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SUMMARY:Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
DESCRIPTION:Via Zoom  – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation\nwith Swami Radha Bharati\non June 13\, 2021\n8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.\n  \nJoin for Morning Prayers: 8:20-8:30 a.m.\nSunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.\n  \nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \n\nJoin Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday\, June 13th\, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/via-zoom-sunday-morning-guided-meditation-with-swami-radha-bharati-830-a-m-915-a-m-2021-02-07-2021-05-02-2021-06-13/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Morning Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210610T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210610T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T221747
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Introduction to the 40-Day Spiritual Festival 2021 - June 10\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – June 10\, 2021\n“Introduction to the 40-Day Spiritual Festival 2021\nJune 15 – July 24\, 2021\n 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter \non the home page of this website.\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30- 8:30 p.m.: Introduction to the 2021 40-Day Spiritual Festival\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\nJoin us on June 1oth for an introduction and  interactive discussion of the theme for this year’s spiritual festival. \n\n\nEach summer during the 40 days that precede Guru Purnima\, students in the Himalayan tradition are invited to participate in the 40-Day Spiritual Festival\, to expand and refine their sadhanas. This year the 40-Day Festival will begin on June 15th and will end on July 24th\, which is Guru Purnima.\n\n\nIt is a time to contemplate (and talk with others about) the ways you can participate.\n\n“We are all here for a purpose; it is an on-going spiritual process. We are all here for spiritual liberation and serving that mission. For that purpose we are purifying ourselves of our pride and ego. For these reasons we train ourselves in constant self-observation: to see oneself\, to hear oneself to develop this internal dialogue. I have used one criterion for all my thoughts\, my words\, and my actions: ‘Is this conducive to spiritual liberation.'” – Swami Veda.\n\n\n 
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-introduction-to-the-40-day-spiritual-festival-2021-june-10-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210606T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210606T233000
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SUMMARY:There Will Be No Sunday Book Club/Study Group via Zoom on June 6\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:There will be no Book Club/Study Group via Zoom\n\nFacilitated by Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, and Michael Smith\n10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. CDT\n\nOn June 6th there will be no Sunday Satsang Book Club.\nOn June 13th Ashutosh Sharma will speak via Zoom at 10:00 a.m.\nfor our Sunday Satsang.\nPandit Ashutosh Sharma is an expert hatha yoga instructor\, who can teach both beginners and advanced students. From an early age\, he studied asanas\, pranayama\, and subtle-body relaxation techniques. In 1992\, he met Swami Rama\, who sent him to Swami Veda Bharati to learn meditation and to intensify his practices. Since 1996\, he has been travelling and teaching worldwide. He serves as a senior Hatha Instructor for the Himalayan Yoga Tradition – Teacher Training Program (HYT- TTP) and has trained hundreds of teachers all over the world in the Prana Vidya Hatha Yoga Style of the Himalayan Tradition.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/there-will-be-no-book-club-study-group-via-zoom-on-june-6-2021/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210606T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210606T093000
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SUMMARY:Cancelled for June 6th -  Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
DESCRIPTION:Cancelled\n Sunday Morning Guided Meditation\nwith Swami Radha Bharati\non June 6\, 2021\n8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.\n  \nJoin for Morning Prayers: 8:20-8:30 a.m.\nSunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.\n  \nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \n\nThe guided meditation for June 6th has been cancelled. Join Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation next week  on Sunday\, June 13th\, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/via-zoom-sunday-morning-guided-meditation-with-swami-radha-bharati-830-a-m-915-a-m-2021-02-07-2021-05-02-2021-06-06/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Morning Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210603T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210603T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T221747
CREATED:20210601T232708Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Kirtan of Renewal and Healing" with Chris Young - June 3\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – June 3\, 2021\n\n“Kirtan of Renewal and Healing”\nwith Chris Young\nReadings by Swami Radha Bharati and Christopher Palbicki\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\n  \n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter \non the home page of this website.\n\n  \n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30- 8:30 p.m.: Kirtan with Chris Young\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\n\nLet us chant together this Thursday for healing and renewal for all beings with the music of Chris Young. Let us celebrate this beautiful spring season and the coming of summer.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-kirtan-of-renewal-and-healing-with-chris-young-june-3-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210530T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210530T113000
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SUMMARY:Book Club/Study Group via Zoom: Facilitated by Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, and Michael Smith  10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
