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SUMMARY:Chaitra (Spring) Navaratri 2026: Thursday\, March 19 to Friday\, March 27\, 2026\, Havan will be performed on Thursday\, March 19\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nI am text block. Click edit button to change this text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet\, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus\, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis\, pulvinar dapibus leo. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n“Chaitra (Spring) Navaratri 2026”\nThursday\, March 19 to Friday\, March 27\, 2026\nThursday\, March 19\, 2026\nThe Havan on the first evening of Navaratri will begin\nat 5:oo p.m. in the back porch at TMC followed by prasad.\nIn person only.\nShe who protects from and defends against negative forces; She who provides\, shelters\, and is the force of fertility; She who is the muse of inspiration and intuitive wisdom; She is Mother Divine\, the force that creates the universe. She is one of the core divine forces celebrated and invoked in our tradition. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]You are invited to join Swami Radha Bharati and Emilio Bettaglio in a ceremony celebrating the start of spring Navaratri\, the celebration of ten nights of Mother Divine. This auspicious period of ten nights begins on the no-moon-night of Thursday\, March 19\, 2026 and will continue every evening until Friday\, March 27\, 2026. \nThe havan and prasad will be followed by Dr. Stephen (Stoma) Parker’s guided meditation and Thursday Satsang talk beginning at 7:00 p.m. \nThe primary mantra of the havan will be the “sarva mangala” mantra. \nRead here the “Sarva Mangala” mantra. \nThe mantras in order will be: \nGanesha Mantra x 11  \nOM Gaṁ Gaṇapataye Namaḥ \nBhagavate Vasudeva x 21 \nOM namo bhagavate vāsudevāya \nSarva Mangala x 108 \nsarva maṅgala maṅgalye śhive sarvārtha sādhike \nśharaṇye tryambake gauri nārāyaṅi namo’stu te \nPurna Ahuti x 1 \npūrṇaṁ adaḥ pūrṇaṁ idaṁ \npūrṇāt pūrṇaṁ udacyate \npūrṇasya pūrṇaṁ ādāya \npūrṇaṁ evāvaśhī ṣhyate \nOm! Śhāntiḥ! Śhāntiḥ! Śhāntiḥ! \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/chaitra-spring-navaratri-2026-thursday-march-19-to-friday-march-27-2026-havan-will-be-performed-on-thursday-march-19-2026/
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Cancelled for March 19\, 2026 - Thursday Evening In Person: Gentle Hatha Yoga (Drop In) 5:30-6:45 p.m. Everyone is Welcome
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \n\nThursday Evening In Person Gentle Hatha Yoga (Drop In)\nIn-Person Gentle Yoga cancelled because of the  2nd floor bathroom demolition…noise and dust…\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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-evening-in-person-gentle-hatha-yoga-drop-in-530-645-p-m-everyone-is-welcome-5-2026-03-19/
CATEGORIES:Classes,Hatha Yoga
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom : The Divine Mother and First Day of Navaratri" with Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D.\, E-RYT 500 - March 19\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nThursday Satsang  – March 19\, 2026\nIn Person and Via Zoom\n“The First Evening of Navaratri and the Divine Mother.”\n Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D.\, E-RYT 500\n7:00-8:30 p.m. CT\nEveryone is Welcome!\n\n	\n\n\n5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga Cancelled for the 19th \ndue to renovation of the 2nd floor bathrooms \n7:00-7:30 p.m: Guided Meditation\nwith Stephen Parker (Stoma)  PsyD\, E-RYT 500\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: “The First Evening of Navaratri and the Divine Mother”\nwith Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D.\, E-RYT-500\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Chants\n8:40 p.m. Recording of the “1\,000 Names of the Divine Mother”\n\n	\n\n\nJoin us on Thursday\, March 19\, 2026 for an inspiring talk by Stoma\, “The First Evening of Navaratri and the Divine Mother”\nStephen Parker (Stoma) was initiated in the Himalayan Yoga tradition by Swami Veda Bharati and was given the initiate name Stoma in 1971. Among the first teachers certified by the Himalayan International Teachers’ Association\, H.I.T.A.\, he began teaching hatha-yoga in 1974. Stoma is a Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level of the Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500). A member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists\, he serves on the faculties of the Meditation Center in Minneapolis and the Sadhanamandir and Sadhaka Gram ashrams in Rishikesh\, India. \nHe is also a senior faculty member of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition Teachers’ Training Program. He has lectured on yoga\, meditation\, and spiritual practice in the U.S. and Canada as well as in Caribbean countries\, Holland\, Italy\, Austria\, Hungary\, South Africa\, Korea\, Hong Kong\, and India. In 2004 he helped originate and teach the first course on yoga in an American medical school at the University of Minnesota Academic Medical Center. In 2007 he received took preliminary vows of renunciation from Swami Veda and the Shankaracharya of Karvirapitha. \nStoma has been a licensed psychologist in private practice in St. Paul\, MN since 1985. He also served as Adjunct Assistant School Professor of Counseling and Psychological Services at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis\, MN. He has taught on the faculty of the Introductory Workshops of the Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis. In addition to authoring journal articles and book chapters\, Dr. Parker edited volume two of Swami Veda’s definitive scholarly work on the “Yoga-sutras of Patanjali” and he has been a peer review editor for the “Journal of Men’s Studies\,” the “American Journal of Orthopsychiatry\,” and the “International Journal of Yoga Therapy.” \n  \nTo support the work of The Meditation Center and register you can donate here  or make a general donation by clicking on the “donate” button on the “Support TMC” website page.. \nThere is parking available for TMC visitors in the St. Boniface lot across the street from the Center. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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