Via Zoom - Sunday Book Study Group/Satsang with Swami Ma Radha Bharati , Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
2023-12-03 10:00 - 23:30, 2023-12-10 10:00 - 23:30, 2023-12-17 10:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago)
Sunday Book Study Group/Satsang Via Zoom
with Swami Ma Radha Bharati , Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
10:00 A.M. – 11:45 A.M.

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Swami Radha, Jim, and Michael will continue the study of spiritual topics in 2023. The Book Club is now reading “Sacred Journey_ Living Purposefully and Dying Gracefully” by Swami Rama

Sacred Journey
Living Purposefully and Dying Gracefully
We hope you’ve had a wonderful summer and are enjoying yourselves this fall.
The Book Study will resume Sunday morning October 15th at 10:00 a.m. with Swami Rama’s SACRED JOURNEY. This book complements the Ten-Year Plan, outlined by Swami Ritavan, which focuses on Vanaprastha and devising a blueprint for the rest of one’s life.

Hybrid Thursday Satsang In Person Viewing at TMC and via Zoom - Path of Fire & Light: 'From the Beginning' Last Four Lectures continued with Gary Gran, CYT, DAy - December 7, 2023
2023-12-07 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Hybrid Thursday Satsang In Person Viewing at TMC and via Zoom – November 9, 2023
“Path of Fire & Light: ‘From the Beginning’ ” Last Four Lectures
with Gary Gran CYT, DAy
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Michael Snodgrass
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation by Swami Ma Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Path of Fire & Light: ‘From the Beginning’ ” Last Four Lectures
with Gary Gran CYT, DAy
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks

Swami Rama taught the first of several “Path of Fire & Light” seminars from July 24-31, 1986, in Honesdale, PA. There were eight full days of lectures and workshops given in support of the book “Path of Fire & Light: Advanced Practices of Yoga”, the first of two volumes on the subject. Swami Rama called the first volume ‘an encyclopedia of yoga.’ In his series of lectures, he gave a systematic account of all the teachings known as the path of fire & light. Please join us as we share the contents of his first four lectures. On December 7th, we will detail the last four lectures. There will be plenty of quotes from Swamiji to inspire us. All are welcome.
Gary Gran, CYT, DAy. was in attendance at the seminar and will be sharing the teachings from his personal notes. He and his wife Cynthia have been treading the Himalayan path since the late 1970s. They met at the old Glenview Center in Illinois and have served the tradition in various capacities over the years. They are both certified yoga teachers and Ayurvedic educators. They have published more than eighty articles on yoga, meditation and Ayurveda. They are currently residing in Tucson, Arizona where they enjoy desert gardening, cooking and hiking.

Qigong for Winter: Wudang Mountain Five Animal Tortoise Qigong with Nikki Strong, Saturday: December 9, 2023 - Live-Streamed via Zoom from 9:00-10:30 a.m.
2023-12-09 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Chicago)
Qigong for Winter:
Wudang Mountain Five Animal Tortoise Qigong
with Nikki Strong

Register Today….
ONLINE CLASS:
Wintertime Qigong – Wudang Tortoise Qigong
with Nikki Strong
Saturday: December 9, 2023
Zoom Only
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. CST
Cost: $15.00
Register here.
As the days become chillier and snow begins to fall… let us gather to warm our soul and body with healing movement for wintertime….
Live-streamed on Zoom. Class recording and handouts provided for all registered class participants.
In this class we will learn and practice the Wudang Five Animal Tortoise form. This class will serve both as an introduction to the practice as well as an excellent review for those that participated in the live class last weekend. This class is open to ALL. No previous experience necessary.

Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom: The Meditation Center's Holiday Program 2023, "Celebration of the Season of Silence, Light, and Hope" December 14, 2023
2023-12-14 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom
December 14, 2023
The Meditation Center’s Holiday Program 2023
“Celebration of the Season of Silence, Light, and Hope”
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Holiday Program Schedule
5:30-6:45p.m. No Hatha Yoga Drop-In Class Tonight
7:00-7:30 p.m. “Meditation on Light” guided by Swami Ma Radha Bharati
7:30-7:45 p.m. Welcome Message and Annual Board of Directors Report by Sunita Gangopadhyay
7:45-7:50 p.m. Lighting of the Menorah on the Last Night of Hanukkah
with Daniel Hertz and Nikki Strong
7:50 -8:00 p.m. Music by Chris Young
8:00 -8:05 p.m. Eric Ness Reading Swami Ritavan’s Holiday Message 2023
8:05-8:30p.m. Spiral of Light Candle Lighting Ceremony Accompanied with Music by Chris Young
8:30 p.m. Chris Young and Community Singing Silent Night
Read here the lyrics of “Silent Night”
8:40 Vegan Soup by Paul Emerson and Trimmings
If you can, please bring a savory dish or a sweet to share with the community.

Thursday Satsang in Person and via Zoom: "Lost in Mist and Clouds in the Wudang Mountains: Images and stories from temples and remote mountain places of Wudang" with Nikki Strong - December 21, 2023
2023-12-21 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
“Lost in Mist and Clouds in the Wudang Mountains:
Images and stories from temples and remote mountain places of Wudang”
with Nikki Strong
December 21, 2023
New Time – 5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Michael Snodgrass
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Lost in Mist and Clouds in the Wudang Mountain:Images and stories from temples and remote mountain places of Wudang” with Nikki Strong
8:30 p.m.: Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks
Nikki Strong will present us with an insightful peak at this very spiritual and extraordinary place…the Wudang Mountains. Details to come.

Cancelled for Christmas Eve - Via Zoom - Sunday Book Study Group/Satsang with Swami Ma Radha Bharati , Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
2023-12-24 10:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago)
Cancelled for Christmas Eve – Sunday Book Study Group/Satsang Via Zoom
with Swami Ma Radha Bharati , Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
10:00 A.M. – 11:45 A.M.
Will resume on January 7, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Swami Radha, Jim, and Michael will continue the study of spiritual topics in 2023. The Book Club is now reading “Sacred Journey_ Living Purposefully and Dying Gracefully” by Swami Rama

Sacred Journey
Living Purposefully and Dying Gracefully
We hope you’ve had a wonderful summer and are enjoying yourselves this fall.
The Book Study will resume Sunday morning October 15th at 10:00 a.m. with Swami Rama’s SACRED JOURNEY. This book complements the Ten-Year Plan, outlined by Swami Ritavan, which focuses on Vanaprastha and devising a blueprint for the rest of one’s life.

Global Full Moon Meditation Zoom Only 9:00-10:00 p.m. CST
2023-12-26 21:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago)
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Global Full Moon Meditation
Zoom Only
9:00-10:00 p.m. CST
The Meditation Center will not be open for a group meditation gathering this evening.
This Full Moon Meditation via Zoom will begin guided by Stoma, followed by a silent meditation until 10:00 p.m.
This event is courtesy of the Chicago Himalayan Yoga & Meditation Center – HYMC.
To get the Zoom link and for more information aregarding the global full moon meditation schedule
visit HYMC’s website here.
“You are lovingly invited to sit in meditation for an hour wherever you are, in your home or with friends. Total beginners and longtime practitioners, non-initiates and initiates are welcome. If you cannot sit for the entire hour, sit as long as you are able; as Swami Veda has said, ‘Let the quietness of the mind continue even after you rise..'” (Courtesy of AHYMSIN.org January 2023 newsletter).
Everyone is welcome!
“Yoga Philosophy views the mind as Universal field; its waves passing through us and becoming our individual minds. This Universal mind is a radiant force and is also known as a Universal Guru within.”
“When all sit together at the same time even in different parts of the world, they connect to the Universal Guru mind and generate a strong field, like so many magnets being joined together and forming a much stronger magnet; the strength of each then equals the combined strength of all.”
– Swami Veda Bharati –

Cancelled for December 27th Wednesday Mornings via Zoom – Gentle Hatha Yoga (Drop-In) with Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain
2023-12-27 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
Cancelled for the December 27th – WEDNESDAY MORNINGS VIA ZOOM – GENTLE HATHA YOGA (DROP IN)