DESCRIPTION:Book Club/Study Group via Zoom\n\nFacilitated by Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, and Michael Smith\n10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \n\nThere will be one zoom link for both Sunday morning meditation and the Book Club. You can join and leave the meeting  according to your schedule and needs.\n  \nSunday Morning Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.\n\nBook Club/Study Group\nFacilitated by Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, and Michael Smith\n10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.\n\n\nThis morning will be a transitional gathering in which we will \n\nDiscuss where to go next — What possible study? What format? What possible books?\nGo through one of Swami Veda’s Subtle Practices on Breathing\nWatch and discuss a video with Carol Crenshaw talking about\n\n“The Purpose and Importance of Sadhana in Daily Life.”  \nIn that talk\, Carol often refers to Swami Rama’s book\, THE ART OF JOYFUL LIVING\, \nwhich would be an excellent book if we continue with the present Book Club format.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/book-club-study-group-via-zoom-facilitated-by-swami-radha-bharati-jim-nelson-and-michael-smith-1000-a-m-1130-a-m-2/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210530T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210530T093000
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SUMMARY:Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
DESCRIPTION:Via Zoom  – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation\nwith Swami Radha Bharati\non May 30\, 2021\n8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.\n  \nJoin for Morning Prayers: 8:20-8:30 a.m.\nSunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.\n  \nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \n\nJoin Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday\, May 30th\, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/via-zoom-sunday-morning-guided-meditation-with-swami-radha-bharati-830-a-m-915-a-m-2021-02-07-2021-05-02-2021-05-30/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Morning Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210527T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210527T203000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: “AYURVEDA AND THE ROOT CAUSE OF ILLNESS: READINGS FROM THE CHARAKA SAMHITA”  - May 27\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY SATSANG VIA ZOOM – MAY 27\, 2021\n“AYURVEDA AND THE ROOT CAUSE OF ILLNESS: \nREADINGS FROM THE CHARAKA SAMHITA” \nWITH GARY GRAN\, CYT\, DAY. AND CYNTHIA GRAN\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter \non the home page of this website.\n7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30- 8:30 p.m.: Talk by Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. & Cynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers\nThe Charaka Samhita\, one of the classic texts of Ayurveda\, is remarkably still relevant today. In this session\, In this session we’ll discuss the chapter on the root causes of illness.\n\n\n\nGary Gran\, CYT\, DAy.\, and Cynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\, DAy.: Gary and Cynthia Gran have been treading the Himalayan path since the late 1970s. They met at the old Glenview Center in Illinois and have served the Tradition in various capacities over the years. They are both certified yoga teachers and Ayurvedic practitioners. They have published more than eighty articles on yoga\, meditation and Ayurveda. They are currently enjoying desert gardening\, cooking\, and hiking at their home in Tucson\, Arizona
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-an-evening-with-cynthia-and-gary-gran-may-26-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210526T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210526T220000
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SUMMARY:There Will be no Full Moon Havan tonight - Join us for a  Full Moon Meditation from 9:00– 10:00 p.m. CDT on May 26\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 26\, 2021\nThere will be no Full Moon Havan Tonight!\nMark your calendars\nfor a Special Havan Program\non Thursday\, June 24\, 2021\nwith Emilio Bettaglio.\n\nStay tuned for details.\n\nFull Moon Meditation from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CDT\n\nJoin Swami Ritavan Bharati for the Full Moon Meditation\n\nSwami Ritavan invites you to join us for a group meditation starting at 9 o’clock in the evening.  Meditate wherever you are at that time.\n\n\n\nSpecial Message from Swami Ritavan Bharati\n“Full Moon Meditation”\n\nIn meditation\, we gather in the spirit of Guru’s grace\, light of knowledge\, and with aspirations for kindness (amity)\, compassion (karuna)\, our task remains—Awake and Aware. Aware of our inner strength as our natural state of personality. Awake through self-observation\, through neutrality\, through conscious choice. Our identification with this essential nature reveals the strong\, the pure\, the beauty-that is our divine nature. Through a certain restraint\, we become a conqueror. Our task\, through our sadhana in applied spirituality\, is greater understanding\, not only of what is right with the world but how the beauty of that which is right can be applied to beautify in what has become “ugly” in so many ways. And\, it is the “I”of ego–me and mine\, that harbor negative emotions\, conflicts\, and criticisms that veil and obscure beauty. Remember\, it is the nature of our divine personality that animates forces to maintain calm\, peaceful\, harmonious\, and conflict-free minds within\, and in those around us in ever-expanding circles of influence. Be the Light of Love that you seek.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/via-zoom-full-moon-havan-from-800-900-p-m-cdt-and-full-moon-meditation-from-900-1000-p-m-cdt-on-may-26-2021/
CATEGORIES:Full Moon Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210523T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210523T093000
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SUMMARY:No Sunday Morning Guided Meditation via Zoom with Swami Radha Bharati or Book Club Discussion on May 23\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Via Zoom  – No Sunday Morning Guided Meditation\nwith Swami Radha Bharati\nor Book Club Discussion\non May 23\, 2021\n8:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \nThere will be no guided Sunday Morning Meditation or Book Club on May 23rd. Both will resume on May 30\, 2021
