The Meditation Center

New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - Friday, June 3, 2022, Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
2022-06-03 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Friday, June 3, 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
We will meet every other Friday to recite the mantra together.
For those that would like to practice together the japa of the Ganesha Gayatri Mantra, we will meet every other Friday with Chris Young via Zoom. Chris will guide us in the recitation of 1 mala of the new mantra and then read tales and stories of the life of Ganesha.

Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra Recitation by Swami Veda Bharati (108 times) can be heard here.

If you would like to learn proper recitation of the Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra and the Mother Gāyatrī prayer, Pandit Priyadarsana (Pierre Lefebvre) has shared word-by-word slow recitations, which can be heard here.

Chris Young was initiated into the Himalayan Yoga Tradition in 2005, but has been connected with The Tradition in some way since birth, with his parents being early members and faculty of The Meditation Center in Minneapolis. Chris occasionally leads Kirtan at the Meditation Center’s Thursday satsang, and helps with some IT aspects of the HYT Teacher Training Program. Chris finds the thread of yoga and meditation that has been taught through the Tradition and its teachers, and cultivated through practice, to always keep him returning to his heart’s path – the path of Yoga – and he is grateful to be a part of the local and global communities that are working to further the mission of The Himalayan Yoga Tradition. He is the father of two amazing boys, he enjoys singing and playing music, and is ready to help with your ocular asanas through eye-roll-inducing dad jokes.

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

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

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

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

7:00-7:30 p.m.: Meditation guided by Swami Ritavan Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Swami Ritavan Bharati
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Vegan Soup
Like a Benevolent Mother, She guides and protects those on the Path of Yoga – Path of Wisdom. With sattvic intention and affirmation: “May I attain the Highest Purpose of Life – Here and Now.”

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

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

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

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

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

These classes are for all levels. Sig and Rosann excel at leading the class in relaxation, gentle asana (yoga positions), and pranayama (breath). Relieve stress, achy joints, improve balance at all levels and increase your flexibility, energy, and wellbeing.

Saturday Morning Hybrid Drop-In Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts - Occurs Weekly
2022-05-28 09:30 - 11:00, 2022-05-14 09:30 - 11:00, 2022-04-30 09:30 - 11:00, 2022-04-23 09:30 - 11:00
Saturday Morning Hybrid Drop-In
Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CDT
Fee: $12.00

Section 1: In-Person

Register Here for In-Person Option

Section 2: Via Zoom

Register here for Zoom Option

These classes are for all levels. Instructors excel at leading the class in relaxation, gentle asana (yoga positions) and pranayama (breath). Relieve stress, achy joints, improve balance at all levels and increase your sense of well-being.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

These classes are for all levels. Sig and Rosann excel at leading the class in relaxation, gentle asana (yoga positions), and pranayama (breath). Relieve stress, achy joints, improve balance at all levels and increase your flexibility, energy, and wellbeing.

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

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

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

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

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

Register here for the 4-sessions series.

Register here for a Single Session on May 23, 2022

Register here for a Single Session on June 13, 2022

Register here for a Single Session on June 20, 2022

Register here for a Single Session on June 27, 2022

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

Everyone is welcome!

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

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

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

Section 1: In-Person

Register Here for In-Person Option

Section 2: Via Zoom

Register here for Zoom Option

These classes are for all levels. Instructors excel at leading the class in relaxation, gentle asana (yoga positions) and pranayama (breath). Relieve stress, achy joints, improve balance at all levels and increase your sense of well-being.

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

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

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

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

Everyone is welcome!
We would love to meet you.

New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - Friday, May 20, 2022, Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
2022-05-20 19:00
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Friday, May 20 , 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
We will meet every other Friday to recite the mantra together.
For those that would like to practice together the japa of the Ganesha Gayatri Mantra, we will meet every other Friday with Chris Young via Zoom. Chris will guide us in the recitation of 3 malas of the new mantra.

Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra Recitation by Swami Veda Bharati (108 times) can be heard here.