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

Thursday Satsang In Person Viewing of Recorded Video and via Zoom: "Patañjali in Eternity: the Legend of Śhri Patañjali – the Ṛiṣhi Sage of Yoga" with Salvatore Zambito Shown on March 25, 2021 - December 28, 2023
2023-12-28 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
Thursday Satsang via Zoom – December 28, 2023
Recorded Session of “Patañjali in Eternity: the Legend of Śhri Patañjali –
the Ṛiṣhi Sage of Yoga” recorded on March 25, 2021
with Salvatore Zambito
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
5:30- 6:45 p.m. – Gentle Hatha Yoga guided by Michael Snodgrass
7:00 p.m. – Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Recorded talk by Salvatore Zambito
8:30-8:45 p.m. – Evening Prayers

Join us for this recorded March 25,2021 talk on “Patañjali in Eternity: the Legend of Śhri Patañjali
– the Ṛiṣhi Sage of Yoga”
Swami Veda included it in his second edition of his elucidation of the “Samadhi Pada”

Cancelled for New Year's Eve Via Zoom - Sunday Book Study Group/Satsang with Swami Ma Radha Bharati , Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
2023-12-31 10:00 - 23:30 (America/Chicago)
Cancelled for New Year’s Eve – Sunday Book Study Group/Satsang Via Zoom
with Swami Ma Radha Bharati , Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
10:00 A.M. – 11:45 A.M.
Will resume on January 7, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Swami Radha, Jim, and Michael will continue the study of spiritual topics in 2023. The Book Club is now reading “Sacred Journey_ Living Purposefully and Dying Gracefully” by Swami Rama

Sacred Journey
Living Purposefully and Dying Gracefully
We hope you’ve had a wonderful summer and are enjoying yourselves this fall.
The Book Study will resume Sunday morning October 15th at 10:00 a.m. with Swami Rama’s SACRED JOURNEY. This book complements the Ten-Year Plan, outlined by Swami Ritavan, which focuses on Vanaprastha and devising a blueprint for the rest of one’s life.

Wednesday Mornings In Person and via Zoom – Gentle Hatha Yoga (Drop-In) with Sig Martell and Rosann Chamberlain
2024-01-03 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-01-10 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-01-17 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-01-24 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS In Person and Via Zoom – GENTLE HATHA YOGA (DROP IN)

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

Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom: New Year's Blessing for 2024, Talk by Swami Ritavan Bharati, Flower/Water Havan with Swami Ritavan, Emilio Bettaglio, and Chris Young.
2024-01-04 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom – January 4, 2024
New Year’s Blessing for 2024
Talk by Swami Ritavan Bharati
Flower/Water Havan with Swami Ritavan, Emilio Bettaglio, and Chris Young.
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Chris Young
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Ritavan Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Remarks by Swami Ritavan followed by a Flower/Water Havan with Swami Ritavan, Emilio Bettaglio, and Chris Young.
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Vegan Soup by Paul Emerson and Snacks
Please join Swami Ritavan Bharati, Emilio Bettaglio, and Chris Young for an evening of inspiration as we welcome 2024 on the first Thursday of the year.
The Havan Mantras will be:
Ganapati Mantra
Akhanda Mandala
Maha Mrityunjaya
Lakshmi Gayatri
Purna Ahuti
Read or print here.
To support the work of The Meditation Center and register you can donate here (suggested donation $15.00) for Thursday Satsang or make a general donation by clicking on the “donate” button on the “Support TMC” website page.
Or donate through PayPal.
Note: There is parking available for TMC visitors in the St. Boniface lot across the street from the Center.

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Swami Radha Bharati
2024-01-07 08:20 - 09:30 (America/Chicago)
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Swami Radha Bharati
8:20 A.M. – 9:15 A.M.
Join for Morning Prayers: 8:20-8:30 a.m.
Sunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.

