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SUMMARY:No Thursday Satsang via Zoom on December 31\, 2020  - Happy New Year to You and Your Friends!
DESCRIPTION:No Thursday Satsang via Zoom on December 31\, 2020\nHappy New Year to You and Your Friends!\nThere will be no Thursday Satsang via zoom on December 31\, 2020\,  The Meditation Center will be closed for the evening.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/no-thursday-satsang-via-zoom-on-december-31-2020-happy-new-year-to-you-and-your-friends/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: Swami Ritavan's Talk is Postponed - Join Us for a Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati and a Talk on the Cultivation of a Sattvic Mind and Kind and Loving Heart Space
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – January 7\, 2021\nSwami Ritavan’s Talk is Postponed\nJoin Us for a Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati and\na Talk on the Cultivation of a Sattvic Mind and Kind and Loving Heart Space.\n7:00 p.m.  – 8:30 p.m.\n7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30 p.m. – Special Talk with Swami Radha and Others\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n\nSave the date! Details to come.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-savoring-the-moment-this-moment-the-infinitude-of-moment-throughout-the-new-year-with-swami-ritavan-bharati-january-7-2020/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs,Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: An Evening with Stephen Parker (Stoma) PsyD\, E-RYT 500 - January 14\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom\nAn Evening with Stephen Parker (Stoma)\, PsyD\, E-RYT 500\nJanuary 14\, 2021\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n  \nDetails to come. \n  \nDr. Stephen Parker 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. During that time he also studied Sanskrit with Swami Veda and South Asian languages and culture for his B.A. at the University of Minnesota.\n\nStoma is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level of the Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500). A member of the International Association of Y.T.\, he serves on the faculties of the Meditation Center in Minneapolis and the Sadhaka Gram ashram in Rishikesh\, India. He is also a senior faculty member of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition Teachers’ Training Program. He has lectured on yoga\, meditation\, yoga psychology\, and spiritual practice in the U.S. and Canada as well as in Caribbean countries\, Holland\, Italy\, Austria\, Hungary\, Lithuania\, 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 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 serves 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 teaches 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\, the International Journal of Yoga T. and Yoga Mimamsa. He is also the author of Clearing the Path\, The Yoga Way to a Clear and Pleasant Mind: Yoga\, Neuroscience and Emotion (2017) published by AHYMSA publishers.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-an-evening-with-stephen-parker-stoma-january-14-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Storytime" with Michael Smith - January 21\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – January 21\, 2021\n“Storytime”\nwith Michael Smith\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30 – 8:30 p.m.  –  Stories with Michael Smith\n\nStorytime is a pleasant theme\, and an easy theme\, because so many stories are available to us. \nSwami Veda was a storyteller par excellence\, and Indian culture is filled to brim with inspiring stories —that are a joy to share and a joy to listen to. \nAfter the CHUDALA and SHIKHIDVAJA from the Yoga Vasishtha\, the stories now will be much shorter\, but they will be very powerful stories with lots of things \nto contemplate in terms of how they apply to one’s daily life. So\,  after each story there will be a chance for us to share our insights.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-storytime-with-michael-smith-january-21-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: Prayer\, the Language of Love" with Pandit Tejomaya - February 4\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom with Pandit Tejomaya\n“Prayer\, the Language of Love”\nFebruary 4\, 2021\n7:00 p.m.  – 8:30 p.m.\n  \n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Pandit Tejomaya\n7:30 p.m. – Presentation by Pandit Tejomaya\n\n\n\nPrayer is the language of love.  So says Swami Rama.\n\nJoin Pandit Tejomaya for an exploration into the beautiful role that prayer can play in life of a sadhaka.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-prayer-the-language-of-love-with-pandit-tejomaya-february-4-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210211T190000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Celebrate The Ancient Traveler with Music and Poetry" with Chris Young\, Swami Radha Bharati\, Georgeann Bianchi\, and Christopher Palbicki - February 11\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – February 11\, 2021\n“Celebrate The Ancient Traveler with Music and Poetry”\nMusic by Chris Young\nReadings by Swami Radha Bharati\, Georgeann Bianchi\, and Christopher Palbicki\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30 p.m. – Kirtan with Chris Young and Readings by Swami Radha Bharati\, Georgeann Bianchi\, and Christopher Palbicki\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe \nto The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\nLet us celebrate together this Thursday with the music of Chris Young and readings from Swami Radha Bharati\, Georgeann Bianchi\, and Christopher Palbicki. \n\nIntroduction and Reading “The Ancient Traveler” – Swami Radha Bharati-\n\nChanting OM/Guru Prayer – Chris Young\n\nReading – Georgeann Bianchi\n\nHanuman Chalisa – Chris Young\n\nPoem: For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet by Joy Harjo –\nChristopher Palbicki\n\nMere Gurudev – Chris Young\n\nThe Community\n\nChanting OM\n\n\n“The Ancient Traveler”\nby H.H.S. Swami Rama\n\n“The most ancient traveler in the universe is love. It is love that travels from the unknown to the known\, from eternity to eternity.\n\nThose who want to realize the greatest delight should realize themselves in others. This is the definition of true love.\n\nThe spirit of love is boundless and emancipates our being from illusory bonds and superimpositions. It is unity that will lead us to Truth. That which is the beginning and the end of the phenomenal world is divine…”\n\n(The Essence of Spiritual Life\, pages 94-95)
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-poetry-and-music-of-love-and-devotion-with-chris-young-and-swami-radha-bharati-february-11-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210218T190000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Awakening into Spring: Taking care of yourself as winter slowly starts to thaw into spring…" with Nikki Strong\, Pernu Menheer\, Saraswati Bhadri\,and Charles Crenshaw- February 18\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – February 18\, 2021\n“Awakening into Spring:\nTaking care of yourself as winter slowly starts to thaw into spring…”\nwith Nikki Strong\, Pernu Menheer\, and Saraswati Bhadri\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\n\n7:00 p.m. – Guided Meditation with Charles Crenshaw\n7:30 p.m. – Talk with Nikki Strong\, Pernu Menheer\, and Saraswati Bhadri\n\n\n\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe \nto The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n\n\n\n\nGentle self care practices and tips… for this time of year. Please wear loose comfortable clothing and be ready to have some fun  learning  gentle movements\, self massage\, and  general lifestyle suggestions for taking care of that precious one… that is you!
