The Meditation Center

Via Zoom: Full Moon Havan from 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. and Full Moon Meditation from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. - Tuesday, April 27, 2021
2021-04-27 20:00 - 22:00 UTC
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 via Zoom
Full Moon Havan from 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
and
Full Moon Meditation from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

To receive the Zoom link for this event, please subscribe to
The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.
Emilio Bettaglio will be officiating during the Haven

All are invited to virtually participate in the havan officiated by Emilio Bettaglio at 8:00 p.m. If participants wish, they 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. Approximately 200 offerings will be made into the havan, each with a petal offering.

Join Swami Ritavan Bharati
for the Full Moon Meditation

Swami Ritavan invites you to join us for a group meditation starting at 9 o’clock in the evening. Or if you are not able to be present during the zoom meeting, meditate wherever you are at that time.

Special Message from Swami Ritavan Bharati
“Full Moon Meditation”

In meditation, we gather in the spirit of Guru’s grace, light of knowledge, and with aspirations for kindness (amity), compassion (karuna), our task remains—Awake and Aware. Aware of our inner strength as our natural state of personality. Awake through self-observation, through neutrality, through conscious choice. Our identification with this essential nature reveals the strong, the pure, the beauty-that is our divine nature. Through a certain restraint, we become a conqueror. Our task, through our sadhana in applied spirituality, is greater understanding, not only of what is right with the world but how the beauty of that which is right can be applied to beautify in what has become “ugly” in so many ways. And, it is the “I”of ego–me and mine, that harbor negative emotions, conflicts, and criticisms that veil and obscure beauty. Remember, it is the nature of our divine personality that animates forces to maintain calm, peaceful, harmonious, and conflict-free minds within, and in those around us in ever-expanding circles of influence. Be the Light of Love that you seek.

"The Human Urge for Peace, What is Right with the World" Book Club/Study Group via Zoom - Facilitated by Swami Radha Bharati, Jim Nelson, and Michael Smith
2021-04-25 10:00 - 23:30
Book Club/Study Group via Zoom

Facilitated by Swami Radha Bharati, Jim Nelson, and Michael Smith
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

“The Human Urge for Peace, What is Right with the World”
by Swami Veda Bharati
To receive the zoom link for this event, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.

There will be one zoom link for both Sunday morning meditation and the Book Club. You can join and leave the meeting according to your schedule and needs.

Sunday Morning Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Book Club/Study Group
Facilitated by Swami Radha Bharati, Jim Nelson, and Michael Smith
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

THE HUMAN URGE FOR PEACE:
WHAT’S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD
by Swami Veda Bharati

You can purchase the book online at https://themeditationcenter.org

“It is my hope that after reading this book, you will have a greater understanding, not only of what is right with the world but how the beauty of that which is right can be applied to beautify what has become “ugly” in so many eyes. May the reader enjoy what is beautiful in the world.” (Swami Veda Bharati)

“This needs to be our handbook for these times of discord and conflict on so many levels.” (Swami Ritavan Bharati)

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The Human Urge for Peace:
What’s Right with the World
by
Swami Veda Bharati

Drawing on myriad examples gathered from his lifelong travels around the globe, Swami Veda – a teacher of yoga and meditation and tireless peace advocate – offers a visionary plan to create and sustain lasting peace in the world.

He invites his readers on a spiritual journey, to free their minds from internal conflict using contemplative methods common to all religions and then to join in bringing education for peace into the family, schools and colleges, the workplace, and ultimately a global confederation of cultures, nations and religions.
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The Human Urge for Peace: What is Right with the World takes readers on a marvelous journey through time and space to observe how people of many different cultures and religions manage to live peaceably and equably together.

Examples are provided where communities with two religious or ethnic groups, even in war-torn countries like India and Pakistan, respect or even share holy sites and celebrations. Swami Veda identifies the common threads shared by all religions past and present, especially the contemplative traditions of silence and meditation whereby the mind is trained to become calm and free of conflict, and he suggests ways that religious leaders and educators can train parents and students alike to maintain calm, peaceful, harmonious and conflict-free minds.

Swami Veda invites readers to “Give way to our natural human urges –the urge to give, the urge to share, the urge to make sacrifice for others, the urge to knowledge, the natural urge to peace. ” This is “ what is right with the world.”