If you would like to learn proper recitation of the Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra and the Mother Gāyatrī prayer, Pandit Priyadarsana (Pierre Lefebvre) has shared word-by-word slow recitations, which can be heard here.

Chris Young was initiated into the Himalayan Yoga Tradition in 2005, but has been connected with The Tradition in some way since birth, with his parents being early members and faculty of The Meditation Center in Minneapolis. Chris occasionally leads Kirtan at the Meditation Center’s Thursday satsang, and helps with some IT aspects of the HYT Teacher Training Program. Chris finds the thread of yoga and meditation that has been taught through the Tradition and its teachers, and cultivated through practice, to always keep him returning to his heart’s path – the path of Yoga – and he is grateful to be a part of the local and global communities that are working to further the mission of The Himalayan Yoga Tradition. He is the father of two amazing boys, he enjoys singing and playing music, and is ready to help with your ocular asanas through eye-roll-inducing dad jokes.

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

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

Phil Nuernberger, Ph.D. is a direct disciple of H.H. Sri Swami Rama and was personally trained by Swamiji since 1970. Dr. Phil is one of the few Americans to receive initiation by Swami Rama into the highest levels of the tantric tradition of the Himalayan Sages. With his Master’s instruction and blessing, Dr. Phil has been teaching and initiating others in this tradition since 1972. He was instrumental in helping Swamiji build the Himalayan Institute, and served on its Board of Directors until 1992.

Dr. Nuernberger is author of six books. The most recent are Eternal Self, Freedom’s Path: The Dancing Soul, The Warrior Sage: Life as Spirit, as well as, Strong and Fearless: The Quest for Personal Power and From Loneliness to Love: A Journey of Spiritual Awakening

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

Available for purchase on Amazon.

Full Moon Meditation on May 16, 2022 from 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
2022-05-16 21:00 - 22:00
Full Moon Meditation –
Monday, May 16, 2022
9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Swami Ritavan invites you to join us for a group meditation starting at 9 o’clock in the evening. You are invited to sit in meditation for an hour wherever you are, in your home or with friends. Total beginners and longtime practitioners, non-initiates and initiates are welcome. If you cannot sit for the entire hour, sit as long as you are able; as Swami Veda has said, “Let the quietness of the mind continue even after you rise..”

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

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

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

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

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

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

Register here for the 4-sessions series.

Register here for a Single Session on May 23, 2022

Register here for a Single Session on June 13, 2022

Register here for a Single Session on June 20, 2022

Register here for a Single Session on June 27, 2022

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

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

Talk from the Archive of Dr. Usharbudh Arya’s Audios
“Unblocking Yourself”
Introduction by Swami Radha Bharati
(Postponed – “Food Sadhana” by Gary Gran, CYT, DAy.)
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk from the Archive of Dr. Usharbudh Arya’s Audios, “Unblocking Yourself”
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
This Thursday evening we will be presenting another talk from “Treasured Echoes”, a series of lectures from the archives of Dr. Usharbudh Arya (Swami Veda Bharati.) Come be inspired, energized, and transformed. Swami Radha will introduce the recording and its topic of “Unblocking Yourself.”
To support the work of The Meditation Center and register you can donate here (suggested donation $15.00) for Thursday Satsang or make a general donation by clicking on the “donate” button on the “Support TMC” website page.

Or donate through PayPal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cancelled for May 7th - Saturday Morning Hybrid Drop-In Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts - Occurs Weekly
2022-05-07 09:30 - 11:00
Cancelled for May 7, 2022
Saturday Morning Hybrid Drop-In
Gentle Hatha Yoga Class with Nicole Roberts
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CDT
Fee: $12.00

Section 1: In-Person

Register Here for In-Person Option

Section 2: Via Zoom

Register here for Zoom Option

These classes are for all levels. Instructors excel at leading the class in relaxation, gentle asana (yoga positions) and pranayama (breath). Relieve stress, achy joints, improve balance at all levels and increase your sense of well-being.

