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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Zoom Viewing at TMC: "Writing and Reading as Personal Practice" with Michelle Skally Doilney - April 3\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom and In-Person Zoom Viewing at TMC – April 3\, 2025\n“Writing and Reading as Personal Practice” with Michelle Skally Doilney\n7:00-8:30 p.m.\n  \n5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga – TBD\n7:00-7:30 p.m. Guided Meditation -TBD\n7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Writing and Reading as Personal Practice” with Michelle Skally Doilney\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\nJoin us for a talk with Michelle Skally Doilney as she speaks about the benefits and the hows of using reading and writing as a personal practice. She will read examples from her own unedited notebooks and travel journals\, as well as from Living with a Himalayan Master. Michelle will share benefits and how-tos of writing practice as another way to witness mind\, to experience non-judgement and non-attachment. Bring your pen and paper for a short experience. \nIf you have further interest\, Michelle will also be teaching an extended workshop on writing practice on April 5\, 2025. 10:00-11:30 a.m.\, “Writing is for Everybody. Part II” \nMichelle Skally Doilney is a student and initiate in the Himalayan Tradition since 1997. She is a lifelong writer and a longtime student studying in-person with Natalie Goldberg\, writing teacher and author of Writing Down the Bones and her latest\, Writing on Empty: A Guide to Finding Your Inner Voice. Michelle is currently consulting and teaching feng shui\, yoga\, and writing practice. She is working on several writing and art projects drawing from her love of travel and photography. \nwww.practicalenvironments.com \n 
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-and-in-person-zoom-viewing-at-tmc-writing-and-reading-as-personal-practice-with-michelle-skally-doilney-february-4-2025-2/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs,Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Zoom Viewing at TMC: "Yoga and the Beatitudes" with Cynthia Gran - April 1\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Zoom Viewing at TMC – April 17\, 2025\n   “Yoga and the Beatitudes” with Cynthia Gran DAy\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n7:00-8:30 p.m.\n\n	\n\n\n5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga \n7:00-7:30 p.m. Guided Meditation with Swami Ma  Radha Bharati\n7:30-8:30 p.m. “Yoga and the Beatitudes” with Cynthia Gran\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers \nThe Beatitudes are eight phrases spoken over two thousand years ago by Jesus of Nazareth to his closest disciples. They comprise a “beautiful prose poem” which praises “those who have attained spiritual heights” and offers “the seeker instruction on how to transform” oneself. “These lessons are reminiscent of similar teachings such as the Ten Commandments\, Buddha’s eightfold path\, and the ten restraints and observances (yamas and niyamas) described in the Yoga Sutras.” We will discuss these phrases from the view of a variety of scholars and see how they are still valid in today’s world. Please join us for a spiritually uplifting discussion. All are welcome. \nQuotes derived  from Arpita’s book Psychology of the Beatitudes \nCynthia Gran\, DAy\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\,  has been treading the Himalayan path since the late 1970s. Cynthia and her husband\, Gary\, DAy. CYT\, first attended the old Glenview Center in Illinois where they met 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 in Minnesota for the summer  teaching at The Meditation Center. They enjoy desert gardening\, cooking and hiking at their home in Tucson\, Arizona.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-and-in-person-zoom-viewing-at-tmc-yoga-and-the-beatitudes-with-cynthia-gran-april-1-2025/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang in Person and Via Zoom: "Musika Medica" with Maja Radovanlija and Molly Sturges - April 24\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom – April 24\, 2025\n“Musika Medica” with Maja Radovanlija and Molly Sturges \n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\n5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga – TBD\n7:00-7:30 p.m.: Meditation guided by Swami Radha Bharati\n 7:30-8:30 p.m.:“Musika Medica” with Maja Radovanlija and Molly Sturges \n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\nEveryone is welcome!!!\n  \nAbout Musika Medica\nMusika Medica is a women-led improvisational music\, collective healing and meditation project that weaves together deep listening\, musical exploration\, and embodied inquiry. Rooted in the practice of attunement\, the project responds organically to each unique context\, creating experiences that transcend traditional performance boundaries. By collaborating with guest musicians\, storytellers\, and diverse community voices\, Musika Medica crafts immersive concerts\, workshops\, and restorative performances that invite rest\, reflection\, and creative wondering. \nFounders\nMaja Radovanlija is a versatile guitarist and musical explorer whose artistic journey spans continents and musical traditions. Born in Belgrade\, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) in 1975\, she brings nearly two decades of classical guitar training from Eastern Europe\, and Indiana University\, Bloomington. Her musical path has been defined by a rich tapestry of collaborations that traverse diverse genres\, from Balkan traditional music to jazz\, intuitive free improvisation\, and experimental soundscapes. Radovanlija is an active member of multiple distinguished ensembles\, including the Szilard Mezéi ensemble\, Minneapolis Guitar Quartet\, Ensemble Studio6\, MM Guitar duo\, the Linda Chatterton-Radovanlija guitar/flute duo\, and the Satu Jiwa improvised music collective. Her innovative approach to music-making reflects a deep commitment to cross-cultural musical dialogue and creative expression.\nMolly Sturges is a healing-centered composer\, soundrest artist\,  musical improviser\, meditation teacher\, and community healing facilitator\, with over three decades working at the intersection of music\, ceremony infused improvisation\, collective healing\, contemplative practice\, and social justice. A United States Artist Fellow in Music\, Molly brings depth and innovation to her research and creative endeavors. She has led and participated in a wide range projects including community sourced arts activations\, creating and performing music for circus\, sound installation creation\, directing creative music ensembles and creating-directing Lifesongs\,  an intergenerationald music and end of life project for over twelve years.  Currently Molly serves as a senior researcher in music and health and as founder/director of Waking The Oracle\, an arts\, earth kinship\, and wellbeing project  at University of Minnesota’s  Medical School and Center for Spirituality & Healing. www.mollysturges.com\nCONTACT\nMaja Radovanlija\, mradovan@umn.edu \, 763-300-9795 \nMolly Sturges\, mollysturges@gmail.com \, 505-660-9473 \n 
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-in-person-and-via-zoom-musika-medica-with-maja-radovanlija-and-molly-sturges-april-24-2025/
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