Hybrid Thursday Satsang Via Zoom: "Reflections on Sadhana in Relation to the 40-Day Spiritual Festival and Guru Purnima" with Michael Smith - July 7, 2022
2022-07-07 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Hybrid Thursday Satsang:
In Person Viewing at TMC via Zoom and Via Zoom – July 7, 202
“The Center will be open for an in-person Zoom TV viewing on Thursday.

“Reflections on Sadhana in Relation
to the 40-Day Spiritual Festival and Guru Purnima”
with Michael Smith
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT

6:00-7:00 p.m.: In-Person Hatha Yoga
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Presentation by Michael Smith
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers

Michael will talk about how he first came to The Meditation Center, his own sadhana in the Himalayan Yoga Tradition, and how he sees the 40-day Spiritual Festival in relation to Guru Purnima.

Please come and share how the Spiritual Festival is going with you.
Reflect on where you were attitudinally in prior years and where you are now. Ask any questions you might have and offer any ideas about how TMC staff and teachers can help you in your sadhana.

Michael Smith has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 50 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 several books on yoga and has lectured widely on stress management (the topic of his Masters Thesis) and also on holistic health. His main work has been to transcribe and to get the teachings of Swami Rama, Swami Veda and the Himalayan teachers out to as many people as possible.

To 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.

Guru Purnima Celebration In-Person and Via Zoom - July 13, 2022
2022-07-13 18:00 - 22:00
“Guru Purnima Celebration”
In-Person and Via Zoom
Wednesday: July 13, 2022
FULL MOON FIRE HAVAN AND GURU PURNIMA PROGRAM
6:00 – 9:00 P.M.
FULL MOON MEDITATION
9:00 – 10:00 P.M.
Guru Purnima Celebration Schedule

“Celebrating Guru Purnima is a joy beyond words, a deep stillness that echoes a wholeness and holiness. A wholeness that guru provides the answers to our pursuits, our yearnings and reveals a purpose for life. To live and to love with a heart unconditioned by conflict, and a mind, unified beyond division.”
– Swami Ritavan Bharati-

6:00-7:00 p.m. – Short guided meditation by Swami Radha followed by a fire havan, weather permitting, otherwise a flower puja will be held indoors.

7:00-8:00 p.m. – A potluck and time for socializing. If you come to The Meditation Center for Guru Purnima, please bring a dish for sharing with others.

8:00-8:30 p.m. – Recording of Swami Veda on Guru Purnima

8:30-8:50 p.m. Community Sharing

8:50-9:00 p.m. – Evening Prayers

9:00-10:00 p.m. – Full Moon Meditation

10:00 p.m. – Closing Om

Mantras for the Havan / Puja

11 Gam Ganapataye Namaha
21 Ganesha Gayatri
21 Saumya
108 Akhanda Mandala
21 Ganesha Gayatri (again)
1 Purna Ahuti

Mantras available for print here.

Those participating via Zoom may join the process by performing their own puja in their homes. All that is needed is a large bowl, such as a clean salad or mixing bowl, some water to fill the bowl about two-thirds full, a candle, and some flower petals. For those who are interested in participating with their own flower/ water havan at home, flower petals can be obtained at most flower shops or can be harvested from their own gardens. Approximately 200 offerings will be made into the havan, each with a petal offering.

The Zoom link will be made available the day before the event.

Thursday Satsang In-Person and Via Zoom: "Remembering Swami Veda Bharati" Seventh Anniversary Commemoration of Swami Veda Bharati's Mahasamadhi - July 14,2022
2022-07-14 19:00 - 20:30
Hybrid Thursday Satsang
Via Zoom and In-Person
July 14, 2022
“Remembering Swami Veda Bharati”
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT

6:00-7:00 p.m.: In-Person Hatha Yoga
7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30- 8:30 p.m.: Commemoration of the Mahasamadhi of Swami Veda
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40: Snacks, fruit, nits, cookies

Join us to remember Swami Veda Bharati. Thursday, July 14th, is the commemoration of Swami Veda’s Mahasamadhi.

Stephen Parker (Stoma), Psy.D., RYT-500, will do a reading of the commentary Swami Veda wrote on the topic of death. Following the talk, there will be a slide show presentation and then an opportunity for stories and sharing.

Join us, either in person or via Zoom, for a special Thursday Satsang to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Mahasamadhi of Swami Veda Bharati. Swami Veda entered Mahasamadhi on July 14, 2015.