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

New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - Friday, May 6 , 2022, Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
2022-05-06 19:00
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Friday, May 6 , 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
We will meet every other Friday to recite the mantra together.
For those that would like to practice together the japa of the Ganesha Gayatri Mantra, we will meet every other Friday with Chris Young via Zoom. Chris will guide us in the recitation of 3 malas of the new mantra.

Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra Recitation by Swami Veda Bharati (108 times) can be heard here.

If you would like to learn proper recitation of the Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra and the Mother Gāyatrī prayer, Pandit Priyadarsana (Pierre Lefebvre) has shared word-by-word slow recitations, which can be heard here.

Chris Young was initiated into the Himalayan Yoga Tradition in 2005, but has been connected with The Tradition in some way since birth, with his parents being early members and faculty of The Meditation Center in Minneapolis. Chris occasionally leads Kirtan at the Meditation Center’s Thursday satsang, and helps with some IT aspects of the HYT Teacher Training Program. Chris finds the thread of yoga and meditation that has been taught through the Tradition and its teachers, and cultivated through practice, to always keep him returning to his heart’s path – the path of Yoga – and he is grateful to be a part of the local and global communities that are working to further the mission of The Himalayan Yoga Tradition. He is the father of two amazing boys, he enjoys singing and playing music, and is ready to help with your ocular asanas through eye-roll-inducing dad jokes.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "Life Among the Gunas" with Pandit Tejomaya - May 5, 2022
2022-05-05 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – May 5, 2022
“Life Among the Gunas” with Pandit Tejomaya
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m.: Meditation guided by Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Pandit Tejomaya
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers

Swami Veda once said “In order to have complete understanding of anything, you must experience all of its layers of subtlety, simultaneously.” I think he may have said it more than once. These mysterious words can inspire a lifetime of inner Sadhana. With layers upon layers of reality to be explored, and intricate relationships between the gross, subtle and causal worlds to be observed, it is a gloriously expansive way of being in the world.

One such exploration is to observe the world and yourself through the perspective of the Gunas: Rajas, Tamas, Sattwa. Invisible to the eye and all scientific instruments, the Gunas never-the-less exert their constant influence over the manifest world. Ever wonder why we became so calm when Swami Veda entered the room? or why we get so sleepy after eating certain foods? or why a stadium full of soccer fans can turn into destructive mob when their club looses? It is because of the power of the Gunas. When we begin to see these events both from their expression in the gross world as well as their subtle “Gunic” reality, we can then begin to intelligently strengthen our resolve to live spiritual lives of unwavering peace at all times and all conditions.

Pandit Tejomaya was initiated in the Himalayan Tradition by Swami Veda in 2008. He was initiated as a Pandit by Pandit Dabral, and received the name Tejomaya in 2012. He took the vows of a Vanaprastha, or Forest Dweller, in January of 2017.

Pandit Tejomaya resides on Gabriola Island in the Salish Sea of Canada’s British Columbia where he lives a life of sadhana and devotion.

Thursday Satsang Via Zoom: Lecture by Ashutosh Sharma on Hatha Yoga, Breath-Awareness, and a Loving Attitude towards Oneself in our Yoga Practice and Our Life - April 28, 2022
2022-04-28 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang Via Zoom – April 28, 2022

Lecture by Ashutosh Sharma on Hatha Yoga, Breath-Awareness,
and a Loving Attitude towards Oneself in our Yoga Practice and Our Life.
Introduction by Michael Smith
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CDT

7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: A Video with Ashutosh Sharma,
Introduction by Michael Smith
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers

…Ashutosh talks about his early training in a very strict, intense school of Hatha and his wonderment when he came to Swami Veda and found that none of his earlier training applied, and how he had to unlearn all the things that he was so confident about. Swami Veda taught him that by comparing himself with others and forcing the body into advanced poses, the entire purpose of Yoga, which is balance, harmony, peacefulness, and joy, is defeated.
There are sections in this talk where Ashutosh talks about certain technical aspects of teachings Hatha in the HYT — such as how to sequence asanas as part of a regular integrated Yoga practice, how to work with one’s physical limitations and one’s time constraints, the importance of breath-awareness, postural stability, the necessity to relax effort when doing asanas. But he also talked about certain marvelous things that are part of Prana-vidya Hatha Yoga – such as mindfulness of the subtle body and the after-effects of doing an asana, and how an entire shift of consciousness can occurwhile in centered relaxations in which one goes beyond identification with the body.