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-awakening-into-spring-taking-care-of-yourself-as-winter-slowly-starts-to-thaw-into-spring-with-nikki-strong-ph-d-and-charles-crenshaw-feb/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210225T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210225T203000
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CREATED:20210223T023457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210223T023619Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Storytime" with Michael Smith - February 25\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY SATSANG VIA ZOOM – February 25\, 2021\n“STORYTIME”\nWITH MICHAEL SMITH\n7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.\n\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30 – 8:30 p.m.  –  Stories with Michael Smith\n\nStorytime is a pleasant theme\, and an easy theme\, because so many stories are available to us. \nSwami Veda was a storyteller par excellence\, and Indian culture is filled to brim with inspiring stories —that are a joy to share and a joy to listen to. \nAfter the CHUDALA and SHIKHIDVAJA from the Yoga Vasishtha that we heard last yearn 2020\, the stories now will be much shorter\, but they will be very powerful stories with lots of things to contemplate in terms of how they apply to one’s daily life. So\,  after each story there will be a chance for us to share our insights.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/17863/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Storytime" with Michael Smith - March 4\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY SATSANG VIA ZOOM – March 4\, 2021\n“STORYTIME” WITH MICHAEL SMITH\n7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.\n\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30 – 8:30 p.m.  –  Stories with Michael Smith\n\nJoin Michael on Thursday\, March 4th\, for “Storytime.” Storytime is a pleasant theme because so many tales and parables in the tradition are available to us as teaching tools and for pure enjoyment. Many times animals are the vehicles for the teachings within the story. Swami Veda loved the story of “Dattatreya and his 24 Gurus”\, many of which were animals.\n\nSwami Veda was a storyteller par excellence\, and Indian culture is filled to brim with inspiring stories —that are a joy to share and a joy to listen to.\n\nThe stories told will be very powerful stories with lots of things to contemplate in terms of how they apply to one’s daily life. So\, after each story there will be a chance for us to share our insights.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-storytime-with-michael-smith-march-4-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210415T190000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "The Sadhana of Moving" with Rodney and Joann Huff - April 15\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – April 15\, 2021\n“The Sadhana of Moving”\nwith Rodney (Rajni) and Joann Huff\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter \non the home page of this website.\n7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Talk by Rodney (Rajni) and Joann Huff\n\n\nJoann and Rodney will share the lessons learned and challenges faced during their recent move. Each step of the journey provided a spiritual mirror to look at issues like their relationships with possessions; how facing excessive clutter is like exploring the unconscious mind; and being intentional in setting up their new space. It’s a work in progress!
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-the-sadhana-of-moving-with-rodney-and-joann-huff-april-15-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs,Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210729T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210729T203000
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CREATED:20210728T203657Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom and In-Person: "Developing Pleasant Mindedness in Challenging Times" with Paul Emerson Ph.D - July 29\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Special Thursday Satsang via Zoom – July 29\, 2021\n“Developing Pleasant Mindedness in Challenging Times”\nwith Paul Emerson Ph.D.\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\n\nThis is a Hybrid Zoom and TMC In-Person Event\n  \nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter\non the home page of this website.\n\n\n\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Presentation by Paul Emerson\, Ph.D.\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\nPaul Emerson is a biomedical engineer with a Ph.D. He is the authority on the physiology of breathing for The Meditation Center and has been teaching yoga for over 30 years. Paul has worked as a research scientist\, has been a manager of clinical research with a major biomedical company and a university instructor. In addition\, he holds eight patents in the areas of dialysis and sleep therapy. he is a scholar of ancient yoga texts. Paul was certified by the Rockford School of Yoga and began teaching in 1975.\n\n\nTMC policy for those entering the building or participating in outdoor ceremonies will be requesting all to practice non-violence – being fully vaccinated or wearing a mask w/social distancing. Staff and volunteers will not be asking for vaccine certification cards as trust of community will be sufficient.  All are welcome.\n\nTo further protect the community\, an Iso-Aire purification movable unit has been purchased to use in all rooms of TMC where people gather. These units have pre-filter\, hospital quality HEPA filters\, and a bi-polar ionization unit to remove pollen to pathogens
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/18218/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210805T203000
