Lectures, spiritual gatherings, and practical seminars with nun Aravindini Giri will be held in New York, Charlotte, and Miami. The program is dedicated to developing concentration, attentiveness, and awareness, attaining inner freedom, and applying the principles of Sanatana Dharma in everyday life.
New York
Lecture “Four Keys to Mindful Living”
Date: Saturday, September 26
Time: 6:00–8:30 p.m.
Time zone: GMT−4
The lecture will address the essential conditions for mindful living: directing one’s attention, inner observation, discernment, and consistency in spiritual practice.
Registration: https://luma.com/f8gn71ka
Seminar “Concentration. Attentiveness. Awareness. Grace”
Date: Sunday, September 27
Time: 12:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Time zone: GMT−4
The seminar is dedicated to the gradual development of concentration and attentiveness. The Sanskrit term dhāraṇā means “holding” or “concentration” and, in Patanjali’s eight-limbed system of yoga, denotes fixing one’s awareness on a chosen area or object.
Participants will explore the relationship between disciplined attention, awareness, and grace—anugraha, divine assistance that occupies an important place in the Shaiva Agamic tradition.
Registration: https://luma.com/0yzzpv3u
Contact person: Evgeny
Charlotte
Spiritual Gathering “How to Live Mindfully Without Losing Yourself”
The gathering will explore ways to maintain inner composure amid everyday responsibilities, interactions, and changes. Particular attention will be given to distinguishing transient states of mind from the unchanging foundation of self-awareness.
Registration: https://luma.com/t39lsgvw
Lakshmi Puja
The program includes Lakṣmī-pūjā, a traditional worship service dedicated to the goddess Lakshmi. The term pūjā refers to a rite of worship performed through prescribed offerings, prayers, and ritual acts. In the Hindu tradition, Lakshmi is revered as the divine embodiment of prosperity, harmony, good fortune, and spiritual abundance.
Date: Friday, October 2
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Time zone: GMT−4
Registration: https://luma.com/9e8s589f
Contact person: Tejananda
Miami
Seminar “Freedom of Body, Speech, and Mind”
Date: Sunday, October 4
Time: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Time zone: GMT−4
The seminar is dedicated to harmonizing the three principal areas of human activity: body, speech, and mind. In traditional spiritual discipline, freedom is understood not as arbitrary behavior but as liberation from unconscious habits, inner limitations, and mistaken identification with changing states.
The practical work is aimed at developing attentiveness in actions, responsibility in speech, and clarity of thought.
Contact person: Tara
Organizational Information
The number of available places and the terms of participation can be found on the registration pages and obtained from the contact persons for the respective city.