TMC 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.
To 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.

Cancelled for July 15th - New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - Friday, July 15, 2022, Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
2022-07-15 19:00
Cancelled for July 15th
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Friday, July 15, 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
We will meet every other Friday to recite the mantra together.
For those that would like to practice together the japa of the Ganesha Gayatri Mantra, we will meet every other Friday with Chris Young via Zoom. Chris will guide us in the recitation of 3 malas of the new mantra.

Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra Recitation by Swami Veda Bharati (108 times) can be heard here.

If you would like to learn proper recitation of the Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra and the Mother Gāyatrī prayer, Pandit Priyadarsana (Pierre Lefebvre) has shared word-by-word slow recitations, which can be heard here.

Chris 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.

An Evening of Kirtan with Chris Young and Pierre Lefebvre - In Person at TMC Saturday, July 16, 2022
2022-07-16 19:30 - 21:00
An Evening of Kirtan
with Chris Young and Pierre Lefebvre
In Person at TMC
Saturday, July 16, 2022

7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CDT
Join Chris and Pierre for 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.
“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…

…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…”(Kirtan! Chanting as a Spiritual Path, pages 7 and 9)

Cancelled for July 21st - Thursday Evenings – In-Person Hatha for Everyone! 6:00pm – 7:00pm
2022-07-21 18:00 - 19:00
THURSDAY EVENINGS – HATHA FOR EVERYONE!
Cancelled for July 21, 2022
Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Instructor: (Rotates weekly)
Fees: $10.00 drop-in fee for everyone
*No pre-registration necessary. Just show up for drop-ins!
Drop-In Hatha Classes (Ongoing)
Everyone is Welcome
These classes are for all levels. Instructors excel at leading the class in relaxation, gentle asana (yoga positions) and pranayama (breath). Relieve stress, achy joints, improve balance at all levels and increase your sense of well-being. No registration necessary, just show up.

Note Change in Regular Thursday Schedule: Thursday Satsang via Zoom and In-Person Viewing: "Spanda and Levels of Initiation (Anava, Shakta, Shambhava)"with Stephen (Stoma) Parker. Psy.D., RYT-500 - July 21, 2022
2022-07-21 19:00 - 21:00
Thursday Satsang via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – July 21, 2022
“Spanda and Levels of Initiation (Anava, Shakta, Shambhava)”
with Stephen (Stoma) Parker. Psy.D., E-RYT-500

Stoma’s guided meditation at 7:00p p.m. will be in person only at TMC.
The presentation will be both in person and via Zoom.
7:00 p.m. – 9:10 p.m. CDT

Note changes below to TMC’s Thursday Evening’s regular schedule.

6:00-7:00 p.m.: No Hatha Yoga on Thursday, July 21st
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Only In Person at TMC, No Zoom Access
Guided Meditation by Stephen “Stoma” Parker, Psy.D., E-RYT 500
7:30-9:00 p.m.: Presentation by Stephen “Stoma” Parker, Psy.D., E-RYT 500
9:00- 9:10 p.m.: Evening Prayers

In this session, Stoma will describe layers of practice in our tradition from the perspective of Kashmir Shaivism. The three levels of practice, the upayas,roughly parallel the three prescriptions of practice in “Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutras.” Each of these levels has its own experiential component of initiation. Most students of the Himalayan Tradition are familiar with the term shakti-pata, which is usually described as a feature of the shakta-upaya. There are aspects of initiation, the direct induction of a higher experience, in the other upayas as well.
Dr. 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.

Stoma 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.

Stoma 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.

Cancelled for July 27, 2022 - Wednesday Mornings via Zoom – Gentle Hatha Yoga (Drop-In) with Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain
2022-07-27 10:30 - 12:00
Cancelled for July 27, 2022
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS VIA ZOOM – GENTLE HATHA YOGA (DROP IN)

To receive the zoom link for this event, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website

Time: 10:30am to Noon
Instructors: Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain
Fees: $12.00/class ($10.00 for seniors and students)
DROP-IN HATHA CLASSES (ONGOING)
Everyone is Welcome! These classes are for all levels. Instructors excel at leading the class in relaxation, gentle asana (yoga positions) and pranayama (breath). Relieve stress, achy joints, improve balance at all levels and increase your sense of well being. No registration necessary, just show up!