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CREATED:20210804T201207Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: The Best of TMC's August Reruns from TMC's Vimeo Archive  "Buddhism or Yoga?—Yes\, Meditation"  with Stephen (Stoma) Parker PsyD\, E-RYT-500; August 5\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Special Thursday Satsang via Zoom – August 5\, 2021\n\nThe Best of TMC’s August Reruns from TMC’s Vimeo Archive\n“Buddhism or Yoga?—Yes\, Meditation”\nwith Stephen (Stoma) Parker PsyD\, E-RYT-500\n\nA Very Important Talk by Stoma – Recorded on September 24\, 2020\nThis is another chance to hear and take in the wisdom of this presentation.\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\nThis is a Zoom Event Only!\nTMC will not be open on August 5th for in-person participation.\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Vimeo Rerun Talk by Stephen (Stoma) Parker PsyD\, E-RYT-500\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor centuries philosophers have debated whether the truth of spiritual realization is better described by Buddhism or by other philosophies bundled together by Westerners and called “Hinduism\,” one of which is yoga. In practice\, their values and practices are more similar than different. A careful look reveals that the differences are mostly a matter of semantics. Even the “yoga sutras” shares many ideas and practices in common with Buddhism.\n\nDr. Stephen Parker 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. During that time he also studied Sanskrit with Swami Veda and South Asian languages and culture for his B.A. at the University of Minnesota.\n\nStoma is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level of the Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500). A member of the International Association of Y.T.\, he serves on the faculties of the Meditation Center in Minneapolis and the Sadhaka Grama ashram in Rishikesh\, India. He is also a senior faculty member of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition Teachers’ Training Program. He has lectured on yoga\, meditation\, yoga psychology\, and spiritual practice in the U.S. and Canada as well as in Caribbean countries\, Holland\, Italy\, Austria\, Hungary\, Lithuania\, 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 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 serves 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 teaches 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\,” the I”nternational Journal of Yoga T. and Yoga Mimamsa.” He is also the author of “Clearing the Path\, The Yoga Way to a Clear and Pleasant Mind: Yoga\, Neuroscience and Emotion” (2017) published by AHYMSA publishers.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-the-best-of-tmcs-august-reruns-from-tmcs-vimeo-archive-buddhism-or-yoga-yes-meditation-with-stephen-stoma-parker-psyd-e-ryt-500-august-5-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom Only: “Kirtan with Chris Young” - August 12\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom Only – August 12\, 2021\n\n“Kirtan with Chris Young”\n 7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M. CDT\n  \n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n  \n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30- 8:30 p.m.: Kirtan with Chris Young\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\nLet us chant together this Thursday for healing and renewal for all beings with the music of Chris Young. Let us celebrate!
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-only-kirtan-with-chris-young-august-12-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "The Sadhana of Kirtan\, Chanting\, and Devotion" with Michael Smith and Chris Young - September 2\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – September 2\, 2021\n“The Sadhana of Kirtan\, Chanting\, and Devotion”\nwith Michael Smith and Chris Young\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 pm.\n  \n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Michael Smith and Chris Young\n  \nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n\n\n\nKirtan is a sadhana in itself and can take a person into bhaktic ecstacy as shown in the lives of Ragani\, Dennis Chernin and Parvathy Baul. \nChris Young and Michael Smith will share their thoughts  and feelings about Kirtan. \n Also two videos will be shown featuring Parvathy Baul: One\, in which she explains her initiation into the little-known Baul Tradition** by her guru\, and another very rare and inspiring video in which she dances and sings one of the Baul’s sacred songs\, using the traditional instruments of her single-stringed ektara and her drum (duggi). \n**The Baul Tradition is included in the list of  “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.”
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-the-sadhana-of-kirtan-chanting-and-devotion-with-michael-smith-and-chris-young-september-2-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Sadhana" with Stephen Parker (Stoma) - September 16\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – September 16\, 2021\n“Sadhana”\nwith Stephen Parker (Stoma) PsyD\, E-RYT-500\n  \n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Stephen Parker (Stoma) PsyD\, E-RYT-500\n7:30-8:30 p.m.:  Talk by Stephen (Stoma) Parker PsyD\, E-RYT-500 \n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\nDetails to come.\n\n\n\n\nDr. Stephen Parker 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. During that time he also studied Sanskrit with Swami Veda and South Asian languages and culture for his B.A. at the University of Minnesota.\n\nStoma is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level of the Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500). A member of the International Association of Y.T.\, he serves on the faculties of the Meditation Center in Minneapolis and the Sadhaka Grama ashram in Rishikesh\, India. He is also a senior faculty member of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition Teachers’ Training Program. He has lectured on yoga\, meditation\, yoga psychology\, and spiritual practice in the U.S. and Canada as well as in Caribbean countries\, Holland\, Italy\, Austria\, Hungary\, Lithuania\, 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 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 serves 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 teaches 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\,” the I”nternational Journal of Yoga T. and Yoga Mimamsa.” He is also the author of “Clearing the Path\, The Yoga Way to a Clear and Pleasant Mind: Yoga\, Neuroscience and Emotion” (2017) published by AHYMSA publishers.\n\n\nDetails to come.