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/via-zoom-sunday-morning-guided-meditation-with-swami-radha-bharati-830-a-m-915-a-m-2021-02-07-2021-05-02-2021-05-23/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Morning Meditation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210522T070000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210522T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T221747
CREATED:20210313T023249Z
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SUMMARY:May 2021 Virtual Silence Weekend Retreat with Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, Emilio Bettaglio\, and Daya Seeley\, May 21-23\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:May 2021 Virtual Silence Weekend Retreat\nwith Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, Emilio Bettaglio\, and Daya Seeley\nMay 21-23\, 2021\nCost: $60.00\nRegister Here! \nHatha Yoga Sessions\, Contemplative Walks\,\nBreathing/Pranayama\, Subtle Body Practices\, and Meditations\n\n\n“Sprinkle silence out the windows of your eyes\, of your senses\, out of your heart and through your words. Convey your inner peace\, stillness and emotional equilibrium. See how this silence “speaks” to other minds at that deep level. Silence impacts the psyche as no spoken word can.”\n-Swami Veda Bharati-\n\n\nA revised silence weekend retreat schedule is coming.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/april-2021-virtual-silence-weekend-retreat-with-swami-radha-bharati-jim-nelson-emilio-bettaglio-and-daya-seeley-april-23-25-2021-2021-05-22/2021-05-22/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210521T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210521T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T221747
CREATED:20210313T023249Z
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SUMMARY:May 2021 Virtual Silence Weekend Retreat with Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, Emilio Bettaglio\, and Daya Seeley\, May 21-23\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:May 2021 Virtual Silence Weekend Retreat\nwith Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, Emilio Bettaglio\, and Daya Seeley\nMay 21-23\, 2021\nCost: $60.00\nRegister Here! \nHatha Yoga Sessions\, Contemplative Walks\,\nBreathing/Pranayama\, Subtle Body Practices\, and Meditations\n\n\n“Sprinkle silence out the windows of your eyes\, of your senses\, out of your heart and through your words. Convey your inner peace\, stillness and emotional equilibrium. See how this silence “speaks” to other minds at that deep level. Silence impacts the psyche as no spoken word can.”\n-Swami Veda Bharati-\n\n\nA revised silence weekend retreat schedule is coming.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/april-2021-virtual-silence-weekend-retreat-with-swami-radha-bharati-jim-nelson-emilio-bettaglio-and-daya-seeley-april-23-25-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210520T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210520T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T221747
CREATED:20210422T055531Z
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "An Evening with Kay Gendron" - May 20\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – May 20\, 2021\n“An Evening with Kay Gendron”\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter \non the home page of this website.\n\n7:00 p.m. Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati \n7:30 -8:30 p.m.: Talk by Kay Gendron (Shanta) \nDetails to come. \nKay Gendron\, PhD. (Shanta) has been a student of meditation since meeting Swami Veda in 1970 and receiving initiation by Swami Rama soon after. She has been a student of meditation and Yoga Psychology in India and the US for many years. She received her Doctorate in Psychology from the University of Minnesota. And her work focuses on the integration of skills for Conscious Living into daily life and relationships. For many years\, she has taught meditation and traditional Yoga Psychology\, and worked closely with Swami Rama on his books. She continues to practice as a Licensed Psychologist and is also a Classical Homeopath. She continues to be a student of the paths that lead to health\, freedom\, personal strength\, and greater ability to love.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-an-evening-with-kay-gendron-may-20-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210516T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210516T093000
DTSTAMP:20260405T221747
CREATED:20201224T042413Z
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SUMMARY:Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
DESCRIPTION:Via Zoom  – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation\nwith Swami Radha Bharati\non May 16\, 2021\n8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.\n  \nJoin for Morning Prayers: 8:20-8:30 a.m.\nSunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.\n  \nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \n\nJoin Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday\, May 16th\, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/via-zoom-sunday-morning-guided-meditation-with-swami-radha-bharati-830-a-m-915-a-m-2021-02-07-2021-05-02-2021-05-16/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Morning Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210515T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210515T113000
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SUMMARY:AGING AS A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY: Expanding the Box of Unlived Life - A series of three workshops with Randall Krause
