The Meditation Center

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Gratitude: A key to happiness" with Daniel Hertz - December 9, 2021
2021-12-09 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – December 9, 2021
“Gratitude: A key to happiness”
with Daniel Hertz
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 with Daniel Hertz
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers

Gratitude is a skill that can be improved with practice. A gratitude practice allows us to see the wonder in every day activities that we take for granted. In turbulent times, the practice can be especially challenging to maintain. In addition to discussing the benefits of gratitude, we will practice some simple, hands-on techniques that can be done by children or adults to cultivate gratitude. Hope to see you there. Thanks!

Bio:
Daniel Hertz (MS, E- RYT 500, BCB) is the author of Everything is A Little Bit Alright. It is a memoir about moving from grief to healing through the practice of yoga and meditation. More information on the book can be found at this Amazon link.: Everything Is a Little Bit Alright: Yoga, Meditation, and a Dog Named Roy

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2021-12-12 08:15 - 09:15 (America/Chicago)
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
on December 12, 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 from 8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

New Thursday Evening Hybrid Drop-In Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts
2021-12-16 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago)
New Thursday Evening Hybrid Drop-In
Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts

December 16, 2021
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. CDT
Fee: $10.00
Section 1: Limited In-Person
-8 students max-

Register Here for In-Person Option

Section 2: Via Zoom

Donate here for Zoom Option

Or donate through PayPal.

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.

Thursday Satsang Via Zoom: “The Meditation Center's Holiday Program 2021" - December 16, 2021
2021-12-16 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang Via Zoom – December 16, 2021
“The Meditation Center’s Holiday Program 2021″
“Celebration of the Season of Silence, Light, and Hope”
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30 p.m. – Holiday Program

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Annual Holiday Program Schedule

7:00 pm: “Meditation on Light” guided by Swami Radha Bharati

7:30 p.m.: “Blessing for the TMC Community”
A Message from Swami Ritavan Bharati
read by Stephen (Stoma) Parker

Holiday Song sung by Chris Young

Reading: “Silent Night” by Swami Veda Bharati,
a paraphrase of the “Rig-Veda X.127.18, Hymn to the Night”
read by Kay (Shanta) Gendron

Holiday Song sung by Chris Young

Reading: ” The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry read by Paul Emerson

Candlelight Ceremony:
The lighting of candles accompanied by Chris playing
“Silent Night,” followed by the community singing
“Silent Night” together.

If you can, please have a candle ready to be lighted during this ceremony. A flashlight will also work if you have no candle. We request that all people turn on their videos at this time so that the screen will be sparkling with the light of our individual glowing candles. When the community joins in singing “Silent Night”,
please have your microphone turned off.

8:30 pm – Silence

Everyone is welcome to join!

Let us celebrate the Season of Light together on Thursday, December 16th.

Mark your calendars.

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2021-12-19 08:15 - 09:15 (America/Chicago)
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
on December 19, 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 from 8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Fall Sunday Book Club/Satsang with Swami Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, Jim Nelson, and Kay (Shanta) Gendron
2021-12-19 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
Fall Sunday Book Club/Satsang
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.

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Swami Radha, Shanta, Jim, and Michael will continue the study of spiritual topics in Fall of 2021. The book chosen for the Fall Book club is “The Art of Joyful Living.” Details to come

Full Moon Meditation on Sunday, December 19, 2021 from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
2021-12-19 21:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago)
Sunday, December 19, 2021
Full Moon Meditation from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

View and listen here to Swami Ritavan’s
Full Moon Meditation Message and Blessings

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 at TMC, meditate wherever you are at that time.

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

Cancelled - Wednesday Mornings via Zoom - Gentle Hatha Yoga (DROP IN) with Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain
2021-12-22 10:30 - 12:00 UTC
Cancelled – Wednesday Mornings via Zoom – Gentle Hatha Yoga (DROP IN)
Have a Happy Holiday!

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

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

New Thursday Evening Hybrid Drop-In Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts
2021-12-23 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago)
New Thursday Evening Hybrid Drop-In
Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts

December 23, 2021
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. CDT
Fee: $10.00
Section 1: Limited In-Person
-8 students max-

Register Here for In-Person Option

Section 2: Via Zoom

Donate here for Zoom Option

Or donate through PayPal.

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.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: Winter Solstice and December Holiday Kirtan, A Celebration of the Coming Light with Chris Young - December 23, 2021
2021-12-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – December 23, 2021
Winter Solstice and December Holiday Kirtan…
“A Celebration of the Coming Light”
with Chris Young
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.: Kirtan with Chris Young
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers

Join us for an evening of kirtan and chanting with Chris Young to celebrate the Winter Solstice, the Holiday season, and the coming of Light.
Let us chant together this Thursday with Chris Young.
Let us celebrate this season of Light!