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-sadhana-with-stephen-parker-stoma-september-16-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Architecting Your Post-Pandemic Life" with Eric Ness - September 23\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – September 23\, 2021\n“Architecting Your Post-Pandemic Life” with Eric Ness\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n  \n7:00 p.m.: Meditation guided by Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.:  Talk by Eric Ness\, “Architecting Your Post-Pandemic Life”\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n\n\n\n\nThe pandemic has brought many changes to our lives\, most of them involuntary. Even though the changes didn’t happen the way we would have chosen\, some people are finding that some are to their liking. At some point the pandemic will be over and we’ll have the opportunity to go back to life as we knew it before. Being meditators\, we can approach this transition intentionally instead of just defaulting back to what we knew.\n\nThis talk will present tools to architect your post-pandemic life the way that works for who you are today. We’ll examine which old habits and relationships are worth reintroducing into your life and which ones can be let go of. You’ll walk away with a clear vision of what your new life will look like and the strength to let go of what is no longer needed.\n\nEric has been teaching meditation and yoga for over ten years. His teaching is based on the experiences that he had while immersed in a meditative environment. He deepened his study of meditation while participating in the residential program at The Meditation Center. He also trained for three years at the Swami Rama Institute for Meditation in India. His calm teaching style brings students the tools they need to move toward a peaceful state of mind.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-architecting-your-post-pandemic-life-with-eric-ness-september-23-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Hybrid Thursday Satsang In Person and via Zoom: “Christian and Yoga Interconnections” with Paul Emerson\, Ph.D. - September 30\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Thursday Satsang\nIn Person and via Zoom\nSeptember 30\, 2021\n\n“Christian and Yoga Interconnections”\nwith Paul Emerson\, Ph.D.\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\n	\n\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n	\n\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Paul Emerson Ph.D.\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n	\n\n\nOne of Swami Veda’s interests in his later years was “interfaith dialog”. Along those lines a number of famous spiritual teachers have referred to Jesus as a “mahayogi”–Parahamsa Yogananda and Ramakrishna to name just a few. While the traditions of Christianity and yoga certainly have centuries of divergent history\, theology and occasional conflict it’s sometimes useful to reflect on the commonalities. The Jesus story would certainly not sound unfamiliar to a first century Indian yogi although they might wonder at some of the specific cultural details and nuances. This talk will spend some time looking at the common strands of yoga with both orthodox and less than orthodox Christianity.\n\n	\n\n\n\n\nPaul Emerson is a biomedical engineer with a Ph.D. He is the authority on the physiology of breathing for The Meditation Center and has been teaching yoga for over 30 years. Paul has worked as a research scientist\, has been a manager of clinical research with a major biomedical company and a university instructor. In addition\, he holds eight patents in the areas of dialysis and sleep therapy. he is a scholar of ancient yoga texts. Paul was certified by the Rockford School of Yoga and began teaching in 1975.\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\nTMC policy for those entering the building or participating in outdoor ceremonies will be requesting all to practice non-violence – being fully vaccinated or wearing a mask w/social distancing. Staff and volunteers will not be asking for vaccine certification cards as trust of community will be sufficient.  All are welcome.\n\n	\n\n\nTo further protect the community\, an Iso-Aire purification movable unit has been purchased to use in all rooms of TMC where people gather. These units have pre-filter\, hospital quality HEPA filters\, and a bi-polar ionization unit to remove pollen to pathogens.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/hybrid-thursday-satsang-in-person-and-via-zoom-christian-and-yoga-interconnections-with-paul-emerson-ph-d-september-30-2021/
CATEGORIES:Satsangs,Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Everything You Wanted To Know About Meditation (And Its Practice)\,  But Were Afraid to Ask" with Members of the TMC Spiritual Committee - October 7\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – October 7\, 2021\n\n“Everything You Wanted To Know About Meditation (And Its Practice)\, But Were Afraid to Ask” with Members of the TMC Spiritual Committee\n\nSwami Radha Bharati\, Lori Beron\, Paul Emerson\, Kay (Shanta) Gendron\, Jim Nelson\, Stephen (Stoma) Parker\, and Michael Smith\n\n\n\n\n\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Panel Discussion by the Spiritual Committee\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n	\n\n\n\nOverview of Presentation\n\n	\n\n\nNew to meditation\, an old sage or somewhere in between\, join 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 progress? Why don’t I see pretty lights? Or what do I do if I do see pretty lights? These and other questions brought by the gathering will be answered.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-meditationand-its-practice-but-were-afraid-to-ask-with-members-of-the-tmc-spiritual-committee-october-7-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: “The Divine Mother and The Himalayan Tradition” with Stephen Parker (Stoma) PSYD\, E-RYT-500 -  October 14\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – October 14\, 2021\n“The Divine Mother and The Himalayan Tradition”\nwith Stephen Parker (Stoma) PSYD\, E-RYT-500\n\n	\n\n\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Stephen Parker (Stoma) PsyD\, E-RYT-500\n7:30-8:30 p.m.:  Talk by Stephen (Stoma) Parker PsyD\, E-RYT-500\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n	\n\n\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n“My Phantom Lady”\n(an excerpt)\nby H.H.S. Swami Rama\n\n	\n\n\n…”Mystic being from the subtle world\, had I not received Thy love\, I do not know what shape the rest of my life would have taken. Thou revealest to me the melody and the magic of the deeper realms\, with all Thy loving care. Thy soul comes and goes as a messenger in this world from the shore of the ocean of mystery. It is Thee of whom I now and then catch a glimpse in the dewy autumn morning\, in the scented night of spring\, in the innermost recesses of my being. Sometimes I strain skyward to hear Thy eternal whispers.”