DESCRIPTION:“AGING AS A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY: Expanding the Box of Unlived Life”\nwith Randall Krause\nA series of three workshops\n Saturdays: May 15\, June 12\, and July 10\, 2021\nCost for the series: $60.00\n\nLimited to 16 participants.\n\nRegister here\n\n\nFirst Workshop: May 15\, 2021 \nIn this first workshop in the series\, we will begin the process of life review and begin of harvesting from our past experiences. This will be a highly interactive workshop in which you’ll have a chance to mine your earlier life for golden wisdom.\n\nSecond Workshop: June 12\, 2021 \nIn this second workshop in the series\, we will begin re-contextualizing and healing painful memories and forgiveness\n\nThird Workshop: July 10\, 2021\nIn this third workshop in the series we will begin discussion facing our mortality and creating a legacy.\nSage-ing offers a new vision of aging as a time for deep reflection and spiritual growth and invites us to nourish and integrate our whole self—body\, mind\, emotions and spirit. As people grow into old-age\, they often feel uncomfortable remembering their past—which may include memories of failures and relationships gone wrong—and they may also feel uncomfortable looking into the future because death is approaching\, and so they shrink their lives down smaller and smaller. It’s as if they live in a little box and cut off all the rest of their life force. Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi\, the founder of the Sagi-ing work\, called this contraction of life the “box of unlived life.” A major part of the Sage-ing work focused on expanding the box of unlived life through life review\, harvesting wisdom\, recontextualizing past experiences\, forgiveness\, and facing our mortality. \nThis series of three workshops will focus on this work and beyond. The workshops are in a series so that we will have a committed group working together to support one another in this work and maximize the benefits. We will go deeply into each step of the work so you can make progress in your Sage-ing process. \nI hope you’ll join us. \nRandall Krause served as an attorney\, a mediator\, a life coach\, and a yoga teacher. He is a senior mentor and senior teacher in the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition. For many years\, he ran a multi-million dollar business. Now retired from that business and well into his sixties\, Randall is an Intern in the Sage-ing International Certified Sage-ing Leader Training program.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/aging-as-a-spiritual-journey-expanding-the-box-of-unlived-life-a-series-of-three-workshops-with-randall-krause/2021-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Tough Plants for Urban Landscapes"  with Fred Rozumalski - May 13\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:  \nThursday Satsang via Zoom – May 13\, 2021\n“Tough Plants for Urban Landscapes”\nwith Fred Rozumalski\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter \non the home page of this website.\n\n7:00 p.m. Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati \n7:30 -8:30 p.m.: Talk by Fred Rozumalski \nJoin Fred as he walks through his garden and talks about his favorite plants and what makes them special.\n\nFred is inviting anyone who would like to join the talk in person to attend the satsang at his home\, 2817 Robbins St.\, Minneapolis. You are welcome to join.\n\nFred’s garden was showcased in the May/June 2020 issue of “Northern Gardener.”\n\nRead here  the article “Sustainably Scenic “about Fred’s gardening techniques.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-your-garden-and-you-with-fred-rozumalski-may-13-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
DESCRIPTION:Via Zoom  – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation\nwith Swami Radha Bharati\non May 9\, 2021\n8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.\n  \nJoin for Morning Prayers: 8:20-8:30 a.m.\nSunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.\n  \nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \n\nJoin Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday\, May 9th\, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/via-zoom-sunday-morning-guided-meditation-with-swami-radha-bharati-830-a-m-915-a-m-2021-02-07-2021-05-02-2021-05-09/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Morning Meditation
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Who is the Divine Mother?" with Phil Nuernberger PhD - May 6\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – May 6\, 2021\n“Who is the Divine Mother?”\nwith Phil Nuernberger\, Ph.D.\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter \non the home page of this website.\n\n\n7:00 p.m.:  Meditation with Phil Nuernberger Ph.D. \n7:30 -8:30 p.m.: Talk by Phil Nuernberger Ph.D. \n\nWhat is your answer? You may be surprised as we explore the different ways of thinking and experiencing the vimarsha power of the Infinite One. There are different ways to access this svatantrya (absolute freedom) of the Infinite One. Let’s explore! Bring your insights; experiences; and questions to this satsang.\n\n\nPhil 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. \n\n\nDr. 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\n\nEternal 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)\n\n\nAvailable for purchase on Amazon.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-who-is-the-divine-mother-with-phil-nuernberger-phd-may-6-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Yoga Sutras" Spring 2021 Series with Stoma - Mondays: May 3 - May 24\, 2021 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
DESCRIPTION:Join us via Zoom…\n\n“Yoga Sutras” Spring 2021 Series with Stoma \n\nMondays: May 3 – May 24\, 2021\n\n7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.\n \nBegins at 7:00 p.m. with Meditation\n \n\n\nStudy of the “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”\nwith Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma)\n\n \n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website.\n\n\n\n\nThe winter 2021 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.\n\n\nEveryone is welcome!\n\n\n\nJoin Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) for this special ongoing study of the text\, the “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.” For the winter sessions\, “Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali with The Exposition of Vyasa\, Volume II Sadhana-pada\,” by Dr. Usharbudh Arya will be referenced.   Or you can use any commentary on the “Yoga Sutras” that you have available.\n\n\n\n\nAs an introductory text\, Stoma suggests the translation by Christopher Chapple which has recently been reprinted\,  “Yoga and the Luminous\, Patanjali’s Spiritual Path to Freedom” with accompanying English translation by Christopher Chapple.  This book can be purchased at Amazon.com.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/yoga-sutras-spring-2021-series-with-stoma-mondays-may-3-may-24-2021-from-700-p-m-900-p-m/2021-05-03/
