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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang with In-Person Viewing at TMC and via Zoom: Viewing of the Video "Viewing of the Recorded Talk   "Love in the Yoga Sutra\, Where is It?"presented by Salvatore Zambito on June 17\, 2021 - October 19\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang with In-Person Viewing at TMC and via Zoom:\nIn remembrance\nViewing of the Recorded Talk\n“Love in the Yoga Sutra\, Where is It?”\npresented by Salvatore Zambito on June 17\, 2021.\nIn remembrance\n October 19\, 2023\n  \n5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Susan Guthrie \n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati \n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Viewing of the Recorded Talk “Love in the Yoga Sutra\, Where is It?” \npresented by Salvatore Zambito on June 17\, 2021. \n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers \n8:40 p.m.: Snacks \n\n	\n\n“A Loving Tribute to Salvatore from Stoma”\nSalvatore was a great student of the yoga-sutras and his writings\, “The Unadorned Thread” and the “Yoga Sutras Dictionary” are both very helpful tools for going deeper into your understanding of the fine points of the sutras. He was a sadhaka who well understood the continual attention of the siddhas upon genuine sadhakas. He once went to an astrologer to have his chart done. After their conversation about the chart\, the astrologer told him that while they were talking there were five subtle beings sitting around him. “Who were they?” Salvatore had no awareness of them but he understood that these were undoubtedly the siddhas that attend upon sincere practitioners who have established asteya\, non-stealing\, in their personality. By non-stealing\, Patanjali means the continual re-evaluation of what is mine that we go through as we grow. As less and less becomes mine\, we become more and more generous. That generosity of heart is answered by the silent gaze of the siddhas of the lineage and the help they bring in moments when we are moving in harmony with our dharma. Bask in the warmth of that light\, wise brother. \n\n	\n\n\n“Love in the Yoga Sutras”\nAfter thanking Salvatore for presenting his beautiful June 17\, 2021 Thursday Satsang lecture\, “Love in the Yoga Sutras\,” Salvatore responded. \n“… In about 1984 I had a lengthy conversation with a Tibetan rinpoche. One of the areas he shared was an understanding that universes emerge from a thematic intention\, mostly Will\, Love and Wisdom\, and Active Intelligence. It was his contention that this is a Love-Wisdom universe\, hence the loving wisdom nature of our great spiritual leaders…” \nSalvatore exemplified this loving wisdom nature in his teachings and presence. Thank you\, Salvatore\, for being an expression of this Love-Wisdom for us in this realm. \nTo learn more regarding Salvatore’s life’s work read his bio here courtesy of The Yoga Sutras Institute \n\n	\n\n\n“Something Swamiji Said”\nby Four Sadhakas\n“Salvatore’s Story”\n“One cool\, sunny afternoon in Boise\, I was driving Swamiji\, in his previous incarnation as Pandit Arya\, to our next engagement. He turned to me and I heard him say\, “So what!?” \nI glanced at him quizzically and after a pause\, he continued\, “ ‘So what’ may be the most important question a teacher is ever required to answer and students are always within their rights to ask it. Actually\, it is the duty of a student to determine the applicability of the material under consideration. If you can’t answer that question\, you simply don’t know where you are going with the presentation. Consider empowering your students to ask\, “So what?” at any time. It will serve to keep you alert and they may enjoy themselves.” \nI followed Panditji’s advice at the next class at Boise State. From then on students would challenge me with\, “So what?\,” often quite unexpectedly\, and we had great times together exploring why anything I said might matter. On a couple of occasions I had to admit that what I was saying probably didn’t matter\, at least not very much\, but I enjoyed the topic. The students were satisfied with the honesty of the reply and\, good-humoredly\, joined in with me. \nOn a little expanded scale\, I find myself often asking\, “So what?” in the widest variety of human activities. It has served as an unusually effective focus for self-witnessing of habitual response and deepening emotional stability as inappropriate reactions come to be seen clearly and fresh action taken – or not taken. \nOf course\, I still invite students to challenge me with “So what?” I never know what I’ll learn from their inquiry!” \nThank\, you\, Swamiji. \n– Salvatore Zambito \nCourtesy of AHYMSIN.org. Read the entire article here. \n.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-with-in-person-viewing-at-tmc-and-via-zoom-viewing-of-the-video-patanjali-in-eternity-the-legend-of-shri-patanjali-the-%e1%b9%9bi%e1%b9%a3hi-sage-of-yoga-with/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom: "Ayurveda Self-Care for Autumn" with Cynthia Gran - October 12\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom – October 12\, 2023\n“Ayurveda Self-Care for Autumn”\nwith Cynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n  \n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with  Sunita Gangopadhyay\n\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Ayurveda Self Care for Autumn”\nCynthia Gran\,  E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\n\nDetails to come. \nCynthia and Gary Gran 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 practitioners. They have published more than eighty articles on yoga\, meditation and Ayurveda. They are currently enjoying desert gardening\, cooking\, and hiking at their home in Tucson\, Arizona.\n\nCynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-and-via-zoom-ayurveda-self-care-for-autumn-with-cynthia-gran-october-12-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing Only: "Ayurvedic Study Group: Rasa: The Heart of Ayurveda" with Gary Gran CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran on September 21\,  2023 at 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – September 21\, 2023\n“Ayurvedic Study Group: Rasa: The Heart of Ayurveda”\nwith Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran\, DAy. E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Susan Guthrie\n\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Ayurvedic Study Group: Rasa: The Heart of Ayurveda”\nwith Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran DAy. E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n8:40 p.m. – Snacks\n\n	\n\n\n\nPlease join us for the next meeting of our Ayurvedic study group. Attendance at prior meetings is not required. All are welcome. For this class\, we’ll move to Chapter 26 of the Charaka Samhita to continue our discussion of rasa\, the six tastes. Here\, we’ll learn of an historic conference of the sages who raised questions about rasa\, and we’ll hear what they concluded. This will give us a chance to raise our own questions about rasa\, and to deepen our appreciation of ‘the heart of Ayurveda’. Please bring your ‘beginner’s mind’ and join us as we listen deeply and reflect on the words of the sages. \n  \n“Taste occurs as a sensation on the tongue. The underlying elements of taste are water and earth. Variations in taste are caused by the other three elements of fire\, air\, and ether.” – \n“Charaka Samhita”\, Sutrasthana\, 1.64 \nGary and Cynthia Gran 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 once again enjoying desert gardening\, cooking and hiking at their home in Tucson\, Arizona. \nGary Gran\, DAy. CYT \nCynthia Gran\, DAy. E-RYT 500\, YACEP \n\n\n\nGary’s  blog is ayurvedalessons.com.