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DATE: March 2 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

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Thursday Satsang Via Zoom: “Tibetan Medicine: Whole Person Health” with Miriam E. Cameron, PhD, RN and Tenzin Namdul, PhD, Tibetan Medicine Doctor - July 28, 2022
2022-07-28 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom with In-Person Zoom Viewing at TMC – July 28, 2022
“Tibetan Medicine: Whole Person Health”
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
The Meditation Center,
Minneapolis, MN
Miriam E. Cameron, PhD, RN
and
Tenzin Namdul, PhD, Tibetan Medicine Doctor
Graduate Faculty
Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing
University of Minnesota

7-7:10 p.m. Introduction by Swami Ma Radha Bharati
7:10-7:30. Guided Tibetan Meditation.
7:30 p.m. Talks on “Tibetan Medicine: Whole Person Health” by Miriam E. Cameron, PhD, RN and Tenzin Namdul, PhD, Tibetan Medicine Doctor
8:15 p.m. Q & A.

Tibetan medicine teaches that wellbeing is a lifelong process of living in harmony with our unique, inborn constitutional nature and the natural world. Dr. Miriam E. Cameron’s and Dr. Tenzin Namdul’s FREE research-based, validated Constitutional Self-Assessment Tool (CSAT) and Lifestyle Guidelines Tool (LGT) help us to identify our constitution and make supportive choices. We come to realize that we are whole persons with innate healing capacity.
Tibetan medicine describes the intricate relationship between mind, body, and environment. Multiple factors promote health and dis-ease: thoughts, behavior, diet, genes, nurturing, culture, weather, toxins, work, other people, environment, etc. To create better health, we need to identify our suffering and address our unique mental, physical, and spiritual needs on personal, community, national, and planetary levels.
Creating a healthier mind and body empowers us to live joyfully and do our part to heal ourselves, our relationships, our communities, and our planet.
Faculty Bios
Miriam E. Cameron, PhD, MS, MA, RN, is Lead Faculty, Yoga & Tibetan Medicine Focus Area, and Graduate Faculty, Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing, University of Minnesota. Since 1994, Cameron has done scholarly work about Tibetan medicine, Yoga, Nursing, and Bioethics. In 2003, Cameron created the Bakken Center Tibetan Medicine Program with help from Dr. Tenzin Namdul. Swami Veda Bharati, Cameron’s beloved Yoga Guru, helped her to create the Bakken Center Yoga Program in 2004. In 2006, Swamiji initiated her into the Himalayan Yoga Tradition at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Ashram in India. Cameron has served as PI or Co-PI for nine funded research studies. She has published over 65 articles, 11 book chapters, three monographs, six internet modules, and four books, including “Karma and Happiness: A Tibetan Odyssey in Ethics, Spirituality, and Healing,” with the foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Email: camer008@umn.edu
Tenzin Namdul, TMD, PhD, is a Tibetan Medicine Doctor; Medical Anthropologist; Graduate Faculty, Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing; and Postdoctoral Researcher, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. Namdul graduated from Men-Tsee-Khang, the premier Tibetan Medical Institute in Dharamsala, India, after which he served as Faculty and also the Director of the Clinical Research Department. Besides conducting funded research studies, he has published articles, a book, a book chapter, and an internet module about Tibetan medicine. Namdul’s current funded research investigates the association between Tibetan Buddhist contemplative and cognitive practices and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. Email: namdu003@umn.edu.

For over 20 years, Dr. Cameron and Dr. Namdul have collaborated on work involving Tibetan Medicine at the Bakken Center, University of Minnesota.

Graduate Courses:
o “Traditional Tibetan Medicine: Ethics, Spirituality, & Healing,” 8 weeks, online, 2 credits, Fall and Spring. Next online course is 9/6-11/13, 2022. o “Tibetan Medicine, Ayurveda, and Yoga in India,” 4 credits, study at Men-Tsee-Khang, the Tibetan Medical College, in Dharamsala, India. CSPH 5315 is the prerequisite. Next course is during May Session 2023.

Book: Cameron, M.E., and Namdul, T. (2020). “Tibetan Medicine & You: A PathTo Wellbeing, Better Health, and Joy” (Blessing by His Holiness the Dalai Lama). Rowman & Littlefield.
FREE webpages: Overview of Tibetan Medicine.
FREE research-based tools: “Constitutional Self-Assessment Tool (CSAT) and Lifestyle Guidelines Tool” (LGT)

New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - Friday, July 29, 2022, Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
2022-07-29 19:00
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Friday, July 29, 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
We will meet every other Friday to recite the mantra together.
For those that would like to practice together the japa of the Ganesha Gayatri Mantra, we will meet every other Friday with Chris Young via Zoom. Chris will guide us in the recitation of 3 malas of the new mantra.

Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra Recitation by Swami Veda Bharati (108 times) can be heard here.

If you would like to learn proper recitation of the Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra and the Mother Gāyatrī prayer, Pandit Priyadarsana (Pierre Lefebvre) has shared word-by-word slow recitations, which can be heard here.

Chris 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.

Hybrid Thursday Satsang via Zoom and In-Person: "The Ocean and Its Waves" with Michael Smith - August 4, 2022
2022-08-04 19:00 - 21:30
Hybrid Thursday Satsang
Via Zoom and In-Person Zoom Viewing at TMC
August 4, 2022
“The Ocean and Its Waves” with Michael Smith
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

If you come to The Meditation Center, we will be showing the Thursday program via Zoom on The Center’s TV screen
in the Hall of the Tradition.
6:00-7:00 p.m.: Guided Hatha Yoga with Chris Young – 2nd Floor Hatha Room
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation by Swami Ma Radha Bharati
7:30 – 8:30 p.m.: Talk by Michael Smith
8:30-8:40 p.m.: Evening Prayers

The Ocean and Its Waves

This guiding metaphor of this talk — “the Ocean and its Waves” — was one of Swami Veda’s favorites, but I never fully appreciated its profundity until I heard Shi Hong’s lecture at the HYT-TTP Virtual Workshop last March. This talk will explain how this metaphor not only explains the art of “action in inaction” in theBhagavad Gita, but also relates to the “Four Levels of Mind,” the “Five Pillars of Sadhana,” Yoga-Nidra, the virtues of Silence, Tattvavalokanam,” “Quality Movement,” “Karma Yoga as Hatha Yoga,” “Sattvic Multi-Tasking,” “Witnessing,” Mindfulness, and how to communicate deeply and effectively in daily life. This talk is especially recommended for yoga teachers and for those aspiring to
teach yoga.

Michael Smith has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 50 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 several books on yoga and has lectured widely on stress management (the topic of his Masters Thesis) and also on holistic health. His main work has been to transcribe and to get the teachings of Swami Rama, Swami Veda, and the Himalayan teachers out to as many people as possible.

To 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.

Hybrid Thursday Satsang: "What is a Sangha?" with Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., E-RYT 500
2022-08-11 19:00 - 20:30
Hybrid Thursday Satsang
Via Zoom and In-Person Zoom Viewing at TMC
August 11, 2022
“What is a Sangha?”
with Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., E-RYT 500
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

If you come to The Meditation Center, we will be showing the Thursday program via Zoom on The Center’s TV screen
in the Hall of the Tradition.

6:00-7:00 p.m.: Guided Hatha Yoga by Nicole Roberts and Chetna Tandon
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation by Stephen “Stoma” Parker, Psy.D., E-RYT 500
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Presentation by Stephen “Stoma” Parker, Psy.D., E-RYT 500
8:30-8:40 p.m.: Evening Prayers
9:00-10:00 p.m. – Full Moon Meditation

Join Stoma in discussing the question “What is a Sangha?” Consider these other ideas and concepts in relation to this question. “The different types of Sanghas?” “The Three Jewels of Buddhism,” “Why Sanghas are Important,” “Spiritual Sanghas,” “The Himalayan Yoga Tradition Sangha,” “Yoga Schools and Lineages,” “The Morning Prayer,” “Hiranyagarbha,” “The Bharati Lineage.” “Linages that We are Connected With.”
Dr. 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.
Stoma 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.
Stoma 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.

Full Moon Meditation on Thursday: August 11, 2022 - 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
2022-08-11 21:00 - 22:00
August Full Moon Meditation
9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Thursday: August 11, 2022

7-Day Silence Meditation Retreat at Dunrovin - August 12-19, 2022
2022-08-12 14:00 - 21:00
MARK YOUR CALENDAR…
Silence Meditation Retreat at Dunrovin

August 12-19, 2022

In-Person Option: $950.00
Virtual Option: $220.00
TMC needs a minimum of 15 people for the retreat to be held in person at Dunrovin.
Register Here!
Silence is such a profound and deep experience of human existence that only when we have understood silence can we understand all the inspiration that has ever flowed to humanity from the minds and mouths of its adults, the great rishis, sages and prophets.
~Swami Veda Bharati~

It’s happening!!! An in-person silent retreat in the restful beauty of the Dunrovin Retreat Center at Marine on St Croix, Minnesota.