CATEGORIES:Classes,Philosophy
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SUMMARY:Book Club/Study Group via Zoom  Facilitated by Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, and Michael Smith  10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
DESCRIPTION:Book Club/Study Group via Zoom\n\nFacilitated by Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, and Michael Smith\n10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.\n  \n\n“The Human Urge for Peace\,  What is Right with the World”  by Swami Veda Bharati\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \n\nThere will be one zoom link for both Sunday morning meditation and the Book Club. You can join and leave the meeting  according to your schedule and needs.\n  \nSunday Morning Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.\n\nBook Club/Study Group\nFacilitated by Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, and Michael Smith\n10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.\n\nTHE HUMAN URGE FOR PEACE:\nWHAT’S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD\nby Swami Veda Bharati\n\nYou can purchase the book online at https://themeditationcenter.org\n\n“It is my hope that after reading this book\, you will have a greater understanding\, not only of what is right with the world but how the beauty of that which is right can be applied to beautify what has become “ugly” in so many eyes. May the reader enjoy what is beautiful in the world.” (Swami Veda Bharati)\n\n“This needs to be our handbook for these times of discord and conflict on so many levels.” (Swami Ritavan Bharati)\n\n__________________________________\n\nThe Human Urge for Peace:\nWhat’s Right with the World\nby\nSwami Veda Bharati\n\nDrawing on myriad examples gathered from his lifelong travels around the globe\, Swami Veda – a teacher of yoga and meditation and tireless peace advocate – offers a visionary plan to create and sustain lasting peace in the world.\n\nHe invites his readers on a spiritual journey\, to free their minds from internal conflict using contemplative methods common to all religions and then to join in bringing education for peace into the family\, schools and colleges\, the workplace\, and ultimately a global confederation of cultures\, nations and religions.\n_________________________________\n\nThe Human Urge for Peace: What is Right with the World takes readers on a marvelous journey through time and space to observe how people of many different cultures and religions manage to live peaceably and equably together.\n\nExamples are provided where communities with two religious or ethnic groups\, even in war-torn countries like India and Pakistan\, respect or even share holy sites and celebrations. Swami Veda identifies the common threads shared by all religions past and present\, especially the contemplative traditions of silence and meditation whereby the mind is trained to become calm and free of conflict\, and he suggests ways that religious leaders and educators can train parents and students alike to maintain calm\, peaceful\, harmonious and conflict-free minds.\n\nSwami Veda invites readers to “Give way to our natural human urges –the urge to give\, the urge to share\, the urge to make sacrifice for others\, the urge to knowledge\, the natural urge to peace. ” This is “ what is right with the world.”\n\nEnough has been said about what is wrong. It is true that much work needs to be done before the conflicts that lead to violence and war cease to arise\, in individuals\, ethnic groups\, religions or nations\, but the path toward peace is one of looking for positive examples\, both past and present\, and emulating them.\n\nIn the final chapter Swami Veda outlines his proposal for a World Council of Ethics and Peace and gives his recommendations for instituting planet-wide educatio for ethical conduct and peace.\n_________________________________\n\nSwami Veda asks religious leaders to honor their commonalities with other religions and separate themselves from “divisive concepts binding ethnicity and religion”which may be used to create dissension and increase hatred.\n\n\n\nSwami Veda invites readers to “Give way to our natural human urges – the urge to give\, the urge to share\, the urge to make sacrifice for others\, the urge to knowledge\, the natural urge to peace.” This is “what is right with the world.”\n\nEnough has been said about what is wrong. It is true that much work needs to be done before the conflicts that lead to violence and war cease to arise in individuals\, ethnic groups\, religions\, or nations; but the path toward peace is one of looking for positive examples\, both past and present\, and emulating them.\n\nIn the final chapter Swami Veda outlines his proposal for a World Council of Ethics and Peace and gives his recommendations for instituting planet-wide education for ethical conduct and peace.\n\nSwami Veda asks religious leaders to honor their commonalities with other religions and to separate themselves from divisive concepts that bind and religious extremism which can be used to create dissension.\n\nTeachers and students of Peace Studies will find much of special value to them in Swami Veda’s book.\n\n__________________________________\n\nSwami Veda Bharati (1933-2015) was born into a Sanskrit-speaking family in India and began his education in the ancient texts of yoga philosophy at the age of five. He received a doctoral degree in Holland and taught Sanskrit at the University of Minnesota. For over 60 years Swami Veda traveled to every continent\, where he established yoga and meditation centers\, lectured at universities\, and worked with peace foundations including the World Parliament of Religions and the UNESCO Centre for Peace Studies. He also wrote many books about yoga and meditation\, including a translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and several volumes of stories and poems. His residence for the last 20 years of his life was at Swami Rama Sadhaka Gram (SRSG) at the foothills of the Himalayas in Rishikesh\, India\, where he guided thousands of students of all ages on the paths of inner peace and social harmony. 