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-only-ayurveda-study-group-core-principles-of-ayurvedawith-gary-gran-cyt-day-and-cynthia-gran-on-september-21-2023-at-700-p-m-830-p-m-cdt/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs,Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom: "The Yamas\, Five Pearls of Raja Yoga\, the Foundation of the Royal Path " with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D.\, 500-RYT - September 14\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom – September 14\, 2023\n“The Yamas\, Five Pearls of Raja Yoga\, the Foundation of the Royal Path “\nwith Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D.\, 500-RYT\n7:00-8:30 p.m. CDT\n  \nNew Time – 5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Lori Beron\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation\nwith Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D.\, 500-RYT\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: The Yamas\, Five Pearls of Raja Yoga\, the Foundation of the Royal Path “\nwith Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D.\, 500-RYT\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\n  \nJoin us on tonight for a talk with Stoma regarding the Yamas\, the first rung of Raja Yoga\, the Royal Path\, also known as Astanga Yoga\, the 8-limbed Yoga\, and their importance as guidelines for our lives in creating a yogic approach to living. This foundation in understanding the yamas assists us in choosing right attitudes in thought\, speech\, and action towards others with whom we are in relationship. \n“…Yamas may be translated as “ethical restraint.” This is because the first of these attitudes is ahimsa (nonharm\, nonviolence)\, and the other four yamas are extensions of that attitude. There must be someone or something towards which we practice the yamas\, so they are intrinsically relational… \n…Whenever Patanjali makes a list in the sutras\, the order of the items on the list is significant. So it means something that he has placed the work with yama and niyama first and second in the process of moving towards Self-realization. As if that were not enough\, he explicitly highlights the importance of relationship in sutra II.31. He states that the principles of the yamas apply ‘ at all times\, in all conditions\, at all levels of practice and attainment.’ From beginning to end\, Yoga is about relationship… \n(From Clearing the Path\, The Yoga Way to a Clear & Pleasant Mind: Patanjali\, Neuroscience\, and Emotion\, pages 87-88 written by Stephen Parker\, PsyD). \n  \n“The Yamas are five restraints which regulate one’s relationship with other beings. They are Ahimsa or non-violence\, Satya or truthfulness\, Asteya or non-stealing\, Brahmacharya or abstinence from sensual indulgence and Aparigraha or non-possessiveness…”  \n(From Lectures on Yoga\, Practical Lessons on Yoga by Swami Rama\, pages 17–19. This book was later published with the title The Royal Path\, Practical Lessons on Yoga.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-and-via-zoom-the-yamas-five-pearls-of-raja-yoga-the-foundation-of-the-royal-path-with-dr-stephen-parker-stoma-psy-d-500-ryt-september-14-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230907T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230907T203000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom : "What Is Selfless Service?"A Discussion with the TMC Spiritual Committee with an introduction by Stephen Parker (Stoma) - September 7\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom – September 7\, 2023\n“What Is Selfless Service?”\nA Discussion with the TMC Spiritual Committee\nwith an introduction by Stephen Parker (Stoma)\n7:00-8:30 p.m. CDT\nNew Time – 5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Michael Snodgrass\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Ma Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: “What Is Selfless Service?”\na discussion with the TMC Spiritual Committee; an introduction by Stoma.\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\n\nJoin us tonight for a wonderful discussion regarding selfless service with some members of the TMC Spiritual Committee\, Swami Radha Bharati\, Stephen Parker (Stoma)\, Emilio Bettaglio\, and Eric Ness. \n…One benefit of making the wise choice to render selfless service is that the Divine Guru is keeping His eye on you… \n…Remember\, the true Ashram is in a selfless loving heart. \nFrom “Love\, Meditation\, and Service” by Swami Veda Bharati \nRead entire article here courtesy of AHYMSIN.org
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-and-via-zoom-what-is-selfless-servicea-discussion-with-the-tmc-spiritual-committee-with-an-introduction-by-stephen-parker-stoma-september-7-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230831T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230831T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T180632
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In-Person Viewing and Via Zoom: Presentation of an Audio Teaching "Why Die? - Abhinivesha" by Swami Veda Bharati  -  August 31\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang In-Person Viewing and Via Zoom  – August 31\, 2023\nPresentation of an Audio Teaching “Why Die – Abhinivesha”\nby Swami Veda Bharati\n7:00-8:30 p.m. CDT\nNote: New Ongoing Time Change to Thursday’s Gentle Hatha Drop-In Class…\nbegins at 5:30 p.m. and ends at 6:45 p.m.\n\n	\n\n\nNew Time – 5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Chris Young\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation by Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Presentation of an Audio Teaching  “Why Die? – Abhinivesha” by  Swami Veda Bharati\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\n\nDetails to come. Attend this Thursday Satsang to be inspired and invigorated by the words of Swami Veda Bharati.