The Meditation Center

Cancelled for the 7th -New Monthly "Bhagavad Gita" Study Group via Zoom with Sandra Uyterhoeven and Randall Krause Begins on Saturday, February 5, 2022
2022-05-07 10:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago)
Cancelled for May 7th – Monthly “Bhagavad Gita” Study Group via Zoom
with Sandra Uyterhoeven and Randall Krause
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Donation: $15.00/session
This class will meet the 1st Saturday of every month.
The “Bhagavad Gita” is one of the great spiritual books of the world and a core source of Yoga Philosophy. In essence, it is a spiritual discourse given by Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu, to his disciple, the great warrior Arjuna, on the threshold of a vast war in which both would soon be involved. The teachings of the “Gita” are as meaningful today as they were thousands of years ago.

In this study group, in successive monthly sessions, we will slowly walk through the “Gita” from the beginning, discussing each of the verses. This will not be a lecture, but rather a study and discussion group. Although the leaders will officiate and offer brief talks now and then, all of the study group members will read and discuss the verses. Participants will share perspectives from their favorite translations of the verses and commentaries, and this will broaden our understanding of the “Gita.”

Because one of the leaders is a Yoga Alliance Continuing Yoga Education Provider (YACEP), you may count each hour of your participation in this study group as a “Contact” hour of continuing yoga education.

Leaders: Sandra Uyterhoeven and Randall Krause
Sandra Uyterhoeven is an experienced yoga teacher, yoga therapist and loves the Bhagavad Gita. She is an initiate in the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition. Sandra is experienced at leading study groups in yoga philosophy.

Randall Krause is an initiate of the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition and a senior mentor and teacher in the Tradition. He is registered with Yoga Alliance (YA) as an Experienced Yoga Teacher and a Continuing Yoga Education Provider (YACEP).

Cancelled for May 8th - Sunday Book Club/Satsang via Zoom: with Swami Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, Jim Nelson, and Kay (Shanta) Gendron "The Art of Joyful Living" by Swami Rama from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
2022-05-08 10:00 - 11:30
Cancelled for May 8th – Sunday Book Club/Satsang via Zoom
with Swami Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, Jim Nelson, and Kay (Shanta) Gendron
“The Art of Joyful Living” by Swami Rama
from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Happy Mother’s Day!

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Swami Radha, Shanta, Jim, and Michael will continue the study of spiritual topics in 2022 The book chosen for the Book Club is “The Art of Joyful Living.”

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: Talk from the Archive of Dr. Usharbudh Arya's Audios "Unblocking Yourself", Introduction by Swami Radha Bharati - May 12, 2022
2022-05-12 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – May 12, 2022

Talk from the Archive of Dr. Usharbudh Arya’s Audios
“Unblocking Yourself”
Introduction by Swami Radha Bharati
(Postponed – “Food Sadhana” by Gary Gran, CYT, DAy.)
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk from the Archive of Dr. Usharbudh Arya’s Audios, “Unblocking Yourself”
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
This Thursday evening we will be presenting another talk from “Treasured Echoes”, a series of lectures from the archives of Dr. Usharbudh Arya (Swami Veda Bharati.) Come be inspired, energized, and transformed. Swami Radha will introduce the recording and its topic of “Unblocking Yourself.”
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.

Saturday Morning Hybrid Drop-In Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts - Occurs Weekly
2022-05-14 09:30 - 11:00, 2022-05-28 09:30 - 11:00, 2022-06-04 09:30 - 11:00
Saturday Morning Hybrid Drop-In
Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CDT
Fee: $12.00

Section 1: In-Person

Register here for In-Person Option

Section 2: Via Zoom

Register here for Zoom Option

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.

Nicole Roberts is the current resident and caretaker at The Meditation Center. Nicole has been guiding hatha yoga since 2010 and is 250-RYT certified with Yoga Alliance. She trained in the Jivamukti yoga lineage and the Himalayan Tradition yoga meditation lineage. Nicole was initiated in 2016 in the Himalayan Tradition. Nicole is part of our DEI team teaching outreach hatha classes. Nicole has guided the gentle hatha class on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings.

Postponed - No Class On May 16, 2022 “Yoga Sutras” Spring 2022 Series - Vibhuti Pada with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., 500-RYT
2022-05-16 19:00 - 21:00
Cancelled for May 16, 2022
“Yoga Sutras” Spring 2022 Series – Vibhuti Pada
with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., 500-RYT

New Dates
Mondays: May 23 and June 13, 20, and 27, 2022
No classes on May 30th which is Memorial Day in the U.S. and June 6th
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Begins at 7:00 p.m. with Meditation
Study of the “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”

with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., 500-RYT
Chapter 3, the Vibhuti Pada

Cost: $55.00 for the series
$15.00 for drop-in either in person or via Zoom
If you live in a time zone that does not allow for you to attend the Yoga Sutras sessions in real time, register for the 4-week series and you will be sent Vimeo links to the recorded sessions as soon as they are uploaded to Vimeo.
New Registration Link

Register here for the 4-sessions series.