Enough has been said about what is wrong. It is true that much work needs to be done before the conflicts that lead to violence and war cease to arise, in individuals, ethnic groups, religions or nations, but the path toward peace is one of looking for positive examples, both past and present, and emulating them.

In the final chapter Swami Veda outlines his proposal for a World Council of Ethics and Peace and gives his recommendations for instituting planet-wide educatio for ethical conduct and peace.
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Swami Veda asks religious leaders to honor their commonalities with other religions and separate themselves from “divisive concepts binding ethnicity and religion”which may be used to create dissension and increase hatred.

Swami Veda invites readers to “Give way to our natural human urges – the urge to give, the urge to share, the urge to make sacrifice for others, the urge to knowledge, the natural urge to peace.” This is “what is right with the world.”

Enough has been said about what is wrong. It is true that much work needs to be done before the conflicts that lead to violence and war cease to arise in individuals, ethnic groups, religions, or nations; but the path toward peace is one of looking for positive examples, both past and present, and emulating them.

In the final chapter Swami Veda outlines his proposal for a World Council of Ethics and Peace and gives his recommendations for instituting planet-wide education for ethical conduct and peace.

Swami Veda asks religious leaders to honor their commonalities with other religions and to separate themselves from divisive concepts that bind and religious extremism which can be used to create dissension.

Teachers and students of Peace Studies will find much of special value to them in Swami Veda’s book.

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Swami Veda Bharati (1933-2015) was born into a Sanskrit-speaking family in India and began his education in the ancient texts of yoga philosophy at the age of five. He received a doctoral degree in Holland and taught Sanskrit at the University of Minnesota. For over 60 years Swami Veda traveled to every continent, where he established yoga and meditation centers, lectured at universities, and worked with peace foundations including the World Parliament of Religions and the UNESCO Centre for Peace Studies. He also wrote many books about yoga and meditation, including a translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and several volumes of stories and poems. His residence for the last 20 years of his life was at Swami Rama Sadhaka Gram (SRSG) at the foothills of the Himalayas in Rishikesh, India, where he guided thousands of students of all ages on the paths of inner peace and social harmony.

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2021-04-25 08:30 - 09:30
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
on April 25, 2021
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.

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

Join Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday, April 25th, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Ayurveda and the Pandemic: Readings from the Charaka Samhita" with Gary Gran, CYT, DAy. and Cynthia Gran, E-RYT 500, YACEP April 22, 2021
2021-04-22 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – April 22, 2021
“Ayurveda and the Pandemic: Readings from the Charaka Samhita“
with Gary Gran, CYT, DAy. and Cynthia Gran, E-RYT 500, YACEP

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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

The Charaka Samhita, one of the classic texts of Ayurveda, is remarkably still relevant today. In this session we’ll discuss the chapter on epidemics and what Ayurveda teaches us about today’s pandemic.
On May 27, we will talk about “Ayurveda and the Root Cause of Illness: Readings from the Charaka Samhita”
The Charaka Samhita, one of the classic texts of Ayurveda, is remarkably still relevant today. In this session we’ll discuss the chapter on the root causes of illness.

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 practitioners. They have published more than eighty articles on yoga, meditation and Ayurveda. They are currently enjoying desert gardening, cooking, and hiking at their home in Tucson, Arizona.
Gary Gran, CYT, DAy.
Cynthia Gran, E-RYT 500, YACEP

New Late Afternoon Virtual Meditation Class! Meditation I via Zoom: Learning the Basics with Paul Emerson Ph.D.
2021-04-20 16:45
New Late Afternoon Virtual Meditation Class!
Meditation I via Zoom: Learning the Basics
with Paul Emerson Ph.D.
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.
Dates of Series: Tuesdays, April 20 – May 25, 2021
Time: 4:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Please arrive 5 minutes early at 4:40 p.m.
Instructors: Paul Emerson, Ph.D
Fee: $50
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.

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2021-04-18 08:30 - 09:30
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
on April 18, 2021
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.

