Wednesday Mornings In Person and via Zoom – Gentle Hatha Yoga (Drop-In) with Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain
2024-05-01 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-05-08 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-05-15 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-05-22 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-05-29 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-06-05 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-06-12 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS In Person and Via Zoom – GENTLE HATHA YOGA (DROP IN)

Time: 10:30am to Noon
Instructors: Sig Martell, Rosann Chamberlain, and Susan Guthrie
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.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom and In-Person Viewing: "A Dialogue with Wolfgang Bischoff" - May 2, 2024
2024-05-02 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – May 2, 2024
“A Dialogue with Wolfgang Bischoff”
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. CT

5:30-6:45 p.m.: In Person Gentle Hatha Yoga with Michael Snodgrass
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Contemplation with Wolfgang Bischoff
7:30-8:30 p.m.: “A Dialogue with Wolfgang Bischoff”
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks

On Thursday, May 2nd, join Wolfgang for a dialogue on consciousness, meditation, mindfulness, life, joy, and being. Everyone is invited to join the discussion.
Read below a letter Wolfgang wrote to his students on April’s full moon day.

Dear ones,
On Wednesday, April 24, the spring full moon shines in the starry sky. Let us become still from 9 to 10 pm and contemplate the essence of meditation.
If you can no longer do anything because you are perhaps ill or otherwise absorbed by life, if your mantra has left you and you have difficulty contemplating, if your mind is full of restless movements and you don’t feel well at all, what do you have left?
With every breath, you can sink into the depths of your consciousness and connect with your pure being, your mindfulness, your awareness, your consciousness. This has always been there, is always there and will always be there. Now it looks in wonder at your restlessness and discomfort. When you experience this, a smile emerges within you and you get a shy glimpse of the first inner envelope that surrounds your pure being – joy, peace and bliss. With this inner awareness you can then look at everything in the world within you and around you and experience that you do not have to identify with it.
I wish you all a contemplative, peaceful, quiet hour
in loving solidarity
Wolfgang

Wolfgang Bischoff , Spiritual Director of the “Himalaya Institute Germany”.
Wolfgang Bischoff is the founder of several, mainly non-profit organizations as well as the Himalaya Institute Germany and has been supporting the Manini land development project in Odisha, India, for twenty years. As founder of the Human Culture Academy and as a former consultant to the World Bank and UNESCO, he strives to carry a human culture into companies. His main work today is personal destiny counseling to help people to understand, change and order their own lives. In fateful times such as these, we wanted to get to know his perspective on the current upheavals and talked to him about how to shape the life and future of the human community. Wolfgang Bischoff has been taught by masters of the Himalayas in their traditional meditation methods for 37 years.
Wolfgang is a mantra initiator and a member of the AHYMSIN Adhyatma Samiti, or Spiritual Committee.
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.
Or donate through PayPal.
Note: There is parking available for TMC visitors
in the St. Boniface lot across the street from the Center.

New Dates for Hybrid Meditation I : Learning the Basics with Paul Emerson, Ph.D. and Eric Ness, M.S. - Tuesdays: April 16 - May 21, 2024
2024-05-07 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-05-14 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-05-21 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
New Dates for Hybrid Meditation I : Learning the Basics
with Paul Emerson, Ph.D. and Eric Ness M.S.
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.
Hybrid Class on Tuesdays: April 16 – May 21, 2024
An In-Person Option and a Zoom Option Are Being Offered
Instructors: Paul Emerson, Ph.D. and Eric Ness, M.S
6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $75.00
Section 1: (live at the Meditation Center, can zoom when you can’t make it)
Section 2 (zoom only):
Register here.
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.
Paul 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.
Eric Ness has been teaching meditation and yoga for over ten years. His teaching is based on the experiences that he had while immersed in a meditational 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. Eric is a member of the TMC Spiritual Committee.

Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom at TMC: "Images and Stories of My Visit to SRSG in February and March 2024 with Sunita Gangopadhyay - May 9, 2024
2024-05-09 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom at TMC – May 9, 2024
“Images and Stories of My Visit to SRSG in February and March 2024
with Sunita Gangopadhyay
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. CT
5:30-6:45 p.m.: In-Person Gentle Hatha Yoga with Michael Snodgrass
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Meditation Guided by Swami Ma Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Images and Stories of My Visit to SRSG in February and March 2024
with Sunita Gangopadhyay
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks
Join Sunita Gangopadhyay for a synopsis of the events and experiences at SRSG in February and April of 2024
Sunita Gangopadhyay, President of The Meditation Center, has been associated with The Meditation Center since 2006, and was initiated in the tradition in 2011. Native of India, Sunita moved to the US in 1987 for graduate studies (Physics). She has had a keen interest in spirituality, meditation, and yoga for many years. Teachings of the Himalayan Tradition as well as Sunday Satsang with Michael Smith and Jim Nelson have immensely helped deepen her practice and navigate through a busy home and work life. Whenever she gets an opportunity, she visits the SRSG Ashram at Rishikesh, India. One of her passions is to take the learning of the tradition to a wider part of the community as well as be of greater service to the center for years ahead. Sunita is married and has two children. She was an Executive in Research and Development department of Seagate Technology.
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.
Or donate through PayPal.
Note: There is parking available for TMC visitors in the St. Boniface lot across the street from the Center.

FANTASTIC FAMILY FUN-RAISER and SPRING OPEN HOUSE Saturday: May 11, 2024 - 10:00 a.m. to Noon
2024-05-11 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
Mark Your Calendars…
Join TMC Community for our
FANTASTIC FAMILY FUN-RAISER
and
SPRING OPEN HOUSE
Saturday: May 11, 2024 – 10:00 a.m. to Noon
Our Fundraiser goal this spring is $63,000!!!

Hatha Yoga Music Stories Book Sale
Meditation, Muffins, & Merriment!
Lots of MUFFINS! Tea and Fruit!
Opening Saturday of the NE Farmers Market 9am – 1pm

Everyone is Welcome!
Love Serve Remember
Donate Here to TMC!
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Book Club will not be meeting - Happy Mother's Day - Sunday Book Study Group / Satsang Via Zoom with Swami Ma Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
2024-05-12 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
Book Club will not be meeting – Happy Mother’s Day!!!
Sunday Book Study Group/Satsang Via Zoom
with Swami Ma Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
10:00 A.M. – 11:45 A.M.
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Swami Radha, Jim, and Michael will continue the study of spiritual topics in 2024. The Book Club is reading
“Meditation and the Art of Dying” by Pandit Usharbudh Arya, Ph.D. (Swami Veda Bharati.) Join us for very interesting discussions. Everyone is welcome.
The Book Study Group introducing the new book for discussion, “Meditation and the Art of Dying” by Pandit Usharbudh Arya, Ph.D. (Swami Veda Bharati). This book complements the Ten-Year Plan, outlined by Swami Ritavan, which focuses on Vanaprastha and devising a blueprint for the rest of one’s life.

Thursday Satsang In-Person Viewing at TMC and via Zoom - May 16, 2024 "Tantra is Expansion of Consciousness that Protects YOU. Sri Vidya Tantra. Part 2 by Jyoti Pattabhiram (Guru Sakala Maa) - May 16, 2024
2024-05-16 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang In-Person Viewing at TMC and via Zoom – May 16, 2024
“Tantra is Expansion of Consciousness that Protects YOU.
Sri Vidya Tantra. Part 2
by Jyoti Pattabhiram (Guru Sakala Maa)
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. CDT

5:30-6:45 p.m.: In-Person Gentle Hatha Yoga with Chris Young
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Meditation Guided by Swami Ma Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.:
Tantra is Expansion of Consciousness that Protects YOU. Sri Vidya Tantra. Part 2
by Jyoti Pattabhiram (Guru Sakala Maa)
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks

When Guruma Jyoti Pattabhiram (Sakala Maa) recounts her life experiences with two great masters in her lectures, one is left with a sense of awe on the profoundest and the sacred bond that exist between the disciple and the guru.
Having served as the Chairman of the Sadhana Sangam trust, she has retired and is currently guiding aspirants in SriVidya Tantra Sadhana. She has been serving the sages of Himalayan and Srividya traditions for the past 3 decades. She got initiated into Yoga and Srividya by Swami Rama of the Himalayas. Under his tutelage, she deepened her spiritual journey in the path of meditation.
After Swami Rama left his body, he blessed her to enhance her Sadhana in Srividya in the South Indian tradition under the tutelage of Guru Sri Satyanandanatha of Mysore, a great Srividya adept and popularly known as Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. R. Satyanarayana.
“Another dimension of Jyothiji’s personality is that, while a professor of English, she is a Bharatanatya dancer and teacher by passion; a Choreographer spreading the roots of spirituality in dance, in the light of Yoga – Meditation – Srividya spiritual practices…
…Jyothiji works tirelessly in creating an environment conducive for culturing the divine samskaras in her dance students and spiritual aspirants, according to the ancient shastras of our traditions.”
Text and image courtesy of sadhanasangama.org

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.
Or donate through PayPal.
Note: There is parking available for TMC visitors in the St. Boniface lot across the street from the Center.

