The best local yoga teachers will share yoga philosophy, asana, pranayama, ayurveda, dhyana, mantra, kirtan and more at The Vivekananda International East West (#VIEW2015) Yoga Conference on January 10 at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago in Lemont, IL (about 30 minutes southwest of Chicago).
This unique conference is held in honor of the 152nd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, who brought Yoga and Vedanta to the West 122 years ago. Swami Vivekananda after attending World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, he stayed in US for 2 years and he taught Vedanta and yoga to many disciples in Thousand Island Park, NY in addition to touring and giving lectures all over in Central and Eastern US. He published books on Raja Yoga and Karma Yoga in US during his first visit to US between 1893-1896. During his second visit to US between 1899-1900, he spent nearly another 2 years touring and lecturing in west coast this time,he established Vedanta Societies in San Francisco and New York and founded a shanti ashrama (peace retreat) in California.
Admission to this special event is free, but pre-registration is required. Please RSVP to this event to reserve your spot before the registration closes once auditorium is full. Here you can see how VIEW2014 was a big success http://flip.it/KaP53 in which we had more than 120 participants attended the conference.
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Co-chairs VIEW 2015: Kali Om & Prasad Palacharla
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December 24, 2014
Prasad PalacharlaFinal line-up of feature presentations on Sat Jan 10 at #VIEW2015
TIME Confirmed/Topic Featured Presenter/Led by
8:30-8:45 Opening & Invocation Kali Om / Prasad, Co-Chairs VIEW 2015
8:45-9:30 Vivek and Ananda of Prana & Pranayama Poonam Gupta, ERYT-500 Director, Universal Spirit Yoga
9:30-9:45 Surya Namaskars with Mantras Gayathri Raghavan. RYT Abhyasa and Aranya Yoga
9:45-10:30 Beyond the Mat: Don’t Just ‘Do’ Yoga – Live it! Kali Om, ERYT-500 Independent Yoga Instructor, Dharma Mittra Yoga
10:30-10:45 Partner yoga Rachel “Yogi Rae” Grundner, RYT Living and Abhyasa Yoga and Yogi Within
10:45-11:30 The Philosophy of Yoga Swami Ishatmananda, President, Vivekananda Vedanta Society of Chicago
11:30-11:45 Budokon yoga Tomek Bilan, RYT Budokon Yoga of Naperville
11:45-12:30 Transformative Power of Yoga Nityananda Pran Das, President International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Chicago
12:30-1:15 LUNCH All Attendees
1:15-2:00 Kirtans Chanting “Gayathri & the Guru’s” Kirtan Band
2:00-2:15 Bollywood yoga Saba Haider, RYT Abhyasa and Aranya Yoga
2:15-3:00 Introduction to Gita and its practical aspects in our daily life Hersh Khetarpal, Acharya, Yog Sadhana Ashram of Chicago
3:00-3:15 Budokon yoga Alex Haban, Tapas Yoga
3:15-4:00 Meditation, Mantra and the Gong Shiva Singh Khalsa, ERYT-500 Kundalini Yoga Mentoring Lead Teacher Trainer, co-director of Spirit Rising Yoga Center
4:00-4:15 Hatha Flow Yoga Debbie Benes, Experienced Hatha Yoga teacher trained under Kay Clay
4:15-5:00 Yoga of the Heart: Bhakti & Kirtan Lalita Chaitanya, Director of Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in Chicago
5:00-5:15 Meditation/Relaxation/Crystal Bowll Music Prasad, HTGC Yoga Chair & Angel. Holstic Practioner at Green Karma
5:15-5:30 Vote of Thanks & Closing Kali Om / Prasad, Co-chairs VIEW 2015
Please pre-register for VIEW2015 event at https://www.facebook.com/events/285894344940678/
January 2, 2015
Rachel GrundnerSo honored and excited to teach alongside such incredible teachers! This will be a GREAT event!