Register here for a Single Session on May 23, 2022

Register here for a Single Session on June 13, 2022

Register here for a Single Session on June 20, 2022

Register here for a Single Session on June 27, 2022

The late spring 2022 series of the “Yoga Sutras” with Stoma is being offered to anyone who desires to learn more regarding the gifts of meditation and yoga given through this text.

Full Moon Meditation on May 16, 2022 from 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
2022-05-16 21:00 - 22:00
Full Moon Meditation –
Monday, May 16, 2022
9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Swami Ritavan invites you to join us for a group meditation starting at 9 o’clock in the evening. You are 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..”

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.”

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "What’s your “Why?” with Dr. Phil Nuernberger - May 19, 2022
2022-05-19 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – May 19, 2022
What’s your “Why?” with Phil Nuernberger, Ph.D.

Note Program Schedule – Talk Comes First
7:00-8:00 p.m.: Talk by Dr. Phil Nuernberger
8:oo p.m.: Meditation Guided by Dr. Phil Nuernberger
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
Our busy culture makes it challenging to maintain sadhana, An active life can create a lot of distractions that easily create unnecessary obstacles, Most all of these distractions are self-made. In order to maintain a successful practice, your “Why….” has to be bigger than your “But…”. “Let’s explore your ”Why” for engaging in a spiritual practice.

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

Eternal Self provides an insightful look at both the depth and breadth of Tantra Science and its powerful and timely application to modern life. A spiritual science based in experimentation, replication, and verification. Tantra science provides the methods and knowledge to live fearlessly and successfully in the world with inner strength and compassion and to experience the Infinite Self that is the foundation of all humanity. Eternal Self explores the full realization of our humanity, and describes the foundation for a spiritual humanism through specific methods of Tantra science for both transformation and transcendence. This life, this time, is the opportunity to become fully human, free of the ego-self and all its self-created miseries. Tantra science is not a religion, but a spiritual and experiential science that expands inner awareness, and awakens us to the inherent strengths, capabilities, and bliss that lie within every human being. Discover for yourself the tried and true methods for inner strength, love, and joy that is your true inheritance as a complete human being. (From the back cover)

Available for purchase on Amazon.

New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - Friday, May 20, 2022, Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
2022-05-20 19:00
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Friday, May 20 , 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.

Stop by The Meditation Center's Open House during NEMAA's Art-A-Whirl® Weekend, May 21, 2022, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
2022-05-21 09:00 - 13:00
Stop by The Meditation Center’s Open House
during NEMAA’s Art-A-Whirl® Weekend
Saturday: May 21, 2022
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Visit the Meditation Center on May 21st.. Experience the Center’s class offerings by taking a free hatha class at 9:00 a.m. and a free meditation class at 10:30 a.m.

Browse our bookstore, have a cup of tea, and chat with some of our members and teachers to learn more about our classes, workshops and retreats. Come enjoy the peaceful, quiet, and serene space that is The Meditation Center.

Everyone is welcome!
We would love to meet you.

Cancelled for the 21st - Join the Free TMC Open House Hatha Class at 9:00 a.m. - Saturday Morning Hybrid Drop-In Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts - Occurs Weekly
2022-05-21 09:30 - 11:00
Join the Free TMC Open House Hatha Class at 9:00 a.m.
Cancelled for May 21st – Saturday Morning Hybrid Drop-In
Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CDT
Fee: $12.00

Section 1: In-Person

Register Here for In-Person Option

Section 2: Via Zoom

Register here for Zoom Option

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.

Nicole Roberts is the current resident and caretaker at The Meditation Center. Nicole has been guiding hatha yoga since 2010 and is 250-RYT certified with Yoga Alliance. She trained in the Jivamukti yoga lineage and the Himalayan Tradition yoga meditation lineage. Nicole was initiated in 2016 in the Himalayan Tradition. Nicole is part of our DEI team teaching outreach hatha classes. Nicole has guided the gentle hatha class on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings.