\n\n	\n\n\nA burning desire lives in my heart\, an earnest longing to realize the Infinite in the finite. An unceasing endeavor to explore the limits of the limitless is a dominant theme of my life. Mere forms and names of the world are amusing but not fulfilling. Satyam\, shivam\, sundaram—peace\, happiness\, and bliss—is the only goal of my life.\n\n	\n\n\n(Love Whispers\, pages 13-14)\n\n	\n\n\n\nDetails to come.\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\nDr. Stephen Parker 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. During that time he also studied Sanskrit with Swami Veda and South Asian languages and culture for his B.A. at the University of Minnesota.\n\n	\n\n\nStoma is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level of the Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500). A member of the International Association of Y.T.\, he serves on the faculties of the Meditation Center in Minneapolis and the Sadhaka Grama ashram in Rishikesh\, India. He is also a senior faculty member of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition Teachers’ Training Program. He has lectured on yoga\, meditation\, yoga psychology\, and spiritual practice in the U.S. and Canada as well as in Caribbean countries\, Holland\, Italy\, Austria\, Hungary\, Lithuania\, 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 preliminary vows of renunciation from Swami Veda and the Shankaracharya of Karvirapitha.\n\n	\n\n\nStoma has been a licensed psychologist in private practice in St. Paul\, MN since 1985. He also serves 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 teaches 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\,” the I”nternational Journal of Yoga T. and Yoga Mimamsa.” He is also the author of “Clearing the Path\, The Yoga Way to a Clear and Pleasant Mind: Yoga\, Neuroscience and Emotion” (2017) published by AHYMSA publishers.\n\n 
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-the-divine-mother-and-the-himalayan-tradition-with-stephen-parker-stoma-psyd-e-ryt-500-october-14-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "The Beauty of Sri and the Present Moment" Kirtan with Chris Young - October 21\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – October 21\, 2021\nKirtan with Chris Young”\n“The Beauty of Sri and the Present Moment”\n\n 7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M. CDT\n  \n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n  \n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30- 8:30 p.m.: Kirtan with Chris Young\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n	\n\n\nLet us chant together this Thursday for healing and renewal for all beings with the music of Chris Young. Let us celebrate!\n\n	\n\n\nThe Divine Mother\, “Sri”\, is an experience of the present moment and of beauty. Join 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\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\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	\n\n\n(Kirtan! Chanting as a Spiritual Path. pages 7 and 9)
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/18450/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Free Will" with Pandit Tejomaya - November 4\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – November 4\, 2021\n“Free Will” with Pandit Tejomaya\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Pandit Tejomaya\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n	\n\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith each of our actions\, from the simplest to the most complex\, from the grossest to the most subtle\, we act according to our will. And while there are countless influences ready to colour our actions\, it is us and us alone who choose each act in complete freedom. Understanding this process at all of its levels and strengthening the instruments whereby we harness the infinite power of our will are tremendous efforts for any Sadhaka. In the words of Gurudev “You are the architect of your life and thus have the capacity to change and shape your destiny.” \nPandit Tejomaya was initiated in the Himalayan Tradition by Swami Veda in 2008. He was initiated as a Pandit by Pandit Dabral\, and received the name Tejomaya in 2012. He took the vows of a Vanaprastha\, or Forest Dweller\, in January of 2017.\n\nPandit Tejomaya resides on Gabriola Island in the Salish Sea of Canada’s British Columbia where he lives a life of sadhana and devotion.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-free-will-with-pandit-tejomaya-november-4-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday  Satsang via Zoom:“Remembrance of  the Mahasamadhi  of H.H.S. Swami Rama of the Himalayas” November 11\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday  Satsang via Zoom – November 11\, 2021\n“Remembrance of  the Mahasamadhi  of H.H.S. Swami Rama of the Himalayas”\n  \n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n7:00 p.m.: Brief introduction on the meaning of Māhasamadhi\n7:05 p.m.: Showing of a video entitled “A Gift of Eternal Gratitude” \n7:30 p.m.: Flower Havan\n7:50 p.m.: Guided Meditation by Swami Radha Bharati\n8:15 p.m.: Community sharing of stories and memories of H.H.S. Swami Rama\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n25th Anniversary\n H.H.S. Swami Rama’s Māhasamadhi\nNovember 13\, 1996\n\nH.H.S. Swami Rama of the Himalayas left his body on November 13\, 1996.  Please join us on Thursday\, November 11\, 2021 for a celebration and memorial of the life and teachings of this great master from The Himalayan Yoga Tradition. H.H.S. Swami Rama was a yogi\, scientist\, researcher\, writer\, and humanitarian. \n“In 1996\, this fully enlightened Master and representative of the ancient lineage of yogis left his body. His memorial today is in the hearts of his disciples and students who carry his work. He is most remembered for his great love for all and the magnetic power of his spirit\, such that as he walked\, one felt pulled to follow behind him. The full impact of his legacy will be realized perhaps in a century.”\n\nOm\nGurave namaḥ.\nParama-gurave namaḥ.\nParameṣhṭhi-gurave namaḥ.\nParamparā-gurubhyo namaḥ.