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SUMMARY:Guru Purnima Global Full Moon Meditation\, July 10\, 2025 Via Zoom  9:00-10:00 p.m. CT
DESCRIPTION:Guru Purnima Global Full Moon Meditation\, July 10\, 2025\nVia Zoom\n9:00-10:00 p.m. CT\nThe Global Full Moon Meditation will begin guided by Swami Ritavan followed\nby a silent meditation until 10:00 p.m.\nThis event is courtesy of the Palatine Himalayan Yoga & Meditation Center – HYMC. \nFor more information regarding the global full moon meditation schedule visitHYMC’s website here.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/guru-purnima-global-full-moon-meditation-july-10-2025-via-zoom-900-1000-p-m-ct/
CATEGORIES:Full Moon Meditation
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SUMMARY:40-Day Spiritual Festival 2025 from June 1- July 10 (Guru Purnima)\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:40-Day Spiritual Festival 2025 from June 1- July 10 (Guru Purnima)\, 2025\nRead here “42nd Annual 40-Days Spiritual Festival\, June 1-July 10\, 2025″ courtesy of AHYMSIN.org. \nThe festival is 40-days of purification of all aspects of our being through chosen practices. \nSome options for practices are : \nBegin or increase the Sangha “Akhanda-mandala mantra” japa to honor Gurudev Swami Rama \nBegin or increase the Sangha Ganesha mantra japa…practice embodying Ganesha in stillness\, in his stillness. \nDecrease screen time\, especially in the evening; put down the phone\, turn off the computer. \nFind ways to honor Earth Mother: walk in silence in the woods\, feed the wild animals\, nourish the ants\, pick up trash in nature\, contemplate one of the five elements in nature. \nFast one day a week\, could be partial fasting or simply eliminating one preferred food item. \nContemplate that which helps you be still. \nDo self-study and journal your experiences. \nStudy “Sutra 1.33\,” the Brahma Viharas\, especially Upeksha (equanimity in the face of evil.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/40-day-spiritual-festival-2025-from-june-1-july-10-guru-purnima-2025/2025-07-10/
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SUMMARY:Cancelled for Tonight - Thursday Evening In Person:  Gentle Hatha Yoga (Drop In) 5:30-6:45 p.m. Everyone is Welcome
DESCRIPTION:Cancelled for July 10\, 2025\nJoin the Guru Purnima Observance at 5:45 p.m.\nThursday Evening In Person Gentle Hatha Yoga (Drop In)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime:  5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. \nInstructors: Varies…Chris Young\, Michael Snodgrass\, Sunita Gangopadhyay\, Susan Guthrie\, Eric Ness \nFees: $10.00/class \nThursday Evening DROP-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/thursday-evening-in-person-gentle-hatha-yoga-drop-in-530-645-p-m-everyone-is-welcome-2025-07-10/
CATEGORIES:Classes,Hatha Yoga
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SUMMARY:Guru Purnima Observance and Full Moon Celebration In Person and Via Zoom - July 10\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:“Guru Purnima Observance” In-Person and Via Zoom\nThursday: July 10\, 2025\nGuru Purnima Program on July 10\, 2025\n5:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CT\nGlobal Full Moon Meditation\n9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CT\nGuru Purnima 2025 Celebration Schedule\nThursday July 10\, 2025 is Guru Purnima\, Guru’s Full Moon. Please join us at The Meditation Center on this auspicious day for a full evening of observance and celebration. \nThere is an open invitation for all initiates\, members\, and students to come meditate at The Meditation Center on Guru Purnima. \nEvening’s Program: \n5:30-6:45 p.m.: Hatha class will not be meeting. \n5:45-6:45 p.m.: (time subject to change) Guru Purnima Havan. Weather permitting\, we’ll do a fire havan in the back yard. You’re invited to bring a small bundle of sticks\, pencil size and dry\, to offer into the fire for the Guru. If not appropriate weather for a fire havan\, we’ll do a flower havan inside and save the bundles of sticks for a subsequent full moon fire havan. In Person Only \nQuoting his master\, Swami Rama wrote in “Living with the Himalayan Masters”… He said: “I will burn these dry sticks so that your past karmas do not affect your future. Now I am giving you a new life. Do not live in the past. Live here and now and start treading the path of light.” \n6:45-8:15 p.m.: Socializing and full buffet meal offered. Bring an appetizer or sweet as an offering to the main meal if you would like to contribute. In Person Only. \n8:00/8:15-9:00 p.m.: Via Zoom and In Person\, showing of a short video of Swami Veda and other swamis speaking at the Guru Purnima gathering in 2012. \n9:00-10:00 p.m.: Global Full Moon Meditation via Zoom. Swami Ritavan will guide the first ½ hour \n\n9:00-10:00 p.m. – Full Moon Meditation via Zoom\nwith initial guidance by Swami Ritavan Bharati from SRSG\, Rishikesh\, India.\n\nThe Global Full Moon Meditation is hosted by the Himalayan Yoga & Meditation Center\, HYMC\, \nPalatine Il. The Zoom link is available here at HYMC’s website.\n\n\nFor more information regarding the global full moon meditation schedule visit HYMC’s website here.\n\n\n\nRead here…H.H.S. Swami Rama’s 1988 Guru Purnima Message.\n\nRead here…Swami Veda Bharati’s 2011 Guru Purnima Blessing\n\n\n\nSome etiquette: The havan kunda\, fire pit\, is the shrine for the fire deity Agni and needs to be approached as such; having freshly cleansed\, with an open heart and mind\, and wearing clean clothes; no shoes close to the havan kunda. All offerings are made with the right hand and with a loving attitude of letting go and from the heart. Once seated for the ceremony\, it’s important to remain there until the conclusion. (Same etiquette also applies to the water/flower puja) \nIt is customary to gather some dry twigs in advance\, about pencil thickness and length to bring to the ceremony\, usually 3 or more dry twigs bound together with a cotton string or thread (if you can’t be there in person\, the twigs may be sent by mail to The Meditation Center). As you walk around to gather these dry twigs\, mindfully think of the most prominent\, burdensome obstacles in your life or practice. These obstacles will be represented by the gathered twigs. Before the start of the ceremony\, kindly hand them to the swami who is present. who will them pass them to the person(s) officiating the ceremony. \n\n“Celebrating Guru Purnima is a joy beyond words\, a deep stillness that echoes a wholeness and holiness. A wholeness that guru provides the answers to our pursuits\, our yearnings and reveals a purpose for life. To live and to love with a heart unconditioned by conflict\, and a mind\, unified beyond division.”\n– Swami Ritavan Bharati-
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/guru-purnima-observance-and-full-moon-celebration-in-person-and-via-zoom-july-10-2025/
CATEGORIES:Full Moon Havan,Full Moon Meditation,Special Events
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