Register Now!!! - 4-Seminar Series - "Practical Psychology of a Successful Sadhana" via Zoom with Phil Nuernberger, PhD - Sponsored jointly by Milwaukee HYMC and TMC in Minneapolis
2024-05-22 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
Sponsored jointly by
the Milwaukee Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center &
The Meditation Center in Minneapolis

“Practical Psychology of a
Successful Sadhana”
via Zoom
with Phil Nuernberger, PhD
4 Seminars – 2-2.5 hours each
Wednesdays: May 22, June 19, July 17, and August 21, 2024
7:00-9:00 p.m. CDT

All Four Sessions: $108.00
A Single Session: $30.00
Register here
for all 4 sessions or any single session

I: Body, Mind, Jiva: Where is Your Identity – May 22nd
Let’s talk about what we actually become caught in the veil of samskaras, attachments, and beliefs.
II. The Powerful Mind: Your Finest Instrument – June 19th
A practical look at the mind’s resources and how to dance with them.
III. Creating and Sustaining Balance – July 17th
A successful spiritual life is the first and essential step to a successful transition to the next adventure. We explore ways to establish real harmony in life.
IV. Joyful Freedom – August 21st
The ways and means of actually gaining enlightenment. “It takes great effort to be something. It takes no effort to Be.”

Phil Nuernberger, Ph.D. is a direct disciple of H.H. Sri Swami Rama and was personally trained by Swamiji since 1970. Dr. Phil is one of the few Americans to receive initiation by Swami Rama into the highest levels of the tantric tradition of the Himalayan Sages. With his Master’s instruction and blessing, Dr. Phil has been teaching and initiating others in this tradition since 1972. He was instrumental in helping Swamiji build the Himalayan Institute, and served on its Board of Directors until 1992.
Dr. Nuernberger is author of six books. The most recent are Eternal Self , Freedom’s Path: The Dancing Soul, The Warrior Sage: Life as Spirit, as well as, Strong and Fearless: The Quest for Personal Power and From Loneliness to Love: A Journey of Spiritual Awakening.

Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing Only: Ayurvedic Study Group with Gary Gran DAy. CYT and Cynthia Gran DAy. E-RYT 500, YACEP on April 25, 2024 at 7:00-8:30 p.m. CDT
2024-05-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – May 23, 2024
Ayurvedic Study Group: Time, Space & Causation:
Harmonizing Ourselves with Nature & the Cycles of Time”
with Gary Gran DAy. CYT and Cynthia Gran DAy. E-RYT 500, YACEP
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT

5:30-6:45 p.m.: In-Person Gentle Hatha Yoga with Sunita Gangopadhyay
6:15-7:00 p.m. Vegan Soup Light Supper
7:00-8:00 p.m.: Ayurvedic Study Group:mTime, Space & Causation:
Harmonizing Ourselves with Nature & the Cycles of Time”
with Gary Gran, DAy. CYT and Cynthia Gran, DAy. E-RYT 500, YACEP
8:00-8:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m. Clean-Up and Departure after Prayers

Tradition tells us we are all subject to time, space, and causation. In this session, we’ll contemplate some verses on the nature of Time from the Atharva Veda. Then we’ll share Swami Rama’s explanation of how our minds are conditioned by time. We’ll conclude with more verses from Chapter 6 of the Charaka Samhita on how the fluctuations of time affect our health, with tips on how to stay balanced this summer!
Please bring your ‘beginner’s mind’ and join us as we listen deeply and reflect on the words of the sages. Attendance at prior meetings is not required. All are welcome.
“Time is a filter. Anything that happens goes through the filter of time.”
– Swami Rama

Gary and Cynthia Gran have been treading the Himalayan path since the late 1970s. They met at the old Glenview Center in Illinois and have served the tradition in various capacities over the years. They are both certified yoga teachers and Ayurvedic educators. They have published more than eighty articles on yoga, meditation and Ayurveda. They are once again enjoying desert gardening, cooking and hiking at their home in Tucson, Arizona.
Gary Gran, DAy. CYT
Cynthia Gran, DAy. E-RYT 500, YACEP

Gary’s blog is ayurvedalessons.com.

