Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and Via Zoom: "An Evening of Spiritual Music with Chris Young, "Songs Dancing into Silence" - February 15, 2024, 7:00- 8:30 p.m. CST
2024-02-15 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang In Person at TMC and Via Zoom – February 15, 2024
An Evening of Spiritual Music with Chris Young
“Songs Dancing into Silence”
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST

5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Susan Guthrie
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Meditation Guided by Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Special Spiritual Music with Chris Young “Songs Dancing into Silence”
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks
The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.
~ Mozart~
Hushhhhh…Listen! Did you hear the music in the last space?
~Swami Veda Bharati~
Join Chris in this evening of spiritual music, it being an opportunity, a vehicle, to receive an experience of Beauty; a time to drop the worry and the hurry, set aside the intellect, and simply be… with people who are beautiful, in a setting that is beautiful, and with beautiful music.

“Kirtan is a spiritual practice that originated in India centuries ago. The word “kirtan” means singing, chanting, and praising the Divine. It is a sacred practice anyone can do; no special training is required. The music does the work for you, carrying you to a state of tremendous joy and mental clarity…

…But the most important instrument in kirtan is the voice,’There is a sacredness in everyone’s voice. It is like hearing your own soul’, shares Milwaukee-based kirtan wallah Ragani. who leads one of the largest ongoing monthly kirtan events in North America. Your voice comes from within; it is uniquely yours. Unlike an instrument which acts on you, emanating from the outside in, the voice acts internally, emanating from the inside out. When you sing kirtan, you can literally feel the sound resonating inside you. ‘massaging’ your inner organs with sacred mantras…”
(Kirtan! Chanting as a Spiritual Path, pages 7 and 9)

Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing Only: "Ayurvedic Study Group: On the Preservation of Health" with Gary Gran DAy. CYT and Cynthia Gran DAy. E-RYT 500, YACEP on February 22, 2024 at 7:00-8:30 p.m. CST
2024-02-22 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – February 22, 2024
“Ayurvedic Study Group: On the Preservation of Health”
with Gary Gran DAy. CYT and Cynthia Gran DAy. E-RYT 500, YACEP
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST
6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Eric Ness

7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati

7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Ayurvedic Study Group: On the Preservation of Health”
with Gary Gran, CYT, DAy. and Cynthia Gran DAy. E-RYT 500, YACEP

8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers

8:40 p.m. – Snacks

Please join us for the next meeting of our Ayurvedic study group. Attendance at prior meetings is not required. All are welcome.
We’ll begin a new section of the “Charaka Samhita” this evening called “On the Preservation of Health.”
Please bring your ‘beginner’s mind’ and join us as we listen deeply and reflect on the words of the sages.

“May we live happily and healthily for 100 autumns,
and see each other with love and respect for 100 years.”
-Atharva Veda

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.

Winter Silence & Practice Retreat with Swami Radha Bharati Mount Olivet Conference & Retreat Center, Farmington, Minnesota February 23-25, 2024
2024-02-23 17:00 - 23:30, 2024-02-24 06:00 - 23:30, 2024-02-25 06:00 - 23:30
Winter Silence & Practice Retreat with Swami Radha Bharati
Mount Olivet Conference & Retreat Center
Farmington, Minnesota
February 23-25, 2024
Join Swami Radha Bharati for a winter silence and practice retreat.
Guided by Swami Radha and the light of the Himalayan Tradition, the retreat schedule will include meditations, hatha yoga, and contemplative walks.
Subtle body practice sessions will add depth to your silence experience.
Based on our November survey responses, we have reserved one dorm room for women for Friday night, February 23rd, through Sunday, February 25th. All hotel rooms have been taken.
Dorm rooms can accommodate up to 10 guests. We have 5 spaces available in the women’s dorm room, 2 roll-away beds and 3 bunk bed spaces (1 lower and 2 upper).
Women’s Dorm Room Cost: $297.61
(5 spaces are currently available)
Register Here for Women’s Dorm Accommodation
If at least 4 men are interested in attending this retreat it might be possible to reserve a dorm room for men. Email us at info@themeditationcenter.org with a subject line of “Winter Retreat 2024 – Men’s Dorm” if you would like to attend and commit to the retreat,
Registration cost is $297.61. There are 10 spaces, 4 single beds, 2 roll-aways, and 2 bunk beds. Let us know of your interest as soon as possible and TMC will reserve a dorm room and registration will be set up if there is enough interest.