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-viewing-and-via-zoom-presentation-of-an-audio-teaching-why-die-abhinivesha-by-swami-veda-bharati-august-31-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230824T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230824T203000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only: "Ayurveda Study Group\, Core Principles of Ayurveda"with Gary Gran CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran on August 24\, 2023 \,  7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – August  24\, 2023\n“Ayurvedic Study Group: Core Principles of Ayurveda”\nwith Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran\, DAy. E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Eric Ness\n\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Ayurveda Study Group\n” with Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran DAy. E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n8:40 p.m. – Snacks\n\n	\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for the next meeting of our Ayurvedic study group. Attendance at prior meetings is not required. All are welcome. We’ll continue with Chapter One of the Charaka Samhita with more sutras\, commentary\, and discussion. Please bring your ‘beginner’s mind’ and join us as we listen deeply and reflect on the words of the sages. \n“The objective of this compendium is achievement of dhatu samya\, the equilibrium of the bodily elements.”  – Charak Samhita\, Sutrasthana\, 1.54 \nGary & Cynthia Gran 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 spending the summer in Minneapolis\, offering classes and consultations at The Meditation Center. Their home is in Tucson\, Arizona where they enjoy desert gardening\, cooking and hiking. \nGary Gran\, DAy. CYT \nCynthia Gran\, DAy. E-RYT 500\, YACEP \n\n\n\n\nGary’s  blog is ayurvedalessons.com.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-only-ayurveda-study-group-core-principles-of-ayurvedawith-gary-gran-cyt-day-and-cynthia-gran-on-august-24-2023-700-p-m-830-p-m-cdt/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom: "The Universal Language of Emotions" with Joann Huff - August 17\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom  – August 17\, 2023\n“The Universal Language of Emotions” with Joann Huff\n7:00-8:30 p.m. CDT\nNote: New Ongoing Time Change to Thursday’s\nGentle Hatha Drop-In Class…begins at 5:30 p.m. and ends at 6:45 p.m.\n\n\nNew Time – 5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Susan Guthrie\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Emilio Bettagli0\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: “The Universal Language of Emotions” with Joann Huff\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\nJoin Joann Huff this Thursday for a discussion regarding the language of emotions.\n\nJoann states\, “Emotions are like a universal language and we all speak this language. Almost everyone can all understand sadness\, fear\, curiosity\, and joy. Out of balance and I will say things I regret\, self sabotage\, and avoid being my best. However emotions can also inspire\, motivate\, and nurture feelings of joy. They can encourage me to do things I want to do\, learn about myself\, and inspire me to continue on the path. Let’s explore the energy of emotions and see if we can discover ways to work with this universal language in positive ways. I invite you to discuss the energy of emotions with me.”\n\nTo support the work of The Meditation Center and register you can donate here (suggested donation $15.00) for Thursday Satsang or make a general donation by clicking on the “donate” button on the “Support TMC” website page.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-and-via-zoom-the-universal-language-of-emotions-with-joann-huff-august-17-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In-Person Viewing and Via Zoom: Presentation of an Audio Teaching "What is Silence?" by Swami Veda Bharati presented at the Dunrovin Silence Retreat in July 2007 - August 10\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang In-Person Viewing and Via Zoom  – August 10\, 2023\nPresentation of an Audio Teaching “What is Silence?” by Swami Veda Bharati\npresented at the Dunrovin Silence Retreat in July 2007\n7:00-8:30 p.m. CDT\nNote: New Ongoing Time Change to Thursday’s Gentle Hatha Drop-In Class…\nbegins at 5:30 p.m. and ends at 6:45 p.m.\nNew Time – 5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Sunita Gangopadhyay\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation by Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Presentation of an Audio Teaching “What is Silence?”  by Swami Veda Bharati\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\n\nDetails to come. Attend this Thursday Satsang to be inspired and invigorated by the words of Swami Veda Bharati.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-viewing-and-via-zoom-presentation-of-an-audio-teaching-what-is-silence-by-swami-veda-bharati-presented-at-the-dunrovin-silence-retreat-in-july-2007-august/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230803T190000
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SUMMARY:Hybrid Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and via Zoom - Path of Fire & Light: 'Package Deal' with Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy - August 3\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and via Zoom – August 3\, 2023\nPath of Fire & Light: ‘Package Deal’\nwith Gary Gran CYT\, DAy\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\n	\n\n\n5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Michael Snodgrass\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation by Swami Ma Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Path of Fire & Light: ‘Package Deal’ with Gary Gran CYT\, DAy\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\n\n\n	\n\n\nSwami Rama taught the first of several Path of Fire & Light seminars from July 24-31\, 1986\, in Honesdale\, PA. After the first seven days of lectures and workshops\, Swamiji detailed what he called his ‘package deal’ in the lecture entitled “Awakening the Dormant Fire & Leading it to the 1000-Petalled Lotus” on 7.31.86. The ‘package deal’ was a systematic summary of all the teachings presented during the seminar\, with step-by-step instructions on how to follow the path of fire & light. Please join us as we share the contents of this valuable teaching. There will be plenty of quotes from Swamiji to inspire us. All are welcome. \nGary Gran\, CYT\, DAy.  was in attendance at the seminar and will be sharing the teachings 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 spending the summer in Minneapolis\, offering classes and consultations at The Meditation Center. Their home is in Tucson\, Arizona where they enjoy desert gardening\, cooking and hiking. \n 
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/hybrid-thursday-satsang-in-person-at-tmc-and-via-zoom-path-of-fire-light-package-deal-with-gary-gran-cyt-day-august-3-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs,Thursday Satsangs
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CREATED:20230712T225330Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom:  An Evening of Spiritual Music with Chris Young - July 27\, 2023 - Note ongoing time change for gentle drop-in hatha - 5:30-6:45 p.m.