Via Zoom: “Yoga Sutras” Spring 2022 Series with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., 500-RYT
2022-05-23 19:00 - 21:00
Join us via Zoom…
“Yoga Sutras” Spring 2022 Series – Vibhuti Pada
with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., 500-RYT

Mondays: May 23 and 30 and June 13, 20, and 27, 2022
No classes on June 6th
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Begins at 7:00 p.m. with Meditation
Study of the “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”

with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., 500-RYT
Chapter 3, the Vibhuti Pada

Cost: $55.00 for the series
$15.00 for drop-in either in person or via Zoom
If you live in a time zone that does not allow for you to attend the Yoga Sutras sessions in real time, register for the 4-week series and you will be sent Vimeo links to the recorded sessions as soon as they are uploaded to Vimeo.
New Registration Link

Register here for the 4-sessions series.

Register here for a Single Session on May 23, 2022

Register here for a Single Session on June 13, 2022

Register here for a Single Session on June 20, 2022

Register here for a Single Session on June 27, 2022

The late spring 2022 series of the “Yoga Sutras” with Stoma is being offered to anyone who desires to learn more regarding the gifts of meditation and yoga given through this text.

Everyone is welcome!

Join Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) for this special ongoing study of the text, the “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.” We are continuing the study of the the third chapter, the “Vibhuti Pada.”

We will be using the text, either “The Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali,” or “The Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali with Bhasvati,” both by Swami Hariharananda Aaranya. Or you can use any commentary on the “Yoga Sutras” that you have available.

Cancelled for Wednesday: May 25, 2022 - Drop-In Gentle Hatha Class via Zoom with Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain
2022-05-25 10:30 - 12:00
Cancelled for Wednesday: May 25, 2022
10:30 a.m. – Noon
Drop-In Gentle Hatha Class via Zoom
with Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain

These classes are for all levels. Sig and Rosann 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 flexibility, energy, and wellbeing.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC: 5 Steps to Turn WAR into PEACE by Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev) - May 26, 2022
2022-05-26 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – May 26, 2022
5 Steps to Turn WAR into PEACE
by Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev)
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.: Meditation by Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev)
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev)
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
This talk was conceived with the understanding that all outer conflict, including war, is a manifestation of pre-existing inner, mental conflict. Without inner, mental conflict, outer conflict does not spontaneously manifest in the body, nor in the world as war.
In 2022 we are all experiencing the horrors of war in Ukraine through a flood of digital images. We ask ourselves how inhumane, premeditated acts of death and destruction could arise in the 21st century. From a yogic perspective the answer comes as simple logic. When our individual and collective outer actions (thoughts, words and deeds) are based on our inner wisdom, peace is experienced, and we are able to fulfill the purpose of our lives. But when our individual and collective outer actions do not follow our inner wisdom, that interior conflict becomes the mother of all pain and sorrow––including war.
This presentation will help attendees to:

Deepen their understanding of certain principles of Yoga Science, Philosophy and Psychology

Understand the importance of Coordinating the Four Functions of the Mind: Ego, Senses, Unconscious and Conscience (Buddhi).

Understand how to optimize Your Conscience to enable you to experiment with resolving your own mind’s inner conflicts. By practicing what is learned you will increasingly observe yourself acting out of kindness and compassion, rather than adding to the outer conflict in the world. Your skillful action will then bring you the purpose, resolve, courage, commitment and clarity you need in order to become a force for peace and prophet of Love.

Understand how to cultivate will power, creativity and energy to do what is to be done, and not do what is not to be done to help turn WAR into PEACE.

Biography:
Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev) is the founder and director of The American Meditation Institute for Yoga Science and Philosophy in Averill Park, New York. He is also the author of the bestselling books “The Heart and Science of Yoga” and “YOUR CONSCIENCE,” and originator of National Conscience Month. Leonard (Ram Lev) also serves as author and editor of “Transformation,” the quarterly Journal of Yoga Science as Mind/Body Medicine.
Leonard (Ram Lev) is a direct disciple of Swami Rama of the Himalayas––the man who, in laboratory conditions at the Menninger Institute, demonstrated that blood pressure, heart rate and the autonomic nervous system can be voluntarily controlled. These research demonstrations have been one of the major cornerstones of the mind/body movement. Over the past twenty-five years, Leonard (Ram Lev) has served on the faculties of the New England Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts and the International Himalayan Yoga Teachers Association in Calgary, Canada, and has presented informative workshops on the benefits of meditation and Yoga Science at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Kaiser Permanente California, The New York Times forum on Yoga Science, the Commonwealth Club of California, numerous medical schools, and theU.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Since 2009, the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association have certified Leonard’s Foundation Course on Yoga Science as Holistic Mind-Body Medicine. This certification has provided physicians and nurses continuing medical education credits.