Please join us for seven days in silence with guidance by Swami Radha, Lori Beron, and Kathleen Kordich. (First day with orientation and last day with closure are short days.)

The daily schedule includes prayers, group meditations, japa, guided hatha sessions, pranayama and subtle body practices. There is open time for contemplation, journaling, and rest along with quiet walks on the trails.

Three scheduled meals with beverages and snacks available anytime.

Zoom access will be available for those who choose to attend remotely.

Large practice spaces for social distancing during group practices.

We will follow Covid protocols in place as determined by Dunrovin.

Read here Dunrovin’s Covid precautions and guidelines.

Swami Ma Radha Bharati took her vows of Sanyasa in 2007 from Swami Veda Bharati. She earned an M.A. Degree and further formal studies in Comparative Philosophy at the University of Hawaii and an M.A. in Public Policy at the University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Policy. Swami Ma Radha has been a disciple of Swami Rama of the Himalayas since 1971, and has been serving as Academic Director of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama in Rishikesh, India, for the past ten years.

Lori Beron is an initiate and certified teacher through the Himalayan Yoga Tradition as well as a Certified Holistic Nurse, she has an MA in Holistic Health Studies and is employed as an RN on a surgical oncology unit at the University of Minnesota Health. Lori took a 3-year Vanaprastha Vow from Swami Veda Bharati during the 2013 Sangha Gathering. (Vanaprastha-a stage in life where one lessens worldly attachments.)

Kathleen Kordich, B.A., RYT-500. Kathleen was initiated by Nina Johnson in 1991. In 2003 she experienced her first Silence Retreat led by Swami Veda Bharati. She is a certified Hatha Yoga and Meditation Teacher in the Himalayan Yoga Tradition (2007), a certified Adept Instructor of Hatha Yoga in the Kriya Yoga Tradition (2000) and a registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (RYT-500). Prior to retirement, she worked as an Adjunct Faculty member and a multi-certified Personal Fitness Trainer. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She lives in Tucson, AZ with her husband.

New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - August 12, 2022
2022-08-12 19:00 - 20:00
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Friday, August 12, 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
We will meet every other Friday to recite the mantra together.
For those that would like to practice together the japa of the Ganesha Gayatri Mantra, we will meet every other Friday with Chris Young via Zoom. Chris will guide us in the recitation of 1 mala of the new mantra and then tell stories and tales from the life of Ganesha.

Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra Recitation by Swami Veda Bharati (108 times) can be heard here.

If you would like to learn proper recitation of the Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra and the Mother Gāyatrī prayer, Pandit Priyadarsana (Pierre Lefebvre) has shared word-by-word slow recitations, which can be heard here.

Chris 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.

Class cancelled for August 17, 2022 - Wednesday Mornings via Zoom – Gentle Hatha Yoga (Drop-In) with Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain
2022-08-17 10:30 - 12:00
Class cancelled for August 17, 2022
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS VIA ZOOM – GENTLE HATHA YOGA (DROP IN)

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Time: 10:30am to Noon
Instructors: Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain
Fees: $12.00/class ($10.00 for seniors and students)
DROP-IN HATHA CLASSES (ONGOING)
Everyone is Welcome! These classes are for all levels. Instructors excel at leading the class in relaxation, gentle asana (yoga positions) and pranayama (breath). Relieve stress, achy joints, improve balance at all levels and increase your sense of well being. No registration necessary, just show up!

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Hybrid Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Inspirations from Swami Veda Bharati"- August 18, 2022
2022-08-18 19:00 - 20:30
Hybrid Thursday Satsang via Zoom
August 18, 2022
“Inspirations from Swami Veda Bharati”

A showing of a video released on the occasion of the 2019 AHYMSIN Sangha Gathering

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
If you come to TMC, you can view the video on TMC’s TV screen.

6:00-7:00 p.m.: Guided Hatha Yoga by Nicole Roberts

7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Paul Emerson

7:30-8:30 p.m.: Viewing of video “Inspirations from Swami Veda Bharati”

8:30-8:40 p.m.: Evening Prayers

Swami Veda Bharati’s teachings had an extremely vast, almost endless scope and levels of depth. This compendium video of our beloved Swamiji’s teaching puts together many of his favorite themes, and allows us to discover the several facets of his amazing personality.