Join Chris in this kirtan, it being an opportunity, a vehicle, to receive an experience of Beauty; a time to drop the worry and the hurry, set aside the intellect, and simply be… with people who are beautiful, in a setting that is beautiful, and with beautiful music.

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

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

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

Special Christmas Day Morning Guided Meditation Via Zoom with Swami Radha Bharati on Saturday, December 25, 2021 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
2021-12-25 08:30 - 09:30 (America/Chicago)
Special Christmas Day Morning Guided Meditation Via Zoom
with Swami Radha Bharati
on Saturday, December 25, 2021
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 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 Christmas Day morning, December 25th , from 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Some readings and contemplations on the coming light will be shared.

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2021-12-26 08:15 - 09:15 (America/Chicago)
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
on December 26, 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 from 8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Cancelled for December 26th - Fall Sunday Book Club/Satsang with Swami Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, Jim Nelson, and Kay (Shanta) Gendron
2021-12-26 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
Cancelled for December 26, 2012
Happy Holidays!
Fall Sunday Book Club/Satsang
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.

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Swami Radha, Shanta, Jim, and Michael will continue the study of spiritual topics in Fall of 2021. The book chosen for the Fall Book club is “The Art of Joyful Living.” Details to come

Cancelled - Wednesday Mornings via Zoom - Gentle Hatha Yoga (DROP IN) with Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain
2021-12-29 10:30 - 12:00 UTC
Cancelled – Wednesday Mornings via Zoom – Gentle Hatha Yoga (DROP IN)
Have a Happy New Year!

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

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

Cancelled New Thursday Evening Hybrid Drop-In Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts
2021-12-30 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago)
Cancelled – New Thursday Evening Hybrid Drop-In
Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts

December 30, 2021
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. CDT
Fee: $10.00
Section 1: Limited In-Person
-8 students max-

Register Here for In-Person Option

Section 2: Via Zoom

Donate here for Zoom Option

Or donate through PayPal.

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.

Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only: "Resolutions for the new year: simplifying sankalpas" with Paul Emerson Ph.D.
2021-12-30 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only
December 30, 2021
“Resolutions for the new year: simplifying sankalpas”
Paul Emerson Ph.D.
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Paul Emerson, Ph.D.
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
To receive the zoom link for this event, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.

He who lightly promises is sure to keep but little faith; he who is continually thinking things easy is sure to find them difficult. Tao De Ching (63)

The times of transition have always been considered to be particularly auspicious for meditation. These include dawn, dusk and the change of seasons. The year’s end is somewhat more artificial but it has also been a traditional time for reflection. And as we reflect we also are tempted to make resolutions. In yoga resolutions (sankalpas) are often made for both worldly as well as spiritual purposes. In this satsang we’ll discuss something of the psychology of these resolutions as well as how to keep them.

Welcoming the New Year-Special New Year's Day Morning via Zoom- Meditative Walking, Sitting Meditation, Yoga Nidra on Saturday, January 1, 2022, 9:00–10:30 a.m.
2022-01-01 08:30 - 21:30 (America/Chicago)
Meditative Walking, Sitting Meditation, Yoga Nidra
New Year’s Morning via Zoom
with Swami Radha Bharati and Nikki Strong
on Saturday, January 1, 2022
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 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.

Given the icy chill and nip of low winter temperatures… we are moving our “Walks in Nature” series…indoors… for some early morning meditative walking followed by silent meditation, and finishing with a beautiful Yoga Nidra practice (led by Swami Ma Radha Bharati) to carry us in peace and harmony into the new year…

Please join us for this free online event…no fee to register… but registration required.

Register Here.

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2022-01-02 08:20 - 09:15 (America/Chicago)
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Join for Morning Prayers: 8:20-8:30 a.m.
Sunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.

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.

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.
2022-01-02 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
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.

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.”

Wednesday Mornings via Zoom - Gentle Hatha Yoga (DROP IN) with Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain
2022-01-05 10:30 - 12:00 UTC
Wednesday Mornings via Zoom – Gentle Hatha Yoga (DROP IN)

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

To support the work of The Meditation Center and register you can click here for this class (regular fee, $12.00, or for seniors, $10.00)

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

Thursday Satsang Via Zoom: "The Goddesses Lakshmi and Lalita with Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D. 500-RYT - January 6, 2022
2022-01-06 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang Via Zoom Only
January 6, 2022
“The Goddesses Lakshmi and Lalita
with Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D. 500-RYT

To receive the zoom link for this event, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.
To support the work of The Meditation Center you can donate here (suggested donation $15.00) for Thursday Satsang.