Cancelled for Wednesday: June 1, 2022 - Drop-In Gentle Hatha Class via Zoom with Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain
2022-06-01 10:30 - 12:00
Cancelled for Wednesday: June 1, 2022
10:30 a.m. – Noon

Drop-In Gentle Hatha Class via Zoom
with Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain

These classes are for all levels. Sig and Rosann 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 flexibility, energy, and wellbeing.

Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and Via Zoom: "Coming Home with Enthusiasm and Pleasant Mindedness on the Path of Truth" by Swami Ritavan Bharati - 2022 40-Day Spiritual Festival Intro on June 2, 2022, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. CDT
2022-06-02 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and Via Zoom
June 2, 2022

2022 40-Day Spiritual Festival
“Coming Home with Enthusiasm and Pleasant Mindedness on the Path of Truth”
by Swami Ritavan Bharati

“Love-Serve-Remember as Faith-Hope-Love”
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT

The Center will be open for an in-person Satsang on Thursday.

7:00-7:30 p.m.: Meditation guided by Swami Ritavan Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Swami Ritavan Bharati
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Vegan Soup
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.”

Thursday Satsang’s topic: Love-Serve-Remember as Faith-Hope-Love

Join Swami Ritavan for an in-person talk on the theme of the 2022 40-Day Spiritual Festival on Thursday, June 2nd. This special satsang will also be offered via Zoom to those who can not join in person at The Center.

Read here the guidelines for the 2022 40-day Spiritual Festival.
Read here the guidelines for the 2019 40-day Spiritual Festival.
AHYMSIN.org guidelines for the 23rd 40-day Spiritual Festival 2022.

New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - Friday, June 3, 2022, Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
2022-06-03 19:00 - 20:00
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Friday, June 3, 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 read tales and stories of 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.

Postponed until June 11th - New Monthly "Bhagavad Gita" Study Group via Zoom with Sandra Uyterhoeven and Randall Krause Begins on Saturday, February 5, 2022
2022-06-04 10:00 - 23:30
Postponed until June 11, 2022
New Monthly “Bhagavad Gita” Study Group via Zoom
with Sandra Uyterhoeven and Randall Krause
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Donation: $15.00/session
This class will meet the 1st Saturday of every month.
The “Bhagavad Gita” is one of the great spiritual books of the world and a core source of Yoga Philosophy. In essence, it is a spiritual discourse given by Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu, to his disciple, the great warrior Arjuna, on the threshold of a vast war in which both would soon be involved. The teachings of the “Gita” are as meaningful today as they were thousands of years ago.

In this study group, in successive monthly sessions, we will slowly walk through the “Gita” from the beginning, discussing each of the verses. This will not be a lecture, but rather a study and discussion group. Although the leaders will officiate and offer brief talks now and then, all of the study group members will read and discuss the verses. Participants will share perspectives from their favorite translations of the verses and commentaries, and this will broaden our understanding of the “Gita.”

Because one of the leaders is a Yoga Alliance Continuing Yoga Education Provider (YACEP), you may count each hour of your participation in this study group as a “Contact” hour of continuing yoga education.

Leaders: Sandra Uyterhoeven and Randall Krause
Sandra Uyterhoeven is an experienced yoga teacher, yoga therapist and loves the Bhagavad Gita. She is an initiate in the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition. Sandra is experienced at leading study groups in yoga philosophy.

Randall Krause is an initiate of the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition and a senior mentor and teacher in the Tradition. He is registered with Yoga Alliance (YA) as an Experienced Yoga Teacher and a Continuing Yoga Education Provider (YACEP).

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2022-06-05 08:20 - 09:15
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.

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 from 8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Thursday Evenings – In-Person Hatha for Everyone! 6:00pm – 7:00pm
2022-06-09 18:00 - 19:00
THURSDAY EVENINGS – HATHA FOR EVERYONE!
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.

Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and via Zoom: "Everything You Wanted To Know About Meditation (And Its Practice), But Were Afraid to Ask" with Members of the TMC Spiritual Committee - Part 4
2022-06-09 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and via Zoom – June 9, 2022

“Everything You Wanted To Know About Meditation (And Its Practice),
But Were Afraid to Ask” with Members of the TMC Spiritual Committee – Part 4

Swami Radha Bharati, Lori Beron, Emilio Bettaglio, Paul Emerson,
Kay (Shanta) Gendron, Jim Nelson, Stephen (Stoma) Parker, and Michael Smith
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Panel Discussion by the Spiritual Committee
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers

Overview of Presentation

New to meditation, an old sage or somewhere in between, join a panel of senior teachers for a lively discussion and on the problems and promises of keeping a meditation practice. How does one keep meditation “fresh”? Why aren’t I “enlightened” yet? What are the tricks for keeping a regular meditation time? Am I making progress? Why don’t I see pretty lights? Or what do I do if I do see pretty lights? These and other questions brought by the gathering will be answered.