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

Join Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday, April 18th, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "The Sadhana of Moving" with Rodney and Joann Huff - April 15, 2021
2021-04-15 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – April 15, 2021
“The Sadhana of Moving”
with Rodney (Rajni) and Joann Huff
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

To receive the zoom link for this event, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter
on the home page of this website.
7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Talk by Rodney (Rajni) and Joann Huff

Joann 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!

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2021-04-11 08:30 - 09:30
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
on April 11, 2021
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.

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

Join Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday, April 11th, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "That Life" to "Now Life": Tools for Chaos to Centeredness with Michelle Skally Doilney, April 8, 2021
2021-04-08 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – April 8, 2021
“That Life” to “Now Life”: Tools for Chaos to Centeredness
with Michelle Skally Doilney
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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

7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30 p.m. -Talk by Michelle Skally Doilney

It’s been over a year of uncertainty, death, loss, and confusion. It’s also been over a year of growth, knowing ourselves, and finding our way from scratch. It’s OK to not be OK. It’s OK to be OK. The struggles and the calm in the storm are real for us all. Together, we can learn how to use our own minds, our own breath awareness, our own “practices” to bring us to Now – the most balanced and real place to be, especially in this cracking, shifting world. Join in to see mind for what it is, learn a few simple breathing practices you can do anywhere, even in the grocery line, the grocery curbside spot or waiting for grocery delivery, and for a taste of writing practice to witness your own mind without labels. Questions and feedback are welcome; this is an interactive time for all joiners.

Michelle Skally Doilney is a student and initiate in the Himalayan Tradition since 1997. She is a certified Feng Shui Consultant, certified Yoga Teacher (RYT 200), former corporate executive, and a lifelong photographer and writer. She teaches from direct experience, from the heart, and always learns while teaching.

Cancelled - "The Human Urge for Peace, What is Right with the World" Book Club/Study Group via Zoom - Facilitated by Swami Radha Bharati, Jim Nelson, and Michael Smith
2021-04-04 10:00 - 23:30
Cancelled for Easter Sunday – Book Club/Study Group via Zoom

Facilitated by Swami Radha Bharati, Jim Nelson, and Michael Smith
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

“The Human Urge for Peace, What is Right with the World”
by Swami Veda Bharati
To receive the zoom link for this event, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.

There will be one zoom link for both Sunday morning meditation and the Book Club. You can join and leave the meeting according to your schedule and needs.

Sunday Morning Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Book Club/Study Group
Facilitated by Swami Radha Bharati, Jim Nelson, and Michael Smith
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

THE HUMAN URGE FOR PEACE:
WHAT’S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD
by Swami Veda Bharati

You can purchase the book online at https://themeditationcenter.org

“It is my hope that after reading this book, you will have a greater understanding, not only of what is right with the world but how the beauty of that which is right can be applied to beautify what has become “ugly” in so many eyes. May the reader enjoy what is beautiful in the world.” (Swami Veda Bharati)

“This needs to be our handbook for these times of discord and conflict on so many levels.” (Swami Ritavan Bharati)

__________________________________

The Human Urge for Peace:
What’s Right with the World
by
Swami Veda Bharati

Drawing on myriad examples gathered from his lifelong travels around the globe, Swami Veda – a teacher of yoga and meditation and tireless peace advocate – offers a visionary plan to create and sustain lasting peace in the world.

He invites his readers on a spiritual journey, to free their minds from internal conflict using contemplative methods common to all religions and then to join in bringing education for peace into the family, schools and colleges, the workplace, and ultimately a global confederation of cultures, nations and religions.
_________________________________

The Human Urge for Peace: What is Right with the World takes readers on a marvelous journey through time and space to observe how people of many different cultures and religions manage to live peaceably and equably together.

Examples are provided where communities with two religious or ethnic groups, even in war-torn countries like India and Pakistan, respect or even share holy sites and celebrations. Swami Veda identifies the common threads shared by all religions past and present, especially the contemplative traditions of silence and meditation whereby the mind is trained to become calm and free of conflict, and he suggests ways that religious leaders and educators can train parents and students alike to maintain calm, peaceful, harmonious and conflict-free minds.

Swami Veda invites readers to “Give way to our natural human urges –the urge to give, the urge to share, the urge to make sacrifice for others, the urge to knowledge, the natural urge to peace. ” This is “ what is right with the world.”