It was originally released on the occasion of the 2019 AHYMSIN Sangha Gathering, held at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Rishikesh, India.

Thursday Satsang In-Person at TMC and via Zoom: Kirtan with Chris Young - August 25, 2022
2022-08-25 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang In-Person at TMC and via Zoom – August 25, 2022
Kirtan with Chris Young

6:00-7:00 p.m.: Guided Hatha Yoga
7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Kirtan with Chris Young
8:30-8:40 p.m.: Evening Prayers

Join us for an evening of kirtan and chanting with Chris Young to celebrate Love, the ancient traveler.
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.

“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…

…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…”

(Kirtan! Chanting as a Spiritual Path. pages 7 and 9)

Chris 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.

New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - August 26, 2022
2022-08-26 19:00 - 20:00
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Friday, August 26, 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
We will meet every other Friday to recite the mantra together.
For those that would like to practice together the japa of the Ganesha Gayatri Mantra, we will meet every other Friday with Chris Young via Zoom. Chris will guide us in the recitation of 1 mala of the new mantra and then tell stories and tales from the life of Ganesha.

Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra Recitation by Swami Veda Bharati (108 times) can be heard here.

If you would like to learn proper recitation of the Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra and the Mother Gāyatrī prayer, Pandit Priyadarsana (Pierre Lefebvre) has shared word-by-word slow recitations, which can be heard here.

Chris 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.

On Summer Break until Fall 2022 - Sunday Book Club/Satsang: with Swami Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
2022-08-28 10:00 - 11:30
Sunday Book Club/Satsang on Summer Break until Fall 2022
with Swami Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson from 10:00 a.m. – 12 Noon

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon
Swami Radha, Jim, and Michael will continue the study of a spiritual book in Fall of 2022. Stay tuned for announcements regarding the start date for September 2022 and the new book club reading selection.

August 31, 2022 is "Maha Ganesha Caturthi" Join Us for a Puja at TMC
2022-08-31 19:00 - 21:00
August 31, 2022 is “Maha Ganesha Caturthi”
The puja begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Hall of the Tradition.

Please come together in person or via zoom and join Emilio Bettaglio and Chris Young in a special Ganesha puja ceremony at The Meditation Center at 7:00 p.m. on August 31st.

The fourth day after the new moon of the month of Bhādrapada (August/ September) is considered the most auspicious day of the year for invoking and paying homage to Ganesha. This year it falls on August 31st. Some people consider it Ganesha’s birthday and it’s a day of auspicious beginnings.

During this ceremony on this particular day, participants will have an opportunity to make a resolution (sankalpa). With the help of Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, the resolution is given enhanced strength.

If moved to, bring a special sweet or fruit to share as prasada after the ceremony.

Ganesha Gayatri Mantra.

ॐ तत्-पुरुषाय विद्महे
वक्रतुण्डाय धीमहि ।
तन्नो दन्ती प्रचोदयात्॥

Om tat-puruṣāya vidmahe
Vakratuṇḍāya dhīmahi ।
Tanno dantī pracodayāt ॥

We seek to know that supreme divine person.
We meditate upon the one with the curved trunk.
(The curved trunk represents the base of consciousness as seen in the writing of the letter OM)
May that one who has one tooth inspire us.
(the one tooth represents the principle whereby dualities are merged into oneness)

Gayatri Prayer
गायत्री मातः। हे गुरो। श्री गुरो।
सद् बुद्धिं मे प्रयच्च।
चित्तं मे निर्मलं शान्तं प्रसन्नं भूयात्।
सर्वे मे भावाः शुध्यन्ताम्।
मैत्री भावनया क्षमां याचितुं आत्मबलं मे देहि।
ॐ तत्सद् ब्रह्मार्पणम् अस्तु॥

gāyatrī mātaḥ | he guro | śrī guro |
sad buddhiṁ me prayacca |
cittaṁ me nirmalaṁ śāntaṁ prasannaṁ bhūyāt |
sarve me bhāvāḥ śudhyantām |
maītrī bhāvanayā kṣamāṁ yācituṁ ātma balaṁ me dehi |
om tat-sad brahmārpaṇam astu ||

Mother Gayatri, Oh Gurudeva, Shri Gurudeva
Grant me pure buddhi.
May my mind become immaculate, quiet, peaceful, clear and pleasant.
May all my emotions be purified.
Grant me the spiritual strength to ask for forgiveness with a sentiment of amity.
Om. That (alone is) Real.
May (all this endeavor) be (accepted as my) surrender and offering to Brahman.