Global Full Moon Meditation In Person and via Zoom from Chicago, February 24, 2024, 9:00-10:00p.m. CST
2024-02-24 21:00 - 22:00
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Global Full Moon Meditation
In Person and via Zoom
9:00-10:00 P.M. CST
This Full Moon Meditation via Zoom will begin guided by Pandit Cabral followed by a silent meditation until 10:00 p.m. In Minneapolis you can sit at The Meditation Center on Thursday, January 18th.
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 –

Postponed until later in 2024 - Sunday In-Person Meditation II Series: Superconscious Meditation with Aaron Means PsyD, Sundays: January 28, February 11, 18, 25, and March 3, 2024
2024-02-25 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-03-03 10:00 - 12:00
Postponed…class series will not be meeting until later in the year.
Sunday In-Person
Meditation II Series: Superconscious Meditation
with Aaron Means PsyD
Postponed until later in 2024
Sundays: January 28 – March 3, 2024
10:00 a.m. – Noon
Instructor: Aaron Means
Meditation II focuses on powerful and practical yoga practices that quiet and focus the mind; decreasing our emotional reactivity which often creates stress and pain in our relationships. Students will also receive 8 free CD’s or MP3’s of Swami Veda’s penetrating and inspiring lectures on yoga psychology and philosophy. These audios create an interactive atmosphere for discussion of questions and insights generated by the lectures.
Aaron Means began practicing yoga in 1994 while in college to ease his own afflictions at the time. Soon thereafter he studied and practiced yoga and meditation while living at The Meditation Center and other associated Himalayan Yoga Tradition institutions in the US and India. Aaron completed his first yoga teacher training through the HImalayan Institute Teachers’ Assoc. in 1997, and started a RYT training program in 2019. He has periodically taught yoga and meditation in the community throughout the years, as well as at The Meditation Center. Aaron (Arunadeva) has been a student and initiate of Swami Veda Bharati since 1997. His teaching style is reflective of what he has learned under his spiritual preceptor (Swami Veda), as well as studies of psychology, compassion, and mindfulness.
Aaron earned a doctorate in clinical psychology (PsyD) in 2015, and has been a practicing licensed psychologist in the Twin Cities since 2016. He is married with two children and enjoys spending time with family and friends, being outdoors, playing tennis, and strategy board games.

Wednesday Mornings In Person and via Zoom – Gentle Hatha Yoga (Drop-In) with Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain
2024-02-28 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-03-06 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-03-13 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-03-20 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-03-27 10:30 - 12:00
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 Zoom Viewing: "How Destiny Brought Me to Meet Swami Veda, He was then Dr. Arya)” with Randall Krause- February 29, 2024
2024-02-29 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Zoom Viewing at TMC – February 29, 2024
“How Destiny Brought Me to Meet Swami Veda, He was then Dr. Arya)”
with Randall Krause
7:00-8:30 p.m.

5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga TBD
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Ma Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: “How Destiny Brought Me to Meet Swami Veda(He was then Dr. Arya)”
with Randall Krause
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks
Randall says, “I was searching and an amazing series of events led to meet my teacher. I’ll tell this tale and also relate some of what happened after that. ”
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.
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.

In-Person Meditation I : Learning the Basics with Aaron Means - Sundays: March 3, 17, 24 and April 7 and 21
2024-03-03 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-03-17 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-03-24 10:00 - 12:00
In-Person Meditation I : Learning the Basics
with Aaron Means PsyD
Sunday Mornings : March 3, 17, 24 and April 7 and 21, 2024
No classes on March 10th, 31st and April 14th
10:00 a.m – Noon CT
Cost: $75.00
Register here.
This 5-week 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.
If you would like to retake Meditation I at half the cost please email us, info@themeditatationcenter.org
Aaron Means began practicing yoga in 1994 while in college to ease his own afflictions at the time. Soon thereafter he studied and practiced yoga and meditation while living at The Meditation Center and other associated Himalayan Yoga Tradition institutions in the US and India. Aaron completed his first yoga teacher training through the HImalayan Institute Teachers’ Assoc. in 1997, and started a RYT training program in 2019. He has periodically taught yoga and meditation in the community throughout the years, as well as at The Meditation Center. Aaron (Arunadeva) has been a student and initiate of Swami Veda Bharati since 1997. His teaching style is reflective of what he has learned under his spiritual preceptor (Swami Veda), as well as studies of psychology, compassion, and mindfulness.