Ashutosh’s main theme, however, is about creating an attitude of self-acceptance and self-nurturance in one’s sadhana. And the most beautiful part of his talk is at the end where he talks about how Swami Veda taught him to be a “flower-picking” person rather than a “thorn-picking” person, and about his personal transformation due to Swamiji’s unconditional love.

Excerpt from the Summary of “Hatha Yoga as a Gateway to Meditation” by Ashutosh Sharma, HYT-TTP Seminar: November 7, 2021. The summary was written by Michael Smith.

Pandit 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.

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.

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New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - Friday, April 22 , 2022, Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
2022-04-22 19:00
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Friday, April 22 , 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
We will meet every other Friday to recite the mantra together.
For those that would like to practice together the japa of the Ganesha Gayatri Mantra, we will meet every other Friday with Chris Young via Zoom. Chris will guide us in the recitation of 3 malas of the new mantra.

Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra Recitation by Swami Veda Bharati (108 times) can be heard here.

If you would like to learn proper recitation of the Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra and the Mother Gāyatrī prayer, Pandit Priyadarsana (Pierre Lefebvre) has shared word-by-word slow recitations, which can be heard here.

Chris Young was initiated into the Himalayan Yoga Tradition in 2005, but has been connected with The Tradition in some way since birth, with his parents being early members and faculty of The Meditation Center in Minneapolis. Chris occasionally leads Kirtan at the Meditation Center’s Thursday satsang, and helps with some IT aspects of the HYT Teacher Training Program. Chris finds the thread of yoga and meditation that has been taught through the Tradition and its teachers, and cultivated through practice, to always keep him returning to his heart’s path – the path of Yoga – and he is grateful to be a part of the local and global communities that are working to further the mission of The Himalayan Yoga Tradition. He is the father of two amazing boys, he enjoys singing and playing music, and is ready to help with your ocular asanas through eye-roll-inducing dad jokes.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: Kirtan with Chris Young - April 21, 2022
2022-04-21 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – April 21, 2022
Kirtan with Chris Young
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 Love, the ancient traveler.
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)

Chris Young was initiated into the Himalayan Yoga Tradition in 2005, but has been connected with The Tradition in some way since birth, with his parents being early members and faculty of The Meditation Center in Minneapolis. Chris occasionally leads Kirtan at the Meditation Center’s Thursday satsang, and helps with some IT aspects of the HYT Teacher Training Program. Chris finds the thread of yoga and meditation that has been taught through the Tradition and its teachers, and cultivated through practice, to always keep him returning to his heart’s path – the path of Yoga – and he is grateful to be a part of the local and global communities that are working to further the mission of The Himalayan Yoga Tradition. He is the father of two amazing boys, he enjoys singing and playing music, and is ready to help with your ocular asanas through eye-roll-inducing dad jokes.
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.

Meditation II Hybrid Class - Superconscious Meditation Tuesdays: April 19 – May 24, 2022, 6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
2022-04-19 18:30 - 20:00
Meditation II Hybrid Class – Superconscious Meditation
Tuesdays: April 19 – May 24, 2022

Instructors: Lori Beron and Paul Emerson, Ph.D.
6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
Section 1: (live at the Meditation Center, can zoom when you can’t make it)
Section 2 (zoom only)
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.
Lori Beron is an initiate and certified teacher through the Himalayan Yoga Tradition as well as a Certified Holistic Nurse, she has an MA in Holistic Health Studies and is employed as an RN on a surgical oncology unit at the University of Minnesota Health.

Lori took a 3-year Vanaprastha Vow from Swami Veda Bharati during the 2013 Sangha Gathering. (Vanaprastha-a stage in life where one lessens worldly attachments.)