Hybrid Thursday Satsang In-Person at TMC and via Zoom: “An Idiot’s Guide to the Devas: The Energies Behind Your Mantra”, A panel discussion with the TMC Spiritual Committee
2022-09-01 19:00 - 20:30
Hybrid Thursday Satsang – September 1, 2022
In-Person at TMC and via Zoom
“An Idiot’s Guide to the Devas: The Energies Behind Your Mantra”

A panel discussion with Swami Radha, Stoma, Paul Emerson,
Lori Beron, Emilio Bettaglio, Kay Gendron, Jim Nelson, and Michael Smith.

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

6:00-7:00 p.m.: Guided Hatha Yoga with Chris Young
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: A panel discussion with Swami Radha, Stoma, Paul Emerson, Lori Beron, Emilio Bettaglio, Kay Gendron, Jim Nelson, and Michael Smith.
8:30-8:40 p.m.: Evening Prayers
Devas can be thought of as “archetypes” or “energies.” Swami Veda call them “forces of nature.” Their names come up in mantras, asanas, and chants. Sometimes they are called “gods.” Please come with any questions you might have pertaining to them — and any insights pertaining to how they relate to your personal sadhana and your meditational practice.

On Summer Break until Fall 2022 - Sunday Book Club/Satsang with Swami Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
2022-09-04 10:00 - 12:00

Hybrid Thursday Satsang In-Person at TMC and via Zoom: Part II - “An Idiot’s Guide to the Devas: The Energies Behind Your Mantra”, A panel discussion with the TMC Spiritual Committee
2022-09-08 19:00 - 20:30
Hybrid Thursday Satsang – September 8, 2022
In-Person at TMC and via Zoom
“An Idiot’s Guide to the Devas: The Energies Behind Your Mantra – Part II”

A panel discussion with Swami Radha, Stoma, Paul Emerson,
Lori Beron, Emilio Bettaglio, Kay Gendron, Jim Nelson, and Michael Smith.

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

6:00-7:00 p.m.: Guided Hatha Yoga with Chris Young
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: A panel discussion with Swami Radha, Stoma, Paul Emerson, Lori Beron, Emilio Bettaglio, Kay Gendron, Jim Nelson, and Michael Smith.
8:30-8:40 p.m.: Evening Prayers
Devas can be thought of as “archetypes” or “energies.” Swami Veda call them “forces of nature.” Their names come up in mantras, asanas, and chants. Sometimes they are called “gods.” Please come with any questions you might have pertaining to them — and any insights pertaining to how they relate to your personal sadhana and your meditational practice.

AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - September 9, 2022
2022-09-09 19:00 - 20:00
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Friday, September 9, 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
We will meet every other Friday to recite the mantra together.
For those that would like to practice together the japa of the Ganesha Gayatri Mantra, we will meet every other Friday with Chris Young via Zoom. Chris will guide us in the recitation of 1 mala of the new mantra and then tell stories and tales from the life of Ganesha.

Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra Recitation by Swami Veda Bharati (108 times) can be heard here.

If you would like to learn proper recitation of the Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra and the Mother Gāyatrī prayer, Pandit Priyadarsana (Pierre Lefebvre) has shared word-by-word slow recitations, which can be heard here.

Chris 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.

Full Moon Meditation on Friday: September 10, 2022 - 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. CDT
2022-09-10 21:00 - 22:00
September Full Moon Meditation
9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CDT
Friday: September 8, 2022

Swami Ritavan invites you to join him for a group meditation starting at 9 o’clock in the evening. Meditate wherever you are at that time.

Swami Ritavan Bharati has said, “The full moon meditations are an opportunity for us to come together in connecting with the universal mind-field bringing unity, harmony, peace, and love. Go into your silence; exhale-release, inhale-accept, forgive and fulfill, with purified heart and mind receive the blessings of the Lineage.”

May you become so large as to encompass all space
with your subtle body.
May your heart strings be played by the Master Musician
of the universe.
May you radiate a golden glow in a dark room.
May you give back to Nature twice what you receive from Her.