Join Stephen (Stoma) Parker, Psy.D., 500-RYT for a discussion of the Divine Mother in her forms as Lalita and Lakshmi. The introduction to these manifestations of the Divine Mother is in preparation for your participation in the Lakshmi Gayatri purascharana, which begins on Thursday, January 13, 2022. Hope you can join us in the recitation of the Lakshmi Gayatri mantra from January 13-17, 2022.

“My Phantom Lady”
(an excerpt)
by H.H.S. Swami Rama

…”Mystic being from the subtle world, had I not received Thy love, I do not know what shape the rest of my life would have taken. Thou revealest to me the melody and the magic of the deeper realms, with all Thy loving care. Thy soul comes and goes as a messenger in this world from the shore of the ocean of mystery. It is Thee of whom I now and then catch a glimpse in the dewy autumn morning, in the scented night of spring, in the innermost recesses of my being. Sometimes I strain skyward to hear Thy eternal whispers.”

A burning desire lives in my heart, an earnest longing to realize the Infinite in the finite. An unceasing endeavor to explore the limits of the limitless is a dominant theme of my life. Mere forms and names of the world are amusing but not fulfilling. Satyam, shivam, sundaram—peace, happiness, and bliss—is the only goal of my life. (Love Whispers, pages 13-14)

Dr. Stephen Parker was initiated in the Himalayan Yoga tradition by Swami Veda Bharati and was given the initiate name Stoma in 1971. Among the first teachers certified by the Himalayan International Teachers’ Association, H.I.T.A., he began teaching hatha yoga in 1974. During that time he also studied Sanskrit with Swami Veda and South Asian languages and culture for his B.A. at the University of Minnesota.

Stoma is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level of the Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500). A member of the International Association of Y.T., he serves on the faculties of the Meditation Center in Minneapolis and the Sadhaka Grama ashram in Rishikesh, India. He is also a senior faculty member of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition Teachers’ Training Program. He has lectured on yoga, meditation, yoga psychology, and spiritual practice in the U.S. and Canada as well as in Caribbean countries, Holland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Lithuania, South Africa, Korea, Hong Kong, and India. In 2004 he helped originate and teach the first course on yoga in an American medical school at the University of Minnesota Academic Medical Center. In 2007 he received preliminary vows of renunciation from Swami Veda and the Shankaracharya of Karvirapitha.

Stoma has been a licensed psychologist in private practice in St. Paul, MN since 1985. He also serves as Adjunct Assistant School Professor of Counseling and Psychological Services at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, MN. He teaches on the faculty of the Introductory Workshops of the Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis. In addition to authoring journal articles and book chapters, Dr. Parker edited volume two of Swami Veda’s definitive scholarly work on the “Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali” and he has been a peer review editor for the “Journal of Men’s Studies,” the “American Journal of Orthopsychiatry,” the I”nternational Journal of Yoga T. and Yoga Mimamsa.” He is also the author of “Clearing the Path, The Yoga Way to a Clear and Pleasant Mind: Yoga, Neuroscience and Emotion” (2017) published by AHYMSA publishers.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Introduction to the Lakshmi Gayatri Mantra" with Swami Ritavan Bharati - January 13, 2022
2022-01-13 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – January 13, 2022

“Commencing the Maha Lakshmi Gayatri Mantra”
with Swami Ritavan Bharati
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.
To support the work of The Meditation Center you can donate here (suggested donation $15.00) for Thursday Satsang.

7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Ritavan Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Commencing the Maha Lakshmi Gayatri mantra, continuing
with a puja and havan for the greater TMC community.
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
Listen to the meaning of purascharana by Stephen Parker (Stoma), Psy.D, E-RYT 500

https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Purascharana-1-1.mp3
Maha Lakshmi Gayatri
OM
Maha Lakshmyai cha vidmahe
vishnu-patnyai cha dhimahi
tanno Lakshmi prachodayat.
Listen to the Maha Lakshmi Gayatri recited by Stephen Parker (Stoma), Psy.D, E-RYT 500
https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MahaLakshmiGayatri-Recitation.mp3
To sign up for participation and keep track of the number of malas send an Email at the end of the day to MotherLakshmi108@gmail.com (Note the “H” in the spelling of Lakshmi)
Read here the instructions for signing up for participation in the half-purascharana.
Friday, January 14, 2022: Personal meditations with Lakshmi Gayatri japa
Saturday, January 15, 2022: Personal meditations with Lakshmi Gayatri japa
Sunday, January 16, 2022:
8:30-9:45 a.m.: Morning prayers, guided meditation with Swami Ritavan, and japa of Maha Lakshmi Gayatri