Global Full Moon Meditation via Zoom from Chicago, May 23, 2024, 9:00-10:00p.m. CT
2024-05-23 21:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago)
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Global Full Moon Meditation Via Zoom
9:00-10:00 P.M. CT
This Full Moon Meditation via Zoom will begin guided by Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) followed by a silent meditation until 10:00 p.m.
This event is courtesy of the Chicago Himalayan Yoga & Meditation Center – HYMC.
To get the Zoom link and for more information aregarding the global full moon meditation schedule
visit HYMC’s website here.
“You are lovingly invited to sit in meditation for an hour wherever you are, in your home or with friends. Total beginners and longtime practitioners, non-initiates and initiates are welcome. If you cannot sit for the entire hour, sit as long as you are able; as Swami Veda has said, ‘Let the quietness of the mind continue even after you rise..’” (Courtesy of AHYMSIN.org January 2023 newsletter).
Everyone is welcome!
“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 –

“Lessons Swamiji Veda Taught Me” with Randall Krause - Saturday: May 25, 2024 - 10:00-11:00 a.m.
2024-05-25 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Chicago)
New Monthly Saturday Zoom Series with Randall Krause
“Lessons Swamiji Veda Taught Me”
Class will meet on the second Saturday of each month.
May 25, 2024
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. CT
Cost: $15.00/session
Next class will meet on June 8th.
Registration coming,
Join Randall Krause for a Saturday morning series of one-hour programs during which Randall will talk about a lesson Swami Veda gave him. Then as a group we will discuss how to integrate that lesson into our lives.
The series will be interactive, with group discussion, exercises, and stories.
Randall is a senior teacher and senior mentor on the tradition, served Dr. Arya and Swami Veda many times, has taught for the Tradition in Europe, Asia, and North America. He considers his meeting and subsequent initiation by Dr Arya to be one of the most fortunate events in his life. Outside of yoga, Randall practiced law for many years and served as a personal coach. He is also a disciple of Master Bosco Baek of the Chen Village Tai Chi tradition. He continues to teach both yoga-meditation and tai chi.

Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom: "Listening Circle" with Maja Radovanlija, Matt Rahaim, and Molly Sturges - May 30, 2024
2024-05-30 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang In Person and via Zoom – May 23, 2024
“Listening Circle” with Maja Radovanlija, Matt Rahaim, and Molly Sturges
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. CDT

5:30-6:45 p.m.: In-Person Gentle Hatha Yoga with Michael Snodgrass
7:00-8:00 p.m.: An Evening of Music with Maja Radovanlija, Matt Rahaim, and Molly Sturges
8:00-8:30 p.m.: Meditation Guided by Swami Ma Radha Bharati
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks

Join Maja Radovanlija, (Professor of guitar and improvisation at the University of Minnesota; Matt Rahaim (hindustani vocal music/ethnomusicologist); and Molly Sturges, ( healing centered composer/artistic director, music/sound and health researcher) for an evening of beautiful music. Come and enjoy the evening with uplifting harmony and vibrations. Come and gather…listen…listen…listen…with an open heart.

Maja Radovanlija was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia), in 1975. She studied classical guitar for almost 20 years in Eastern Europe, Vienna and Bloomington, IN. Along the way, Maja collaborated with musicians in a variety of genres and became interested in improvised music through Balkan traditional music, jazz, intuitive free improv, and experimental music. Some of the projects and ensembles Maja works with on regular bases are Szilard Mezéi ensemble, Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, Ensemble Studio6, MM Guitar duo, Linda Chatterton-MRadovanlija guitar/flute duo, and Satu Jiwa improvised music collective. Maja’s recent projects are Jeleche trio (traditional Balkan music), and collaborations with improvisers such as Milana Zarić, Molly Sturges, and Matt Rahaim.
Matt Rahaim is a teacher, performer and student of Hindustani vocal music. He has trained in the Gwalior tradition for twenty years, first in Pune under Vikas Kashalkar, and lately under the guidance of his guru, L.K. Pandit, in Delhi. He also is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota, with affiliations in Religious Studies, Asian Languages / Literatures / Media, and Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature.
Molly Jane Sturges is a healing centered composer/artistic director, music/sound and health researcher, facilitator, educator, activist, whole health coach, and meditation teacher who has worked with individuals, organizations, and communities around the globe for over 30 years at the intersection of personal and collective healing, participatory music and arts, spirituality, healthcare, creative research, community organizing, and education. She is currently a senior researcher/faculty/artist at the University of Minnesota, a senior fellow and coaching faculty with The Center for Excellence in Public Leadership at George Washington University and artist-faculty with Minnesota’s College of Art and Design’s Creative Leadership Program where she specializes in teaching interdisciplinary creative collaboration and contemplative and creative wellbeing relational practices. Molly collaborates with individuals, communities, and organizations across the globe to co-create a care-centric, equitable, compassionate and earth-centered world. Molly is a United States Artist Fellow in Music and a founder of many creative healing activation projects including Littleglobe, Firerock: Pass The Spark, Lifesongs and Waking The Oracle. Courtesy of www.mollysturges.com
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.
Or donate through PayPal.
Note: There is parking available for TMC visitors in the St. Boniface lot across the street from the Center.