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom – July 27\, 2023\n“An Evening of Spiritual Music” with Chris Young\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n  \n5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Sunita Gangopadhyay\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation by Swami Ma Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: “An Evening of Spiritual Music” with Chris Young\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\nDetails to come\,
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-and-via-zoom-an-evening-of-spiritual-music-with-chris-young-july-27-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230720T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230720T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T180632
CREATED:20230629T181312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230719T210957Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only: "Ayurveda Study Group\, Core Principles of Ayurveda"with Gary Gran CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran on July 20\, 2023 \,  7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – July 20\, 2023\n“Ayurvedic Study Group: Core Principles of Ayurveda”\nwith Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran\, DAy. E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga\n\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Ayurveda Study Group\n” with Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran DAy. E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n8:40 p.m. – Snacks\n\n	\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for the next meeting of our Ayurvedic study group. Attendance at prior meetings is not required. All are welcome. We’ll continue with Chapter One of the Charaka Samhita with more sutras\, commentary\, and discussion. Please bring your ‘beginner’s mind’ and join us as we listen deeply and reflect on the words of the sages. \n“The objective of this compendium is achievement of dhatu samya\, the equilibrium of the bodily elements.”  – Charak Samhita\, Sutrasthana\, 1.54 \nGary & Cynthia Gran 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 spending the summer in Minneapolis\, offering classes and consultations at The Meditation Center. Their home is in Tucson\, Arizona where they enjoy desert gardening\, cooking and hiking. \nGary Gran\, DAy. CYT \nCynthia Gran\, DAy. E-RYT 500\, YACEP \n\n\n\n\nGary’s  blog is ayurvedalessons.com.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-only-ayurveda-study-group-core-principles-of-ayurvedawith-gary-gran-cyt-day-and-cynthia-gran-on-july-20-2023-700-p-m-830-p-m-cdt/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230713T203000
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CREATED:20230510T185724Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom: "Remembering Swami Veda Bharati" Eighth Anniversary Commemoration of Swami Veda Bharati's Mahasamadhi - July 13\,2023
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Thursday Satsang\nVia Zoom and In-Person\nJuly 13\, 2023\n“Remembering Swami Veda Bharati”\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\n\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: In-Person Hatha Yoga\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30- 8:30 p.m.: Commemoration of the Mahasamadhi of Swami Veda\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40: Snacks\, fruit\, nuts\, cookies\nJoin us to remember Swami Veda Bharati.\n\nTomorrow\, Thursday\, July 13th\, is the commemoration at TMC of\nSwami Veda’s Mahasamadhi Anniversary which falls on July 14th.\n\nWe will listen to a recorded message from Swami Veda…”Mahasamadhi 1998 Talk.” Swami Veda speaks about “mahasamadhi” and a student’s relationship with her/his teacher thereafter. There will be time for questions and answers\, comments\, and stories after the recording.\n\nJoin us\, either in person or via Zoom\, for a special Thursday Satsang to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the Mahasamadhi of Swami Veda Bharati. Swami Veda entered Mahasamadhi on July 14\, 2015.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-and-via-zoom-remembering-swami-veda-bharati-eighth-anniversary-commemoration-of-swami-veda-bharatis-mahasamadhi-july-132023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230706T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230706T203000
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CREATED:20230510T185016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T185016Z
UID:20270-1688670000-1688675400@themeditationcenter.org
SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom: "Ayurveda Self-Care for Summer" with Cynthia Gran
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom – July 6\, 2023\n“Ayurveda Self-Care for Summer”\nwith Cynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n  \n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Chris Young\n\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Ayurveda Self Care for Summer\nCynthia Gran\,  E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\n\nDetails to come. \nCynthia and Gary Gran 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 practitioners. They have published more than eighty articles on yoga\, meditation and Ayurveda. They are currently enjoying desert gardening\, cooking\, and hiking at their home in Tucson\, Arizona.\n\nCynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-and-via-zoom-ayurveda-self-care-for-summer-with-cynthia-gran/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230622T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230622T203000
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CREATED:20230615T020317Z
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UID:20309-1687460400-1687465800@themeditationcenter.org
SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang va Zoom and In-Person Viewing: An Evening Talk with Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D.\, 500-RYT- June 22\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang va Zoom and In-Person Viewing:\nAn Evening Talk with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D.\, 500-RYT\n\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Sunita Gangopadhaya\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D.\, 500-RYT\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: An Evening Talk with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D.\, 500-RYT\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\nJoin Stoma for an evening talk on June 22\, 2023. Details to come. \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. He 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.\n\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.”
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-va-zoom-and-in-person-viewing-an-evening-talk-with-stephen-parker-stoma-psy-d-500-ryt-june-22-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230615T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230615T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T180632