Saturday Morning Hybrid Drop-In Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts from 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CDT
2022-06-11 09:30 - 11:00

Cancelled for June 11th - Monthly "Bhagavad Gita" Study Group via Zoom with Sandra Uyterhoeven and Randall Krause - June 11, 2022
2022-06-11 10:00 - 11:30
Cancelled for June 11, 2022
Join us on July 2, 2022
Monthly “Bhagavad Gita” Study Group via Zoom
with Sandra Uyterhoeven and Randall Krause
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Donation: $15.00/session
This class will meet the 1st Saturday of every month
Check the TMC website periodically for changes in the schedule.
The “Bhagavad Gita” is one of the great spiritual books of the world and a core source of Yoga Philosophy. In essence, it is a spiritual discourse given by Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu, to his disciple, the great warrior Arjuna, on the threshold of a vast war in which both would soon be involved. The teachings of the “Gita” are as meaningful today as they were thousands of years ago.

In this study group, in successive monthly sessions, we will slowly walk through the “Gita” from the beginning, discussing each of the verses. This will not be a lecture, but rather a study and discussion group. Although the leaders will officiate and offer brief talks now and then, all of the study group members will read and discuss the verses. Participants will share perspectives from their favorite translations of the verses and commentaries, and this will broaden our understanding of the “Gita.”
Because one of the leaders is a Yoga Alliance Continuing Yoga Education Provider (YACEP), you may count each hour of your participation in this study group as a “Contact” hour of continuing yoga education.
Leaders: Sandra Uyterhoeven and Randall Krause
Sandra Uyterhoeven is an experienced yoga teacher, yoga therapist and loves the Bhagavad Gita. She is an initiate in the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition. Sandra is experienced at leading study groups in yoga philosophy.
Randall Krause is an initiate of the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition and a senior mentor and teacher in the Tradition. He is registered with Yoga Alliance (YA) as an Experienced Yoga Teacher and a Continuing Yoga Education Provider (YACEP).

In-Person and Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2022-06-12 08:20 - 09:15
In-Person and 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.

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

On Summer Break Until Fall 2022 - Sunday Book Club/Satsang via Zoom: with Swami Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson,
2022-06-12 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 spiritual topics in Fall of 2022. Stay tuned for announcements regarding the start date in September 2022.

Hybrid Full Moon Flower/Water Ceremony In Person and Via Zoom 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. and Full Moon Meditation In Person 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
2022-06-14 20:00 - 22:00
Hybrid Full Moon Flower/Water Ceremony
In Person and Via Zoom
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Full Moon Meditation
In Person
9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Tuesday: June 14, 2022

Join Swami Ritavan, Swami Radha, Emilio, and others in the Hall of the Tradition at TMC for a full moon flower havan at 8:00 p.m. Then stay for the full moon meditation at 9:00 p.m.

The Havan mantras will be:

Om Gam Ganapataye Namah – 11 repetitions
Akhanda Mandala – 11 repetitions
Saumya Taara – 11 repetitions
Ganesha Gayatri – 108 repetitions
Akhanda Mandala – 11 or 21 repetitions
Purna Ahuti – 1 repetition

If participants at home 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. Flower petals can be obtained at most flower shops or can be harvested from your own gardens. Approximately 200 offerings will be made into the havan, each with a petal offering.

Mantras for June 14, 2022 in pdf format for your use and to print.

Full Moon Meditation Tuesday, June 14, 2022 from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
2022-06-14 21:00 - 22:00
Full Moon Meditation
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Swami Ritavan invites you to join us for a group meditation starting at 9 o’clock in the evening. You are 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..”

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.”

Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom: "Tips and Pointers for Spiritual Retreats" with Paul Emerson, Ph.D. - June 16, 2022
2022-06-16 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom – June 16, 2022
“Tips and Pointers for Spiritual Retreats”
by Paul Emerson, Ph.D.

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT

The Center will be open for an in person talk on Thursday, June 16th.

7:00-7:30 p.m.: Meditation guided by Swami Radha Bharati
7-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Paul Emerson Ph.D.
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers

Join us for an Thursday evening with Paul Emerson Ph.D. More details to come soon.

New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - Friday, June 17 , 2022, Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
2022-06-17 19:00 - 20:00
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Friday, June 17 , 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 share tales and stories of 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.
