Our Meditation classes are free and offered as a community service. They are free at the request of Sri Chinmoy who believes, in the timeless Indian tradition, that spirituality should be made freely available. W
Meditation Class Givers
Some of the meditation class givers.
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Piyasi Morris Piyasi works as a Primary School teacher in Oxford. She founded the Sri Chinmoy Centre with her husband, Sarvosmi in 1981. Piyasi also studied at Lady Margaret Hall gaining a dPhil in Radiation Biology. Piyasi is an expert photographer and keen gardener. |
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Tejvan Pettinger Tejvan works as an economics teacher. He joined the Sri Chinmoy Centre in 1999. Tejvan is a keen cyclist and takes part in races around the UK. He also organises running races in Cutteslowe Park, Oxford. Video with Tejvan speaking about meditation |
Typical Meditation Course
Class 1
- Introduction to Meditation
- ABC's of Meditation
- Practical Relaxation Exercise
- Breathing Exercise
- About Sri Chinmoy Centre
Class 2
- Explaining the difference between the mind and heart
- Letting go of thoughts
- Mantra
- Music and Meditation
Class 3
- The Role of A Guru
- Consciousness in Meditation
Class 4
- Experienced meditation exercises.
- Meditation as a daily practise.
Further Classes
The introductory course usually involves 5-6 classes. For those interested there will be followup classes for those wishing to pursue their meditation as part of the Sri Chinmoy Centre.
Live Music
Sometimes we have live music groups perform meditative music at our meditation classes; such as Ananda
Over the past 30 years, many thousands of people have benefitted from coming to our classes. As well as Oxford, people have come from surrounding cities such as Abingdon, Witney, Wycombe and parts of Oxfordshire
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