\n\n~ Swami Veda Bharati ~\nfrom Swami Veda’s Blog\nOn the First Maha-Samadhi Anniversary of H.H. Swami Rama\nPublished: 13 November 2015 | Written by Swami Veda Bharati\n\n\nOn the First Maha-Samadhi Anniversary of H.H. Swami Rama\nPhone Address by Swami Veda\nThe Meditation Center\, Minneapolis\, Minnesota USA\nNovember 2\, 1997 \nOM! OM! OM! \nThe days become sacred when a sacred being imparts a special grace or energy to the forces in the universe. All the annual cycles of celebration and commemorations are built around those occasions. In our present day society and thinking\, the human being is no longer a unit in the universe; he views himself as something outside the universe\, trying to control the universe as an outsider. This view is incorrect\, we are part of the universe\, the energy and life that flows through us is the same one through whose rhythms and waves\, all the planets\, stars\, constellations\, breath patterns\, respond. That enlightenment is not an individual event; it is a cosmic or ultra-cosmic event. The coming into body of a sacred being\, an enlightened being\, also is not an individual event. It is not something over which only the immediate physical relatives rejoice; it is something of universal importance. It is a universal event. It is beyond the category of the birth of planets. It is said that when an enlightened being sits for his final enlightenment session all the saints\, past Buddhas\, and enlightened ones attend upon him. And thereafter\, his rhythms are not the rhythms of an individual. Those of us who were fortunate to see the Master walking\, who recall at times walking with him and feeling as though we paced together with the universal force\, with some unseen\, unknown magnet – those of us who experienced that phenomenon will never forget it\, because it was not an individual but the condensation\, the convergence of an unknown number of universal forces passing through that particular space\, time\, matter coordinate that we call an individual. \nI’ve said\, “The days become sacred.” Those of us who have been taught to be in tune\, even to a minor degree\, to be attuned to those rhythms\, to the beat to which a master walks\, find that on those sacred days\, certain special waves touch us. These are not the waves of a physical energy\, but rather something happens within the consciousness. We do not realize that it is all synchronized\, that the events of consciousness are synchronized with the events in the universe. Or rather\, to put it more correctly\, the events in the universe are projections of the events in consciousness… (an excerpt)
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoomremembrance-of-the-mahasamadhi-of-h-h-s-swami-rama-of-the-himalayas-november-11-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211202T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211202T203000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Everything You Wanted To Know About Meditation (And Its Practice)\, But Were Afraid to Ask -  Part 2" with Members of the TMC Spiritual Committee - December 2\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – December 2\, 2021\n  \n“Everything You Wanted To Know About Meditation (And Its Practice)\,\nBut Were Afraid to Ask” with Members of the TMC Spiritual Committee\n\nSwami Radha Bharati\, Lori Beron\, Paul Emerson\, Kay (Shanta) Gendron\, Jim Nelson\, Stephen (Stoma) Parker\, and Michael Smith\n\n\n\n\n\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Panel Discussion by the Spiritual Committee\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n	\n\n\n\nOverview of Presentation\n\n	\n\n\nNew to meditation\, an old sage or somewhere in between\, join 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 progress? Why don’t I see pretty lights? Or what do I do if I do see pretty lights? These and other questions brought by the gathering will be answered.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoomeverything-you-wanted-to-know-about-meditation-and-its-practice-but-were-afraid-to-ask-part-2-with-members-of-the-tmc-spiritual-committee-december-2-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211209T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T174008
CREATED:20211129T195428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211207T184040Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Gratitude: A key to happiness" with Daniel Hertz - December 9\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – December 9\, 2021\n“Gratitude: A key to happiness”\nwith Daniel Hertz\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk with Daniel Hertz\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\n\n\n\n\nGratitude is a skill that can be improved with practice. A gratitude practice allows us to see the wonder in every day activities that we take for granted. In turbulent times\, the practice can be especially challenging to maintain. In addition to discussing the benefits of gratitude\, we will practice some simple\, hands-on techniques that can be done by children or adults to cultivate gratitude. Hope to see you there. Thanks!\n\nBio:\nDaniel Hertz (MS\, E- RYT 500\, BCB) is the author of Everything is A Little Bit Alright. It is a memoir about moving from grief to healing through the practice of yoga and meditation. More information on the book can be found at this Amazon link.: Everything Is a Little Bit Alright: Yoga\, Meditation\, and a Dog Named Roy
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-gratitude-a-key-to-happiness-with-daniel-hertz-december-9-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211216T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211216T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T174008