Aaron earned a doctorate in clinical psychology (PsyD) in 2015, and has been a practicing licensed psychologist in the Twin Cities since 2016. He is married with two children and enjoys spending time with family and friends, being outdoors, playing tennis, and strategy board games.

Yoga Sutras” Winter 2024 Series - Vibhuti Pada with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., 500-RYT
2024-03-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-03-11 19:00 - 21:00
“Yoga Sutras” Winter 2024 Series – Vibhuti Pada
Via Zoom
with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., 500-RYT

Mondays: February 5, 12, March 4 and 11, 2024
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Class will not meet on February 19th or 26th
Begins at 7:00 p.m. with Meditation guided by Stoma
Study of the “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali” with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., 500-RYT

Chapter 3, the Vibhuti Pada
Stoma reads from Swami Veda’s unpublished commentary of the “Vibhuti Pada”.

Cost: $55.00 for the series
$15.00 for drop-in
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

Register here for the 4-week series or for a single session
Register here for a Single Session on February 5, 2024
Register here for a Single Session on February 12, 2024
Register here for a Single Session on March 4, 2024
Register here for a Single Session on March 11, 2024

The Winter 2024 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.” Stoma reads from Swami Veda’s unpublished commentary of 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.

Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom: "Maha Shivaratri, The Great Night of Shiva, Its Spiritual Significance" An Evening with Stephen Parker (Stoma) PsyD, E-RYT-500 - March 7, 2024
2024-03-07 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom – March 7, 2024
An Evening with Stephen Parker (Stoma) PsyD, E-RYT-500
“Maha Shivaratri, The Great Night of Shiva, Its Spiritual Significance”
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Michael Snodgrass
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Stephen Parker (Stoma)
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk with Stephen Parker (Stoma) PsyD, E-RYT-500
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks
Join Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) as he presents a talk on the spiritual significance of the observance of Maha Shivaratri, the Great Night of Shiva, for practitioners and meditators in the Himalayan Tradition.
Dr. Stephen Parker was initiated in the Himalayan Yoga tradition by Swami Veda Bharati and was given the initiate name Stoma in 1971. Among the first teachers certified by the Himalayan International Teachers’ Association, H.I.T.A., he began teaching hatha yoga in 1974. During that time he also studied Sanskrit with Swami Veda and South Asian languages and culture for his B.A. at the University of Minnesota.
Stoma is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level of the Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500). A member of the International Association of Y.T., he serves on the faculties of the Meditation Center in Minneapolis and the Sadhaka Gram ashram in Rishikesh, India. He is also a senior faculty member of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition Teachers’ Training Program. He has lectured on yoga, meditation, yoga psychology, and spiritual practice in the U.S. and Canada as well as in Caribbean countries, Holland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Lithuania, South Africa, Korea, Hong Kong, and India. In 2004 he helped originate and teach the first course on yoga in an American medical school at the University of Minnesota Academic Medical Center. In 2007 he received preliminary vows of renunciation from Swami Veda and the Shankaracharya of Karvirapitha.
Stoma has been a licensed psychologist in private practice in St. Paul, MN since 1985. He also serves as Adjunct Assistant School Professor of Counseling and Psychological Services at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, MN. He teaches on the faculty of the Introductory Workshops of the Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis. In addition to authoring journal articles and book chapters, Dr. Parker edited volume two of Swami Veda’s definitive scholarly work on the “Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali” and he has been a peer review editor for the “Journal of Men’s Studies,” the “American Journal of Orthopsychiatry,” the “International Journal of Yoga T. and Yoga Mimamsa.” He is also the author of “Clearing the Path, The Yoga Way to a Clear and Pleasant Mind: Yoga, Neuroscience and Emotion”(2017) published by AHYMSA publishers.
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.