Enough has been said about what is wrong. It is true that much work needs to be done before the conflicts that lead to violence and war cease to arise, in individuals, ethnic groups, religions or nations, but the path toward peace is one of looking for positive examples, both past and present, and emulating them.

In the final chapter Swami Veda outlines his proposal for a World Council of Ethics and Peace and gives his recommendations for instituting planet-wide educatio for ethical conduct and peace.
_________________________________

Swami Veda asks religious leaders to honor their commonalities with other religions and separate themselves from “divisive concepts binding ethnicity and religion”which may be used to create dissension and increase hatred.

Swami Veda invites readers to “Give way to our natural human urges – the urge to give, the urge to share, the urge to make sacrifice for others, the urge to knowledge, the natural urge to peace.” This is “what is right with the world.”

Enough has been said about what is wrong. It is true that much work needs to be done before the conflicts that lead to violence and war cease to arise in individuals, ethnic groups, religions, or nations; but the path toward peace is one of looking for positive examples, both past and present, and emulating them.

In the final chapter Swami Veda outlines his proposal for a World Council of Ethics and Peace and gives his recommendations for instituting planet-wide education for ethical conduct and peace.

Swami Veda asks religious leaders to honor their commonalities with other religions and to separate themselves from divisive concepts that bind and religious extremism which can be used to create dissension.

Teachers and students of Peace Studies will find much of special value to them in Swami Veda’s book.

__________________________________

Swami Veda Bharati (1933-2015) was born into a Sanskrit-speaking family in India and began his education in the ancient texts of yoga philosophy at the age of five. He received a doctoral degree in Holland and taught Sanskrit at the University of Minnesota. For over 60 years Swami Veda traveled to every continent, where he established yoga and meditation centers, lectured at universities, and worked with peace foundations including the World Parliament of Religions and the UNESCO Centre for Peace Studies. He also wrote many books about yoga and meditation, including a translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and several volumes of stories and poems. His residence for the last 20 years of his life was at Swami Rama Sadhaka Gram (SRSG) at the foothills of the Himalayas in Rishikesh, India, where he guided thousands of students of all ages on the paths of inner peace and social harmony.

Via Zoom – Easter Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2021-04-04 08:30 - 09:30
Via Zoom – Easter Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
on April 4, 2021
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.

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

Join Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday, April 4th, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Adhikara: Being a Dedicated Student of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition Initiatory Lineage", Talk by Chuck Linke with an Introduction by Michael Smith
2021-04-01 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom: April 1, 2021

“Adhikara: Being a Dedicated Student
of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition Initiatory Lineage.”
Talk by Chuck Linke
Introduction to the Video by Michael Smith
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT

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

7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30 p.m. – Introduction by Michael Smith, Showing of video with Chuck Linke
Join us for this wonderful talk with Chuck Linke on “adhikara”, making a wholehearted effort to being a dedicated student of the Tradition.
The Himalayan Yoga Tradition, from time immemorial, has been passed on experientially in an unbroken chain from master to disciple. This has resulted in an unbroken lineage whose continuity is ensured through transmission in meditative and initiatory states. Chuck will explore a few of the preparations for developing Adhikara, a readiness to enter into that unbroken chain of transmission.

· Calming to become a stilled vessel to receive these transmissions.
· Expansion of one’s capacity and ability to receive the next layer.
· Recognizing one’s own readiness.

The word “adhikara” has many meanings and definitions. One meaning is a teacher’s authority; a student’s fulfillment of a qualification, and simply the statement of commencement,” from the “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Volume 1 Samadhi Pada,” Pandit Usharbudh Arya, D.Litt., page 66.

Chuck Linke, M.S., RYT 500: A student in the Himalayan Yoga tradition since 1970, presenting topics to students across the spectrum found throughout the tradition. Also serving as the Director of the Himalayan Yoga Teachers – Training Program for over 10 years.

Sunday, March 28, 2021 via Zoom: Full Moon Havan from 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. and Full Moon Meditation from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
2021-03-28 20:00 - 22:00
Sunday, March 28, 2021 via Zoom
Full Moon Havan from 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
and
Full Moon Meditation from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

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

Emilio Bettaglio will be officiating during the Haven

All are invited to virtually participate in the havan officiated by Emilio Bettaglio at 8:00 p.m. If participants wish, they 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. Approximately 200 offerings will be made into the havan, each with a petal offering.