CREATED:20211201T233923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211215T162408Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang  Via Zoom: “The Meditation Center's Holiday Program 2021" - December 16\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom – December 16\, 2021\n“The Meditation Center’s Holiday Program 2021″\n“Celebration of the Season of Silence\, Light\, and Hope”\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n  \n7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30 p.m. – Holiday Program\n\n	\n\n\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\nAnnual Holiday Program Schedule\n\n7:00 pm: “Meditation on Light” guided by Swami Radha Bharati\n\n7:30 p.m.: “Blessing for the TMC Community”\nA Message from Swami Ritavan Bharati\nread by Stephen (Stoma) Parker\n\nHoliday Song sung by Chris Young\n\nReading: “Silent Night” by Swami Veda Bharati\,\na paraphrase of the “Rig-Veda X.127.18\, Hymn to the Night”\nread by Kay (Shanta) Gendron\n\nHoliday Song sung by Chris Young\n\nReading: ” The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry read by Paul Emerson\n\nCandlelight Ceremony:\nThe lighting of candles accompanied by Chris playing\n“Silent Night\,” followed by the community singing\n“Silent Night” together.\n\nIf you can\, please have a candle ready to be lighted during this ceremony. A flashlight will also work if you have no candle. We request that all people turn on their videos at this time so that the screen will be sparkling with the light of our individual glowing candles. When the community joins in singing “Silent Night”\,\nplease have your microphone turned off.\n\n8:30 pm – Silence\n\nEveryone is welcome to join!\n\n	\n\n\nLet us celebrate the Season of Light together on Thursday\, December 16th.\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\nMark your calendars.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-and-via-zoomthe-meditation-centers-holiday-program-2021-december-16-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211230T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211230T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T174008
CREATED:20211227T174204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211227T174350Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only: "Resolutions for the new year: simplifying sankalpas" with Paul Emerson Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only\nDecember 30\, 2021\n“Resolutions for the new year: simplifying sankalpas”\nPaul Emerson Ph.D.\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Paul Emerson\, Ph.D.\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe who lightly promises is sure to keep but little faith; he who is continually thinking things easy is sure to find them difficult. Tao De Ching (63)\n\nThe times of transition have always been considered to be particularly auspicious for meditation. These include dawn\, dusk and the change of seasons. The year’s end is somewhat more artificial but it has also been a traditional time for reflection. And as we reflect we also are tempted to make resolutions. In yoga resolutions (sankalpas) are often made for both worldly as well as spiritual purposes. In this satsang we’ll discuss something of the psychology of these resolutions as well as how to keep them.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-only-resolutions-for-the-new-year-simplifying-sankalpas-with-paul-emerson-ph-d/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220106T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T174008
CREATED:20220103T164807Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom: "The Goddesses Lakshmi and Lalita with Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D. 500-RYT - January 6\, 2022
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only\nJanuary 6\, 2022\n“The Goddesses Lakshmi and Lalita\nwith Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D. 500-RYT\n  \n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\nTo support the work of The Meditation Center you can donate here (suggested donation $15.00) for Thursday Satsang. \n\nJoin Stephen (Stoma) Parker\, Psy.D.\, 500-RYT for a discussion of  the Divine Mother in her forms as Lalita and Lakshmi. The introduction to these manifestations of the Divine Mother is in preparation for your participation in the Lakshmi Gayatri purascharana\, which begins on Thursday\, January 13\, 2022. Hope you can join us in the recitation of the Lakshmi Gayatri mantra from January 13-17\, 2022. \n\n“My Phantom Lady”\n(an excerpt)\nby H.H.S. Swami Rama\n\n\n\n\n\n…”Mystic being from the subtle world\, had I not received Thy love\, I do not know what shape the rest of my life would have taken. Thou revealest to me the melody and the magic of the deeper realms\, with all Thy loving care. Thy soul comes and goes as a messenger in this world from the shore of the ocean of mystery. It is Thee of whom I now and then catch a glimpse in the dewy autumn morning\, in the scented night of spring\, in the innermost recesses of my being. Sometimes I strain skyward to hear Thy eternal whispers.”\n\n\n\n\n\nA burning desire lives in my heart\, an earnest longing to realize the Infinite in the finite. An unceasing endeavor to explore the limits of the limitless is a dominant theme of my life. Mere forms and names of the world are amusing but not fulfilling. Satyam\, shivam\, sundaram—peace\, happiness\, and bliss—is the only goal of my life. (Love Whispers\, pages 13-14)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Stephen Parker 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. During that time he also studied Sanskrit with Swami Veda and South Asian languages and culture for his B.A. at the University of Minnesota.\n\n\n\n\n\nStoma is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level of the Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500). A member of the International Association of Y.T.\, he serves on the faculties of the Meditation Center in Minneapolis and the Sadhaka Grama ashram in Rishikesh\, India. He is also a senior faculty member of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition Teachers’ Training Program. He has lectured on yoga\, meditation\, yoga psychology\, and spiritual practice in the U.S. and Canada as well as in Caribbean countries\, Holland\, Italy\, Austria\, Hungary\, Lithuania\, 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 preliminary vows of renunciation from Swami Veda and the Shankaracharya of Karvirapitha.\n\n\n\n\n\nStoma has been a licensed psychologist in private practice in St. Paul\, MN since 1985. He also serves 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 teaches 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\,” the I”nternational Journal of Yoga T. and Yoga Mimamsa.” He is also the author of “Clearing the Path\, The Yoga Way to a Clear and Pleasant Mind: Yoga\, Neuroscience and Emotion” (2017) published by AHYMSA publishers.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-the-goddesses-lakshmi-and-lalita-with-stephen-parker-stoma-psy-d-500-ryt-january-6-2022/
CATEGORIES:Satsangs,Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220113T203000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Introduction to the Lakshmi Gayatri Mantra" with Swami Ritavan Bharati - January 13\, 2022