CREATED:20230510T162708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230614T191632Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only: "Ayurveda Study Group\, Core Principles of Ayurveda"" with Gary Gran CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran on June 15\, 2023 \,  7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – June 15\, 2023\n“Ayurvedic Study Group: Core Principles of Ayurveda”\nwith Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Susan Guthrie\n\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Ayurveda Study Group\n” with Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n8:40 p.m. – Snacks\n\n	\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for the third meeting of our Ayurvedic study group. Attendance at the first two meetings is not required. All are welcome. We’ll continue with Chapter One of the Charak Samhita with more sutras\, commentary\, and discussion. Please bring your ‘beginner’s mind’ and join us as we listen deeply and reflect on the words of the sages.\n\n•       “Life (Ayu) implies the conjunction of the physical body\, senses\, mind\, and soul.”  –\nCharaka Samhita\, Sutrasthana\, 1.42\n\n\n\n\nmkd_separator class_name=”” type=”normal” position=”center” color=”” border_style=”” width=”” thickness=”” top_margin=”” bottom_margin=””]\n\nCynthia and Gary Gran 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 practitioners. Gary and Cynthia have published more than eighty articles on yoga\, meditation and Ayurveda. They are currently enjoying desert gardening\, cooking\, and hiking at their home in Tucson\, Arizona.\n\nCynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\nGary Gran\, CYT\, DAy.\n\nGary’s  blog is ayurvedalessons.com.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-only-ayurveda-study-group-core-principles-of-ayurveda-with-gary-gran-cyt-day-and-cynthia-gran-on-june-15-2023-700-p-m-830-p-m-cdt/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230608T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230608T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T180632
CREATED:20230511T155610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230511T155610Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom: Sutras of The Inner Teacher: The Yoga of the Centre of Consciousness"\, A discussion with Rodney Huff (Rajni) to honor Dr. Martin Jerry - June 8\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang in-Person and Via Zoom – June 8\, 2023\nSutras of The Inner Teacher: The Yoga of the Centre of Consciousness“\,\nA discussion with Rodney Huff (Rajni) to honor Dr. Martin Jerry.\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\nDetails to come.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-and-via-zoom-sutras-of-the-inner-teacher-the-yoga-of-the-centre-of-consciousness-a-discussion-with-rodney-huff-rajni-to-honor-dr-martin-jerry-june-8-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230601T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230601T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T180632
CREATED:20230426T175111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T154629Z
UID:20229-1685646000-1685651400@themeditationcenter.org
SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In Person and via Zoom: "The Wizard of Oz as a Spiritual Quest" with Daniel Hertz\, MS\, BCB\, E-RYT 500 - May 25\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang In Person and via Zoom – June 1\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“The Wizard of Oz as a Spiritual Quest”\nwith Daniel Hertz\, MS\, BCB\, E-RYT 500\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\n\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Chris Young\n\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n\n\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: “The Wizard of Oz as a Spiritual Quest” \nwith Daniel Hertz\, MS\, BCB\, E-RYT 500 \n\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\n\n\nThe Wizard of Oz is consistently ranked as one of the greatest films of all time. For more than eighty years viewers have watched Dorothy face and overcome many obstacles along the Yellow Brick Road. But is there a deeper meaning to this entertaining story? Is the Wizard a Guru? Is Dorothy a yogic disciple on the path of self-realization? Daniel will present and discuss examples of why this fairy tale represents a mystical journey.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nDaniel Hertz\, MS\, BCB\, E-RYT 500 has been on the faculty of The Meditation Center since 1995. He is the author of a memoir entitled Everything is A Little Bit Alright: yoga\, meditation\, and a dog named Roy. It is available on Amazon at this link: https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Little-Bit-Alright-Meditation/dp/1951651294
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-and-via-zoom-the-wizard-of-oz-as-a-spiritual-quest-with-daniel-hertz-ms-bcb-e-ryt-500-may-25-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only: "Ayurveda Study Group\, Core Principles of Ayurveda"with Gary Gran CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran on May 11\, 2023 \,  7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – May 11\, 2023\n“Ayurvedic Study Group: Core Principles of Ayurveda”\nwith Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Eric Ness\n\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Ayurveda Study Group\n” with Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n8:40 p.m. – Snacks\n\n	\n\n\n\nPlease join us for the second meeting of our Ayurvedic study group. Attendance at the first meeting is not required. All are welcome. We’ll continue with Chapter One of the Charak Samhita with more sutras\, commentary\, and discussion. Please bring your ‘beginner’s mind’ and join us as we listen deeply and reflect on the words of the sages.\n\n“Ayurveda is that which deals with good\, bad\, blissful and sorrowful life\,\nwith what is wholesome and unwholesome for life and longevity\,\nand with what ayu (life) is in itself.”\n– Charak Samhita\, Sutrasthana\, 1.41\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\nCynthia and Gary Gran 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 practitioners. Gary and Cynthia have published more than eighty articles on yoga\, meditation and Ayurveda. They are currently enjoying desert gardening\, cooking\, and hiking at their home in Tucson\, Arizona.\n\nCynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\nGary Gran\, CYT\, DAy.\n\nGary’s  blog is ayurvedalessons.com.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-only-ayurveda-study-group-the-origin-of-ayurveda-with-gary-gran-cyt-day-and-cynthia-gran-on-april-20-2023-700-p-m-830-p-m-cdt/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230427T203000
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CREATED:20230412T153833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T170810Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC: Hiking Pilgrimage in the Himalayas Joshimath\, Badrinath\, and the Valley of Flowers with Renée Silvus - April
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – April 27\, 2023\nHiking Pilgrimage in the Himalayas\nJoshimath\, Badrinath\, and the Valley of Flowers\nwith Renée Silvus\n7:00 – 8:30 p.m\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Eric Ness\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.:Hiking Pilgrimage in the Himalayas Joshimath\, Badrinath\, and the Valley of Flowers\nwith Renée Silvus\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\n \nConsider how you understand pilgrimage. We may think of a journey to a sacred destination\, or a journey walking along a sacred route. The Sanskrit for Pilgrimage is Irta Yatra. Irta refers to a connection point to layers of consciousness\, while Yatra is journey. This reminds us how pilgrimage includes an internal sacred journey as well. \nNorthern India is saturated with shrines\, peaks\, streams\, and paths. It isn’t supposed to be easy. The harrowing roads hug steep and unstable mountainsides. You may have to hike longer than expected\, choose between a helicopter or donkey\, and navigate monkeys and donkey dung. \nJoin us for another account and vivid slideshow of the recent excursion with the Himalayan Institute. There are wide vistas\, steep trails\, camping\, endless waterfalls\, and all kinds of shrines. See an archetypal town right out of a western\, and enjoy a sunny day tromping into the spectacular Valley of Flowers. \nRenée  lives in the mountains of McCall\, Idaho where she teaches\, coaches\, facilitates\, and manages a retreat venue and a co-working/event space. Renée was initiated at SRSG in 2016 by Swami Radha\, studied with Dr. Ganasan at Sadhana Mandir\, and served a month of seva at the Himalayan Institute. Renée is currently completing the first in a series of short books on reading Henry D. Thoreau. 