EVENT DETAILS

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2021-03-28 08:30 - 09:30
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
on March 28, 2021
8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Join for Morning Prayers at 8:20-8:30 a.m.
Sunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.

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

Join Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday, March 28th, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Patañjali in Eternity: the Legend of Śhri Patañjali – the Ṛiṣhi Sage of Yoga" with Salvatore Zambito
2021-03-25 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – March 25, 2021
Patañjali in Eternity: the Legend of Śhri Patañjali – the Ṛiṣhi Sage of Yoga
with Salvatore Zambito
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
To receive the zoom link for this event, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter
on the home page of this website
7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Talk with Salvatore Zambito

Join Salvatore for a talk on “Patañjali in Eternity: the Legend of Śhri Patañjali – the Ṛiṣhi Sage of Yoga”
Swami Veda included it in his second edition of his elucidation of the “Samadhi Pada”

Salvatore Zambito is a well-known mystic, rogue scholar, and world-traveling recluse.
In 1967, while a sophomore in college, Salvatore discovered Hatha Yoga and massage. This was the beginning of his active and very personal bodymind research in transpersonal psychology and anatomical kinesiology.
He began his exploration of yoga as a student of Hatha Yoga with the Sivananda Yoga Centers in Chicago and Val Morin, Canada. He was gently coerced into becoming a teacher in 1969. The Yoga-Sutra of Patañjali entered his life in 1969.
Through the years, Salvatore has established several yoga centers in America and taught yoga related subjects at institutes and universities around the world. From 1980 to 1986 he taught Yoga and Stress Management at Boise State University. During this period, he also served as BSU’s Chief of the Anatomical Kinesiology Laboratory, where he directed cadaver dissection and prosection, and served as a teaching assistant. He provided stress management consultation to the Boise business community and taught stress management strategies at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise and Mercy Medical Center in Nampa, Idaho.
Salvatore always looks for interesting areas to explore. In 1980 he researched, proposed and administered one of the first two national pilot programs for the application of Hatha Yoga as a functional improvement and comfort modality for Multiple Sclerosis. He administered the program for several years.
In 1988, Salvatore’s research finally took him to India, where he lived for two years. To his surprise, he found himself teaching in ashrams and universities there. Salvatore returns to India regularly to study and teach.
Salvatore is the author of “The Unadorned Thread of Yoga: The Yoga-Sūtra of Patañjali” in English, which presents each of the 196 sūtras, with text analysis and twelve authoritative translations.
In addition to his expertise in yoga, Salvatore is a structural bodyworker in the Rolfing tradition and a licensed massage therapist in the State of Washington. He has created a 400-hour course of bodywork instruction (Dimensional Integration™) accredited through IMSTAC (International Massage and Somatic Therapies Accrediting Council). His years of yogic breathwork, hands-on bodywork and cadaver dissection led to The Wind of Life, a workshop that addresses the dimensions of human respiration. This set of seminars provides techniques to open and balance the respiratory capsule through movement education and manual therapeutic facilitation.
Salvatore is the founder of the Yoga-Sūtras Institute. His teaching areas span meditation, the “Yoga-Sūtras of Patañjali,” anatomy, kinesiology, and physiology. He is on staff at several yoga centers and ashrams around the world.
Salvatore lives with his wife, dogs, and a flock of pampered chickens on a tiny hobby farm in western Washington State.
Bio courtesy of The Yoga Sutras Institute.

Remembrance of Swami Veda's 88th Birthday - Listen to Swami Veda’s Birthday Blessing.
2021-03-24 00:00 - 23:30
REMEMBRANCE OF SWAMI VEDA’S 88TH BIRTHDAY!
ON MARCH 24, 2021
Listen to Swami Veda’s Birthday Blessing.