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
2024-06-02 08:20 - 09:30, 2024-06-09 08:20 - 09:30 (America/Chicago)
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
8:20 A.M. – 9:15 A.M.
Join for Morning Prayers: 8:20-8:30 a.m.
Sunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.

Join Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday from 8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and Via Zoom: "Introduction to the 2024 40-Day Spiritual Festival" - June 6, 2024
2024-06-06 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and Via Zoom – June 6, 2024
Introduction to the 40-Day Spiritual Festival 2024
TMC Spiritual Committee
June 12- July 21 (Guru Purnima), 2024
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. CDT

5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Sig Martell
7:00-8:00 p.m.: Introduction to the 40-Day Spiritual Festival 2024
8:00-8:30 p.m.: Meditation guided by Swami Radha Bharati
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks
Like a Benevolent Mother, She guides and protects those on the Path of Yoga – Path of Wisdom. With sattvic intention and affirmation: “May I attain the Highest Purpose of Life – Here and Now.”

Join us for an in-person talk on the theme of the 2024 40-Day Spiritual Festival on Thursday, June 6th. This special satsang will also be offered via Zoom to those who can not join in person at The Center.
The TMC Spiritual Committee will introduce the 40-Days Spiritual Festival which begins on June 12th and concludes on Guru Purnima, July 21st. They will discuss the history and purpose of the festival; and how our sankalpas and tapas in our chosen practices will inform our spiritual unfoldment during the “Decade of Loving Transformation” leading to SVB’s 100th Birthday in 2033.
Read here “41st Annual 40-Days Spiritual Festival June 12-July 21, 2024”
courtesy of AHYMSIN.org.
The festival is 40-days of purification of all aspects of our being through chosen practices.
Some options for practices are :
Begin or increase the Sangha Ganesha mantra japa…practice embodying Ganesha in stillness, in his stillness.
Decrease screen time, especially in the evening; put down the phone, turn off the computer.
Find ways to honor Earth Mother: walk in silence in the woods, feed the wild animals, nourish the ants, pick up trash in nature, contemplate one of the five elements in nature.
Fast one day a week, could be partial fasting or simply eliminating one preferred food item.
Contemplate that which helps you be still.
Do self-study and journal your experiences.
Study “Sutra 1.33,” the Brahma Viharas, especially Upeksha (equanimity in the face of evil.)

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. Or donate through PayPal.
Note: There is parking available for TMC visitors in the St. Boniface lot across the street from the Center.
AHYMSIN Full Moon Illuminations May 2024

"Ayurveda: Life is Relationship! Living in the Material World " via Zoom with Gary and Cynthia Gran on June 8, 2024
2024-06-08 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
In Collaboration with Palatine Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center
and the Milwaukee Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center

Ayurveda: Life is Relationship! Living in the Material World
with Gary and Cynthia Gran
June 8, 2024
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Cost: $25.00
Register here.

Please join us for a fresh look at Ayurveda, the ancient Science of Life.
Ayurveda explains that the material world we live in is composed of the five great elements, and that we exist as body, mind and spirit in the realm of time, space and causation.
Swami Rama explained that the quality of our life is determined by the quality of our relationships in the material world – our relationships with ourselves, with each other, and with nature.
Are we trying to live outside of nature’s limits?
Are we being kind to ourselves and to others?
Are we in harmony with Life?
In this seminar, we’ll explore the essential elements and qualities of Life according to Ayurveda before reflecting upon our relationships both within and without. Our goal will be to move towards greater balance and harmony with Life. May all be well. May all know peace.