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/book-club-study-group-via-zoom-facilitated-by-swami-radha-bharati-jim-nelson-and-michael-smith-1000-a-m-1130-a-m/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
DESCRIPTION:Via Zoom  – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation\nwith Swami Radha Bharati\non May 2\, 2021\n8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.\n  \nJoin for Morning Prayers: 8:20-8:30 a.m.\nSunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.\n  \nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \n\nJoin Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday\, May 2nd\, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/via-zoom-sunday-morning-guided-meditation-with-swami-radha-bharati-830-a-m-915-a-m-2021-02-07-2021-05-02/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Morning Meditation
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Tarka as an Anga (Limb) of Yoga" with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) - April 29\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – April 29\, 2021\n“Tarka as an Anga of Yoga” with Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma)\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter \non the home page of this website.\n\nJoin Stoma for a talk regarding the tarka as an anga (limb) of yoga and its status as metacognition that leads to pure consciousness. \nDr. 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.\n\nStoma 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.\n\nStoma 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.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-tarka-as-an-anga-of-yoga-with-dr-stephen-parker-stoma-april-29-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Via Zoom: Full Moon Havan from 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. and Full Moon Meditation from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. - Tuesday\, April 27\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 27\, 2021 via Zoom\nFull Moon Havan from 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.\nand\nFull Moon Meditation from 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to   \nThe Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \nEmilio Bettaglio will be officiating during the Haven\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll are invited to virtually participate in the havan officiated by Emilio Bettaglio at 8:00 p.m.  If participants wish\, they may join the process by performing their own puja in their homes. All that is needed is a large bowl\, such as a clean salad or mixing bowl\, some water to fill the bowl about two-thirds full\, a candle\, and some flower petals. For those who are interested in participating with their own flower/ water havan at home\, flower petals can be obtained at most flower shops. Approximately 200 offerings will be made into the havan\, each with a petal offering.\n\n\n\n\nJoin Swami Ritavan Bharati \nfor the Full Moon Meditation\n\nSwami Ritavan invites you to join us for a group meditation starting at 9 o’clock in the evening. Or if you are not able to be present during the zoom meeting\, meditate wherever you are at that time.\n\n\n\nSpecial Message from Swami Ritavan Bharati\n“Full Moon Meditation”\n\nIn meditation\, we gather in the spirit of Guru’s grace\, light of knowledge\, and with aspirations for kindness (amity)\, compassion (karuna)\, our task remains—Awake and Aware. Aware of our inner strength as our natural state of personality. Awake through self-observation\, through neutrality\, through conscious choice. Our identification with this essential nature reveals the strong\, the pure\, the beauty-that is our divine nature. Through a certain restraint\, we become a conqueror. Our task\, through our sadhana in applied spirituality\, is greater understanding\, not only of what is right with the world but how the beauty of that which is right can be applied to beautify in what has become “ugly” in so many ways. And\, it is the “I”of ego–me and mine\, that harbor negative emotions\, conflicts\, and criticisms that veil and obscure beauty. Remember\, it is the nature of our divine personality that animates forces to maintain calm\, peaceful\, harmonious\, and conflict-free minds within\, and in those around us in ever-expanding circles of influence. Be the Light of Love that you seek.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/via-zoom-full-moon-havan-from-800-p-m-900-p-m-and-full-moon-meditation-from-900-p-m-1000-p-m-tuesday-april-27-2021/
CATEGORIES:Full Moon Havan,Full Moon Meditation
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SUMMARY:"The Human Urge for Peace\, What is Right with the World" Book Club/Study Group via Zoom - Facilitated by Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, and Michael Smith