~Swami Veda Bharati~
(Blessings, page 43)

“Yoga Philosophy views the mind as Universal field; its waves passing through us and becoming our individual minds. This Universal mind is a radiant force and is also known as a Universal Guru within.”

“When all sit together at the same time even in different parts of the world, they connect to the Universal Guru mind and generate a strong field, like so many magnets being joined together and forming a much stronger magnet; the strength of each then equals the combined strength of all.”

~ Swami Veda Bharati ~

Begins on September 11, 2022 - Sunday Book Club/Satsang: with Swami Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
2022-09-11 10:00 - 11:30
Sunday Book Club/Satsang – September 11, 2022
with Swami Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson from 10:00-11:30 am

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m
“Inspirations from Swami Veda” — This is an hour-long video of some of Swami Veda’s core teachings. Each segment is about 10 minutes long. After each session, we will stop the video and discuss the things that Swamiji said as they apply to our own yoga practice. And, if the group wishes, we could give more time to any of Swami Veda’s specific teachings in later Book Club sessions.

We’re looking forward to welcoming new participants and reconnecting with old ones after the Summer Break. When the Book Club begins at 10:00, we’ll come together and share what’s been happening over the past few months.

Up ahead — Before Swami Veda took his 5-year Vow of Silence in 2013, he strongly recommended that everyone study his book, SADHANA IN APPLIED SPIRITUALITY — so this will most likely be the book that we will work with when we start rolling.

Postponed until October - Sunday In-Person Meditation I : Learning the Basics with Aaron Means, Psy.D., September 11 – October 16, 2022
2022-09-11 16:30 - 18:00
Postponed Until October: In-Person Meditation I : Learning the Basics
with Aaron Means, Psy.D.
Dates of Series: New October/November dates to be determined.
Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6:oop.m.
Instructor : Aaron Means, Psy.D.
Fee: $75.00
After you register for this class, you will receive the zoom link the day before the class begins.
If you would like to retake Meditation I at half the cost please email us at info@themeditatationcenter.org.
This class introduces the student to the basics of meditation in the Himalayan Tradition. Relaxation techniques, pranayama (yogic breath), ideal sitting postures, and the use of mantra will be taught to help the student focus the mind and relax the body. Beginning Raja yoga philosophy is also included in this class. Treat yourself to the many benefits of a regular meditation practice.
Aaron Means began practicing yoga in 1994 while in college to ease his own afflictions at the time. Soon thereafter he studied and practiced yoga and meditation while living at The Meditation Center and other associated Himalayan Yoga Tradition institutions in the US and India. Aaron completed his first yoga teacher training through the HImalayan Institute Teachers’ Assoc. in 1997, and started a RYT training program in 2019. He has periodically taught yoga and meditation in the community throughout the years, as well as at The Meditation Center. Aaron (Arunadeva) has been a student and initiate of Swami Veda Bharati since 1997. His teaching style is reflective of what he has learned under his spiritual preceptor (Swami Veda), as well as studies of psychology, compassion, and mindfulness.
Aaron earned a doctorate in clinical psychology (PsyD) in 2015, and has been a practicing licensed psychologist in the Twin Cities since 2016. He is married with two children and enjoys spending time with family and friends, being outdoors, playing tennis, and strategy board games.
TMC 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.
To 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

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: Showing of the Video, "Ishopanishad Lecture 1" with H.H.S. Swami Rama - September 15, 2022
2022-09-15 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – September 15, 2022
Showing of the Video, “Ishopanishad Lecture 1” with H.H.S. Swami Rama
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
6:00-7:00 p.m.: Guided Hatha Yoga
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Showing of the Video,”Ishopanishad Lecture 1″ with H.H.S. Swami Rama
8:30-8:40 p.m.: Evening Prayers

The Ishopanishad is considered to be the foundation stone of Upanishadic Knowledge…The answer to all the important questions of life are to be found in this short Upanishad. It is an ideal book of Vedantic philosophy. ~Swami Rama

Sunday Book Club / Satsang via Zoom with Swami Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
2022-09-18 10:00 - 23:30
Sunday Book Club/Satsang via Zoom
with Swami Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Swami Radha, Jim, and Michael will continue the study of spiritual topics this fall of 2022.
Before Swami Veda took his 5-year Vow of Silence in 2013, he strongly recommended that everyone study his book, SADHANA IN APPLIED SPIRITUALITY — so this will most likely be the book that we will work with when we start rolling.