Gary and Cynthia Gran have been treading the Himalayan path since the late 1970s. They met at the old Glenview Center in Illinois and have served the tradition in various capacities over the years. They are both certified yoga teachers and Ayurvedic educators. They have published more than eighty articles on yoga, meditation and Ayurveda. They are once again enjoying desert gardening, cooking and hiking at their home in Tucson, Arizona.
Gary Gran, DAy. CYT
Cynthia Gran, DAy. E-RYT 500, YACEP

Gary’s blog is ayurvedalessons.com.

"Beyond The Asanas: Intermediate Yoga Philosophy and Terms" with Paul Emerson, Ph.D. - Tuesdays: June 11 - July 9, 2024
2024-06-11 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-06-12 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
“Beyond The Asanas:
Intermediate Yoga Philosophy and Terms”
with Paul Emerson, Ph.D.
Tuesdays: June 11 – July 9, 2024
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Cost: $80.00

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Yoga philosophy can be complicated-different concepts, different language, different practices. Moreover, Indian philosophy is not a single entity but a variety of complementary views. This class will provide a road map and tools for further exploration of yogic texts. We will start with the timeline of Indian literature (week 1), discuss samkhya metaphysics on which the Yoga Sutras are based (week 2), explore the Yoga Sutras (week 3) and finally delve into some of the hatha yoga sanskrit texts (week 4). The overall focus will be on how to make these concepts practical and relevant to our own sadhanas (meditation practices). For texts we will use portions of Swami Rama’s The Royal Path, Swami Veda’s Philosophy of Hatha Yoga as well as various on-line texts.

Paul Emerson, Ph.D. is a biomedical engineer who has worked on dialysis, respiratory and cardiac products. At various times he has been a research scientist, manager of clinical research with a major biomedical company, software engineer and a university instructor. He holds 12 patents in the areas of dialysis, sleep therapy and implantable cardiac devices. For the Meditation Center he has been the local go-to person on the physiology of breathing and is a scholar of the ancient yogic texts. He has been teaching yoga and related subjects since 1976 and was certified in 1980 by the Rockford School of Yoga.

40-Day Spiritual Festival 2024 from June 12- July 21 (Guru Purnima), 2024
2024-06-12 08:00 - 23:30, 2024-06-13 08:00 - 23:30, 2024-06-14 08:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago)
40-Day Spiritual Festival 2024 from June 12- July 21 (Guru Purnima), 2024
Read here “41st Annual 40-Days Spiritual Festival June 12-July 21, 2024″courtesy of AHYMSIN.org.
The festival is 40-days of purification of all aspects of our being through chosen practices.
Some options for practices are :
Begin or increase the Sangha Ganesha mantra japa…practice embodying Ganesha in stillness, in his stillness.
Decrease screen time, especially in the evening; put down the phone, turn off the computer.
Find ways to honor Earth Mother: walk in silence in the woods, feed the wild animals, nourish the ants, pick up trash in nature, contemplate one of the five elements in nature.
Fast one day a week, could be partial fasting or simply eliminating one preferred food item.
Contemplate that which helps you be still.
Do self-study and journal your experiences.
Study “Sutra 1.33,” the Brahma Viharas, especially Upeksha (equanimity in the face of evil.

Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and via Zoom: "Spiritual Journaling" with Eric Ness and Simone Delos Santos - June 13, 2024,
2024-06-13 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and via Zoom – June 13, 2024
“Spiritual Journaling”
with Eric Ness and Simone Delos Santos
The 40-Day Spiritual Festival 2024
June 12th- July 21st (Guru Purnima)
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. CDT

Note New Schedule
5:30-6:45 p.m.: In-Person Gentle Hatha Yoga with Michael Snodgrass
6:15-7:00 p.m. Vegan Soup
7:00-8:00 p.m.: “Spiritual Journaling”
with Eric Ness and Simone Delos Santos
8:00-8:30 p.m.: Meditation Guided by Swami Ma Radha Bharati
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks
Journaling can be a powerful tool for self-care and inner processing. It can help facilitate the energies of life forward into freedom, expansion, and liberation. We can become free of the stagnant, stuck energies that repeat old habits and patterns of mind often resulting in reactive responses. It can also help clarify direction and keep track of progress and growth.
Please join Eric and Simone in a lively, rich discussion and exploration of this practice.
Bring a favorite pen and blank notebook for a writing example exercise.
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.
Or donate through PayPal.
Note: There is parking available for TMC visitors
in the St. Boniface lot across the street from the Center.