“Love-Mantra” by Swami Veda Bharati
Lady of the universe invites you to her mansion
just above the heart gorge
Over full cups of ambrosia she grants your three eyes
her vast grandeur’s vision
View of magnificent worlds stretched out as far as
soul-falcon’s wings can fly
Eternity!- She says – and all this, too, Soul,
Is, had been your own estate, you forgot?
LOVE, she names this grandeur-sharing of Herself with you
and thenceforce
the only word gods living secretly in your ears can hear is
LOVE

(Courtesy of AHYMSIN.org. Taken from a hard copy made and distributed in 2008.)

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2021-03-21 08:30 - 09:30
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
on March 21, 2021
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.

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Join Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday, March 21st, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Vivekacudamani, Crest Jewel of Discrimination" with Carol and Charles Crenshaw - March 18, 2021
2021-03-18 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – March 18, 2021
“Vivekacudamani, Crest Jewel of Discrimination”
A Discussion with Charles and Carol Crenshaw
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Presentation by Charles and Carol Crenshaw

Charles and Carol Crenshaw will cover some key verses in Sri Shankara’s Vivekacudamani, Crest Jewel of Discrimination. This classic Vedantic scripturecdiscusses a range of spiritual topics in 580 verses. This session will highlight: The nature of bondage and how to overcome it and the state of samadhi and how to attain it.

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2021-03-14 08:30 - 09:30
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
on March 14, 2021
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.

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Join Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday, March 14th, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Shivaratri Commemoration" - March 11, 2021
2021-03-11 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – March 11, 2021
“Shivaratri Commemoration”
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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7:00 p.m. – Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30 p.m. – “Shivaratri Commemoration”
“A Shivaratri Message” from Swami Ritavan Bharati
During this Shivaratri time, resolve to return to the light of life and love in your meditations.
Remember your Shiva-sankalpam, “Tan me mana shiva sankalpa astu”.
(That which is the absolute knowledge, that which is the reservoir of the mind-stuff;
That which is memory and steadfastness and sustenance;
That which is the light hidden within all beings;
That without which no action can be performed.
May that, my mind, be filled with beautiful, benevolent, beneficent, peaceful, Siva-like, divine thoughts, feelings, sentiments, emotions, resolves.)
They are all contained in the word ‘Shiva-sankalpam’

Wherever there are Shiva temples, that Shiva there has a name. The ashram temple for Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama is named: Sadhakesvara, the Lord of the sadhakas – those who are aspiring to become as Shiva, those who are aspiring to know the truth of “Shivoham”. Within the walls resides “Sphatika-Jyotir-Linga” – ‘the linga of light’. The Temple and Crystal Lingam were given these names at the first consecration. As a meditation temple, here, a sadhaka performs their interior mental worship – manasa-puja. In this meditation, one dissolves all identification with name and form. Through pralaya, one withdraws their conscious identity with body, with senses, with sense-objects, with memories of the experiences of sense objects, so as to become that very jyotir-linga as Shivo ’ham – I’m Shiva, jyotir aham – I am a being of light.

Everyone who perform a worship to Shiva says – Shivo ’ham – I Am Shiva. Then, if you are Shiva, who is the worshipper? Who is the worshiped? This mystery is unveiled only when one truly enters “within”. In this internal worship – manasa-puja, each external devolute is disolved into its corresponding cause. As our consciousness dissolves the external forms and as awareness moves into subtler and subtler energies, all that remains is the causal body – linga-matra, and then alinga – just an amorphous form of light, an amorphous form of the presence of energies. That subtlest form of divine being is called the linga – just an indication of a mere presence – like a crystal lingam. That is why in our Shiva temple you will find the crystal-lingam. It has no head, face, senses, arms, legs – they have all been dissolved and absorbed into the linga-matra the ‘mere presence’ of light reflected in the crystal. Shivo ’ham – I’m Shiva, jyotir aham – I am a being of light. (redacted from Swami Veda).

Read here the essay ” Shivaratri Explained” by Swami Veda Bharati.

Listen here to “Shivaratri Manasa Puja”

https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Shivaratri-Manasa-Puja-2010_SVB-EDIT2.mp3

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2021-03-07 08:30 - 09:30
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
on March 7, 2021
8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Sunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.

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Join Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday, March 7th, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Storytime" with Michael Smith - March 4, 2021
2021-03-04 19:00 - 20:30
THURSDAY SATSANG VIA ZOOM – March 4, 2021
“STORYTIME” WITH MICHAEL SMITH
7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.