10-11:30 a.m. Listen to recitation of Lalita Sahasranama and continuing with collective silent japa of Maha Lakshmi Gayatri.

https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1000-Names-of-Mother-Divine-Lalita_Sahasranam-SVB.mp3

Full Moon Monday, January 17, 2022: Personal meditations with Lakshmi Gayatri japa;

Evening Zoom Program:
6:30 p.m.: Listen to recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
7:45-8:45 p.m.: Lakshmi Gayatri Puja and japa
9:00-10:00 p.m.: Full Moon Meditation

For those who would like to intensify the practice, in addition to their japa, include the following:

Click here to read the Lalita Sahasranama
Listen here and follow the 1,000 Names of Lalita, the Mother Divine, Sri LalitaSahasranama recited by Swami Veda Bharati

Friday, January 14, 2022: Lakshmi Gayatri Japa continues; at Noon recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
2022-01-14 00:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago)
Mother Divine Worship through the Lakshmi Gayatri Dedication
Friday, January 14, 2022
Lakshmi Gayatri japa continues: at Noon recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
To sign up for participation and keep track of the number of malas send an Email at the end of the day to MotherLakshmi108@gmail.com (Note the “H” in the spelling of Lakshmi)
Read here the instructions for signing up for participation in the half-purascharana.
Listen here the meaning of purascharana by Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., E-RYT 500
https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Purascharana-.mp3
Maha Lakshmi Gayatri
OM
Maha Lakshmyai cha vidmahe
vishnu-patnyai cha dhimahi
tanno Lakshmi prachodayat.
Listen to the Maha Lakshmi Gayatri recited by Stephen Parker (Stoma), Pay.D. E-RYT 500
https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MahaLakshmiGayatri-Recitation.mp3
Saturday, January 15, 2022: Lakshmi Gayatri japa continues: at Noon recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
Sunday, January 16, 2022: Morning schedule of meditation with Swami Ritavan, followed by recitation of Lalita Sahasranama; and continue with Lakshmi Gayatri japa until 11:30 am (no other Sunday Program)
Monday, January 17, 2022, Lakshmi Gayatri japa continues: at Noon recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
6:30 p.m.: Recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
7:45-8:45 p.m.: Lakshmi Gayatri Havan
9:00-10:00 p.m.: Full Moon Meditation with Saumya mantra japa.
Click here to read the Lalita Sahasranama
Listen here and follow the 1,000 Names of Lalita, the Mother Divine, Sri Lalita Sahasranama recited by Swami Veda Bharati
https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1000-Names-of-Mother-Divine-Lalita_Sahasranam-SVB.mp3

Saturday, January 15, 2022: Lakshmi Gayatri Japa continues; at Noon recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
2022-01-15 00:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago)
Mother Divine Worship through the Lakshmi Gayatri Dedication
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Lakshmi Gayatri japa continues: at Noon recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
To sign up for participation and keep track of the number of malas send an Email at the end of the day to MotherLakshmi108@gmail.com (Note the “H” in the spelling of Lakshmi)
Read here the instructions for signing up for participation in the half-purascharana.
Listen here the meaning of purascharana by Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., E-RYT 500
https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Purascharana-.mp3

Maha Lakshmi Gayatri
OM
Maha Lakshmyai cha vidmahe
vishnu-patnyai cha dhimahi
tanno Lakshmi prachodayat.
Listen to the Maha Lakshmi Gayatri recited by Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D. E-RYT 500.
https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MahaLakshmiGayatri-Recitation.mp3
Sunday, January 16, 2022: Morning schedule of meditation with Swami Ritavan, followed by recitation of Lalita Sahasranama; and continue with Lakshmi Gayatri japa until 11:30 am (no other Sunday Program)
Monday, January 17, 2022, Lakshmi Gayatri japa continues: at Noon recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
6:30 p.m.: Recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
7:45-8:45 p.m.: Lakshmi Gayatri Havan
9:00-10:00 p.m.: Full Moon Meditation with Saumya mantra japa.
Click here to read the Lalita Sahasranama
Listen here and follow the 1,000 Names of Lalita, the Mother Divine, Sri Lalita Sahasranama recited by Swami Veda Bharati
https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1000-Names-of-Mother-Divine-Lalita_Sahasranam-SVB.mp3

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Ritavan Bharati from 8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
2022-01-16 08:20 - 09:15 (America/Chicago)
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Ritavan 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 Ritavan Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday from 8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Join Swami Ritavan at 10:00 a.m. - Cancelled...Sunday Book Club/Satsang via Zoom
2022-01-16 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
Join Swami Ritavan at 10:00 a.m.
Cancelled…Sunday Book Club/Satsang via Zoom
from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

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.”

