HOUGHTON TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION CENTRE NEWSLETTER
SEPT/OCT/NOV/DEC   2011

IN THIS ISSUE:

4 DAY RESIDENTIAL RETREAT OVER THE LONG WEEK-END IN DECEMBER

PLAN AHEAD-BOOK NOW

Could there be a finer environment to enjoy rapid evolution than the beauty, stillness and magnificent atmosphere of Champagne Castle in the Drakensberg?

The structure of this courses allows you to rest and focus on your own growth without interruptions or problems.  And at these prices it’s a very inexpensive holiday too.

You will find a Transcendental Meditation residence course a wonderful and very effective way to assuage the pressures of life and revitalise and refresh yourself so that you feel ready to tackle anything. The whole course is structured to maximise your personal growth.

DATES: Fri 16th to Tues  20th December (Starts  from 4:00pm on the 16th, ends 11:00am  on the 20th)

VENUE: Champagne Castle, Drakensberg mountains

Maximum Evolution Combined with a Holiday

Course participants describe the catering as delicious, nourishing and satisfying.

THIS COURSE IS FOR TM SIDHAS AND TM MEDITATORS

Individual course fee R2600  (R650 per person per day)

Transport can be arranged through the Centre.

DEC WORLD PEACE ASSEMBLY FOR TM-SIDHAS AT THE BERG

Carrying on from the residence course we will hold a  World Peace Assembly (WPA).  The purpose of the WPA  is to create harmony and coherence in the country and in the world, thereby stabilizing world peace.  At the same time, the course offers the opportunity for you to deepen your own personal experience and understanding of pure knowledge.

Dates –  Wed 21st to Fri 30th December
Blocks  – 21st to 24th Dec
26th to 30th Dec
21st to 28th Dec
21st to 30th Dec
You may stay for three or four or seven or nine days

What Course Participants Have to Say:

“This has been the most blissful time  I’ve ever had.  I am so intoxicated with the Bliss, that everywhere I look I find it.”

“Rounding is the best possible thing to do.  I wish I could do it all the time.”

How to Book: You may book through the Pretoria Maharishi Enlightenment Centre 012-3215443.  Payment should please be made by 30th November 2010.

MAHARISHI AYURVEDA  MONTH

Ayurveda is about health, longevity, prevention of disease and curing naturally without side- effects. It is the oldest health care system in the world, which has enjoyed a huge revival over the past two decades.

We will be running a series of educational workshops and lectures  There will be an opportunity to go through Panchakarma Treatments in January, in our Drakensberg Clinic.  These workshops are open to non-meditators.

WORKSHOP 1–COOKING CLASSES

Ayuvedic Cooking Classes cover the basic principles of the Ayurvedic approach to Health and you get introduced to the methods of cooking and use of different vegetarian foods, spices, etc.

  • 1st  lesson –  Saturday Oct 1st at 10 am. Having enjoyed the three course meal there is a trip to Fordsburg to specific shops where you are able to buy all the ingredients needed for recipes in the four lessons.
  • 2nd Lesson and Dinner is on Thursday Oct 13th at 18.00  to about 20.00
  • 3rd Lesson and Dinner  is on Thursday Oct 27th at 18.00 etc
  • 4th Lesson and Dinner is on Thursday Nov 10th at 18.00 etc

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Cost – R 700   payable in advance.
Bookings – 011 442 7513 — Jill Brodie

WORKSHOP 2  –  DAILY ROUTINES – A WORKSHOP BY VICKI BROOME

This workshop  gives advice on daily planning, good times to eat, sleep, work and exercise. It teaches us to live in tune with Natural law so we can be well, happy and enlightened. The essential daily oil massage will be taught .

Date  –  Saturday 29th October
Time  – 2.30 pm to   5.00 pm
Cost –   R300

WORKSHOP 3 – DIET + DIGESTION – A WORKSHOP BY VICKI BROOME

This workshop covers the key points for ideal weight and good digestion. It cultures the ability to listen to the body’s signals, control abnormal good cravings and plan a balanced diet.

Date  –  Saturday  26th November
Time  –  2.30 pm to 5.00 pm  (Arrive 1.45 pm if you did not do Workshop 1.)
Cost –    R300

AYURVEDA LECTURE SERIES

LECTURE 1- What is Maharishi Ayurveda?
Vaidya Manohar demonstrates what it means to be a Maharishi Vaidya (doctor) as he answers questions  on aspects of Maharishi Ayurveda. Vaidya Manohar is one of the most senior and cherished Vaidyas of Maharishi Ayurveda. He has been based in the US for the past 17 years, at the Raj Clinic, Lancaster, and as associate professor at Maharishi University of Management.

The lecture covers these questions

1. What are the 5 most important principles in Maharishi Ayurveda?
2. How to get the best from a Maharishi Ayurveda consultation?
3. Pearls of wisdom from Maharishi Ayurveda
4. What are the unique features of Maharishi Panchakarma Rejuvenation?

Date – 20th Oct-8 to 930 pm
Cost – R50 to paid up members R150 to non members – Open to non-meditators

LECTURE 2 — How to get Bliss
Vaidya Vyas gives a beautiful presentation on Manas Rasayana (mental rasayana). Bliss is the focal point — and we can do many things from the side of the mind to ensure greater bliss in our lives:

Date – 3rd Nov-8 to 930 pm
Cost –  R50 to paid up members R150 to non members – Open to non-meditators

Lecture 3 – How to Mature rather than Age
The most important points for the health of especially 50-year-olds and older, by Vaidya Patil.

Date – 24th Nov-8 to 930 pm
Cost  – R50 to paid up members R150 to non members-Open to non-meditators

JANUARY RESIDENTIAL  PANCHAKARMA CLINIC IN THE BERG

Panchakarma is the oldest and most sophisticated technology for removing toxins and imbalances from the mind and body, and to rejuvenate your entire system to a state of youthful vitality and well being.

A speciality of Panchakarma is the uniquely balancing effect of massage with herbalised oils, performed in complete synchrony by two highly trained technicians.  This is followed by relaxing, herbalised steam baths and a variety of internal cleansing therapies to provide complete elimination of imbalances and impurities in a gentle and natural way. This will be an out patient clinic which is very convenient for everyone

DATES:

  1. 2nd to 9th Jan
  2. 10th -17th Jan
  3. 18th -25th Jan

PLEASE DO BOOK AHEAD TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT–LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE

VEDIC CHANTING  DAY

Come and experience the revitalising  power of a day of Vedic chanting.  The day consists of a perfect balance of extra meditation, pranayama (breathing exercise), Yoga postures and Vedic vibration sound therapy.   Dr Tony Nader has discovered that the different vibrations of the verses of the Vedic literature correspond to the different parts and systems of the human physiology.   When you listen to the chanting of the forty aspects of the Vedic literature, you feel as if the whole physiology has been restructured and balanced.

The Houghton TM Centre is a building that encompasses the perfect effects of a Sthapatya Veda house (Vedic architecture).   This makes experiencing the Vedic sounds in that atmosphere much more healing than another environment.

DATE –   Sunday 30th Oct
COST –   R350 -includes lunch
TIME –    9:00am to 5:00pm

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES OF TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION

Advanced Techniques work like a fertilizer, taking our experience to a higher level. You are ready for an Advanced Technique if you have been meditating with your current technique for four months or longer.   This will ensure more powerful results from the same time input.

Who should attend?

Any TM meditator who has been regular with their current 20 minute technique for a minimum of 4 months.  “Regular” means not missing more than 2 or 3 meditations per month.

DATES:    12th Nov – 2pm to 5pm
13th Nov-3pm to 5 pm

PRICE  :    R1875 per individual
R1250 per full time student
R2815 per couple

Please call 483 0684 for more information, and to register interest. This course will be taught by Vicki Broome and will not include the night technique which will be taught in late Jan 2012

DECEMBER  1st  — CANDLE-LIGHTING CEREMONY

Please join us for a wonderful evening. This is a very special end of year meeting – free to all our members.

We close one chapter and open another with good wishes and inspiration.

The evening is fun and musical and extracts of wonderful tapes will be played.

You can participate in a candle-lighting ceremony and make New Year wishes for yourself and your family and the world.

Bring a quote or poem that is meaningful to you, if you wish.

PROGRAMME

Yoga – 6.00 p.m
Meditation – 6:45 p.m. (starts on time – arrive latest 6:40 p.m.)
Supper 7.30 p.m.- PREPARED BY OUR WONDERFUL AYURVEDIC COOK.

Cost – R75  – Booking essential

Candle lighting Ceremony  – 8.00 p.m.

If you cannot arrive on time for the yoga and meditation just come for the ceremony

Please RSVP if you are coming

THURSDAY NIGHTS AT THE CENTRE

Thursday meetings are free to all paid up members of the Centre.
Let us support your TM

Yoga – 6.00 pm

Group Meditation – 6:45 pm (starts on time – arrive latest 6:40 pm)

Come straight from work and relax with yoga postures, breathing, a group meditation and Gandharva-Veda music. Bring loose clothes (you can change at the Centre) and a blanket.

We also always check the meditation process. These meetings are highly recommended for all meditators at least once a month. This will give you a maximally effective meditation career.

THURSDAY NIGHT LECTURE SERIES

8 p.m. Lectures These lectures are for TM meditators only. R50 for non  paid up TM meditators. Free for  paid up members

TOPICS

13th October   Polishing your TM technique
20th October–Ayurveda lecture-questions  on aspects of Maharishi Ayurveda
3rd November–Ayurveda lecture-mental rasayana
17th November – 7 Ways to improve transcending
24th Nov-Ayurveda lecture-health of especially 50-year-olds
1st December-Candlighting ceremony

Who Should Attend These Thursday Meetings?

  • You have lapsed or become irregular with your TM and you need support and checking to become regular.
  • You are not quite satisfied with your TM experience and you need a TM check.
  • You are regular and enjoying your TM but you would like the extra blissful effect that comes from meditating in a group.
  • You would like to contribute to the coherence in Johannesburg and help to bring down crime.

Reduction in crime results from groups of people doing TM together.

TM CENTRE MEMBERSHIP

Please remember that TM membership fees are payable annually and are R350 for the year.  Unless you learnt TM within the past 12 months or renewed your membership subscription during the past 12 months, your membership is now payable.

Benefits of TM Centre membership:

  • You help to support the Centre so it is available when you need it
  • Regular knowledge newsletters and notification of centre events
  • Access to TM Refresher courses
  • FREE  TM Checking on Thursday evenings
  • FREE  TM and Yoga evenings every Thursday
  • Advanced knowledge lectures at reduced  prices.
  • Let us check your meditation from time to time.  In this way, you will gain maximum value from your practice.

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