DESCRIPTION:Book Club/Study Group via Zoom\n\nFacilitated by Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, and Michael Smith\n10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.\n  \n\n“The Human Urge for Peace\,  What is Right with the World”\nby Swami Veda Bharati\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \n\nThere will be one zoom link for both Sunday morning meditation and the Book Club. You can join and leave the meeting  according to your schedule and needs.\n  \nSunday Morning Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.\n\nBook Club/Study Group\nFacilitated by Swami Radha Bharati\, Jim Nelson\, and Michael Smith\n10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.\n\nTHE HUMAN URGE FOR PEACE:\nWHAT’S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD\nby Swami Veda Bharati\n\nYou can purchase the book online at https://themeditationcenter.org\n\n“It is my hope that after reading this book\, you will have a greater understanding\, not only of what is right with the world but how the beauty of that which is right can be applied to beautify what has become “ugly” in so many eyes. May the reader enjoy what is beautiful in the world.” (Swami Veda Bharati)\n\n“This needs to be our handbook for these times of discord and conflict on so many levels.” (Swami Ritavan Bharati)\n\n__________________________________\n\nThe Human Urge for Peace:\nWhat’s Right with the World\nby\nSwami Veda Bharati\n\nDrawing on myriad examples gathered from his lifelong travels around the globe\, Swami Veda – a teacher of yoga and meditation and tireless peace advocate – offers a visionary plan to create and sustain lasting peace in the world.\n\nHe invites his readers on a spiritual journey\, to free their minds from internal conflict using contemplative methods common to all religions and then to join in bringing education for peace into the family\, schools and colleges\, the workplace\, and ultimately a global confederation of cultures\, nations and religions.\n_________________________________\n\nThe Human Urge for Peace: What is Right with the World takes readers on a marvelous journey through time and space to observe how people of many different cultures and religions manage to live peaceably and equably together.\n\nExamples are provided where communities with two religious or ethnic groups\, even in war-torn countries like India and Pakistan\, respect or even share holy sites and celebrations. Swami Veda identifies the common threads shared by all religions past and present\, especially the contemplative traditions of silence and meditation whereby the mind is trained to become calm and free of conflict\, and he suggests ways that religious leaders and educators can train parents and students alike to maintain calm\, peaceful\, harmonious and conflict-free minds.\n\nSwami Veda invites readers to “Give way to our natural human urges –the urge to give\, the urge to share\, the urge to make sacrifice for others\, the urge to knowledge\, the natural urge to peace. ” This is “ what is right with the world.”\n\nEnough has been said about what is wrong. It is true that much work needs to be done before the conflicts that lead to violence and war cease to arise\, in individuals\, ethnic groups\, religions or nations\, but the path toward peace is one of looking for positive examples\, both past and present\, and emulating them.\n\nIn the final chapter Swami Veda outlines his proposal for a World Council of Ethics and Peace and gives his recommendations for instituting planet-wide educatio for ethical conduct and peace.\n_________________________________\n\nSwami Veda asks religious leaders to honor their commonalities with other religions and separate themselves from “divisive concepts binding ethnicity and religion”which may be used to create dissension and increase hatred.\n\n\n\nSwami Veda invites readers to “Give way to our natural human urges – the urge to give\, the urge to share\, the urge to make sacrifice for others\, the urge to knowledge\, the natural urge to peace.” This is “what is right with the world.”\n\nEnough has been said about what is wrong. It is true that much work needs to be done before the conflicts that lead to violence and war cease to arise in individuals\, ethnic groups\, religions\, or nations; but the path toward peace is one of looking for positive examples\, both past and present\, and emulating them.\n\nIn the final chapter Swami Veda outlines his proposal for a World Council of Ethics and Peace and gives his recommendations for instituting planet-wide education for ethical conduct and peace.\n\nSwami Veda asks religious leaders to honor their commonalities with other religions and to separate themselves from divisive concepts that bind and religious extremism which can be used to create dissension.\n\nTeachers and students of Peace Studies will find much of special value to them in Swami Veda’s book.\n\n__________________________________\n\nSwami Veda Bharati (1933-2015) was born into a Sanskrit-speaking family in India and began his education in the ancient texts of yoga philosophy at the age of five. He received a doctoral degree in Holland and taught Sanskrit at the University of Minnesota. For over 60 years Swami Veda traveled to every continent\, where he established yoga and meditation centers\, lectured at universities\, and worked with peace foundations including the World Parliament of Religions and the UNESCO Centre for Peace Studies. He also wrote many books about yoga and meditation\, including a translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and several volumes of stories and poems. His residence for the last 20 years of his life was at Swami Rama Sadhaka Gram (SRSG) at the foothills of the Himalayas in Rishikesh\, India\, where he guided thousands of students of all ages on the paths of inner peace and social harmony. 