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – January 13\, 2022\n\n“Commencing the Maha Lakshmi Gayatri Mantra”\nwith Swami Ritavan Bharati\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\nTo support the work of The Meditation Center you can donate here (suggested donation $15.00) for Thursday Satsang. \n\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Ritavan Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Commencing the Maha Lakshmi Gayatri mantra\, continuing\nwith a puja and havan for the greater TMC community.\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\nListen to the meaning  of purascharana by Stephen Parker (Stoma)\, Psy.D\,  E-RYT 500\n\nhttps://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Purascharana-1-1.mp3\nMaha Lakshmi Gayatri\nOM  \nMaha Lakshmyai cha vidmahe  \nvishnu-patnyai cha dhimahi \ntanno Lakshmi prachodayat. \nListen to the Maha Lakshmi Gayatri recited by Stephen Parker (Stoma)\, Psy.D\,  E-RYT 500 \nhttps://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MahaLakshmiGayatri-Recitation.mp3\nTo sign up for participation and keep track of the number of malas send an Email at the end of the day to MotherLakshmi108@gmail.com (Note the “H” in the spelling of Lakshmi) \nRead here the instructions for signing up for participation in the half-purascharana. \nFriday\, January 14\, 2022: Personal meditations with Lakshmi Gayatri japa \nSaturday\, January 15\, 2022: Personal meditations with Lakshmi Gayatri japa \nSunday\, January 16\, 2022: \n8:30-9:45 a.m.: Morning prayers\, guided meditation with Swami Ritavan\, and japa of Maha Lakshmi Gayatri\n\n10-11:30 a.m. Listen to recitation of Lalita Sahasranama and continuing with collective silent japa of Maha Lakshmi Gayatri.\n\nhttps://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1000-Names-of-Mother-Divine-Lalita_Sahasranam-SVB.mp3\n\nFull Moon Monday\, January 17\, 2022: Personal meditations with Lakshmi Gayatri japa;\n\nEvening Zoom Program:\n6:30 p.m.: Listen to recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama\n7:45-8:45 p.m.: Lakshmi Gayatri Puja and japa\n9:00-10:00 p.m.: Full Moon Meditation\n\n\nFor those who would like to intensify the practice\, in addition to their japa\, include the following:\n\nClick here to read the Lalita Sahasranama \nListen here and follow the 1\,000 Names of Lalita\, the Mother Divine\, Sri LalitaSahasranama recited by Swami Veda Bharati
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-introduction-to-the-lakshmi-gayatri-mantra-with-swami-ritavan-bharati-january-13-2022/
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220120T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T174008
CREATED:20220117T190841Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom: "The Path of the Arrow" with Michael Smith - January 20\, 2022
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom – January 20\, 2022\n“The Path of the Arrow” with Michael Smith\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Michael Smith\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n  \nThe ARROW has many interesting aspects to it\, such as a directional symbol\, or its straightness or speed\, or as a weapon\, but the ARROW’S most interesting aspects pertain to one’s spiritual sadhana. \nThis Thursday Michael will talk about the symbolism of the ARROW will and cite stories and teachings from Buddhism\, the Mahabharata\, the Upanishads — and Swami Veda about the significance of the ARROW. \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\nOr donate through PayPal.\n\nMichael Smith has been teaching yoga for over 38 years and is currently a curriculum coordinator for the International Himalayan Yoga Teachers Association. He has also been certified by the Himalayan Institute Teachers Association and the Behram Guard School of Yoga Meditation (an Iyengar-based Hatha Yoga School). He was a public school teacher for 35 years and also a professor of Comparative Religion at North Hennepin Community College. He has edited and/or illustrated many books on yoga and has lectured widely on stress management (the topic of his Masters Thesis) and also on holistic health. Currently he is very interested in the cultivation of a yoga-based life style\, incorporating the principles of Ayurveda.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-the-path-of-the-arrow-with-michael-smith-january-20-2022/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220127T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220127T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T174008
CREATED:20220124T212005Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom: "My Journey with Swami Rama\, Dr. Arya\, and Swami Veda and How It Changed My Life" with Patrick Weseman - January 27\, 2022
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom – January 27\, 2022\n\n“My Journey with Swami Rama\, Dr. Arya\, and Swami Veda\nand How It Changed My Life”\nwith Patrick Weseman\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n  \nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n  \n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Patrick Weseman\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\nJoin Patrick as he shares his spiritual journey with stories of his relationships with Swami Rama\, Dr. Usharbudh Arya\, and Swami Veda. \nPatrick Weseman received his certification as a yoga teacher from the Himalayan  International Institute of Yoga  Science and Philosophy in 1972.  Since that time\, his  journey has lead him to the study and  practice of various natural holistic healing and wellness approaches\, including  Meditation and  Ayurveda. In 1991 he founded The Healing Arts. Patrick continues his explorations and teaching of yoga meditation\, he is certified as an Unlimited Body and Unlimited Breath Practitioner and has been a consultant to massage practitioners\, health spas\, and healing centers throughout the U.S.  Through his consultations\, classes\, and private sessions\, Patrick brings a sincere desire to share self-knowledge\, joy and peace with all who co-journey with him. \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\nOr donate through PayPal.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-my-journey-with-swami-rama-dr-arya-and-swami-veda-and-how-it-changed-my-life-with-patrick-weseman-january-27-2022/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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