Maha Shivaratri Observance In Person and Via Zoom Friday, March 8, 2024 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
2024-03-08 19:00 - 21:00
Maha Shivaratri Observance In Person and Via Zoom
Friday, March 8, 2024
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Shiva is the Lord of the meditator, the very identity of the meditator. The earliest iconography in human history is a meditative one as divinity sitting in the meditative posture. It is the iconography of Shiva. It is that one by whose grace we are drawn to a life of renunciation to go up the mountain, for he is the dweller of Mount Kailasha, the dweller of the highest mountain within us; the head. From his matted hair, the gushing river of inspiration , knowledge and wisdom flows. The very river descends from the highest of the heavens, comes right into our fontanel, and from there flows downward into the seven worlds (chakras), the seven continents, the seven oceans and becomes our very kundalini. That Shiva. To him I dedicate myself today and chant, “OM NAMAH SHIVAYA”
Swami Veda, 1996 Shivaratri Address
Join Chris Young and Emilio Bettaglio at 7:oo p.m. on Friday, the 8th, for a Maha Shivaratri program of inward observation and contemplation.
7:00 p.m: Introduction and brief outward physical puja with Chris and Emilio.
7:30 p.m.: Swami Veda’s recording of Manas Puja (Internal Sacrifice)
8:00 PM: Swami Veda’s recording of 1,000 names of Shiva

Postponed Until April 13th - “Lessons Swamiji Veda Taught Me” with Randall Krause - Saturday: March 9, 2024 - 10:00-11:00 a.m.
2024-03-09 10:00 - 11:00
Postponed Until April 13th
Class will not meet on March 9, 2024
New Monthly Saturday Zoom Series with Randall Krause
“Lessons Swamiji Veda Taught Me”
Class will meet on the second Saturday of each month.
March 9, 2024 is the first session
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. CT
Cost: $15.00/session
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.

In-Person Meditation II : Superconscious Meditation with Rodney Huff (Rajni), Mondays: March 11 – April 15, 2024
2024-03-11 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-03-18 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-03-25 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-04-01 18:30 - 20:00
In-Person Meditation II
Superconscious Meditation with Rodney Huff (Rajni)
Mondays: March 11 – April 15, 2024
6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $85.00 for the 6-week series
Register here.
Meditation II focuses on powerful and practical yoga practices that quiet and focus the mind; decreasing our emotional reactivity which often creates stress and pain in our relationships. Students will also receive 8 free CD’s or MP3’s of Swami Veda’s penetrating and inspiring lectures on yoga psychology and philosophy. These audios create an interactive atmosphere for discussion of questions and insights generated by the lectures.
Rodney Huff (Rajni) first came to the Center in January of 2000 and quickly took as many classes as he could. Since then he has traveled to India to study at Sadhana Mandir and Sadhaka Grama in Rishikesh. He began teaching Hatha yoga in 2003 and has been a regular teacher of Hatha Yoga (I & II) as well as Meditation I. Rodney is grateful for the opportunity to teach at a place as special as the Meditation Center. The teachings he received transformed his life, and he hopes that each of his students can have an equally rewarding experience.

Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom: "The Privilege of Praying" with Emilio Bettaglio - March 14, 2024
2024-03-14 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom – March 14, 2024
“The Privilege of Praying”with Emilio Bettaglio
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Sig Martell
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Ma Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: “The Privilege of Praying” with Emilio Bettaglio
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks
Join Emilio Bettaglio in a discussion regarding the privilege of praying. Bring your experiences regarding the effects and gifts of prayer in your own lives to share with the community.
Emilio will read from Y.S. 1.33 the Brahma Viharas, focusing on karuna, compassion, as a sentiment or trigger for prayer on someone’s behalf. He will read from Swami Veda’s writings on compassion.
Regarding prayer, Emilio will address the importance of mental and emotional preparation, visualization, and holding in one’s heart the specific reason for the prayer.
There will be a discussion regarding the “prayer circle” and possible alternative variations 0f it to use within one’s individual practice. And Emilio will discuss the practice of Tonglen in praying for others. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. Please bring your questions.