Sunday Morning Satsang via Zoom: Recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama; Lakshmi Gayatri Japa Continues - January 16, 2022
2022-01-16 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
Mother Divine Worship through the Lakshmi Gayatri Dedication
Sunday, January 16, 2022
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Listen to sound file of Lalita Sahasranama by Swami Veda Bharati from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m., then continue Lakshmi Gayatri Japa until 11:30 a.m. (no other Sunday Program)
To sign up for participation and keep track of the number of malas send an Email at the end of the day to MotherLakshmi108@gmail.com (Note the “H” in the spelling of Lakshmi)
Read here the instructions for signing up for participation in the half-purascharana.
Listen here the meaning of purascharana by Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., E-RYT 500.
https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Purascharana-.mp3

Maha Lakshmi Gayatri
OM
Maha Lakshmyai cha vidmahe
vishnu-patnyai cha dhimahi
tanno Lakshmi prachodayat.
Listen to the Maha Lakshmi Gayatri recited by Stephen Parker (Stoma) Psy.D., E-RYT 500
https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MahaLakshmiGayatri-Recitation.mp3
Monday, January 17, 2022, Lakshmi Gayatri japa continues: at Noon recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
6:30 p.m.: Recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
7:45-8:45 p.m.: Lakshmi Gayatri Havan
9:00-10:00 p.m.: Full Moon Meditation with Saumya mantra japa.
Click here to read the Lalita Sahasranama
Listen here and follow the 1,000 Names of Lalita, the Mother Divine, Sri Lalita Sahasranama recited by Swami Veda Bharati
https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1000-Names-of-Mother-Divine-Lalita_Sahasranam-SVB.mp3

Mother Divine Worship through the Lakshmi Gayatri Dedication and Havan - January 17, 2022
2022-01-17 12:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago)
Mother Divine Worship through the Lakshmi Gayatri Dedication and Havan
Monday, January 17, 2022
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Lakshmi Gayatri japa continues: at Noon recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
6:30 p.m.: Recitation of the Lalita Sahasranama
7:45-8:45 p.m.: Lakshmi Gayatri Havan
9:00-10:00 p.m.: Full Moon Meditation with Saumya mantra japa.

To sign up for participation and keep track of the number of malas send an Email at the end of the day to MotherLakshmi108@gmail.com (Note the “H” in the spelling of Lakshmi)
Read here the instructions for signing up for participation in the half-purascharana.

Maha Lakshmi Gayatri
OM
Maha Lakshmyai cha vidmahe
vishnu-patnyai cha dhimahi
tanno Lakshmi prachodayat.
Listen to the Maha Lakshmi Gayatri recited by Stephen Parker (Stoma), Psy.D. E-RYT 500.
https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MahaLakshmiGayatri-Recitation.mp3
Click here to read the Lalita Sahasranama
Listen here and follow the 1,000 Names of Lalita, the Mother Divine, Sri Lalita Sahasranama recited by Swami Veda Bharati
https://themeditationcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1000-Names-of-Mother-Divine-Lalita_Sahasranam-SVB.mp3

Full Moon Meditation from 9:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m., Monday, January 17, 2022
2022-01-17 21:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago)
Monday, January 17, 2022
Full Moon Meditation from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

View and listen here to Swami Ritavan’s
Full Moon Meditation Message and Blessings

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 at TMC, meditate wherever you are at that time.

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

Meditation I: Learning the Basics via Zoom: A Four-Week Series with Eric Ness
2022-01-18 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Meditation I: Learning the Basics
A Four-Week Series via Zoom with Eric Ness
Tuesdays: January 18 – February 8, 2022
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fee: $50
Minimum of 3 students; Maximum of 12 students.
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.

Eric has been teaching meditation and yoga for over ten years. His teaching is based on the experiences that he had while immersed in a meditative environment. He deepened his study of meditation while participating in the residential program at The Meditation Center. He also trained for three years at the Swami Rama Institute for Meditation in India. His calm teaching style brings students the tools they need to move toward a peaceful state of mind.

If you have already taken Meditation I and would like to attend this class, the cost is $25.00. Email us at info@themeditationcenter.org stating your intention to retake Meditation I and we will register you at half the cost.

After you sign-up for the class on the The Meditation Center’s website, a Zoom registration link (to join the meeting) will be sent to you the day before the first class begins.