Paul Emerson is a biomedical engineer with a Ph.D. He is the authority on the physiology of breathing for The Meditation Center and has been teaching yoga for over 30 years. Paul has worked as a research scientist, has been a manager of clinical research with a major biomedical company and a university instructor. In addition, he holds eight patents in the areas of dialysis and sleep therapy. he is a scholar of ancient yoga texts. Paul was certified by the Rockford School of Yoga and began teaching in 1975.

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.

TMC policy for those entering the building or participating in outdoor ceremonies will be requesting all to practice non-violence – being fully vaccinated and social distancing. Staff and volunteers will not be asking for vaccine certification cards as trust of community will be sufficient. All are welcome.

To further protect the community, an Iso-Aire purification movable unit has been purchased to use in all rooms of TMC where people gather. These units have pre-filter, hospital quality HEPA filters, and a bi-polar ionization unit to remove pollen to pathogens

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: An Evening with Stephen (Stoma) Parker, Psy.D. E-RYT 500 - April 14, 2022
2022-04-14 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – April 14, 2022

An Evening with Stephen (Stoma) Parker, Psy.D. E-RYT 500
“The Word, language, love, and surrender”
7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.

7:00 p.m.: Meditation with Stephen Parker Psy.D., E-RYT 500
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Stephen Parker Psy.D., E-RYT 500
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers

Join Stoma on Thursday as he talks the “Word”, language, love, and surrender.
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.

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

Section 1: In-Person

Register Here for In-Person Option

Section 2: Via Zoom

Register here for Zoom Option

These classes are for all levels. Instructors excel at leading the class in relaxation, gentle asana (yoga positions) and pranayama (breath). Relieve stress, achy joints, improve balance at all levels and increase your sense of well-being.

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

New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - Friday, April 8 , 2022, Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
2022-04-08 19:00
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Friday, April 8 , 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
We will meet every other Friday to recite the mantra together.
For those that would like to practice together the japa of the Ganesha Gayatri Mantra, we will meet every other Friday with Chris Young via Zoom. Chris will guide us in the recitation of 3 malas of the new mantra.

Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra Recitation by Swami Veda Bharati (108 times) can be heard here.

If you would like to learn proper recitation of the Gaṇeśa Gāyatrī Mantra and the Mother Gāyatrī prayer, Pandit Priyadarsana (Pierre Lefebvre) has shared word-by-word slow recitations, which can be heard here.

Chris Young was initiated into the Himalayan Yoga Tradition in 2005, but has been connected with The Tradition in some way since birth, with his parents being early members and faculty of The Meditation Center in Minneapolis. Chris occasionally leads Kirtan at the Meditation Center’s Thursday satsang, and helps with some IT aspects of the HYT Teacher Training Program. Chris finds the thread of yoga and meditation that has been taught through the Tradition and its teachers, and cultivated through practice, to always keep him returning to his heart’s path – the path of Yoga – and he is grateful to be a part of the local and global communities that are working to further the mission of The Himalayan Yoga Tradition. He is the father of two amazing boys, he enjoys singing and playing music, and is ready to help with your ocular asanas through eye-roll-inducing dad jokes.

Thursday Satsang via Zoom: "The Meaning of Passover" with Daniel Hertz - April 7, 2022
2022-04-07 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – April 7, 2022
“The Meaning of Passover” with Daniel Hertz
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m.: Meditation guided by Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk by Daniel Hertz
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers

Description: There will be a short presentation on the meaning of the Passover holiday in the Jewish Tradition. A connection will be made to how this ancient holiday observance relates to the practice of meditation. After this brief introduction we will read through a version of a Haggadah. The Haggadah is a storybook that guides the Passover Seder.

Bio: Daniel Hertz (MS, BCB, E-RYT 500) is on the faculty of The Meditation Center. He is the author of the memoir Everything Is A Little Bit Alright: yoga, meditaiton, and a dog named Roy. For more information on the book, here is the Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Little-Bit-Alright-Meditation/dp/1951651294/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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.
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