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-and-in-person-viewing-at-tmc-hiking-pilgrimage-in-the-himalayas-joshimath-badrinath-and-the-valley-of-flowers-with-renee-silvus-april/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs,Thursday Satsangs
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T203000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T195317Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only: "Ayurveda Study Group\, The Origin of Ayurveda" with Gary Gran CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran on April 20\, 2023 \,  7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – April 20\, 2023\n“Ayurvedic Study Group: The Origin of Ayurveda”\nwith Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Susan Guthrie\n\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Ayurveda Study Group: The Origin of Ayurveda\n” with Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n8:40 p.m. – Snacks\n\n	\n\n\n\nPlease join us for the first meeting of our Ayurvedic study group. All are welcome. We’ll begin our study with Chapter One of the Charak Samhita\, a classic textbook of Ayurveda. We’ll read the key sutras\, provide some commentary\, and allow time for discussion. Chapter One is called ‘The Quest for Longevity’ and includes sutras that establish the basic principles and practices that define Ayurveda. It also includes the story of the origin of Ayurveda that begins like this:\n“When diseases cropped up creating impediments to long life\, religious vows\, sacred studies and duties relating to living beings\, the holy great sages\, full of compassion for all creatures\, assembled in one of the auspicious valleys of the Himalayas.”\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\nCynthia and Gary Gran 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 practitioners. Gary and Cynthia have published more than eighty articles on yoga\, meditation and Ayurveda. They are currently enjoying desert gardening\, cooking\, and hiking at their home in Tucson\, Arizona.\n\nCynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\nGary Gran\, CYT\, DAy.\n\nGary’s  blog is ayurvedalessons.com.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-only-ayurveda-study-group-with-gary-gran-cyt-day-and-cynthia-gran-on-april-20-2023-700-p-m-830-p-m-cdt/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In-Person Viewing at TMC and Via Zoom: You are the Light! The Inner Light is Here!  "Appo Deepo Bhava" with Swami Ma Tripura Shakti Bharati - April 13\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang In-Person Viewing at TMC and Via Zoom – April 13\, 2023\n\nYou are the Light! The Inner Light is Here!\n“Appo Deepo Bhava”\nwith Swami Ma Tripura Shakti Bharati\n\nShowing of Swami Ma Tripura Shakti’s talk during\nthe closing session of the 2023 Sangha Gathering at SRSG.\n\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\n  \n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Sunita Gangopadhyay\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Showing of Swami Ma Tripura Shakti Bharati’s talk during\nthe closing session of the 2023 Sangha Gathering at SRSG.\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\nJoin us on April 13th for a showing of Swami Ma Tripura Shakti’s talk during the closing session of the 2023 Sangha Gathering at SRSG.\n\nAn excerpt from Swami Ma Tripura Shakti’s talk… “And the theme of this [is] Inner Light! Sometimes it appears quite weak. Sometimes it appears even lost. But let’s see if right now\, here\, as you’re feeling the physical temple [while] sitting\, as you’re feeling the prana and the breath cleansing and nourishing this temple\, cleaning it — as your thoughts are allowed to go\, whatever they are\, good or bad doesn’t matter\, and the mantra somewhere is roaming around there too\, reverberating in the inner temple in the sanctuary — that right here\, in the depth\, in the core of being itself\, this Light is.\n\nAs Swami Veda said in the title of the book that we all shared\, [in] many languages\, the poem of his\, it is like ten thousand suns. And even if you feel it right now just a little — like a little flame\, something is whispering\, something is calling you\, like a little Deepak in your heart — can you be with it right now? Can you be in awe of it? Can you hold it in as best as you can in your awareness right now\, as the most precious thing that is? But it is not even a “thing” — please forgive my language. It is not whatever; [it is] the most precious existence!
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/20197/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only: "Food Sadhana - Part 2" with Gary Gran CYT\, DAy. on April 6\, 2023 \,  7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – April 6\, 2023\n“Food Sadhana Part 2”\nwith Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy.\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Chris Young\n\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Food Sadhana – Part 2” with Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy.\n\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n8:40 p.m. – Snacks\n\n	\n\n\n\n\nAlways a lively topic\, join us for more discussion of food and diet practices. In our constant search for food\, we often overlook the impact of food on our energy level. In this session\, we’ll expand our concept of mindful eating and take a close look at the sattvic diet favored by yogis.\n\n	\n\n\n\n“When eaten in a regular and balanced manner\, when not overeaten\, food is a source of energy. Overindulgence in food de-energizes us. Food eaten in moderate amounts leaves less residue to block the energy channels of the body. One of the most debilitating and de-energizing factors causing inertia is the residue of foods left in the body which are not properly assimilated or cleaned out. Irregular eating\, constant nibbling and eating between meals do not allow the system sufficient time to rest\, assimilate and clean house. If the dead cells and phlegmatic flows are not eliminated\, if the putrid stuff just lying in the internal organs is never removed\, a de-energizing\, debilitating\, tamasic influence is exerted on the nerves and the mind.” – Swami Veda Bharati\, Himalayan News\, April 1978 \n\n\n	\n\n\nGary Gran CYT\, DAy. is a certified yoga teacher and Ayurvedic practitioner trained in the Himalayan tradition since the 1970s. He lives and practices in Tucson\, Arizona with his wife Cynthia. He has published more than seventy articles on Ayurveda and yoga. His blog is ayurvedalessons.com.\n\n	\n\n\n\n\nRead “Food Sadhana Part 3 “Expanding Mindfulness” here by Gary Gran CYT\, DAy.\n\nRead “Food Sadhana Part 4 “Sattvic Diet” here by Gary Gran CYT\, DAy.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-only-food-sadhana-part-2-with-gary-gran-cyt-day-on-april-6-2023-700-p-m-830-p-m-cst/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230330T190000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only: "Food Sadhana - Part I" with Gary Gran CYT\, DAy. on  March 30\, 2023   7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – March 30\, 2023\n“Food Sadhana Part I”\nwith Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy.\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga\n\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Food Sadhana – Part I” with Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy.\n\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n8:40 p.m. – Snacks\n\n	\n\n\n\n\nAlways a lively topic\, join us for this discussion of food and diet practices.  Rather than following a prescribed diet from outside\, we’ll reflect on how to develop a diet that is personal\, flexible\, and intuitive. Part I will cover mindful eating and the elements of a balanced diet.\n\n	\n\n\n“The yoga approach to health is extremely simple\, logical\, and practical. It lays stress on the words Yuktahar viharasya – eating and living as they should be done. By simply studying one’s own capacity and learning how to regulate one’s dietary habits\, external activities\, and thinking process\, it is possible for one to gain control over his life and remain healthy. This does not mean that one must do anything unnatural or impossible; there need not be restrictions\, but given the information in these lessons\, one can decide what is best for himself\, and implement whatever changes he chooses\, practicing them according to his own capacity.” – Swami Rama\, A Practical Guide to Holistic Health\, pp. 5-6\n\n	\n\n\nGary Gran CYT\, DAy. is a certified yoga teacher and Ayurvedic practitioner trained in the Himalayan tradition since the 1970s. He lives and practices in Tucson\, Arizona with his wife Cynthia. He has published more than seventy articles on Ayurveda and yoga. His blog is ayurvedalessons.com.\n\n	\n\n\nRead “Food Sadhana Part 1 Mindful Eating” here by Gary Gran CYT\, DAy.\n\nRead “Food Sadhana Part 2 Balanced Diet” here by Gary Gran CYT\, DAy.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-only-food-sadhana-part-i-with-gary-gran-cyt-day-on-march-30-2023-700-p-m-830-p-m-cst/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230323T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230323T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T180632
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom and In-Person Viewing: "A Tribute to Swami Veda's 90th Birthday" with Swami Ritavan Bharati - March 23\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom and In-Person Viewing – March 23\, 2023\n\n“A Tribute to Swami Veda’s 90th Birthday”\nwith Swami Ritavan Bharati\n7:00 – 8:30 p.m.\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Eric Ness\n\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Ritavan Bharati\n\n7:30-8:30 p.m.:” Commemoration of the 90th Anniversary of Swami Veda’s Birthday”\nwith Swami Ritavan Bharati\n\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\n\n\nSwami Veda Bharati 90th Birthday tribute 24 March 2023 is a remembrance and marks the beginning of an era. We all cherish and embrace the loving sentiments Swami Veda shared saying: “Tonight you filled me with such love. Everything that you have given me tonight\, I will keep it filled inside me. But I have one desire yet unfulfilled. If you really wish to honor me\, wish to love me\, do two things for me. This\, I am saying to my students. First\, love each other. You all love this Swami\, but you don’t love each other. If you want to love me\, love each other. Secondly\, make yourself adhikarin so that the knowledge coming down from thousands of years of tradition can be passed on and can continue.\n\nAnd the third condition\, if you want to love me\, meditate. That is our true relationship. Silent love is the best love in the universe. And my master\, Swami Rama said “Love is the Lord of All.” And today you have shown that love. But I would be happy when you show that love to each other. I thank you all\, thank you all from the depth of my heart. God bless you.”\n\nOn Thursday join Swami Ritavan in recalling the life and teachings of Swami Veda. He will also introduce the beginning of an era called: Transitions in Transformation – Entering our Decade of Sanctity: 2023-2033. Swamiji’s message describes the process and purpose of Transitions and Transformation\, and invites all to engage in listening to the inner call of the self.\n\nSwami Rama has said in “Sadhana\, the Path to Enlightenment”\, that when a person is on the path of self-transformation (Sadhana)\, she/he comes in touch with the higher potentials within.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-and-in-person-viewing-commemoration-of-the-90th-anniversary-of-swami-vedas-birthday-with-swami-ritavan-bharati-march-23-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230316T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230316T203000
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SUMMARY:Via Zoom Only Because of Weather Forecast for Icy Roads - Thursday Satsang Via Zoom: "Panel Discussion and Q&A with Members of the Spiritual Committee and Senior Teachers" - March 16\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only – March 16\, 2023\n“Panel Discussion and Q&A with\nMembers of the Spiritual Committee and Senior Teachers”\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\n  \n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Cancelled – Gentle Hatha Yoga with Susan Guthrie\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Ma Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Panel Discussion and Q&A with Members of the Spiritual Committee and Senior Teachers\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\nJoin a panel of senior teachers for a lively discussion and on the problems and promises of keeping a meditation practice. How does one keep meditation “fresh”? Why aren’t I “enlightened” yet? What are the tricks for keeping a regular meditation time? Am I making spirtual progress?  What does spiritual progress look like\, feel like? What is the meaning of the new Ganesha mantra? What are the subtle aspects of the new Ganesha mantra?\n\nThese and other questions brought to the gathering will be answered.\nFormulate your own particular questions now for Thursday Satsang.\n\n\nTo support the work of The Meditation Center and register you can donate here (suggested donation $15.00) for Thursday Satsang or make a general donation by clicking on the “donate” button on the “Support TMC” website page.\n\nNote: There is parking available for TMC visitors in the St. Boniface lot across the street from the Center.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-at-tmc-and-via-zoom-panel-discussion-and-qa-with-members-of-the-spiritual-committee-and-senior-teachers-march-16-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T190000