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/17707-2021-04-25/
CATEGORIES:Philosophy,Sunday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
DESCRIPTION:Via Zoom  – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation\nwith Swami Radha Bharati\non April 25\, 2021\n8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.\nJoin for Morning Prayers: 8:20-8:30 a.m.\nSunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.\n  \nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \n  \nJoin Swami Radha Bharati on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday\, April 25th\, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/via-zoom-sunday-morning-guided-meditation-with-swami-radha-bharati-830-a-m-915-a-m-2021-02-07-2021-04-25/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Morning Meditation
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Ayurveda and the Pandemic: Readings from the Charaka Samhita" with Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP April 22\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – April 22\, 2021\n“Ayurveda and the Pandemic: Readings from the Charaka Samhita“\nwith Gary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. and Cynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n\n\n\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter \non the home page of this website.\n\nThe Charaka Samhita\, one of the classic texts of Ayurveda\, is remarkably still relevant today. In this session we’ll discuss the chapter on epidemics and what Ayurveda teaches us about today’s pandemic. \nOn May 27\, we will talk about “Ayurveda and the Root Cause of Illness: Readings from the Charaka Samhita” \nThe Charaka Samhita\, one of the classic texts of Ayurveda\, is remarkably still relevant today. In this session we’ll discuss the chapter on the root causes of illness. \n\n\nGary and Cynthia Gran have been treading the Himalayan path since the late 1970s. They met at the old Glenview Center in Illinois and have served the Tradition in various capacities over the years. They are both certified yoga teachers and Ayurvedic practitioners. They have published more than eighty articles on yoga\, meditation and Ayurveda. They are currently enjoying desert gardening\, cooking\, and hiking at their home in Tucson\, Arizona. \nGary Gran\, CYT\, DAy. \nCynthia Gran\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-april-15-2021-an-evening-with-cynthia-and-gary-gran-april-22-2021/
CATEGORIES:Classes,Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:New Late Afternoon Virtual Meditation Class! Meditation I via Zoom: Learning the Basics with Paul Emerson Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:New Late Afternoon Virtual Meditation Class!\nMeditation I via Zoom: Learning the Basics\nwith Paul Emerson Ph.D.\nAfter you register for this class\, you will receive the zoom link the day before the class begins.\nIf you would like to retake Meditation I at half the cost please email us at info@themeditatationcenter.org.\nDates of Series:  Tuesdays\, April 20 – May 25\, 2021 \nTime:  4:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.  Please arrive 5 minutes early at 4:40 p.m. \nInstructors: Paul Emerson\, Ph.D \nFee: $50 \nRegister here. \nThis 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. \nPaul Emerson is a biomedical engineer with a Ph.D. He is the authority on the physiology of breathing for The Meditation Center and has been teaching yoga for over 30 years. Paul has worked as a research scientist\, has been a manager of clinical research with a major biomedical company and a university instructor. In addition\, he holds eight patents in the areas of dialysis and sleep therapy. he is a scholar of ancient yoga texts. Paul was certified by the Rockford School of Yoga and began teaching in 1975.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/new-late-afternoon-virtual-meditation-class-meditation-i-via-zoom-learning-the-basics-with-paul-emerson-ph-d/2021-04-20/
CATEGORIES:Classes,Meditation
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SUMMARY:Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
DESCRIPTION:Via Zoom  – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation\nwith Swami Radha Bharati\non April 18\, 2021\n8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.\nJoin for Morning Prayers: 8:20-8:30 a.m.\nSunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.\n  \nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \n\nJoin Swami Radha Bharati  on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday\, April 18th\, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/via-zoom-sunday-morning-guided-meditation-with-swami-radha-bharati-830-a-m-915-a-m-2021-02-07-2021-04-18/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Morning Meditation
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SUMMARY:Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "The Sadhana of Moving" with Rodney and Joann Huff - April 15\, 2021
DESCRIPTION:Thursday Satsang via Zoom – April 15\, 2021\n“The Sadhana of Moving”\nwith Rodney (Rajni) and Joann Huff\n7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\n\nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe  to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter \non the home page of this website.\n7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati\n7:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Talk by Rodney (Rajni) and Joann Huff\n\n\nJoann and Rodney will share the lessons learned and challenges faced during their recent move. Each step of the journey provided a spiritual mirror to look at issues like their relationships with possessions; how facing excessive clutter is like exploring the unconscious mind; and being intentional in setting up their new space. It’s a work in progress!
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/thursday-satsang-via-zoom-the-sadhana-of-moving-with-rodney-and-joann-huff-april-15-2021/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Satsangs,Thursday Satsangs
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SUMMARY:Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
DESCRIPTION:Via Zoom  – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation\nwith Swami Radha Bharati\non April 11\, 2021\n8:20 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.\nJoin for Morning Prayers: 8:20-8:30 a.m.\nSunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.\n  \nTo receive the zoom link for this event\, please subscribe to The Meditation Center’s e-newsletter on the home page of this website. \n\nJoin Swami Radha Bharati  on Zoom for a guided meditation on Sunday\, April 11th\, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
URL:https://themeditationcenter.org/class/via-zoom-sunday-morning-guided-meditation-with-swami-radha-bharati-830-a-m-915-a-m-2021-02-07-2021-04-11/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Morning Meditation
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