis event is courtesy of the Palatine Himalayan Yoga & Meditation Center – HYMC. \nTo get the Zoom link and for more information aregarding the global full moon meditation schedule \nvisit HYMC’s website here. \n“You are lovingly invited to sit in meditation for an hour wherever you are\, in your home or with friends. Total beginners and longtime practitioners\, non-initiates and initiates are welcome. If you cannot sit for the entire hour\, sit as long as you are able; as Swami Veda has said\, ‘Let the quietness of the mind continue even after you rise..’” (Courtesy of AHYMSIN.org January 2023 newsletter). \nEveryone is welcome! \n“Yoga Philosophy views the mind as Universal field; its waves passing through us and becoming our individual minds. This Universal mind is a radiant force and is also known as a Universal Guru within.” \n“When all sit together at the same time even in different parts of the world\, they connect to the Universal Guru mind and generate a strong field\, like so many magnets being joined together and forming a much stronger magnet; the strength of each then equals the combined strength of all.” \n– Swami Veda Bharati –
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/global-full-moon-meditation-via-zoom-from-palatine-wednesday-february-12-2025-900-1000p-m-ct/
CATEGORIES:Full Moon Meditation,Meditation
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/StockCake-Moonlit-Winter-Forest_1736778613.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR