Events for
May 3rd - 5th, 2019

Visit our WEBSITE for information on CLASSES,  Following is information about things happening this weekend at Vishnu's Couch, along with other local and upcoming events:


Vishnu's Couch presents
Group Meditation for the Tri-Cities
and the World!
Mayday, Mayday...we need this now!
Wednesday May 1st, 2019
6:30 - 8:30 am,  12:30 - 2:30 pm,  
and  
6:30 - 8:30 pm
at
at the Indian Cultural Center (ICC) building
1595 Route 26, Vestal NY

The world needs peace, and NOW!  What can we do to help facilitate this desperate need to reduce conflict in our selves, our communities, and our world?  Meditation for peace is one simple, effective and proven answer! (see short video)  This approach to creating world peace is called the Maharishi Effect and was pioneered by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi creator of the Transcendental Meditation Technique.  It is based on the principle that all of creation is connected at the deepest levels of Nature, that we are all part of one eternal Source, and that the human mind is capable of contacting that Source through the practice of Meditation.  The bigger the groups, the bigger the beneficial effects for everyone.

Please join us on this occasion to enliven the unified field of consciousness and help bring about the peace we so desperately need!  Please bring your own yoga mat, blanket, or any other prop you need to be comfortable.   Video on Meditation

Additional Activities:
9:30 - 11:30 am -- Morning Yoga class with Yogi Edmond
3:30 - 5:30 -- Afternoon Yoga class with Yogi Edmond
5:30 - 6:15 pm -- Sound Immersion with Gongs and Singing Bowls
by Gong Master Jeff Gregory.

Donations Welcomed

To register or for more information
Call:  232-6410 or e-mail:  e_cotton@yahoo.com


Conversation Night
An open conversation over some soup and snacks (potluck style) 
We'll sink our teeth into some deep interesting topics, soup du jour, and snacks, 
with the goal of respectfully sharing our various points of view with each other, 
and having some good clean fun!   
Topic:  Open Discussion
We will discuss whatever comes up spontaneously!  

Date:    Friday, May 3rd, 2019
Time:   8:00pm 
Optional:  bring a dish or snack, and/or 
Come early for a Group Meditation from 7:30 - 8:00pm

Hope to see you there!  ☺





-----------Other Local Events----------




Binghamton Spiritual Study Group and First Congregational Church 
presents
Saturday, May 4,
from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
at
30 Main Street, Binghamton

Our speakers include Jim BrydenTom Meade, Art Suggs,
Tom Moberg, and Rick Gridley
Donation $10.00
This will be a great opportunity to learn from others and share your own spiritual journey. Attendees are asked to bring a salad to share. 
Spiritual books are available at our $1 sale.
For further information email Jim Bryden:  bryden50@gmail.com
or visit:  https://lovesbeginning.com/happening/


The Indian Cultural Center (ICC) presents:
Maharashtra Day 
at
at the Indian Cultural Center (ICC) building
1595 Route 26, Vestal NY
Date: May 4, 2019 11AM – 2PM
Cost: $20 adults/$10 kids ages 6-12 years
Check payable to ICC
RSVP by April 22nd, 2019
Shukriya Bhandari: shukriya.bhandari@gmail.com 


First Congregational Church (FCC) presents:

THIS MOMENT IS YOUR MIRACLE

Jenny and Greg Donner, teachers of A Course in Miracles, will be offering a workshop on Miracle Thinking as part of their U.S. tour.  Greg and Jenny will guide students deeper into the teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) using David Hoffmeister’s new book, This Moment Is Your Miracle, as a springboard.
Come and join us for a deeply healing and authentic experience.

Saturday May 4th, 7-9 pm -- Introductory Talk
Sunday May 5th, 2-4 pm -- Workshop

Sunday May 5th, 4-6 pm -- Film and discussion
at
30 Main Street, Binghamton

Donation $20.00 for each session
$50.00 for all three sessions.
(Low and no-cost options available)
To register please contact julesmiel@gmail.com

This event is co-sponsored by FCC’s Adult Education Committee.
For more information, please visit https://lovesbeginning.com/miracle/



Raja Yoga and Satsang

Raja Yoga is the royal yoga that brings the nature of our True Self to our awareness.  This awareness cannot be gained through perception or intellectual knowledge, it can only be known through cognition, like the knowledge that I am, that I exist, it needs no proof, but without this knowing, the experience remains limited and misunderstood.  Come join us as we explore our True Self through:  
Silence, Meditation, Breathing, and gentle relaxing Postures.

at the Indian Cultural Center (ICC) building
1595 Route 26, Vestal NY

Sundays  8:30-10:00am
with Yogi Edmond

Drop-In Cost:  $15.00
or $40.00 / month
Bring your own yoga mat!

For more information
Call:  232-6410 or e-mail:  e_cotton@yahoo.com


Unity In the Southern Tier

May 5th, at 11:45 am
Speaker: Diana Gildea
Topic: TBD
at
30 Main Street, Binghamton, Eden Room.


For more information, visit the website: Unity in the Southern Tier.






-----------Upcoming Events----------




The Broome County Arts Council presents:
Poetry Performance Party
hosted by
Dr. Joshua Lewis

Monday, May 6, 2019 from 6-8 pm
at
95 Court Street, Binghamton NY.

The goal of this workshop is to give people the experience of
performing their poetry live.  This poetry workshop is free for Broome Arts Council Members and the General Public.

Dr. Joshua Lewis obtained his PhD in English from Binghamton
University in 2012, and he has been a part of the local community
since 2004. His poetry has appeared in SUNY Broome Community College’s
literary magazine, Breaking Ground, along with other literary journals
such as the Patterson Literary Review and the Edison Literary Review.
He also worked as a poetry editor for the Broome Review, and is
currently working on various poetry manuscripts.

Pre-registration is recommended.  Please email


Vishnu's Couch Yoga Studio presents
Group Meditation and Satsang Retreat
Sunday, May 26th
From 1:00 - 6:00pm
at
61 Prospect Ave. 4th Floor
Binghamton, NY 13901

Meditation is the most effective means for significant beneficial change in our lives and in the world, simply because it facilitates access to the deeper layers of our true Self--the source of our being.  And since practicing in groups significantly increases the effects (see research), please take advantage of this opportunity to dive deeper and marinate longer in the blissful silence of meditation.

The day will consist mostly of sitting meditation punctuated by: 
walking meditation, relaxation, sound meditation, pranayama, gentle asanas, Satsang, and a light vegan Soup-du-jour.  

Join-in at any time;
 stay for as long as you would like and
 invite your friends along; the more the merrier!

Donations welcomed

For additional info, please contact Edmond at:
607.232.6410,  or  e_cotton@yahoo.com


Theosophical Society Study Group
Meetings are every alternate
Tuesday at 8:00 pm
Next meeting scheduled for
May 28th, 2019

We will begin reading and discussing The Kybalion
 is the book of Hermetic Philosophy, which claims to be the essence of the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, published anonymously by a group or person under the pseudonym of "the Three Initiates".
at
61 Prospect Ave., Binghamton

For more information or to join, contact
Tom at tmoberg@frontiernet.net


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