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7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Stories with Michael Smith

Join 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.

Swami 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.

The 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.

Cancelled "The Human Urge for Peace, What is Right with the World" Book Club/Study Group via Zoom - Facilitated by Swami Radha Bharati, Jim Nelson, and Michael Smith
2021-02-28 10:00 - 23:30
Cancelled – Book Club/Study Group via Zoom

Facilitated by Swami Radha Bharati, Jim Nelson, and Michael Smith
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

“The Human Urge for Peace, What is Right with the World”
by Swami Veda Bharati
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There will be one zoom link for both Sunday morning meditation and the Book Club. You can join and leave the meeting according to your schedule and needs.

Sunday Morning Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Book Club/Study Group
Facilitated by Swami Radha Bharati, Jim Nelson, and Michael Smith
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

THE HUMAN URGE FOR PEACE:
WHAT’S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD
by Swami Veda Bharati

You can purchase the book online at https://themeditationcenter.org

“It is my hope that after reading this book, you will have a greater understanding, not only of what is right with the world but how the beauty of that which is right can be applied to beautify what has become “ugly” in so many eyes. May the reader enjoy what is beautiful in the world.” (Swami Veda Bharati)

“This needs to be our handbook for these times of discord and conflict on so many levels.” (Swami Ritavan Bharati)

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The Human Urge for Peace:
What’s Right with the World
by
Swami Veda Bharati

Drawing on myriad examples gathered from his lifelong travels around the globe, Swami Veda – a teacher of yoga and meditation and tireless peace advocate – offers a visionary plan to create and sustain lasting peace in the world.

He invites his readers on a spiritual journey, to free their minds from internal conflict using contemplative methods common to all religions and then to join in bringing education for peace into the family, schools and colleges, the workplace, and ultimately a global confederation of cultures, nations and religions.
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The Human Urge for Peace: What is Right with the World takes readers on a marvelous journey through time and space to observe how people of many different cultures and religions manage to live peaceably and equably together.

Examples are provided where communities with two religious or ethnic groups, even in war-torn countries like India and Pakistan, respect or even share holy sites and celebrations. Swami Veda identifies the common threads shared by all religions past and present, especially the contemplative traditions of silence and meditation whereby the mind is trained to become calm and free of conflict, and he suggests ways that religious leaders and educators can train parents and students alike to maintain calm, peaceful, harmonious and conflict-free minds.

Swami Veda invites readers to “Give way to our natural human urges –the urge to give, the urge to share, the urge to make sacrifice for others, the urge to knowledge, the natural urge to peace. ” This is “ what is right with the world.”

Enough has been said about what is wrong. It is true that much work needs to be done before the conflicts that lead to violence and war cease to arise, in individuals, ethnic groups, religions or nations, but the path toward peace is one of looking for positive examples, both past and present, and emulating them.

In the final chapter Swami Veda outlines his proposal for a World Council of Ethics and Peace and gives his recommendations for instituting planet-wide educatio for ethical conduct and peace.
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Swami Veda asks religious leaders to honor their commonalities with other religions and separate themselves from “divisive concepts binding ethnicity and religion”which may be used to create dissension and increase hatred.

Swami Veda invites readers to “Give way to our natural human urges – the urge to give, the urge to share, the urge to make sacrifice for others, the urge to knowledge, the natural urge to peace.” This is “what is right with the world.”

Enough has been said about what is wrong. It is true that much work needs to be done before the conflicts that lead to violence and war cease to arise in individuals, ethnic groups, religions, or nations; but the path toward peace is one of looking for positive examples, both past and present, and emulating them.

In the final chapter Swami Veda outlines his proposal for a World Council of Ethics and Peace and gives his recommendations for instituting planet-wide education for ethical conduct and peace.

Swami Veda asks religious leaders to honor their commonalities with other religions and to separate themselves from divisive concepts that bind and religious extremism which can be used to create dissension.

Teachers and students of Peace Studies will find much of special value to them in Swami Veda’s book.