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

Sunday Book Study Group / Satsang Via Zoom with Swami Ma Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
2024-01-07 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-01-14 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-01-21 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-01-28 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
Sunday Book Study Group/Satsang Via Zoom
with Swami Ma Radha Bharati, Michael Smith, and Jim Nelson
10:00 A.M. – 11:45 A.M.
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Swami Radha, Jim, and Michael will continue the study of spiritual topics in 2024. The Book Club is continuing to read “Sacred Journey_ Living Purposefully and Dying Gracefully” by Swami Rama. Join us for very interesting discussions. Everyone is welcome.

Sacred Journey
Living Purposefully and Dying Gracefully
The Book Study is continuing the reading and discussion in 2024.with Swami Rama’s SACRED JOURNEY. This book complements the Ten-Year Plan, outlined by Swami Ritavan, which focuses on Vanaprastha and devising a blueprint for the rest of one’s life.

AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - January 10, 2024
2024-01-10 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Time: 7:00 p.m. CST
We will meet every other Wednesday to recite the mantra together.
ॐ गं गणपतये नमः ।

“Om Gam Gaṇapataye Namaha”
Om, Gam, salutations to Lord Ganesha

Gayatri Prayer

गायत्री मातः। हे गुरो। श्री गुरो।
सद् बुद्धिं मे प्रयच्च।
चित्तं मे निर्मलं शान्तं प्रसन्नं भूयात्।
सर्वे मे भावाः शुध्यन्ताम्।
मैत्री भावनया क्षमां याचितुं आत्मबलं मे देहि।
ॐ तत्सद् ब्रह्मार्पणम् अस्तु॥

gāyatrī mātaḥ | he guro | śrī guro |
sad buddhiṁ me prayacca |
cittaṁ me nirmalaṁ śāntaṁ prasannaṁ bhūyāt |
sarve me bhāvāḥ śudhyantām |
maītrī bhāvanayā kṣamāṁ yācituṁ ātma balaṁ me dehi |
om tat-sad brahmārpaṇam astu ||

Mother Gayatri, Oh Gurudeva, Shri Gurudeva
Grant me pure buddhi.
May my mind become immaculate, quiet, peaceful, clear and pleasant.
May all my emotions be purified.
Grant me the spiritual strength to ask for forgiveness with a sentiment of amity.
Om. That (alone is) Real.
May (all this endeavor) be (accepted as my) surrender and offering to Brahman.

Chris will guide us in the recitation of the Gayatri Prayer and of 1 mala of the new mantra,”Om Gam Gaṇapataye Namaha”.

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 and Via Zoom: An Evening with Stephen Parker (Stoma) PsyD, E-RYT-500 "Silence, Transitions, and Transformation, Liminal Spaces of Spiritual Unfoldment" - January 11, 2024
2024-01-11 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom – January 11, 2024
An Evening with Stephen Parker (Stoma) PsyD, E-RYT-500
“Silence, Transitions, and Transformation, Liminal Spaces of Spiritual Unfoldment”
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Sunita Gangopadhyay
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Stephen Parker (Stoma)
7:30-8:30 p.m.: Talk with Stephen Parker (Stoma) PsyD, E-RYT-500
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks
Join Stoma on Thursday, January 11th, to talk about silence and the creativity arising out of the liminal spaces ..the energy of spiritual unfoldment.
Dr. Stephen Parker was initiated in the Himalayan Yoga tradition by Swami Veda Bharati and was given the initiate name Stoma in 1971. Among the first teachers certified by the Himalayan International Teachers’ Association, H.I.T.A., he began teaching hatha yoga in 1974. During that time he also studied Sanskrit with Swami Veda and South Asian languages and culture for his B.A. at the University of Minnesota.
Stoma is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level of the Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500). A member of the International Association of Y.T., he serves on the faculties of the Meditation Center in Minneapolis and the Sadhaka Gram ashram in Rishikesh, India. He is also a senior faculty member of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition Teachers’ Training Program. He has lectured on yoga, meditation, yoga psychology, and spiritual practice in the U.S. and Canada as well as in Caribbean countries, Holland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Lithuania, South Africa, Korea, Hong Kong, and India. In 2004 he helped originate and teach the first course on yoga in an American medical school at the University of Minnesota Academic Medical Center. In 2007 he received preliminary vows of renunciation from Swami Veda and the Shankaracharya of Karvirapitha.
Stoma has been a licensed psychologist in private practice in St. Paul, MN since 1985. He also serves as Adjunct Assistant School Professor of Counseling and Psychological Services at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, MN. He teaches on the faculty of the Introductory Workshops of the Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis. In addition to authoring journal articles and book chapters, Dr. Parker edited volume two of Swami Veda’s definitive scholarly work on the “Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali” and he has been a peer review editor for the “Journal of Men’s Studies,” the “American Journal of Orthopsychiatry,” the “International Journal of Yoga T. and Yoga Mimamsa.” He is also the author of “Clearing the Path, The Yoga Way to a Clear and Pleasant Mind: Yoga, Neuroscience and Emotion”(2017) published by AHYMSA publishers.
To support the work of The Meditation Center and register you can donate here (suggested donation $15.00) for Thursday Satsang or make a general donation by clicking on the “donate” button on the “Support TMC” website page.
Or donate through PayPal.
Note: There is parking available for TMC visitors in the St. Boniface lot across the street from the Center.

Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation with Lori Beron
2024-01-14 08:20 - 09:30 (America/Chicago)
Via Zoom – Sunday Morning Guided Meditation
with Lori Beron
8:20 A.M. – 9:15 A.M.
Join for Morning Prayers: 8:20-8:30 a.m.
Sunday Morning Meditation: 8:30-9:15 a.m.

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

Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom: "Panel Discussion and Q&A with Members of the TMC Spiritual Committee and Senior Teachers January 18, 2024
2024-01-18 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom – January 18, 2024
“Panel Discussion and Q&A with
Members of the Spiritual Committee and Senior Teachers
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST

5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Susan Guthrie

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

7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Panel Discussion and Q&A with Members of the Spiritual Committee and Senior Teachers

8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers

8:40 p.m.: Snacks

To begin the New Year 2024 bring your questions and thoughts regarding strengthening your spiritual practice for the year. Join a panel of senior teachers for a lively discussion and on the problems and promises of keeping a meditation practice. How does one keep meditation “fresh”? Why aren’t I “enlightened” yet? What are the tricks for keeping a regular meditation time? Am I making spirtual progress? What does spiritual progress look like, feel like?

Formulate your own particular questions now for Thursday Satsang.

AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom with Chris Young - January 24, 2024
2024-01-24 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
New AHYMSIN Community Mantra Japa Practice via Zoom
with Chris Young
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Time: 7:00 p.m. CST
We will meet every other Wednesday to recite the mantra together.
ॐ गं गणपतये नमः ।

“Om Gam Gaṇapataye Namaha”
Om, Gam, salutations to Lord Ganesha

Gayatri Prayer

गायत्री मातः। हे गुरो। श्री गुरो।
सद् बुद्धिं मे प्रयच्च।
चित्तं मे निर्मलं शान्तं प्रसन्नं भूयात्।
सर्वे मे भावाः शुध्यन्ताम्।
मैत्री भावनया क्षमां याचितुं आत्मबलं मे देहि।
ॐ तत्सद् ब्रह्मार्पणम् अस्तु॥

gāyatrī mātaḥ | he guro | śrī guro |
sad buddhiṁ me prayacca |
cittaṁ me nirmalaṁ śāntaṁ prasannaṁ bhūyāt |
sarve me bhāvāḥ śudhyantām |
maītrī bhāvanayā kṣamāṁ yācituṁ ātma balaṁ me dehi |
om tat-sad brahmārpaṇam astu ||

Mother Gayatri, Oh Gurudeva, Shri Gurudeva
Grant me pure buddhi.
May my mind become immaculate, quiet, peaceful, clear and pleasant.
May all my emotions be purified.
Grant me the spiritual strength to ask for forgiveness with a sentiment of amity.
Om. That (alone is) Real.
May (all this endeavor) be (accepted as my) surrender and offering to Brahman.

Chris will guide us in the recitation of the Gayatri Prayer and of 1 mala of the new mantra,”Om Gam Gaṇapataye Namaha”.