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SUMMARY:Hatha Yoga Cancelled at TMC - Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only: "Ayurvedic Self-Care for the Winter Season" with Cynthia Gran\, February 23\, 2023   7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only – February 23\, 2023\n“Ayurvedic Self-Care for the Winter Season”\nwith Cynthia Gran\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST\n  \n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Cancelled – Gentle Hatha Yoga with Eric Ness\n\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Emilio Bettaglio\n\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Ayurvedic Self-Care for the Winter Season” with Cynthia Gran\n\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\nJoin us for timely techniques to stay warmer and healthier through late winter and into early spring. We’ll cover a few basics of Ayurveda\, emphasizing its winter principles\, exploring techniques that include herbs\, aromatherapy\, and foods with recipes! We will learn about a deep relaxation posture to benefit many systems of the body at once. There will be time for a few questions at the end. No prior understanding of Ayurveda needed.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/hursday-satsang-via-zoom-and-in-person-viewing-at-tmc-february-23-2023-ayurvedic-self-care-for-the-winter-season-with-cynthia-gran-700-p-m-830-p-m-cst/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC: An Evening with Michael Smith "Signs of Spiritual Progress" - February 9\, 2023\, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – February 9\, 2023\n\nAn Evening with Michael Smith\n“Signs of Spiritual Progress”\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST\n  \n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Chris Young\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Paul Emerson Ph.D.\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: An Evening with Michael Smith\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\n\n\nSwami Veda’s most recent book – just published in India last week – is titled Signs of Spiritual Progress. Those who attend the Sunday Morning Book Study received an advanced copy to read\, and they realize what a profoundly wise and inspirational book it is.\n\nThere is a prayer Swami Veda sometimes quoted in his talks at The Meditation Center:\n\nMay the wicked become good.\nMay the good become enlightened.\nMay the enlightened ones enlighten others.\n\nMany of us have been contemplating these things. We wonder: “What can one do to make the wicked become good?” “How do the good become enlightened?” “What do the enlightened ones do to enlighten others?” Signs of Spiritual Progress\, answers those questions.\n\nIt is a compilation of some of Swami Veda’s most intimate talks in which he shares insights from his own inner explorations — “I am speaking to you out of my personal self-experiments.”\n\nSigns of Spiritual Progress is filled with various practices to refine one’s personality and “polish our egos.” — “Remove the dust from the clean\, clear mirror of your mind and all your problems will be solved. Then the Yamas and Niyamas will develop automatically.”\n\nIn this path of self-effacement\, quietude\, and inner stillness\, how far can the honing-down and polishing go?\n\nMaybe all the way.\n\nThis Thursday Michael will share some of his recent understandings of Swami Veda teachings in relation to Signs of Spiritual Progress.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-and-in-person-viewing-at-tmc-an-evening-with-michael-smith-signs-of-spiritual-progress-february-9-2023-700-p-m-830-p-m-cst/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and via Zoom: Kirtan with Chris Young - February 2\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and via Zoom – February 2\, 2023\nKirtan with Chris Young\n\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Guided Hatha Yoga with Sig Martell\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Kirtan with Chris Young\n8:30-8:40 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n  \nJoin us for an evening of kirtan and chanting with Chris Young to celebrate Love\, the ancient traveler. \nJoin Chris in this kirtan\, it being an opportunity\, a vehicle\, to receive an experience of Beauty; a time to drop the worry and the hurry\, set aside the intellect\, and simply be… with people who are beautiful\, in a setting that is beautiful\, and with beautiful music. \n\n\n“Kirtan is a spiritual practice that originated in India centuries ago. The word “kirtan” means singing\, chanting\, and praising the Divine. It is a sacred practice anyone can do; no special training is required. The music does the work for you\, carrying you to a state of tremendous joy and mental clarity…\n\n\n\n…But the most important instrument in kirtan is the voice\,’There is a sacredness in everyone’s voice. It is like hearing your own soul’\, shares Milwaukee-based kirtan wallah Ragani. who leads one of the largest ongoing monthly kirtan events in North America. Your voice comes from within; it is uniquely yours. Unlike an instrument which acts on you\, emanating from the outside in\, the voice acts internally\, emanating from the inside out. When you sing kirtan\, you can literally feel the sound resonating inside you. ‘massaging’ your inner organs with sacred mantras…”\n\n(Kirtan! Chanting as a Spiritual Path. pages 7 and 9)\n\nChris Young was initiated into the Himalayan Yoga Tradition in 2005\, but has been connected with The Tradition in some way since birth\, with his parents being early members and faculty of The Meditation Center in Minneapolis. Chris occasionally leads Kirtan at the Meditation Center’s Thursday satsang\, and helps with some IT aspects of the HYT Teacher Training Program. Chris finds the thread of yoga and meditation that has been taught through the Tradition and its teachers\, and cultivated through practice\, to always keep him returning to his heart’s path – the path of Yoga – and he is grateful to be a part of the local and global communities that are working to further the mission of The Himalayan Yoga Tradition. He is the father of two amazing boys\, he enjoys singing and playing music\, and is ready to help with your ocular asanas through eye-roll-inducing dad jokes.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-at-tmc-and-via-zoom-kirtan-with-chris-young-february-2-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230126T203000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and via Zoom: "State of The Meditation Center Address 2023 and Onwards"  Talk with Swami Ritavan Bharati\, Sunita Gangopadhyay\, and Georgeann Bianchi - January 26\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and Via Zoom – January 26\, 2023\n\n“State of The Meditation Center Address 2023 and Onwards”\nTalk with Swami Ritavan Bharati\,\nSunita Gangopadhyay\, and Georgeann Bianchi\n\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST\n\n\n6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Eric Ness\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Meditation Guided by Swami Ritavan Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk with Swami Ritavan Bharati\, Sunita Gangopadhyay\, and Georgeann Bianchi\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n8:40 p.m.: Snacks\n  \nSwami Ritavan Bharati will be announcing the vision and themes of 2023\, leadership\, and the new TMC board members. Sunita Gangopadhyay will be sharing the “Proposal for the future sub-committees–next steps from 50th panel discussion”\, and Georgeann Bianchi will be presenting the Center’s financial report for 2022 and moving into 2023.\n\nSwami Ritavan will share the enthusiasm and the diligent work that has been accomplished during January through the blessings of Divine Mother and the Lineage.\n\n…This is just to re-emphasize what we have always known. The Meditation Center is not just a hatha-yoga center but that it is primarily a spiritual center and all the members need to remember this in making their decisions and arriving at their policy and level of participation. The Lineage has established the Center to carry on the spiritual part of the Guru’s work….
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-at-tmc-and-via-zoom-kirtan-with-chris-young-january-26-2023/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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