…Prayer gives you strength. The highest of strength is received from that source which is already within you, through prayer. When you pray, whom are you going to pray to? The God Almighty who is everywhere? No. The Lord who is within you, seated deep down, beyond your body, breath and mind, in the innermost chamber of your being. Your prayers are always answered, when you pray in your own language, with mind and emotion joined together, with a one-pointed mind. You can pray at any time, but you should learn to discipline yourself. Morning and evening hours are considered best for prayer. But as I told you, pray directly to the Lord of life who’s seated within you. Gently close your eyes and with all your feelings and thoughts ask the Lord of life to give you wisdom and there you will find strength…
(From Conscious Living by Swami Rama)

Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing Only: Ayurvedic Study Group: "Feeling Run Down? It's Time to Slow Down and Take Care" with Gary Gran DAy. CYT and Cynthia Gran DAy. E-RYT 500, YACEP on March 21, 2024 at 7:00-8:30 p.m. CST
2024-03-21 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang Via Zoom and In-Person Viewing at TMC – March 21, 2024
Ayurvedic Study Group: “Feeling Run Down? It’s Time to Slow Down and Take Care”
with Gary Gran, DAy. CYT and Cynthia Gran, DAy. E-RYT 500, YACEP
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT
6:00-7:00 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Chris Young

7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati

7:30-8:30 p.m.: Ayurvedic Study Group: Feeling Run Down? It’s Time to Slow Down and Take Care

with Gary Gran, DAy. CYT and Cynthia Gran, DAy. E-RYT 500, YACEP

8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers

8:40 p.m. – Snacks

Please join us for the next meeting of our Ayurvedic study group. Attendance at prior meetings is not required. All are welcome.
How often do we get so caught up in our daily activities that we don’t take enough time to care for our bodies? Then we find ourselves feeling run down, or slowed by some ailment. This month we’ll share and discuss more time-tested methods for preserving our health and well-being.
Please bring your ‘beginner’s mind’ and join us as we listen deeply and reflect on the words of the sages.
“Then came a time when it hit me, and I learned my lesson.”
~ Swami Veda~

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, March 24, 2024, 9:00-10:00p.m. CST
2024-03-24 21:00 - 22:00
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Global Full Moon Meditation Via Zoom
9:00-10:00 P.M. CST
This Full Moon Meditation via Zoom will begin guided by Swami Ritavan Bharati 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 –

Hybrid Thursday Satsang In Person Viewing at TMC and via Zoom: "Commentary on the 'Book of Revelation'" with Gary Gran, CYT, DAy - March 28, 2024
2024-03-28 19:00 - 20:30
Hybrid Thursday Satsang In Person Viewing at TMC and via Zoom – March 28, 2024
“Commentary on The Book of Revelation”
with Gary Gran CYT, DAy
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Eric Ness
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation by Swami Ma Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Commentary on the Book of Revelation” with Gary Gran CYT, DAy
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks

The rich imagery found in the last book of the Christian Bible has been interpreted and reinterpreted over the years through many lenses, including various literal, artistic, symbolic, and spiritual interpretations.
In 1982, at the old Glenview Center of the Himalayan Institute, Swami Rama gave a powerful commentary on the text from the yogic point of view. He described the Revelation or Apocalypse of John as a complete guidebook to the spiritual journey, as one crosses the threshold from the rational mind to the unconscious mind and beyond to the eternal. It represents the highest initiation possible for mankind.
Please join us to hear the words that Swamiji spoke as we open and read from the Book of Revelation. All are welcome.
Jesus: “Those who have ears to hear, let them hear.”
Swami Rama: Revelation is “a universal revelation for humankind.”
Swami Veda: “Revelation is a parable of the spiritual journey and the process of breakthrough and transformation. The passage from one ground to the next is often accompanied by a trial or tribulation. This passage could be from waking to sleeping, waking to meditation, living to dying, or epoch to epoch…”

Gary Gran, CYT, DAy. was in attendance at the 1982 seminar and will be sharing the teachings from his personal notes. He and his wife Cynthia 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 currently residing in Tucson, Arizona where they enjoy desert gardening, cooking and hiking.