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Swami Veda Bharati (1933-2015) was born into a Sanskrit-speaking family in India and began his education in the ancient texts of yoga philosophy at the age of five. He received a doctoral degree in Holland and taught Sanskrit at the University of Minnesota. For over 60 years Swami Veda traveled to every continent, where he established yoga and meditation centers, lectured at universities, and worked with peace foundations including the World Parliament of Religions and the UNESCO Centre for Peace Studies. He also wrote many books about yoga and meditation, including a translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and several volumes of stories and poems. His residence for the last 20 years of his life was at Swami Rama Sadhaka Gram (SRSG) at the foothills of the Himalayas in Rishikesh, India, where he guided thousands of students of all ages on the paths of inner peace and social harmony.

Cancelled - Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2021-02-28 08:30 - 09:30
Cancelled – Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
on February 28, 2021
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.

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Cancelled due to the silence retreat. Join Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation next Sunday, March 7th, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Full Moon Havan from 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. and Full Moon Meditation from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. - February 27, 2021
2021-02-27 20:00 - 22:00
Saturday, February 27, 2021 Via Zoom
Full Moon Havan fron 8:00 p.m.. – 9:00 p.m.
and
Full Moon Meditation from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

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The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.

Emilio Bettaglio will be officiating during the Haven

All are invited to virtually participate in the havan officiated by Emilio Bettaglio at 8:00 p.m. If participants wish, they 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. Approximately 200 offerings will be made into the havan, each with a petal offering.

The mantras for the full moon puja on Saturday:
*11 Akhanda Mandala
*108 Saumya
*11 Maha Mrityunjaya

February 2021 Virtual Silence Weekend Retreat with Swami Radha Bharati, Jim Nelson, Emilio Bettaglio, and Daya Seeley -
2021-02-26 19:00 - 21:00
February 2021 Virtual Silence Weekend Retreat
with Swami Radha Bharati, Jim Nelson, Emilio Bettaglio, and Daya Seeley
February 26-28, 2021
Cost: $60.00
Register here.
Hatha Yoga Sessions, Contemplative Walks,
Breathing/Pranayama, Subtle Body Practices, and Meditations

“Sprinkle silence out the windows of your eyes, of your senses, out of your heart and through your words. Convey your inner peace, stillness and emotional equilibrium. See how this silence “speaks” to other minds at that deep level. Silence impacts the psyche as no spoken word can.”
-Swami Veda Bharati-

Read here the silence weekend retreat schedule.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Storytime" with Michael Smith - February 25, 2021
2021-02-25 19:00 - 20:30
THURSDAY SATSANG VIA ZOOM – February 25, 2021
“STORYTIME”
WITH MICHAEL SMITH
7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.

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7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Stories with Michael Smith

Storytime is a pleasant theme, and an easy theme, because so many stories are available to us.
Swami 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.
After 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.

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2021-02-21 08:30 - 09:30
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
on February 21, 2020
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.

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Join Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday, February 21st, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

"AGING AS A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY: Finding Wholeness and Balance in Later Life" with Randall Krause - February 20, 2021
2021-02-20 09:30 - 12:00
“AGING AS A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY:
Finding Wholeness and Balance in Later Life”
with Randall Krause

Saturday: February 20, 2021
9:30 a.m. – Noon
Cost: $25.00
Limited to 16 participants.
Register here.

Sage-ing offers a new vision of aging as a time for deep reflection and spiritual growth and invites us to nourish and integrate our whole self—body, mind, emotions and spirit. We will spend time considering how we nurture each of these areas of our lives. We will also dive into contemplating the spiritual aspect of our own lives and develop a plan for next steps.

Randall Krause served as an attorney, a mediator, a life coach, and a yoga teacher. He is a senior mentor and senior teacher in the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition. For many years, he ran a multi-million dollar business. Now retired from that business and well into his sixties, Randall is an Intern in the Sage-ing International Certified Sage-ing Leader Training program.

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
2021-02-18 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – February 18, 2021
“Awakening into Spring:
Taking care of yourself as winter slowly starts to thaw into spring…”
with Nikki Strong, Pernu Menheer, and Saraswati Bhadri
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m. – Guided Meditation with Charles Crenshaw
7:30 p.m. – Talk with Nikki Strong, Pernu Menheer, and Saraswati Bhadri

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Gentle 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!