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 and Via Zoom: "Continued Panel Discussion and Q&A with Members of the TMC Spiritual Committee and Senior Teachers January 18, 2024
2024-01-25 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
Thursday Satsang In Person and Via Zoom – January 25, 2024
“Continued Panel Discussion and Q&A with
Members of the Spiritual Committee and Senior Teachers
followed by a Full Moon Flower/Water Puja Emilio Bettglio
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST

5:30-6:45 p.m.: Gentle Hatha Yoga with Eric Ness
7:00-7:30 p.m.: Guided Meditation with Swami Ma Radha Bharati
7:30-8:30 p.m.: “Continued Panel Discussion and Q&A with Members of the Spiritual Committee and Senior Teachers
followed by a Full Moon Flower / Water Puja with Emilio Bettaglio
8:30 p.m.: Evening Prayers
8:40 p.m.: Snacks

Details to come. A continuation of the January 18th Q&A and a Full Moon Flower/Water Puja.

Global Full Moon Meditation In Person and via Zoom from Chicago, January 25, 2024, 9:00-10:00p.m. CST
2024-01-25 21:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago)
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Global Full Moon Meditation
In Person and via Zoom
9:00-10:00 P.M. CST

This Full Moon Meditation via Zoom will begin guided by Stephen Parker (Stoma,) followed by a silent meditation until 10:00 p.m. In Minneapolis you can sit at The Meditation Center on Thursday, January 18th.
This event is courtesy of the Chicago Himalayan Yoga & Meditation Center – HYMC.
To get the Zoom link and for more information aregarding the global full moon meditation schedule
visit HYMC’s website here.
“You are lovingly invited to sit in meditation for an hour wherever you are, in your home or with friends. Total beginners and longtime practitioners, non-initiates and initiates are welcome. If you cannot sit for the entire hour, sit as long as you are able; as Swami Veda has said, ‘Let the quietness of the mind continue even after you rise..’” (Courtesy of AHYMSIN.org January 2023 newsletter).
Everyone is welcome!
“Yoga Philosophy views the mind as Universal field; its waves passing through us and becoming our individual minds. This Universal mind is a radiant force and is also known as a Universal Guru within.”
“When all sit together at the same time even in different parts of the world, they connect to the Universal Guru mind and generate a strong field, like so many magnets being joined together and forming a much stronger magnet; the strength of each then equals the combined strength of all.”
– Swami Veda Bharati –

Postponed until later in 2024 - Sunday In-Person Meditation II Series: Superconscious Meditation with Aaron Means PsyD, Sundays: January 28, February 11, 18, 25, and March 3, 2024
2024-01-28 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
Postponed…class series will not be meeting until later in the year.
Sunday In-Person
Meditation II Series: Superconscious Meditation
with Aaron Means PsyD
Postponed until later in 2024
Sundays: January 28 – March 3, 2024
10:00 a.m. – Noon
Instructor: Aaron Means
Meditation II focuses on powerful and practical yoga practices that quiet and focus the mind; decreasing our emotional reactivity which often creates stress and pain in our relationships. Students will also receive 8 free CD’s or MP3’s of Swami Veda’s penetrating and inspiring lectures on yoga psychology and philosophy. These audios create an interactive atmosphere for discussion of questions and insights generated by the lectures.
Aaron Means began practicing yoga in 1994 while in college to ease his own afflictions at the time. Soon thereafter he studied and practiced yoga and meditation while living at The Meditation Center and other associated Himalayan Yoga Tradition institutions in the US and India. Aaron completed his first yoga teacher training through the HImalayan Institute Teachers’ Assoc. in 1997, and started a RYT training program in 2019. He has periodically taught yoga and meditation in the community throughout the years, as well as at The Meditation Center. Aaron (Arunadeva) has been a student and initiate of Swami Veda Bharati since 1997. His teaching style is reflective of what he has learned under his spiritual preceptor (Swami Veda), as well as studies of psychology, compassion, and mindfulness.
Aaron earned a doctorate in clinical psychology (PsyD) in 2015, and has been a practicing licensed psychologist in the Twin Cities since 2016. He is married with two children and enjoys spending time with family and friends, being outdoors, playing tennis, and strategy board games.
